Between the 1st and 9th of September, Volunteers Centre Skopje hosted Erasmus+ youth exchange “Volunteer for Mother Earth” in Struga, Macedonia. The main objective of this project was to raise awareness about environmental issues and highlight the positive impact of volunteering. In total, almost 50 participants from different nationalities took part in the project. The…
My life took an interesting turn this summer when I embarked on a two-month volunteering experience in stunning Sicily. A group of 45 energetic participants, aged 18 to 30, from around twenty European nations, came together to promote a holistic and preventive approach to healthy living. Our voyage of discovery and influence was not only…
One month ago, I made the first step in the OAZA office here in Zagreb which is an oasis literally - full of plants and flowers. And why is that? There is connection for sure and Udruga OAZA is an association from Zagreb, Croatia working on promoting ecology, sustainability, gardening, and vegetarianism. Together with Evgenija,…
Radio and smartphones are elements of two different eras that for younger generations seem to be separated by light years. But once upon a September those two different worlds met in one place and time as a working topic of youth exchange “Re-inventing Community Radio in the Smartphone Era”. The project took place in Skopje,…
Students from the technical secondary school "Gostivar" applied at home what they had learned from the trainings in Greece. Two groups of students from the municipal secondary technical school "Gostivar", representing Volunteers Centre Skopje, participated in trainings dedicated to climate change through Erasmus+ program organized in neighboring Greece. Seven students were part of a training…
What does it take to become a digital artist and how to make a profit out of it? The answers are just here! We are proudly presenting the booklet “From Pixels to Profit: Steps to Monetizing Digital Art”. This booklet has been prepared within the framework of the Erasmus+ project DALI 4 YOUTH implemented by…
From September 24 to October 3 this year, a total of 5 youth workers, representing Volunteers Centre Skopje, were witnesses and active participants in a training course "Act it Out!" in Debrecen, Hungary. The goal of the project was to gain new knowledge about Image and Forum theater. Surrounded by positive energy every day, the…
‘’Digital Community Radio for Youth Inclusion and Diversity’’ New country, new cultures, new connections, experiences, adventures… Erasmus+ is the EU’s program to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Youth exchanges allow people from all over the world to meet, live together, work on mutual projects and find connections. From August 22nd to 28th…
In the middle of the summer, Volunteers Centre Skopje co-organized a youth exchange in Ljubojno, at Prespa lake. The project “HMB soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” took place between 26th of July and 3rd of August and gathered Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and French teams with an aim to learn the…
"Project in Lithuania? In the peak of summer? That sounds like a great adventure!" is a thought that crossed my mind at the same moment when I found out about the Erasmus+ youth exchange project "YOU(th) early start - Y.E.S.". If I only knew how much that thought would contribute to me and fill me…
“Elephants swinging on a spider web under a green flag” was a training course that took part in Sarata Monteoru and Buzau, Romania, in May 2023 with 32 participants and 4 experts from 23 organizations from 16 countries. The aim of the project was to provide to youth workers new methods and tools for introducing…
From the 28th of June to the 6th of July, Volunteers Centre Skopje organized an Erasmus+ training course “Human Diversity!” about religious tolerance and human diversity in Struga, Macedonia. The project brought together a diverse group of participants from Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Poland, as well as people from the Somali community living in…
In a picturesque Sarata Monteoru-Buzau, Romania, the Erasmus+ training course "Elephants Swinging on a Spider's Web" took place from the 3rd to the 12th of May. This innovative project was more than just training – it was a journey of learning, friendship, and sustainability that deeply affected everyone who took part in it. Mile and…
Within "Promoting Women Environment Entrepreneurship" project, we organized 15 webinars in three languages and reached the number of almost 400 participants. During the webinars, we covered topics from three e-courses that are available on the dedicated online platform. We discussed topics like business technology, social and environmental entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial finance.
On September 2021 we started an interesting KA2 project with international partners: Musicling - Social entrepreneurship with recycled instruments. The project was developed between partners from Spain, Italy, Greece, and Macedonia. It aimed to get youth to develop skills for their future through creativity and arts, specifically music and crafting. Another key element was to…
In today's world, we are constantly bombarded with information from various sources, making it increasingly challenging to discern fact from fiction. The rise of fake news and the prevalence of logical fallacies have only compounded this issue, underscoring the need for critical thinking skills that enable us to navigate this complex landscape effectively. As a…
In the period from 01.02.2023 to 10.02.2023, as a representative of Volunteers Centre Skopje, I participated in the "Let’s break the breaking news" training course in Sarata-Monteoru in Romania, where through a combination of different methods from the domains of non-formal education, the theater of the oppressed and critical theory, a total of 34 youth…
December 2022 in Varberg, Sweden. Participants coming from eight countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Türkiye, Portugal, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Sweden) had the chance to learn and share skills and knowledge about climate change and digital storytelling during the youth exchange “Digital Storytelling: DigiTime” on the dates 3-9.12.2022. Through different points of view and experience, youngsters confronted…
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…
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…