Chance for Safety
Youth work in the first months of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the role of Erasmus+ programme for Ukrainian youth. Aliona Glazkova, chair of the “Kremenchuk Information and Educational Center” European Club and coordinator of Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps international activities, tells us about how the organisation worked before the full-scale […]
Creativity is Out There – in Nature!
Is it possible to connect garbage sorting with creativity? Is it true that “if it is not fun, it is not scouting”? Find out more how we managed to prepare and run creative KA2 project during covid-19 pandemic! Our experience with Erasmus+ KA2 project “#Creativity @Nature”, which was implemented in the framework of Partnerships for […]
Discovering Armenia with Humanitarian Aid volunteering
Becoming an Humanitarian Aid volunteer changes your life in many different ways, including your perspective on the world and how people live their lives. As from 2022, the European Solidarity Corps opens up to the world and offers new cross-border volunteering activities in support of humanitarian aid operations in third countries. This action gives the […]
EU4Youth Alumni in action
Is education a fundamental right that every child should have access to, regardless of their background or circumstances? Unfortunately, many disadvantaged young people are not aware of the available opportunities. That’s where the “Civic Education and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth” comes in, a project created by Xenia Martinov and Victor Gitlan, two EUYouth Alumni from […]
The Transylvanian Metamorphosis. Journey of a Hero.
I thought to tell you this story briefly, but in my opinion good stories are rarely short. My name is Miko Shakhdinarian and this is how discovery of international youth work and volunteering opportunities turned my life upside-down. Let me connect the dots of the last 13 years for you! The ordinary world Growing up […]
STRIVing for Gender Equality with Youth Workers
Dilijan in Armenia is a town in a heart of a national park. The forested town is home to numerous artists, composers, and filmmakers and features some traditional Armenian architecture. It was a perfect, relaxed surrounding for youth workers and educators to discuss very sensitive and sometimes painful topics. In spring 2023 Armenian Progressive Youth […]
Erasmus+: the window to quality in youth work of local youth councils
Milena Morari grew up in a small town of Glodeni, in north of Moldova. Luckily, there was a youth centre, were Milena could gain her first local youth work experiencies. But only participation in Erasmus+ youth seminars and trainings allowed Milena gain experiences that led her to become a general secretary of National Network of […]
Projects from Eastern Europe & Caucasus at SALTO Awards 2021
Digital empowerment and capacity development recognision Projects from Armenia, Georgia and Moldova were recognised at SALTO Awards 2021 The SALTO Awards 2021 Ceremony was held on November 11th, 2021. It brought a culmination of the 5-month journey, throughout which SALTO Awards Team collected about 150 exciting projects in 5 nomination categories, engaged 25 diverse jury […]
Voices of young people in Ukraine
Talks about the needs of young people during the war crisis in Ukraine Donetsk Youth Debate Centre with support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe within the Youth Campaign “Democracy here. Democracy now” Watch all the project’s videos in Facebook Why this project? The idea of the project Voices of young […]
Spot on solidarity
Insights from the international job-shadowing project in educational circus for young refugees on on the Polish-Ukrainian border September 2022 Agnieszka Bąk How to use circus techniques in a traumatic situation? It was one of the questions that participants of the “Spot on – Solidarity” project looked into in September 2022, during their job-shadowing in Przemyśl, […]
