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About Yuothpass
Youthpass – information for participants
At the end of this Erasmus+ project, you will receive a Youthpass certificate. Youthpass is an official recognition tool of the Erasmus+ programme, which documents your participation in a youth project and, more importantly, the learning outcomes you achieved through non-formal learning.
Unlike traditional certificates that only confirm attendance, Youthpass focuses on what you have actually learned during the process: skills, competences, attitudes, and personal development gained through activities, teamwork, reflection, and intercultural experiences.
The certificate is created together with you during the project. This means it is not prepared only at the end, but developed gradually through reflection sessions, group discussions, and self-assessment activities supported by youth workers and facilitators.
Purpose and added value of Youthpass
From a practical perspective, Youthpass has several important functions:
It helps participants make their learning visible. Many skills gained in Erasmus+ projects are not formally assessed in school or work environments. Youthpass provides a structured way to describe and document these competences in a meaningful way. It strengthens employability. Employers increasingly value soft skills such as teamwork, communication, adaptability, responsibility, and intercultural competence. Youthpass translates project experience into clear, understandable language that can be used in CVs, job applications, or interviews.
It supports educational pathways. Youthpass can be included in applications for further education, scholarships, internships, or volunteering programmes as evidence of non-formal learning and international experience.
It encourages reflection. One of the main goals is to help participants understand what they learned, how they learned it, and how they can apply it in future situations. This reflective process is often as important as the certificate itself.
How Youthpass is used in practice
During the project, participants will be guided to reflect on their learning experiences. This usually happens through structured reflection sessions, group debriefs, and individual evaluation moments.
Youth workers support participants in identifying learning outcomes connected to specific activities, such as workshops, group tasks, simulations, intercultural evenings, or challenges faced during the project.
At the end of the project, these reflections are compiled into the final Youthpass certificate, which includes a description of the project and a personalised summary of learning outcomes for each participant.
Participants can then use the certificate in different real-life contexts, including job applications, education pathways, volunteering opportunities, and personal development portfolios.
Key competences
Key competences in Youthpass
Youthpass is based on the European framework of eight key competences for lifelong learning, which provide a structured way to describe learning outcomes:
Communication in the mother tongue refers to the ability to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings clearly in one’s own language, both in written and oral form.
Communication in foreign languages refers to the ability to understand and communicate in other languages in real-life, intercultural situations.
Mathematical competence and basic competence in science and technology refers to logical thinking, problem-solving, and understanding basic numerical or scientific information in everyday contexts.
Digital competence refers to the confident, critical, and responsible use of digital tools, online communication platforms, and media.
Learning to learn refers to the ability to organise one’s own learning, reflect on progress, and improve learning strategies over time.
Social and civic competences refer to the ability to cooperate with others, participate in group processes, understand social dynamics, and engage responsibly in community and society.
Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship refers to the ability to take responsibility, be proactive, develop ideas, and turn them into action in a structured way.
Cultural awareness and expression refers to understanding, respecting, and expressing different cultural perspectives, identities, and forms of creativity.
Practical importance for participants
In a youth work context, Youthpass is not only an administrative output but an integral part of the learning process. It supports participants in making sense of their experience, especially in non-formal settings where learning is often implicit.
It is also a useful tool for youth workers, as it provides a structured framework for facilitating reflection and recognising learning outcomes that would otherwise remain unspoken or unrecognised.
Overall, Youthpass strengthens the educational value of Erasmus+ projects by linking activities with clear, transferable competences that participants can use beyond the project itself.
