Duration: 01.01.2025 – 30.06.2026
Smart AI, Smarter Youth is an 18-month Erasmus+ cooperation partnership that aims to empower youth workers and young people with accessible knowledge and practical tools to understand and use artificial intelligence (AI) in creative, inclusive, and community-driven ways.
As AI becomes increasingly central to daily life, many young people – especially those from underserved areas – lack opportunities to engage with this technology meaningfully. At the same time, youth workers often feel unprepared to support digital learning in a rapidly changing landscape. This project responds to both needs by providing structured training, interactive workshops, and an open-access AI app tailored to non-formal education settings.
By training 40 youth workers and reaching over 100 young people through hands-on activities, the project promotes digital inclusion, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving. The focus is on real-world applications: using AI not just as a tool, but as a pathway for young people to explore local challenges, express themselves, and become more active citizens.
Key results include a user-friendly mobile app with AI-based resources for youth work, a practical toolkit, and a network of youth organisations from Slovakia, Portugal, Lithuania, and Turkey that will continue to collaborate beyond the project’s duration. Through shared expertise and cross-cultural exchange, Smart AI, Smarter Youth strengthens the capacity of youth professionals to adapt to digital change and inspires the next generation to engage with AI confidently and ethically.
