I-STEP member INDEED Projects shows how a young organisation can build real European partnerships quickly: founded in Valencia in 2024, it already works with partners in 12 countries.
INDEED Projects was founded in Valencia in 2024 as a women-led organisation rooted in the leadership of young people, especially young women, with a practical aim: to connect European opportunities with organisations, professionals and communities at local level.
Less than two years later, the cooperation network around it is already wide. INDEED’s portfolio now lists five Erasmus+ projects, with partners from 12 countries: Spain, Latvia, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden, Romania, North Macedonia, Austria, Türkiye, France and Belgium.
What the portfolio looks like
- Fashion for Earth and Green Volunteers 4 ECO Future: two youth exchanges held in Alicante and coordinated by INDEED, bringing young people from several European countries together around sustainability.
- Youth Workers Mobility for SustainAbility: a training course in Alicante, also coordinated by INDEED, for youth workers from eight countries.
- ECOESCAPE: a small-scale partnership in youth, in which INDEED is responsible for methodological, youth-engagement and Spanish implementation tasks.
- reTIP: a new cooperation partnership on intergenerational participation in associations, approved this autumn, which starts in November and will open with a transnational meeting in Valencia.
The three mobility activities alone involve around a hundred young people and youth workers.
Growth with a purpose
Adding projects was never the goal. Each new partnership lets INDEED combine expertise from different countries, test approaches in real settings and produce results that can travel beyond a single organisation or community. It also means building lasting relationships instead of partnerships formed around a single funding call.
For a young organisation, reaching this level of international activity in a short time has required a close focus on partnership quality, responsiveness and the ability to turn European priorities into concrete activities.
What comes next
The next phase is about implementation: turning approved concepts into learning activities, methodologies, tools and experiences that matter to participants and partner organisations. INDEED will keep using Erasmus+ and other European opportunities to test new ideas, connect organisations across borders and create results that remain useful after each project ends.
This story was first published by INDEED Projects on its own website: read the original on indeedprojects.es.