News / Stories from projects

Framework for promoting anti-bias education using collaborative communities – PeerAct

This report from the project PeerAct provides the results from the evaluation and makes a series of recommendations on the program's future development. The impetus for the PeerAct project was the perceived upward trend in discrimination and intolerance among youth based on religion, gender, ethnicity, race, disability, sexual orientation or simply not fitting the social…

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Thursday January 12th, 2023

News / Open Calls

Call for volunteer in Croatia!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18 – 30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the long-term ESC volunteering project “NEDS (Nature, Environment, Development and Sustainability)” in Croatia. Place: Knin, Croatia Date: 1.03.2023 - 30.11.2023 About the project: This project is focused on environmental protection, sustainable community development and solidarity. The volunteers involved will give…

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Tuesday January 10th, 2023

News / Open Calls

Call for volunteer in Germany!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “KulturHaus & Sustainability Volunteer” in Germany. Place: Bremen, Germany Date: 15.03.2023 – 30.09.2023 (the project can be extended up to 12 months) About the project: We are looking for a volunteer who is not only passionate…

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Monday January 9th, 2023

News / VOICES editions

VOICES January 2023

Welcome to the January edition of VOICES! As the first month of the year begins, it's natural to think about the past and the future. But instead of focusing on cliches like "new beginnings" and "fresh starts," let's take a moment to consider the present. What are you passionate about right now? What are you…

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Sunday January 1st, 2023

News / Open Calls

Call for a training course in Germany!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Self-Care in Youth Work” in Germany. Place: Osterholz Scharmbeck, Germany Date: 02.03 - 10.03.2023 About the project: “Self-care in youth work” is a project about self-care, mental health issues, stress management and their connection…

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Thursday December 29th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for training course in Romania!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 participants (+20 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Let’s break the breaking news” in Romania. Place: Sarata Monteoru and Buzau, Romania Date: 01.02 - 10.02.2023 About the project: The aim of the project is to provide youth workers with new methods and…

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Wednesday December 21st, 2022

News / Volunteering Stories

How does it feel to be a volunteer?

To be a volunteer means to work voluntarily or for free for personal improvement. This is why I also decided on that step. I decided to get to know myself better and get out of my comfort zone, so I went to volunteer in Antalya. My main task as a volunteer was to help children…

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Tuesday December 20th, 2022

News / Stories from projects

After “A hug for all” reflections

About fourty participants from 8 countries, including five students from the "Gostivar" secondary technical school from Gostivar as representatives of Volunteers Centre Skopje participated in the training for the project: "A Hug for all" which was held in Athens in the period from November 17 to December 1 of this year. The main objectives of…

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Tuesday December 20th, 2022

Local Activities / News

National workshop: “Leadership skills of WBL coordinators and assertive communication”

The first of the last three activities of this year for the regional project “Quality assurance for the work of the Business Liaison Coordinators” was successfully implemented in the past two days in Skopje. The workshop "Leadership skills of WBL coordinators and assertive communication" is intended for teachers from vocational schools across the country. The…

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Friday December 16th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for volunteers in Lithuania!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering opportunities” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius & Trakai, Lithuania Time period: January 2023 – January 2024 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in two hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities…

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Tuesday December 13th, 2022

Local Activities / News

Skopje you will be clean

It may seem pretentious to you, but the hygiene in our city is really high. The parks, streets, and lawns around Skopje are not what they were many years ago: full of all kinds of garbage, leftover food, empty bottles, discarded packaging… Let’s not lie, it is far from a metropolis as befits a European…

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Tuesday December 13th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for a volunteers in Spain!

Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in the short-term ESC project “Volunteering with Associació Alba” in Spain. Place: Tàrrega, Spain Date: summer 2023 (dates to be agreed, up to 2 months) About the project: The association's goal is to provide educational and social care to people with disabilities…

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Sunday December 11th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for a volunteer in Spain!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Through your eyes 2023” in Spain. Place: Sabadell, Spain Date: January 2023 – January 2024 (12 months) About the project: Volunteers will be responsible for different tasks related to activities for young people and children…

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Friday December 9th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for a volunteer in Croatia!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Solidarity for Green Dalmatia” in Croatia. Place: Split, Croatia Date: 15.01.2023 – 15.01.2024 (12 months) About the project: Project topics: Environmental protection and sustainable development; Bringing positive changes to the community and promoting solidarity. More…

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Tuesday December 6th, 2022

Local Activities / News

Round Tables in Shtip and Bitola

Volunteers Centre Skopje has successfully organized and realized 2 Round Tables with working title: “Raising Public & Private sector awareness on the relevance of Work-based learning”, for the Eastern and Pelagonia regions. The Round Tables, 28th in Shtip and 30th November in Bitola, besides the school coordinators, also brought together representatives of the VET schools,…

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Friday December 2nd, 2022

News / VOICES editions

VOICES December 2022

As another year is coming to an end many tend to have a look back on how we spent the time we were given this year. Sometimes it’s good to take a deep look at the beautiful and peculiar things that are there rather than things that are not. The things that can happen instead…

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Friday December 2nd, 2022

[:en]Volunteers in VCS[:mk]Волонтери во ВЦС[:] / News

Warm welcome for Katariina from Finland!

Hello, my name is Katariina and I’m 19 years old. When I graduated from high school last summer I decided to do something different during my gap year and the long term project in Macedonia sounded exciting! Now I’m so happy that I’m finally here after a long visa process. During the few days that…

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Tuesday November 22nd, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for a training course in Romania!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Facilitation skills for inclusive educational activities” in Romania. Place: Arad, Romania Date: 25.01.2023 - 02.02.2023 About the project: Training course "Facilitation skills for inclusive educational activities" is dedicated to youth workers, trainers and facilitators that are…

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Wednesday November 16th, 2022

News / Open Calls

Call for volunteers in Spain

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering for Growth” in Spain. Place: Jerez de la Frontera, SpainTime period: November 2022 – August 2023 (10 months)   About the project:Are you interested in working with young people from all over Europe? Do you…

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Tuesday November 15th, 2022

News / Volunteering Stories

Volunteering in Spain: Life-changing experience

My adventure started one month ago, when I arrived at the airport of Valencia and I couldn't even imagine the life-changing experience that's awaiting me. Let's go back from the beginning, how I got from a little city in the West of Macedonia, my Tetovo, to a concrete jungle that is Valencia, in the heart…

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Monday November 14th, 2022