From 25 to 29 September 2025, Belgrade hosted the PASS Capacity Building Training, bringing together young emerging street artists from across Europe together with trainers and experts. The training marked the official start of the public part of the artistic journey of the PASS project, aimed at empowering street art as a tool for social inclusion and transnational dialogue.
The participants were selected through an open call promoted widely across Creative Europe countries with the objectives of representing diversity and reinforcing the project’s commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities.
During the training, the artists enhanced their capacities and explored how to transform ideas into socially engaging street artworks and guiding communities through the four stages of the PASS methodology: engaging, sharing, educating, and transforming; while also learning to conduct community-based research and connect their practice with European policy frameworks.
Divided into six transnational teams, the artists began developing concepts for murals and performances that will be realized during the upcoming PASS festivals which will take place across Europe.
The PASS project is co-funded by the European Union.
