The project
Who built Safe Spaces, the partner organisations, and how this Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership works.
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No, or not really.
Start at the beginning. There are eleven steps, and most organisations complete them in two to four weeks.
Yes, but I am not confident it is being used.
Check what you already have against twelve standards before adding anything new.
Yes.
There is a specific list of things that must be in place before a project starts — and more if it involves travel, partner organisations, online sessions, or participants under 18.
Not yet.
Use the time. Set up the foundations now, so that you are not doing it two weeks before a deadline.
This decides how your safeguarding lead role is structured — and nothing else. The standard is the same for everyone.

If you would rather understand the whole system before doing anything, read the Safe Spaces Implementation Guide. It is the map: what to open, when, and why.
You may download, adapt, translate and republish any of these materials, including in your own training. We ask only that you credit the Safe Spaces project.
Safe Spaces is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in the field of Youth, running from September 2025 to September 2027.
Who built Safe Spaces, the partner organisations, and how this Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership works.
find out moreWhat safeguarding looks like across the European youth sector, and where the gaps are.
find out moreFour organisations across Europe built Safe Spaces together.