This is to acknowledge my sincere gratitude to both local partners Associazone Link and Live Room Project for dedicating such a marvellous Erasmus+ training course for me as a Moroccan Youth Worker that was namely on “Music For Active Participation and Social Inclusion” which took place in Tangier from the 24th to the 31st of March 2026. While speaking of this project, it enabled me to strenghthen my intercultural dialogue while connecting with youth workers and practitioners from different countries such as Poland, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia, France, Tunisia, Morocco, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece and Italy. The First day was for a dinner gathering that allowed us to get to know each other closely. As for the Second day, it kicked off with an ice breaking activity and discussing the overall program that was already planned to be implemented. For instance, My dear esteemed facilitator Marco Larusso managed to assist us in exploring the “Drum Circle” methodology along with using some unconventional instruments.

The Third day was all about the “Body Percussion” (Warm -Up) and the Drum Circle as a means to get into the facilitation techniques. Then, I got along with my team to Dar Gnawa close to the hostel in which I collaboratively had the chance to broaden my perspective on another methodology that is called “Sound Mapping” or the “Gnawa Percussion” being considered a useful approach for self-discovery and daily reflection on what happened the whole day could it be sounds of objects, animals and being able to embody it into practice and learn from the Master of the Gnawa workshop properly. Following, we decided to go for a sunset mesmerization by bus and have dinner afterwards at a restaurant nearby.

On the 4th day, I dove into the idea of “Rhythm with signs” whose focus shifted on experiencing cooperation through improvisation. Once the session ended up, I went with the company for a lunch break. Shortly, we came back to the Live room Labo to wrap up the remaining topic that was all about “Community Song Writing” through which I collectively got involved in a group to write whatever sentence that popped up inside our heads and thought of making any possible adjustments in order to turn it into a melodic song and evaluate on its performance. I straightly headed to the dinner break with the team and gone for the Karaoke and Open Mic night. The Day after, the group had their own breakfast and got ready for a day off to visit Akchour (lunch time) & Chefchaoun (Dinner time) to stroll around their vibrant natural landscapes decorative houses, walk on their narrow streets and meet their hospitable locals.
On the 5th day, I was formed into a group by the facilitator so as to plan the sound action and design the music activities. While the lunch time came to an end, I had to go back with the team to the Live Room Labo on the basis of putting the task into practice (final workshop for kids, teenagers and youth) and collecting feedback as such. Since then, we went for the dinner and Jam Room. The Last day, Me and My group strove to be part of the ice breaking activity at first and close our project with the final evaluation and write a brief diary that summed up the program from start to finish. After that, we concluded with the last dinner before the departure moment.

“There could have never been something called “MAPS” without your support and coordination. My piece of advice that I shall give to youth is that it is better if they get used to invest their personality no matter what their background is since there is eagerness and interest that’ll help them leave an unforgettable imprint on their local society. Start from the bottom and over time you’ll excel and reach to the apex.”

By Mohamed Bou.