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Game Change already gets its second local implementations!

This time around taking place at Lykeio Polemidion, today on the 5th of June 2026, involving students from the school.

Guided by youth workers Michalis and Bobbie, who were participants in the original training course back in March, participants not only played Save Pedro! and Connected, but learned all about game dev concepts, brainstormed and created their own playable prototypes.

Split into two teams participants created

🇨🇾 The Cyprus Explorer - A trivia based game based on categories all about Cyprus, with different difficulty cards giving out different points
❓ Get to Know Me - A unique snake and ladders based games, with an icebreaking twist, with certain tiles requiring you to learn all about opposing players.

Participants not only learned HOW to play games, but also how to conduct the guided playtest, thus learning exactly how to improve games based on player experience and feedback.

Keep an eye out for future local implementations! 8 more to go, taking place all over Cyprus 🇨🇾

Game Change”’s local implementations begin!

Activity 5 of the Game Change KA2 project involves Local Testing & Youth Engagement with Board Games. As such, on the 4th of June 2026 the first such implementation took place at Lykeio Apostolou Louka Kollosiou involving 21 students of the school.

The day began with youth worker Bobbie and Michalis explaining their experience at the original training course back in March, and jumping straight into playing the games developed at that training, Save Petro! and Connected.

Continuing on by teaching participants ore game dev concepts, such as turn structures, core loops, rulesets participants set the entire day developing their own prototypes, and conducting play testing of all 4 games.

During the day participants developed fully playable prototypes of 4 games which where -
🏝️ The Island board - 2 teams competing to escape the island after crash landing
🗳️ Treasure Hunt - trivia based board game involving numerous types of questions with difficulty options
✈️ Around the World, Guess the word - trivia based travel game based on fun facts of the entire world
🐍 Mafia Snake - A snakes and ladders based game based on the collection of fame points.

Greetings once again from Romania! 🇷🇴

Youth Exchange ECOMOVE is currently taking place in Satara Muncel, Romania from the dates of 31st of May until 11th of June.

Participants from the Cyprus team are Georgia, Lambidona, Eleni, Kyriaki, Kleopatra, Valeria along with their leader, youth worker Eirini Christofi!

Hosted by , the EcoMove project is bringing together young people from different countries with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyles, physical activity, and environmental awareness. Through sports activities, outdoor experiences, workshops, and creative non-formal learning methods, participants developed teamwork skills, self-confidence, and a stronger sense of environmental responsibility.

The project is actively active participation, intercultural exchange, and personal growth, inspiring young people to become agents of positive change within their local communities while promoting sustainable and healthy ways of living.

Thanks to for taking care of our participants!

Greetings from Romania! Ce faci? 🇷🇴

Participants Alexantros, Argyris and Panayiota took part in Scout Society’s Erasmus+ mobility titled “Beyond the Algorithm” which took place from the 23 rd until 31st of May 2026.

As part of the Erasmus+ programme, participants had the opportunity to travel to Novaci, Romania, and take part in an educational project focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and modern technologies.
Throughout the project, participants engaged in a variety of workshops and interactive activities that introduced fundamental programming concepts, website and application development, and the enhancement of digital skills. The project provided a creative and enriching learning environment, encouraging collaboration with young people from different countries, the exchange of ideas, and the development of intercultural understanding.
Participants also gained valuable insights into emerging technologies and learned how to use AI tools effectively and responsibly, equipping them with knowledge and skills relevant to the technologies of the future.

Thanks to Scout Society for taking care of our participants! We can’t wait to hear all about the new methods learned so ACPELIA can implement them in local and international mobilities!

Local Piloting in Cyprus for project GRYW continues, this time in Lykeio Apostolou Louka Kollosiou.

With the team “Lions” taking the helm this time, with trainers Nikolas and Panayiota, on June 3 2026, participants took part in icebreaking activities, and as such, getting to know each other better, Take a step forward, learning about injustice in the world and finally the Ladder of Participation, thus learning all about youth involvement.

Just like the previous day, this day also used the gamify tool to its fullest, including its voting system, quiz system as well as time-based attendance, rewarding engaged participants with a collection of points and leaderboards, as taught to us during the training course that took place in Armenia just a few weeks back! 🎮

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🎮 The project GRYW is a 23-month-long project under the Erasmus+ KA2 CBY call, that aims to promote 🚀 innovative grassroots youth work in rural communities of partnering countries by integrating gamified non-formal learning with digital tools in the youth work.

