On January 29th and February 05th, 2019, workshops for EU Education programs were held in Shtip and Strumica as a part of the activity A.2.2 from the project “Rural Youth assisting Macedonia in EU Integration”. The target beneficiaries were NGOs, students from high schools and universities as well as teachers and professors from East and South-east region of Macedonia. The vast possibilities of the EU program ERASMUS+ were elaborated in details by the presenters from the National Agency for Mobility and EU Educational Programs. They presented ERASMUS+ program including modules for academic education, high school level education, vocational education, mobility (student’s exchange), trainings for teachers as well as projects for innovative practice, youth dialogue etc.

The presenters also described the application methods and ways to cover the expenses for participation and answered to all of the questions by the audience of almost 200 participants on both events. After the first part of the event, participants who already utilized the benefits of the ERASMUS+ program gave short presentations on their experience, results and the following work on sustainability of the programs effects in our country.

The event was organized with assistance of the local organization Youth Club from Shtip and CELOR from Radovish.