The Rights Matter Brochure is Officially Out!

 Following our unforgettable "Rights Matter" Erasmus+ youth exchange in Linz, Austria, which was so much more than just a trip, we are back with some fantastic news! Between May 21 and May 29, 2026, 24 young people from Austria, Türkiye, and Germany—half of whom come from fewer-opportunity backgrounds—embarked on a deep journey exploring human rights, active citizenship, and civic responsibility. To turn everything we learned in the streets of Linz, our interactive workshops, and our study visits to the Ombud for Equal Treatment and the JKU Law Faculty into a lasting legacy, we have officially published our project brochure!

Throughout the intensive nine-day program, our participants worked hard to produce creative outputs, including posters, short films, collages, theatre performances, and a digital campaign. We have brought all of these wonderful creations together within the pages of this publication. Inspired by the fundamental principle that "every person is born free and equal in dignity and rights," this document reflects not only the knowledge we acquired but also our fears, expectations, and contributions, which we tracked using our life-size figure named "Erasmusio". The brochure also highlights the skills we gained while working across three languages and features the new follow-up project ideas drafted by our participants for the future.

We share this brochure with the hope that our outputs will not just stay with us, but will reach other young people, youth workers, and communities, inviting them to do exactly what our participants did: move from words to actions. If you want to see that human rights are not merely words on paper and discover how powerful they become when amplified by the voices of youth, you can explore our complete work via the link below.

Click here to read and download the brochure: [https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/rights-matter-brochure.5848/]

Taste the EU: An Erasmus+ Journey Through Food and Culture

Taste the EU was one of those Erasmus+ experiences where something as simple as food became a way to understand each other better.

Thirty young people from Austria, Spain and Türkiye came together in Linz for seven days, bringing different habits, family traditions, recipes and stories with them. Very quickly, the kitchen became much more than a place to cook. It became a place to talk, laugh, compare cultures, question stereotypes and discover how much meaning can be hidden behind an ordinary meal.

During the exchange, we took part in cooking workshops, intercultural games, filmmaking activities and creative sessions. Activities such as “Stereotypical Food” and “Which Food Am I?” helped us look at the assumptions we sometimes make about other countries and cultures. We also visited the Linz Farmers’ Market and a local sustainable food cooperative, which gave us the chance to think more seriously about where our food comes from, how our choices affect the environment and what sustainable eating can mean in everyday life.

One of the things we wanted to leave behind after the project was something that could continue travelling even after everyone returned home. This is how our Intercultural Recipe Book was created.

The book brings together recipes, flavours, traditions and small cultural stories from Austria, Spain and Türkiye. For us, it is not simply a collection of instructions about how to prepare food. Every recipe carries something personal: a memory, a family habit, a celebration, a local tradition or a piece of everyday life.

Together with the Cine Food short films and the Food Atelier artworks, the recipe book became one of the tangible results of our exchange. We decided to make it freely available because we wanted other young people, youth workers, organisations and families to be able to use it, share it and, most importantly, cook from it.

Taste the EU reminded us that intercultural learning does not always need complicated methods. Sometimes it can start around a table, with people asking each other what they eat at home, why a certain dish matters to them and whether someone wants to try one more bite.

The project ended in Linz, but the recipes are still travelling.


If you want to read all book: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/an-intercultural-recipe-book-taste-the-eu.5697/

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