How can we make the learning that takes place throughout the Youth AI Lab workshops visible? And how can young people track their progress without turning the exercise into a grade or judgement? To answer these questions, the consortium chose a simple, visual format: a skills tree that turns learning into quests to explore together. Inspired by the maker culture The idea draws on the Maker Skill Trees created by Steph Piper, an Australian creative technologist known as Maker

Since December 2025, Youth AI Lab has entered its delivery phase with the young people involved in each lab. Seventeen sessions have been held in La Rochelle, Naples, Barcelona and Antwerp. The workshops follow different schedules in each location and are adapted to both their audiences and chosen formats. Activities also vary, ranging from observing AI systems and playing games to programming robots, testing tools and creating prototypes. Despite these differences, all four

After several months of work, this initial phase has already produced a substantial body of shared resources. Since the launch in La Rochelle, we have been building a toolkit designed to be reused and adapted in accordance with the licence specified for each resource. Every element addresses a practical project need: How can we explore generative AI with young people? How can we assess what participants learn? And how can other teams build on what we have started? A shared te

Transnational consortium meeting in Barcelona, 18–19 June 2026. On 18 and 19 June 2026, Youth AI Lab’s five partners met in Barcelona to compare what they had learned during the first months of experimentation. Beyond reviewing progress, the meeting provided an opportunity to understand how the workshops had changed the way the project was being designed and to plan the next steps. Adapting the workshops to local realities The workshops already held in La Rochelle, Naples and

The FARO lab is the beating heart of the PLT activities within the broader Erasmus+ Youth AI Lab project. Its fundamental mission is to raise young people's awareness and competence in the field of artificial intelligence, moving beyond simple use to embrace an active role. FARO aims to train new generations as builders and architects of AI, not just critical users. The focus is on the conception, development, and training of a proprietary LLM for a practical understanding

On January 28-29, 2026, all five partners of the Youth AI Lab project gathered in La Rochelle, France, for the first Transnational Project Meeting. Hosted by the Social and Cultural Centre Vent des Iles, this two-day event marked the official start of our European adventure. Representatives from L.A.B (France), Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Perlatecnica (Italy), Digitale Wolven (Belgium) and Social and Cultural Centre Vent des Iles (France) came together with on