EVS project in EU (Austria, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and UK), Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda) and Asia (India, Nepal and Vietnam)
16 long-term volunteer placements from May 2008 to August 2008
This project aimed at promoting trans-national volunteer exchange programmes and practical training experiences in EU, African and Asian countries, and enabling specialized HIV/AIDS NGO’s to work alongside with youth voluntary service organisations in the field of HIV and AIDS education, prevention and care. The project’s activities entailed an exchange of youth workers from youth voluntary service and HIV/AIDS NGO’s. This fostered the transfer of know-how regarding trans-national voluntary service programmes and HIV/AIDS prevention work as well as partnership-building between youth and voluntary service NGO`S and HIV/AIDS projects in European, African and Asian countries
EU EECA European Voluntary Service Project on Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEVS project in EU (Austria, Italy) and EECA countries (Lithuania, Poland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine)
14 long-term volunteer placements from February 2008 to November 2008
The main project aims were to promote dialogue and foster partnership building between youth voluntary service NGO’s and institutions/centres working in the field of social inclusion. The young volunteers engaged in a variety of local hosting projects, ranging from youth clubs, disabled care and refugee centres to community development and social work projects. The involvement of international volunteers in these projects increased awareness about the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 and stimulated discussions about cultural diversity and social inclusion.
EU, Africa and Asia EVS Project: “YOUTH PLUS AWARENESS”
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEVS project in EU (Austria, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and UK), Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda) and Asia (India, Nepal and Vietnam)
16 long-term volunteer placements from May 2008 to August 2008
This project aimed at promoting trans-national volunteer exchange programmes and practical training experiences in EU, African and Asian countries, and enabling specialized HIV/AIDS NGO’s to work alongside with youth voluntary service organisations in the field of HIV and AIDS education, prevention and care. The project’s activities entailed an exchange of youth workers from youth voluntary service and HIV/AIDS NGO’s. This fostered the transfer of know-how regarding trans-national voluntary service programmes and HIV/AIDS prevention work as well as partnership-building between youth and voluntary service NGO`S and HIV/AIDS projects in European, African and Asian countries
Promoting Interethnic Dialogue and Intercultural Learning
/in Capacity Building Activities /by icyeTraining for EVS sending and host organizations in EU, African and Asian countries
Within the larger framework of the “European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, the objective of the training programme “Promoting Interethnic Dialogue and Intercultural Learning – Training for EVS sending and host organisations in EU, African and Asian countries”, was to enhance the skills of staff members, co-workers, mentors and project supervisors of EVS sending and receiving organisations by sensitising them to the importance of promoting cultural diversity and fostering intercultural learning at every stage of the EVS project. This objective was achieved by introducing trainers and youth workers to diversity-thematic and to intercultural learning methods. A group of experienced trainers from the 3 continents developed training modules based on the specific country and cultural context. This training project enhanced the skills of the participants giving them fresh inputs, which will reinvigorate their work with youth towards achieving greater understanding and respect within a globalising world. At the end of the project, we believe that both participants and trainers have deepened their knowledge and experience in the field of intercultural learning and have gained a better understanding of the cultural, social and political dynamics to be considered in working with volunteers from different cultures and countries, particularly between the EU, African and Asian countries. Furthermore, the tools and methods introduced during the trainings will give participants the expertise to infuse intercultural learning concepts in their own work with youth, thus functioning as multipliers.
EU and Asia EVS Project: “Youth and Intercultural Dialogue”
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEVS project in EU (Finland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania) and Asia (China, India, Nepal, Vietnam)
13 long-term volunteer placements from September 2007 to June 2008
Project Documentation
The main aim of this project dedicated to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue – 2008 was to foster intercultural dialogue between youth from European and Asian Countries. The young volunteers engaged in a variety of local hosting projects, ranging from youth clubs and youth initiated networks to community development and social work projects. The involvement of international volunteers in these projects stimulated intercultural dialogue, as well as promoted volunteerism among the youth in the respective host communities.
