🇮🇹 YE "United By Flavours" (Sapori Che Uniscono) / 7-16.05.2026 - Filadelfia (VV), Calabria, Italy
- Arte Diem Calabria
- Feb 20
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🍽️ YE "United By Flavours" (UBF) - "Sapori Che Uniscono"
📆 7-16.05.2026
📍 Filadelfia (VV), Calabria, Italy
🔎 Main Objectives:
- Promote intercultural dialogue through food as a universal language.
- Empower young people, especially those with fewer opportunities, through non-formal education and cultural exchange.
- Develop digital competences through the creation of a Multimedia Digital Cookbook and podcast storytelling.
- Raise awareness about sustainability practices such as zero food waste and responsible consumption.
- Foster active citizenship and knowledge of Erasmus+ and Youthpass.
👥 5 Participants (18 - 26 yo) + 1 GL (18+) per country
🇪🇺 Partner Countries: Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Romania
✈️ Travel reimbursement: Check the Info Pack for the maximum budget per country.
💶 Food and accommodation are 100% covered by the hosting organization.
📧 Deadline for selection: 22th of March 2026
ℹ️ Application form: https://bit.ly/4atPXOl
📩 Please note that only selected participants will receive official communication regarding their selection for the Youth Exchange. 🌟 Each partner organisation may also use an internal selection process according to their own policies. 👁️ Keep an eye on your inbox for exciting news about joining us in Calabria for this powerful learning journey! 🇮🇹
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ℹ️ YE "United By Flavours" Project Information Pack
Welcome to KA152 Youth Exchange "United By Flavours" (UBF) - "Sapori Che Uniscono". This info pack is your comprehensive guide for all details regarding the upcoming Youth Exchange in Filadelfia (VV), Calabria, Italy, scheduled for 7th-16th May 2026.
In the following sections, you will find in-depth information about the project's objectives, accommodation arrangements, travel details, and other essential information to ensure you're fully prepared for this Youth Exchange hosted by us, Arte Diem Calabria.
Table of Contents
Project Overview
"United By Flavors" invites 30 young participants (aged 18 to 26) and 6 group leaders from Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Türkiye.
In this project, we will use cooking and sharing food as a "universal language" to connect different cultures and promote social inclusion. The main goal of this youth exchange is to empower young people, especially those who face daily challenges or are currently not working or studying (NEETs), to build self-confidence, break down stereotypes, and make new friends from all over Europe.
Through fun, hands-on cooking workshops, cultural nights, and digital activities, you will learn how food connects to our personal identity and history. You will also improve your teamwork, communication, and digital skills by creating a Multimedia Digital Cookbook, audio podcasts, and short social media videos (for TikTok and Instagram). At the same time, we will learn about the environment, focusing on green habits and how to reduce food waste in our daily lives.
By focusing on food and culture, we want to create a generation of open-minded young leaders who celebrate diversity and know how to build stronger, more welcoming communities. This project will give you a fantastic intercultural experience, boost your personal growth, and help us build a more united and sustainable European future!
Working Methods
👥 Hands-on Cooking & Digital Workshops: Get ready to roll up your sleeves! You will dive into lively cooking sessions where we prepare delicious traditional dishes using sustainable, zero-waste ingredients. We will also have fun digital workshops to learn how to create cool content for social media.
🤝 Creative Group Projects: Team up with your new friends from different countries to create amazing things together! We will co-create a Multimedia Digital Cookbook, record our own audio podcasts, and shoot short "Video Pills" for TikTok and Instagram. It’s all about teamwork, having fun, and using our creativity to share our cultures.
🔄 Peer-to-Peer Learning: You and your national team will actually lead some of the activities! You will share your traditional recipes, cultural stories, and experience with food. It's a fantastic chance to step into a leadership role, see new perspectives, and learn directly from each other.
🎭 Cultural & Green Challenges: Join fun, interactive missions like our "Green Challenge," where national teams will compete in daily sustainable actions like reducing food waste and recycling. We will also go on exciting outdoor activities, like a cultural city hunt in beautiful Tropea and Pizzo, to discover the territory and meet local producers together.
🌙 Evening Reflections & Digital Journaling: Each day winds down with a chill moment in our "circle time" to reflect. We will use a journal to think over what you’ve learned, track your personal goals for your Youthpass, and see how you can bring these fresh ideas back home to spark change.
Participant Profile
🌍 Diverse Participation: 37 people in total (30 young participants, 6 group leaders, and 1 expert facilitator from Italy) from Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Türkiye will gather in Filadelfia, Italy, for this amazing project. Each national team will consist of 5 participants (aged 18 to 26) and 1 group leader.
🤝 Inclusive Mix: We strongly welcome young newcomers to Erasmus+ projects! A big part of our youth exchange is about inclusion, so we are looking for young people who might face daily challenges, such as those living in rural areas, facing economic obstacles, having a migrant background, or who are currently not working or studying (NEETs). To promote a truly inclusive environment, each team will include at least 2 participants with fewer opportunities.
