Are you active in a student group, local initiative, organisation, or community that wants to make its message land more clearly and reach further?
If you are based in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, or Hungary and want to help shape and spread a real campaign, the Campaign Academy is for you.
The Campaign Academy is a four-day online learning and co-creation programme for students, activists, human rights defenders, and youth workers who want to communicate more clearly, build stronger public traction, and help carry a campaign beyond one room, one post, or one event.
Over four sessions, participants from six countries will work together to sharpen messages, create usable content, and prepare to amplify the campaign through their own networks, projects, and partnerships.
Over four sessions, you will work with others across six countries to :
- Say it so people get it: turning complex issues into clear campaign messages
(29 May 2026) - Find the people who move it: audiences, allies, and multipliers
(2 June 2026) - Create what travels: co-creating content people will share and use
(5 June 2026) - Make it spread: bringing the campaign into your own projects, partnerships, networks, and media
(9 June 2026)
By the end of the academy, you will be better able to:
- Build a clear campaign narrative
- Identify the audiences and allies that matter most
- Co-create content for social media and offline use
- Work with others to shape and strengthen a shared campaign
- Amplify messages through communities, partnerships, and networks
Who should apply?
We are looking for participants based in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, or Hungary who are already active, or ready to become active, in student groups, civic initiatives, youth spaces, advocacy work, community organising, or human rights work. We are especially looking for people who want not only to learn, but to help shape a campaign and carry it further through their own spaces and networks.
What do we expect from participants?
Participants are expected to attend at least three of the four sessions and contribute actively to the co-creation process throughout the academy. This is not a passive training series. You will help shape campaign messages and materials that can be used across different contexts.
The academy is also the starting point of a longer campaign process. After the sessions, participants will be expected to stay involved in helping amplify the campaign over the following months in ways that make sense in their own setting, whether by sharing content online, activating local networks, using campaign materials in community spaces, presenting the campaign in a university or organisation, or connecting it to relevant events, partnerships, or media outreach.
Participants who complete the academy and contribute to campaign follow-up activities will receive a Campaign Academy certificate.
How to apply?
Submit your application through this form by 15 May 2026 at 23.59 CET. Selected participants will be contacted after the deadline.
Have questions?
Reach out to Ivana at [email protected]
PARATA – The Protecting At-Risk Activists from Threats and Attacks project aims to strengthen the resilience of CSOs and HRDs in Europe to threats, attacks, and other politically motivated attempts to curb the freedoms of assembly, association, and expression. The project will unlock new opportunities for mutual learning between those working to protect the civic space, using the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as an ethical compass.
