Erasmus+ KA152-YOU · Youth Exchange · STIDE · Agriturismo San Michele, Ravenna, Italy

Stronger Together

Tides of Inclusion · 16–25 January 2027

An 8-day youth exchange on inclusion, migration and belonging for young people from Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Serbia and Türkiye. Days 1–7 follow the session plan in the application form, and Day 8 is a free day for trips around Ravenna. Each working day opens with a face-to-face game, and phone games are built into the sessions where they help the learning.

35people from 5 countries, 7 per country

28young people aged 18–30, 10 with fewer opportunities

5 + 2group leaders + facilitators

7mixed groups of 5, new groups every session

7 + 1programme days + free day, plus arrival 16 Jan and departure 25 Jan

Day 8 · Sun 24 Jan · free day

Places to visit around Ravenna

Ravenna's monuments are in the city centre, and the other places are a train or bus ride from Ravenna station. It's January, so daylight is short and fog is common in the Po valley. Dress warmly, plan to be back before dark, and check winter opening hours. Travel in buddy groups of at least 3. Share your plan with your group leader before leaving, and be back by 18:30 for the farewell dinner. Journey times are approximate, so check the Trenitalia app on the day.

Programme add-on

6 best phone games for the group

These are chosen for a mixed-language group of 35. Each one works in groups of 5–7, and some also work individually or with the whole group. All six are linked to a session or evening in the timetable above. Ask everyone to bring a charged phone, and have 2–3 spare devices for people without data or storage space.

Facilitator reference

Face-to-face game bank

Every in-person game in the timetable, with its group size, time and materials. All of them work without a shared first language.

Game	Day	Group size	Time	Materials	How it works

Coordinator notes

Human Library safeguarding (Day 3). Sharing is always opt-in. "Books" are volunteers who prepared their story with a facilitator on Day 2 or 3 and agreed beforehand which parts are off limits. Anyone can stop a conversation or leave the room. Keep one facilitator moving between reading groups, a quiet room open all day, and the group leader of each "book" nearby. Use the last 15 minutes for an emotional check-in, and keep Day 3 evening free.

Daily rhythm

3 sessions a day: 09:30–11:00, 11:30–13:00 and an afternoon session ending at 17:00
Most sessions open with a short face-to-face game
Daily reflection is the last 15 minutes of the afternoon session
Free time after lunch and from 17:00 every day
Only 2 evening programmes: cultural nights on Day 2 and Day 6
Day 7 holds Youthpass and closing. Day 8 is a free day with no sessions

Group splits

7 mixed groups of 5. Each country has 7 people, so every group gets one person from each country
Groups change for every session, so by the end of the week everyone has worked with almost everyone
Quick reshuffle: hand out cards in 7 colours at the door, with each national group getting one card of each colour
Facilitators join a group when they are not leading the session
Pairs and triads for listening exercises, and national groups only for country inputs, cultural nights and follow-up plans

Pre-arrival tasks (from the application)

Map local realities of inclusion and diversity in your town (Day 2)
A short presentation or story about your community
Collect local stories and questions for the Human Library (Day 3)
Bring 2–3 ideas for a digital story (Day 5)
Prepare about 30 minutes for your cultural night: food, music, a game. Avoid slides-only shows
Join the WhatsApp group, Zoom meeting and shared Google Drive