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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-25 years old) and 1 group leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Digital Storytelling: DigiTime” in Sweden. Place: Varberg, Sweden Date: 3.12 – 9.12.2022 About the project: DigiTime aims to raise awareness on climate change and sustainable approach through using digital…
It’s been a month since our visit to Brussels, but it still feels like it was yesterday. All the happy moments, the new and old friendships rekindled, the lessons we’ve learned, and inevitably, the farewells, all of these are still fresh and fond in our hearts. Before I tell you the story about our week…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “All together for European Solidarity Corps” in Turkey. Place: Ankara, TurkeyDate: 14.12.2022 - 20.12.2022 About the project: Despite growing numbers of young people and organizations that are involved in Erasmus+ projects all over the Europe, there is still fear…
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: December 2022 – December 2023 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in two hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities…
The period from 16 till 23rd October, was a unique learning experience and a great opportunity for 56 motivated young people coming from 7 countries of Europe: Sweden, Macedonia, Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Poland and Slovakia to be part of the youth exchange “Volunteer for social inclusion” with an aim to dive deeper into the topic…
Our Macedonian team, together with the participants from 5 other countries: France, Serbia, Italy, Spain and Turkey, took part in the Youth Exchange “Real Facts Matter” which happened from 3rd to 11th of October in a small quiet place Domino, by the ocean located on the island of Saint Georges d'Oléron in France. The main…