EU and Africa EVS Project on Social Inclusion
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEVS project in EU (Austria, Finland, Italy, United Kingdom) and Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa)
17 long-term volunteer placements from September 2007 to June 2008
Project Documentation
The main project aim was to foster intercultural dialogue between youth from European and African Countries. The young volunteers engaged in a variety of local hosting projects, ranging from youth clubs and youth initiated networks to community development and social work projects. The involvement of international volunteers in these projects stimulated intercultural dialogue, as well as promoted volunteerism among the youth in the respective host communities.
EU and Latin America EVS project on participation of young people
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEVS project in EU (Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Spain) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador)
16 long-term volunteer placements from August 2007 to May 2008
Project Documentation
The main project aims were to enhance young people’s participation, leadership skills and their engagement in civil society by involving them in local development activities run with and for young people, targeting particularly young people in rural areas or from vulnerable groups. The young volunteers engaged in a variety of local hosting projects, ranging from youth clubs and youth initiated networks to community development and social work projects.
Exploring the potential of young volunteers in HIV / AIDS Education and Prevention in EU and SEE Countries
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeEU – SEE Multilateral EVS project in EU (Spain, UK, Estonia, Lithuania) and SEE countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro)
11 long-term volunteer placements from March 2007 to December 2007
The general objective of this EU – SEE multilateral EVS project was to add an intercultural dimension to HIV/AIDS prevention, education and care work and to promote a more widespread responsibility of civil society in the fight against AIDS across all borders. The volunteers provided an added value to the local communities and gained valuable experiences in dealing with HIV/AIDS prevention in a new and diverse environment.
XXV ICYE General Assembly 2007
/in General Assemblies /by icyeThe XXV General Assembly (GA) of the ICYE Federation was held from 5 thru 10 November 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan, and was attended by 70 participants.
Highlights: new Associate Members in Ecuador, Moldova, India and USA; representatives from the Volunteer Centre in South Africa and Vietnam Volunteers for Peace in Vietnam also attended; adoption of guidelines for new ICYE programs for older volunteers and for short-term volunteering; and adoption of long-term development strategies for training and quality assurance.
For more information about the XXV ICYE General Assembly please contact the ICYE International Office at icye@icye.org.
Youth Dialogue and Local Development
/in European Voluntary Service /by icyeMultilateral EVS project in EU (Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania) and SEE (Albania, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia)
14 long-term volunteer placements from August 2006 to May 2007
The main project aims were to enhance young people’s participation, leadership skills and their engagement in civil society in European Union and South Eastern European countries as well as to facilitate dialogue and exchange between young volunteers and youth from minority groups. Volunteers were placed both in youth NGO’s and public institutions running awareness-raising and civic education programmes with young people from multicultural, multiethnic and multi-faith backgrounds to empower their participation in local campaigns and local development.
Youth United Against Violence
/in Capacity Building Activities /by icyeTraining Course for Youth Workers from EU and LA countries/Antigua, Guatemala /09-15 February 2007
Final Activity Report
ICYE International Office, the Central American Alliance for prevention of youth violence – CCPVJ and APREDE – Asociacion para la prevention del delito, jointly ran this training course aiming at building up the capacity of youth organisations and of agencies/networks specialized on youth violence prevention and to enable them to cooperate with each others in providing volunteering and non-formal learning opportunities to young people, with particular focus on the European Voluntary Service programme. The programme included inputs by experts, transfer of know-how, discussion groups and workshops as well as a project visit to a youth centre involved in violence prevention campaigns in Guatemala City and an official reception at the Ministry of Culture in the National Palace followed by a field excursion to “La Linea” a neighborhood badly affected by youth gang violence. Participants from both continents expressed their concern regarding the increase of violence particularly in Central America and their motivation to cooperate with each others in providing challenging and meaningful non-formal learning opportunities to socially excluded young people by implementing EVS projects related to this field of work.