👩🍳 Age Range & Interests: Participants aged 18-26 should have a strong interest in food, culture, and meeting new people. You don't need to be a professional chef! You just need to be curious, open-minded, and excited to learn about sustainable cooking (like zero food waste), share your local traditions, and help create digital content like podcasts and social media videos.
🧭 Group Leadership: Each team will be led by an experienced youth worker or group leader. Their role is to guide, motivate, and support the participants before, during, and after the project, making sure everyone feels safe and included. There is no age limit for group leaders.
🗣️🇬🇧 Language: The working language is English. Effective communication is essential, but please don't worry if your English isn't perfect,mutual understanding, helping each other, and sharing a smile (or a good meal!) are our main goals!
📢🤝 Commitment to Engagement: Erasmus+ is not just a holiday! Participants are expected to actively engage during the project activities in Italy, but also in the preparation and the follow-up. When you go back home, you and your team will organize local events (like photo exhibitions, tastings, or Digital Food Challenges on social media) to share your beautiful experience with your local community.
The Location & Travel Arrangements 🏖️✈️
Accommodation 🏨
The project's venue is “Residenza Antico Borgo” (https://www.residenzaanticoborgo.it/), located in Filadelfia (Vibo Valentia) right in the heart of the city.
Rooms & Capacity:The rooms are designed to host around 3-4 people (mixed by nationality and divided by gender), depending on venue availability. 🛏️🌍
Meals & Refreshments: 3 meals a day, Italian breakfast, lunch, and dinner 🍽️, along with coffee breaks ☕, all provided on-site.
Meals will follow the traditional Italian way of eating:
First course (primo): often pasta with different sauces.
Second course (secondo): either vegetarian or meat-based.
Some evenings will feature pizza dinners or typical Calabrese street food.
Please note: if a participant has no flexibility to adapt to this culinary style, it is better to skip this opportunity and consider a project in a country with a food culture more similar to their own.
How to reach the venue 📍
Project Location / Destination (Residenza Antico Borgo): 🗺️
Via B. Maiolo, 30, 89814 Filadelfia (VV)
Best Way: Arriving at Lamezia Terme
The most convenient route is to fly directly to Lamezia Terme Airport. Upon arrival, the Arte Diem Calabria logistics team will pick-ups from either Lamezia Terme Airport or Lamezia Terme Centrale Train Station. Pick-ups will be organized based on the arrival information of the participants and the availability of cars/minivans which need to be communicated in advance to the hosting organisation.
PICKUP LOCATION📍
✈️ Lamezia Terme International Airport
Address: Via Aeroporto, 88046 Lamezia Terme CZ
🚆 Lamezia Terme Centrale Train Station
Address:Piazza Stazione, 88046 Lamezia Terme CZ, Italy
Alternative Airports
If you are flying into Reggio Calabria or Naples, it is possible to reach Lamezia Terme by bus or train:
By Bus: Services like ITABUS (ITABUS), FLIXBUS (FLIXBUS), and FEDERICO (FEDERICO) offer routes to Lamezia Terme.
By Train: Trenitalia provides regular train services to Lamezia Terme from various cities (Trenitalia).
Upon reaching Lamezia Terme Train Station, the logistics team will assist you further to reach the project venue.
If you want to stay more in Calabria you can travel for a maximum of 2 days before and 2 after the project, in this case, you need to cover your accommodation and expenses*
*This applies if there are no easier, safer and cheaper options to reach the venue.
IMPORTANT
Prepare your travel plan considering your outbound flight must arrive at Lamezia Airport by 8.00 PM (in case of lack any option Arte Diem Calabria will support you in find a different solution), while the return flight must depart from Lamezia Airport no earlier than 9.00 AM. If there are no similar options, we are gonna find a solution together.
This scheduling provides sufficient time to travel from the hotel to the airport. We are gonna collect all your arrival and departure info in advance and prepare the best plan, which will fit all the group.
YOUR TRAVEL PLAN MUST BE AGREED UPON WITH THE HOSTING ORGANIZATION, OTHERWISE, THE REFUND WILL NOT BE ADMISSIBLE
YOU HAVE TO PICK THE MOST ECONOMIC WAY TO REACH THE PROJECT LOCATION.
Please note that only public transport is subject to reimbursement. If you travel by airplane use only economy class, taxi is not covered.
YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE PROJECT ONE DAY EARLY TO CATCH YOUR FLIGHT OR BUS. PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT’S DATE.
Reimbursement & Travel Guidelines
What are the dates and what does the reimbursement cover?
The arrival date is 7th of May 2026
The departure date is the 16th of May 2026
You need to collect and keep all your physical and digital tickets. You will receive the reimbursement for all the routes related to reaching the venue of the project and going back home (not for tourist purposes). Having proof of travel (boarding passes, tickets,...) and of cost (invoices and receipts) is a requirement to get the reimbursement according to Erasmus+ rules.
The reimbursement process usually takes 60 days by the end of the project but depends even on participants or national agency duties.
Another requirement for reimbursement is to take part actively in the DISSEMINATION of the results and the FOLLOW-UP activities.
TRAVEL AGENCY COSTS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED ACCORDING TO ERASMUS+ RULES.
