In the Azores, creativity, movement and reflection became tools for exploring wellbeing and learning. The Next Beat also opened a path toward new connections beyond the mobility itself.
In October 2024, MONOMIT took part in the first residential training of The Next Beat, an Erasmus+ youth work project coordinated by Origo Workshop.
The training took place from 21 to 30 October 2024 in Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
MONOMIT was represented by Dragana Drljačić and Sonja Živković. Dragana participated in the programme and also supported the facilitation process as a facilitator’s assistant.
The Next Beat explored learning through a combination of creativity, movement, reflection and wellbeing-oriented activities. The setting itself also shaped the experience: an island environment, an international group and an intensive residential programme created space for learning that went beyond a conventional training room.
For MONOMIT, the value of the experience was not only in the methods encountered during the mobility, but also in the connections that continued afterwards.
At the time of the training, Sonja Živković was Director of the Music School in Šabac. The shared experience later contributed to continued contact and cooperation, which eventually developed into a formal cooperation agreement between MONOMIT and the Music School.
This continuity matters to us.
International mobility is most valuable when learning does not remain isolated within the dates of a project. New methods, professional relationships and ideas can continue to influence local work long after participants return home.
The Next Beat became one of those experiences — a meeting point between creative practice, embodied learning, wellbeing and future cooperation.