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In the middle of last week we got seven young students from Spain as part of the VET program. When they came to visit the office a few days ago, we had a chance to interview them and get to know them a little bit. All of them are coming from Barcelona and are studying…
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: October 2022 – October 2023 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in two hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities…
Skopje SOUP is coming for the third time, this time in Strumica. Do you have an idea that would solve the problems you face in society? If you want to take action and get closer to your community, keep reading. The SOUP concept, created in the USA, has now spread to almost 200 cities around…
Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in the 11-week ESC project “Open Yourself for volunteering” in Poland. Place: Gdansk, Poland Date: 30.09 - 15.12.2022 About the project: If you are ready to act, are not afraid of working with people, are open to various tasks, and are willing…
Are we aware of the importance of mental health, and can we eventually help suicide prevention? These were the main topics and aspects of an Erasmus Training that happened in Vilkanastrai, Lithuania. I, Cvete, and Bojan were fortunate to participate in a project of huge importance, on a topic that is still considered taboo and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 3 participants (18+ years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Gender Equality at Work” in Rustavi, Georgia. Place: Rustavi, Georgia Date: 27.11– 04.12.2022 About the project: The aim of this project is to make participants more aware and able to mainstream gender around them…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the blended mobility of youth “Musicling: Recycled Instruments” in Spain. Place: Gandia (Valencia), Spain Date: 24.10 – 30.10.2022 About the project: The aim of the project “Musicling” is to boost the entrepreneurial spirit of youth by empowering…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Rainbow Youth” in Scotland. Place: Pitlochry, Scotland Date: 05.12 - 13.12.2022 About the project: The training course “Rainbow Youth” focuses on working with the topics of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex…
12 countries, 19 young volunteers, 40 implemented activities, and over 100 completed volunteer hours. Together with one and only goal: To expand and support the idea of a sustainable future. I'm Ana, and this summer I represented Volunteers Centre Skopje and my country as an international volunteer on a project supported by the European Union,…
Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in long-term (6 months) ESC project “Volunteering in Águeda” in Portugal. Place: Águeda, Portugal Date: 03.01 - 02.07.2023 or 01.04 - 28.09.2023 About the project: Are you interested in solidarity, interculturality and volunteering? Do you enjoy working with children and the local…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Act it Out!” in Hungary. Place: Debrecen, Hungary Date: 21.10-30.10.2022 About the project: During training course “Act it Out!” the participants will get to know the methods of the Theatre of the Oppressed (mostly…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course "Youth Trainers Academy" in Poland. Place: Zakopane, Poland Date: 09 - 15.10.2022 About the project: Youth Trainers Academy is a training course dedicated to youth workers and young trainers to give them new skills…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “Path to Employability: Creating an Interactive Road for Employability” in Turkey. Place: Kocaeli, Turkey Date: 19.11 – 27.11.2022 The aims of the ''Path to Employability; Creating an Interactive Road for Employability'' project are: - Provision of non-formal…
The Booklet of good practices is part of the project “NO Hate Speech: Increasing Competencies of Young People to Use Media and Theater Based Tools to Combat Hate Speech”. The project consisted of two youth exchanges, one was realized in Aarhus, Denmark from 14th to 23rd May 2022 and second, in Ljubojno, Macedonia from 11th…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (17-25 years old) plus group leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “INFOPRENEUR IN POSTPANDEMIC ERA” in Romania. Place: Sarata Monteoru–Buzau, Romania Date: 05.10 – 14.10.2022 The aim of the project is to increase the entrepreneurial potential of unemployed young people and…
Bojana, Marina, Marta and Marijana represented Volunteer Center Skopje at the training for the project: "Social Media Support for NGOs", which took place from August 10 to 16 in Lublin, Poland. We share their impressions: “We are all aware that we spend way too much time on social media, so why not turn it in…
International Youth Day - August 12th was celebrated with a two-day event at the "Biljana Belicanec" House of Culture in Kisela Voda. We have combined great energy, quality ideas, progressive thinking and a great program of workshops, films and hanging out. The rain symbolically stopped just as we started the event and gave the youth…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Know yOUR rights!” in Portugal. Place: Arrouquelas, Portugal Date: 01.10 – 09.10.2022 According to the request of the host organization, this project requires you to be fully vaccinated. About the project: The overall aim of the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers, 18-30 years old, from Macedonia to participate in a Team Volunteering project "Archaeology in Nagyvázsony" in Hungary. Place: Nagyvázsony, Hungary Date: 22.8.2022 – 6.9.2022 or 6.9.2022 – 29.9.2022 About the project: Volunteers will participate in the excavation. The NGO has a mission to find the remains of Pál Kinizsi,…
Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in short-term (2 months) and long-term (10 months) ESC project "Volunteering "Team" Project!" in Ankara, Turkey. Place: Ankara, Turkey Date: 15.9.2022 – 13.11.2022/ 7 .7.2023 About the project: In this project, the participants will work on Different topics: Environmental (with “Ankara Greens”) Online Digital…