ONLY PRIORITY OPTIONS AVAILABLE WITH AIRLINE COMPANIES, WHICH ALLOW FOR ONBOARD LUGGAGE AND A PERSONAL ITEM, WILL BE REIMBURSED AS PART OF YOUR TRAVEL COSTS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LARGER LUGGAGE, SUCH AS CHECKED BAGS, WILL NOT BE COVERED FOR TRAVEL LOGISTICAL REASONS. HOWEVER, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE LUGGAGE ON BOARD WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION IN ENSURING A SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
Budget and Documentation
Country | Travel Budget* (max/person) |
Italy | 0€ |
France | 309€ |
Bulgaria | 309€ |
Greece | 309€ |
Türkiye | 309€ |
Romania | 309€ |
The cost given is a limit in total PER PERSON, for both ways.
TRAVEL WILL BE REIMBURSED ACCORDING TO THE REAL COST YOU SPENT, up to the amount given above per country (See the table above), but not more than that (which means that if you spend less, you will be reimbursed the money you spent or if you spend more, you will get up to limit)
EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE MORE THAN THE LIMIT WILL BE YOUR OWN COST.
Important to mention*
Participation in this Youth Exchange foresees 20€ from the travel budget which will cover: the organisation of the pick up from/to the airport (part of your trip, so part of the travel budget) and a cultural visit to Tropea and Pizzo. This extra activity will be arranged according to the activity schedule and weather conditions. This 20€ will be deduced from the total personal travel expenses only in case this activity is organised.
Good Reasons to Travel Light
Quick and Efficient: Avoid the wait for baggage check-ins and collections, helping you catch flights and trains on time. 🛄⏱️
Easy Movement: Navigate new cities with ease and less baggage to carry. 🚶♂️🚶♀️🧳
Minimize Loss Risk: Keep all belongings with you, reducing the chance of losing them during transit. 🔒🎒
Budget and Eco-friendly: Lighter travel often aligns with more sustainable and cost-effective transport options like budget airlines. 💚💰✈️
Where to book your tickets?
You can check the following links for cheap flights:
WIZZ AIR: https://wizzair.com
Ryanair: https://www.ryanair.com
Easy Jet: https://www.easyjet.com
You can use Flight Search Engines as https://www.skyscanner.net/ to find your route, but we highly suggest finally booking your tickets directly from the Airline Company to not have intermediaries.
Project Preparation 🌍
Intercultural Evenings
Be Creative! 🎨 Participants are invited to design a vibrant and interactive intercultural evening. This is your stage to creatively showcase your country's culture! 🌟
What's Your Culture? Share your traditional snacks 🍲, drinks 🍹, music 🎶, and unique cultural aspects.
Interactive Activities: Think about fun games 🎲, traditional dances, and educational activities related to your culture.
Activities & What to Prepare
Morning/Afternoon Energizers! ⚡ We'd love each national team to prepare some fun energizers to uplift everyone's spirit and keep the energy high during the project! 🏃♂️💃
Food, Stories & Recipes! 🍲🎙️ During the Youth Exchange, we are going to explore how food connects to our identity, our history, and the environment. Therefore, each national team is invited to prepare beforehand by gathering:
Traditional recipes from your country that we will cook together and add to our co-created Multimedia Digital Cookbook.
Personal memories or cultural stories related to your local food, which we will record for our "United By Flavors" audio Podcast.
Green Ideas: Think about how to make your traditional dishes more sustainable, for example using "zero-waste" tricks or leftover ingredients! 🌍♻️
What to Bring? 🎒
Essentials: Passport or ID 🛂, comfortable clothes 👕👖 for activities.
Provided by Hotel: Towels, bed sheets, small hairdryer, and small personal care items 🧴.
For Intercultural Nights: Bring your favourite foods and beverages to share 🍽️🍾 (optional but fun!).
Other Must-Haves: Toothpaste, medicines 💊, and a positive attitude 😊.
Multimedia Work: Bring laptops 💻, digital cameras 📷 and tablets if you can. We have some cool multimedia activities planned! 📱🎥
Health & Travel Insurance 🏥
Ensure you have a valid European Health Insurance Card or private travel insurance. 🛡️
Health Alerts: Please inform us of any health risks, required medications, or special dietary needs 🍏🍞💊.
Contact Information 📞
Should you need any assistance, our project coordinators are just a message away.
Project Coordinator: 🌟 Rocco Burdino
Email: 📧 artediemcalabria@gmail.com
📩 Selection Process & Communication
We provide these contact channels to help you once you have been chosen for the project. Please keep in mind that the selection of each national team is the full responsibility of our partners. All questions about the selection process must be sent directly to the partner organization in your country. We cannot consider emails that try to bypass our partners.
How selection works:
- Partner organizations give priority to their own active team members, volunteers and youngsters who actively engage in the organisation daily activities.
- In specific cases, partners may welcom outside applicants who are highly interested and have the right profile for the Youth Exchange.
- Partners may use their own application forms and apply their own internal organizational policies.
- Only selected participants will receive an official confirmation. 👁️ Keep an eye on your inbox for news about joining us on this adventure in Italy! 🇮🇹
Partners
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