🇪🇺 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

 

Local Piloting in Cyprus for project GRYW begins!

Starting off strong with group team “Spiders” at Lykeio Polemidion in Limassol, on June 2 2026, Olympia and Giota took the opportunity to host the activities based on bullying and theatre, as well as waste literacy teaching participants both important concepts, using a variety of non-formal education tools and methods.

The day used the gamify tool to its fullest, including its voting system, quiz system as well as time-based attendance, rewarding engaged participants with a collection of points and leaderboards, as taught to us during the training course that took place in Armenia just a few weeks back! 🎮

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🎮 The project GRYW is a 23-month-long project under the Erasmus+ KA2 CBY call, that aims to promote 🚀 innovative grassroots youth work in rural communities of partnering countries by integrating gamified non-formal learning with digital tools in the youth work.

🇪🇺 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

 

🎮 Gamify Rural Youth Work!

🇪🇺 We have conducted a Training Course. 

👉🏻 From 10th to 19th May, a mobility of youth workers was held in 🇦🇲 Tsaghkadzor, Armenia.

💁🏻‍♂️ During the mobility, participants developed their competencies in designing and facilitating non-formal education sessions using gamification methods and tools.

👫 The training brought together 30 rural youth workers from 🇬🇪 🇦🇲 🇨🇾 🇹🇷 🇺🇦

🔄 After the training course, youth workers will conduct follow-up (Piloting) activities and will organise meetings for rural youth. Stay tuned!

👉Find out more on the project website https://cutt.ly/wtSm9Ob6 

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🎮 The project GRYW is a 23-month-long project under the Erasmus+ KA2 CBY call, that aims to promote 🚀 innovative grassroots youth work in rural communities of partnering countries by integrating gamified non-formal learning with digital tools in the youth work.

🇪🇺 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Greetings from North Macedonia! 🇲🇰

Upcoming Youth Exchange on Sustainability, Democracy, AI and New Technologies gets its APV meeting!

Taking place on the 30th of May 2026 in Struga, as well as Ohrid the APV allowed Nikolas Nikolaou from SKE Pissouriou (along with associated partner ACPELIA) to better prepare the Cypriot participants who will be taking part in the Youth Exchange from the 2nd until the 8th of July 2026 in Krusevo.

The project focuses on empowering young people to understand the connection between sustainability, democracy, and emerging technologies. Participants will explore how AI and digital tools can be used responsibly to promote environmental awareness, active citizenship, and inclusive decision-making.

Through this experience, participants will develop digital skills, critical thinking, teamwork, and intercultural competences, while gaining practical knowledge on how to use technology for positive social and environmental impact.

The organization that is hosting and running the project is Здружение Јасна Иднина, who has a focus on providing learning and employment opportunities especially to youth from rural areas

Keep an eye out for more posts on this project as the youth exchange takes place in late June! 🇲🇰✈️

FUL gets an online meeting!

Feelings Unleashed, set to take place in Kato Allisos, from 15 to 23 of July 2026, gets an online meeting with all of the participants. With as much as 42 youngsters, from Cyprus, Poland, Serbia, Lithuania, Romania and Serbia, the project is focused on exploring motional expression, creativity, and personal growth through non-formal education methods such as theatre, art, music, and photography.

As such, on the 27th of May 2026, we had the opportunity to host an online call, in collaboration with SKE Pissouriou, as well as hosting informal group Youth Navis to meet the participants who will come to the project, give instructions for travel, homework and clarify any questions for the upcoming project.

Keep an eye out for more upcoming posts about this project!

Inclusive RaceTrack gets a follow-up!

Aristos Georgiou had the opportunity to present, during ACPELIA’s presentation of Recent Actions & General Electoral Assembly on the 24th of May 2026, all about his recent experience at the training course.

Inclusive RaceTrack, ACS Forza Junior Costuleni’s 7 day training course originally took place between 4 to 12 May 2026, and it brought together youth workers from different European countries to explore how sport can become a tool for inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.

Using non-formal education methods, participants are co-creating the concept of an inclusive race track – a dynamic space designed with obstacles and challenges made from recycled materials, transformed into interactive games. This innovative approach will help youth workers understand how barriers faced by young people can be turned into opportunities for growth, teamwork, and community engagement.

Special thanks to Forza Junior Constuleni for taking took care of our participants!