Staff from SALTO ID ET, the Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes, and the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research pose together outdoors beside a SALTO Inclusion and Diversity banner during a job shadowing visit.

Job shadowing visit by Czech colleagues to SALTO ID ET and Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes

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On August 26 and 27, the Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (AMEUP) and the SALTO Resource Centre for Inclusion and Diversity in Education and Training (SALTO ID ET) had the pleasure to host two staff members of the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research, Zdeňka Vlasáková and Eva Teysslerová, for a job shadowing focused on inclusion and diversity in the implementation of E+ projects.
Dora Lukač and Tajana Krstonošić from SALTO ID ET held several meeting sessions with the Czech colleagues, walking them through the chief policy documents on ID on the European and Croatian national level, as well as the various ways in which inclusion is mainstreamed into the work of National Agencies , including through the role of national ID Officers, ID ambassadors, inclusion contact points, and through inclusion-focused Long-Term Activities (LTAs) and Training and Cooperation Activities.
AMEUP’s Department of Vocational Education and Training, represented by Sandra Buljan and Maja Tretinjak Raguž, held another session with the Czech guests dedicated specifically to mobility projects in KA1, a sectoral focus in their daily work. The job shadowing closed with a presentation about the establishment, functioning, activities and resources of SALTO ID ET and the potential of strategic partnerships in LTAs focused on inclusion and diversity.

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Cycle of SALTO ID ET’s training sessions for national Inclusion & Diversity Officers completed

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In early 2026, SALTO ID ET started a cycle of sessions on “training the trainers” for Inclusion and Diversity (ID) Officers from Erasmus+ National Agencies, aimed at strengthening their capacity to organize workshops on ID for National Agency staff and external experts involved in assessing and evaluating Erasmus+ projects. The training cycle has built on elements already tackled in the previous training of ID officers on designing a workshop (9 – 11 June 2025, Zagreb, Croatia). Some of the key topics of this training cycle included creating a safe learning environment, the principles and methods of non-formal education, approaches to workshop design and learning experiences, debriefing and facilitation skills, as well as feedback and evaluation. 

This year’s training cycle began on February 11th with a preparatory online meeting between the participants and the facilitators, Sunčana Kusturin and Gisele Evrard, who presented some of the methodological principles of non-formal education when conducting training on ID. The group of ID Officers exchanged their experiences on delivering and/or participating in workshops for other NA colleagues, while taking stock of the needs of National Agencies on the topic of ID laid out in SALTO ID ET’s 2023 report. This meeting closed with a preparatory reading task for the ID Officers, who confirmed their participation in the main training event. 

The latter took place from March 25 to March 27 in Zadar, Croatia, where the ID Officers convened for a two-and-a-half day training session dedicated to their development of workshop plans in small teams. The training tackled methods for ID Officers to engage other NA staff and external evaluators of E+ projects and to facilitate discussions on delicate topics like the personal barriers of people with fewer opportunities or their needs for financial and other support. 

The workshop plans developed in Zadar were then individually implemented by the ID Officers in the form of practical workshops with a recommended duration of 60 – 120 minutes for 8-15 participants in their respective National Agencies from April to June 2026. The specific topics of workshops varied from country to country, depending on the key ID needs and challenges identified as relevant for the differing national contexts.  

Finally, to follow up on the training, a final half-a-day online consultation session with the participating ID Officers was organised on June 10, where they shared their experiences and captured key lessons learned from the implementation of the workshops. The workshops developed during the training will be refined if needed and then shared with all NA officers and will become part of the working materials for ID officers which SALTO collects, shares and promotes. 

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Movetia Academy session on inclusive international mobility in Higher Education

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On May 28th, more than 30 internationalisation professionals from Swiss Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) gathered online for a Movetia Academy session dedicated to Inclusion and Diversity in mobility and facilitated by Chantal Sistek and Ella Spadaro, scientific advisors at Movetia. Designed for Swiss International Relations Offices (IROs), inclusion officers and researchers, the session focused on how their institutions can widen participation and better support students with fewer opportunities. The meeting provided both strategic perspectives and practical tools to strengthen inclusive approaches in international mobility.

