Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership

Create2Include: AI and Digital Pathways for Youth Inclusion

Create2Include transforms inclusion from a concept into a measurable, structured and sustainable empowerment process for disadvantaged young people across Europe.

PROJECT NO

2025-2-LT02-KA220-YOU-000374142-E10313203

FOCUS

Inclusion, Diversity & Digital Participation

METHOD

Barrier-to-Pathway Method

Project Overview

Create2Include directly addresses the horizontal priority of inclusion and diversity by embedding the European Union values of equality, democracy, human dignity and solidarity into a structured youth work methodology.

Across Europe, NEETs, migrants, rural youth and young people with disabilities remain underrepresented in decision-making and excluded from opportunities that foster growth and engagement.

The project equips youth workers with transferable tools that dismantle structural and personal barriers and guide young people along personalised participation pathways.

Why Create2Include?

The motivation comes from a decade of direct experience working with disadvantaged young people and lessons learned from previous Erasmus+ inclusion work.

Previous activities increased confidence and participation, but their impact faded after the project ended because there was no structured, transferable model to sustain progress.

Create2Include closes this gap by transforming one-time success into a long-term inclusion framework that can be scaled across Europe.

Barrier-to-Pathway Method

At the heart of the project is BPM, a structured approach that identifies personal and structural barriers and converts them into personalised participation pathways. Digital exclusion becomes digital belonging, while social isolation becomes collaboration and visibility.

Identify

Recognise exclusion, isolation, digital inequality, language barriers and lack of access.

Transform

Convert barriers into meaningful pathways through guided youth work and AI-supported resources.

Empower

Support young people to become active contributors, peer mentors and changemakers.

European Priorities

Create2Include is aligned with key European strategies and policy frameworks supporting inclusive, high-quality and innovative youth work.

EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027

Supports Engage, Empower and Connect by enabling young people to participate fully in civic and social life.

European Youth Work Agenda

Strengthens the professional capacity of youth workers through innovative, evidence-based tools.

Bonn Process

Contributes to the quality, innovation and recognition of youth work across Europe.

Council Resolution 2020/C 415/01

Supports accessible, professional and impactful youth services.

EU Youth Goals 1, 4 & 7

Connects youth with Europe, promotes constructive dialogue and supports quality opportunities.

Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027

Uses digital tools as enablers of equality, accessibility and creative participation.

Project Objectives

01

100 Youth Workers

Increase the capacity of youth workers to recognise and analyse barriers and respond using BPM.

02

150 Young People

Improve self-expression, participation and digital belonging through non-formal learning activities.

03

Digital & AI Competences

Enhance digital inclusion skills through AI-supported learning tools and pre/post assessment.

04

Mutual Trust

Facilitate collaboration between youth workers and disadvantaged young people through co-reflection.

05

5 Partner Organisations

Support each partner to develop, test and adopt BPM in their youth work framework.

06

Long-Term Transferability

Ensure at least one local follow-up initiative per partner by the end of the project.

Concrete Results

IO1

Inclusive Youth Worker Training Programme: Barrier-to-Pathway Method.

IO2

Create2Include Toolkit: My Pathway to Participation.

IO3

Create2Include Hub: open-access platform with interactive e-learning pills.

100+Youth Workers
150+Young Participants
5Partner Organisations
3Intellectual Outputs

Inclusion becomes a pathway.

Create2Include builds resilient communities, empowers marginalised voices and ensures diversity is harnessed as a driving force for democratic participation and social innovation.

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Co-funded by the European Union

Co-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 Agency of Youth Affairs (AYA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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