Conference – Symposium – Forum
3-7 November 2025 | Marrakech, Morocco
The event provides an opportunity to learn, collaborate and share knowledge around innovative methods and best practices in formal and non-formal learning, through the exploration and exchange of ‘educational tools’.
Themes and goals:
The International Tool Fair (ITF) is an Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps community-of-practice event that gather diverse organisations and project leaders within Youth, Sports, School Education, Adult Education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors across Europe and beyond borders.
The event provides an opportunity to learn, collaborate and share knowledge around innovative methods and best practices in formal and non-formal learning, through the exploration and exchange of ‘educational tools’. An educational tool can be thought of as the way we transfer and implement educational goals into a practice that engages participants in the learning process. Tools can take various forms, such as simulation exercises, creative workshops, role-plays, outdoor activities and more.
The XIX edition of the International Tool Fair: PLAY Fair – Sport as a Tool for Social Impact, will take place in November 3-7, 2025 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
This edition of the ITF will focus on how sport can be used as a tool to support social impact.
Expected results:
- Explore a range of Sport themes, qualitative tools and approaches through facilitator-led workshops, peer-to-peer discussions, deep-engagement sessions, and interactive activities.
- Become inspired and connect new tools, methodologies, and practices to their organisation’s context, local reality, and professional/personal experiences by working around the notion of transferability.
- Share and discuss how to use sport tools across sectors and in diverse contexts and settings.
- Reflect on sport practices, research, and competences across all sectors (youth, sport, schools, VET and Adult Education).
Additional information:
The different features of the International Tool Fair allow the participants – through innovative approaches and practices – to explore the theme via various perspectives.
Tools Workshops
Tools Workshops sessions offer opportunities for some of the participants to run and facilitate their own workshop providing thus a space for peer-learning in an international context between different youth actors sectors.
Tools to Explore
Tools-to-Explore sessions are an opportunity for participants to go deeper into understanding and developing tools/approaches around a particular theme or sub-theme. They are thematic sessions offering novel approaches of working with youth workers, youth educators and/or young people.
Tool Coaching
Tool Coaches are a well-established feature of the International Tool Fair. All those selected to present their educational tool in a workshop or a Tool to Explore has the chance to be assigned a coach who can support and challenge them to do the best out of their tool. They have a coaching and mentoring role, in line with the themes of the International Tool Fair and the process and rationale of the workshops’ sessions. The tool coaches’ role includes contact with the presenter prior to their session, attendance at the session and a follow-up conversation as soon as possible afterward to ensure that even presenters have a positive learning experience at the International Tool Fair.
You have an initiative you would like to promote or a tool but don’t want to lead a workshop?
Tools Market
Tools Market is an opportunity to share a broader range of tools, publications and ideas brought by the participants. Not all of the proposals can be presented in a workshop setting and some do not require so much time. In this way, the Tools Market becomes the time and place to showcase and explore what the community is working on with specific focus and contribution from youth actors of the hosting country.
The programme also includes:
TF Talks
Tool Fair Talks are the equivalent of TED Talks but specifically arranged for the International Tool Fair, offering inspirational talks challenging the participants and triggering deeper reflections on a theme linked to the main topic of the event.
Hot Spot of EU Youth programmes
The EU Hot Spot provides a dedicated space during the breaks with information about the programmes thanks to the NAs and SALTOs staff members present at the event in order to answer questions and talk to the participants about the functioning of both the Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps programmes.
Criteria
- Able to communicate in English
- Committed to actively engaging throughout the entire activity
- Demonstrates enthusiasm and creative ideas for applying newfound knowledge in their work
- develop skills in line with the activity's objectives
Important notes:
Participants can also apply to facilitate a workshop in order to present their educational tool. They have to provide a description of it and indicate how they will run it so it is interactive (hands-on testing for the participants of the workshop – around 20 pax per workshop) and dedicates some time to reflect on its transferability to other context, sector and reality.
Safety, accessibility and sustainability
At this event, we follow the principles of a safer space. We strive to ensure that everyone is welcomed as they are and that no one has to fear discrimination or harassment. We want you to respect the same principle.
Our activities are accessible to people with different abilities. Please let us know your individual needs in advance so that we can help you participate.
Your kind of training?
Apply now!Application deadline (24h UTC): 27 June 2025Date of selection: 9 July 2025
Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/13623
This Conference – Symposium – Forum is
for 60 participants
from Eastern Partnership countries 
, Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries , Southern Mediterranean countries , Western Balkan countries
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Youth policy makers, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Youth researchers
Accessibility info:
This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities.
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Agence Erasmus+ France Jeunesse & Sport – Agence du Service Civique (National Agency)
Co-organiser(s):
- SALTO EuroMed (SALTO Resource Centre)
Contact for questions:
Anne Rolland
E-Mail: anne.rolland@service-civique.gouv.fr
Phone: +33
Before applying please contact the NA of your residence country to check if it is involved in this concrete project and committed to cover travel costs. NB! Learn about possible participation fee and other relevant rules.
Costs
Participation fee
This project is financed by the participating National Agencies (NAs) of the Erasmus+ Programme. The participation fee varies from country to country. Please contact your National Agency or SALTO Resource Centre (SALTO) to learn more about the participation fee for participants from your country.
Accommodation and food
Accommodation and food are covered by the hosting national agency.
Travel reimbursement
Please contact your NA or SALTO in order to know whether they would support your travel costs. If yes, after being selected, get in touch with your NA or SALTO again to learn more about the overall procedure to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity.
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