The session opened with a shared reflection on the barriers students with opportunities face in international mobility, ways HEIs can foster more inclusive participation and the tools and resources available for the task. Given that many Swiss HEIs are not yet actively using Erasmus+ tools and support, the first presentation, delivered by Hrvoje Ryznar, Advisor at SALTO ID ET, focused on introducing participants to the SALTO Network, explaining its role within Erasmus+ and showcasing a range of resources, services and tools designed to help HEIs implement inclusion measures. Several ways in which Swiss HEIs can benefit from capacity-building opportunities were outlined, including through mentorship offers provided by SALTO ID ET.

In the second keynote, Martin Bogdan (Academic Cooperation Association) introduced the DIEM project, presenting approaches to making international mobility more inclusive. He highlighted structural and individual barriers faced by students and outlined practical first steps institutions can take to develop more inclusive strategies within their own contexts.

As part of its broader mission, the Movetia Academy acts as a Professional Learning Community, where internationalisation professionals can bring their needs and experiences, share their practice, and work on their own professional challenges while collaborating and learning from one another.

 

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9th Meeting of Inclusion and Diversity Officers on „Green Inclusion“ Held

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On 24 November 2025, the 9th meeting of Inclusion and Diversity (ID) Officers, organised by SALTO Resource Center for Inclusion and Diversity in Education and Training (SALTO ID ET), was held online, bringing together over 40 ID Officers and staff from National Agencies (NAs) across Europe, alongside representatives of the European Commission. The meeting was dedicated to the topic of “green inclusion” – the intersection of two horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ programme, namely inclusion and diversity and the environment and fight against climate change. The meeting was facilitated by Ms. Snežana Bačlija Knoch.

Screenshot from a Zoom online meeting with a female speaker showing a presentation slide on good practices in the field of green inclusion.

The meeting opened with a warm welcome by Ms. Dora Lukač, Acting Head of SALTO ID ET, who briefly presented the current activities of the Resource Centre. The first session, a panel discussion on How inclusion and sustainability can go together, included contributions on different stakeholders’ perspectives by Ms. Brigita Jerić (social worker and Erasmus+ project coordinator at Slava Raškaj Centre for Education, Zagreb/ID Ambassador for the Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes), Mr. Henrique Gonçalves (SALTO ID Youth, coordinator of the LTA Bridging Voices: Empowering Youth Diversity for Climate Justice) and Prof. Dražen Šimleša, PhD (RIPESS Europe – Solidarity Economy Europe/researcher at the Ivo Pilar Institute for Social Sciences, Zagreb).

In the second part of the meeting, the participants joined working groups to explore the link between the two topics in their NA work. Their discussions mirrored various aspects of green inclusion, including barriers and opportunities in local or national contexts; examples of good practice from local communities, e.g. in energy production and food waste reduction; the need for capacity building and collaboration on the topic between ID Officers and Green Contact Points in NAs; and inclusive NA practices for supporting beneficiaries in working on projects addressing the environment and the fight against climate change.

Following the working sessions, Ms. Anne-Louise Dupin from the SALTO Resource Center for Green Transition and Sustainable Development presented some examples of good practice from SALTO Green’s Collection of Green Projects for Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps. Finally, the last part of the meeting consisted of an open agenda in which Ms. Tajana Krstonošić (SALTO ID ET) briefly talked about the European Commission’s Erasmus+ and ESC Inclusion Campaign planned for 2026, while Ms. Špela Močilnikar (CMEPIUS) spoke about the results of research done at her institution on inclusion in Key Activity 1 in the sector od Adult Education.

The meeting was officially closed by Snežana Bačlija Knoch and Hrvoje Ryznar (SALTO ID ET), who thanked everyone for their participation and encouraged them to join the next meeting in Croatia in March 2026.