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From idea to reality: project that inspires women all around Europe

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.

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Tuesday April 25th, 2023

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Making music from trash – KA2 project Musicling

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…

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Tuesday February 21st, 2023

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TC in Romania: Empowering critical thinking

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…

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Thursday February 16th, 2023

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Forum theatre as a tool against social oppression

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…

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Friday February 10th, 2023

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“DigiTime” in Sweden

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…

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Thursday January 26th, 2023

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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

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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

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PeerAct – A time to remember

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…

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Wednesday November 9th, 2022

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Youth Exchange “Volunteer for Social Inclusion”

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…

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Thursday November 3rd, 2022

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Youth exchange “Real Facts Matter” in France

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…

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Thursday November 3rd, 2022

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It’s OK not to be OK

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…

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Wednesday September 7th, 2022

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NO Hate Speech: Increasing Competencies of Young People to Use Media and Theater Based Tools to Combat Hate Speech

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…

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Wednesday August 24th, 2022

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From Insta posts to achieving your goals: training course “Social Media Support for NGOs” in Poland

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…

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Thursday August 18th, 2022

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“Marriage of cultures”, an experience that unites

“An Erasmus+ project is not just a week in your life but your life in a week” Recently, the team and I from Macedonia came back from a beautiful Erasmus experience. We were a part of the Youth Exchange "Marriage of Cultures" in Portugal, where we spent seven days full of friendship and fun but…

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Monday August 1st, 2022

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8 days in Ljubojno with “No H8 Speech”

It was June, early summer in Macedonia, when over 30 participants from Croatia, Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia, and a hosting country, came together to combat one of the most recent and present in our daily lives problem – hate speech. Between 11.06 and 20.06, picturesque village of Ljubojno at Prespa lake was a main stage for…

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Monday July 18th, 2022

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The beauty of LIFE

This is a “brief” story of the experience of a grown-up kid, finally embarking on a long-desired adventure that significantly improved his perception of the importance of how working with youth and raising the ECO awareness leads to the eventual LOVE and sustainability of all life. Within this story there are also, 3 more personal…

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Thursday June 16th, 2022

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The second part of the unforgettable experience. Youth exchange “No Hate Speech: Step 2” in Ljubojno.

After 10 years Volunteers Centre Skopje is back with its project in the region of Prespa. From 11th to 20th of June in Ljubojno, Macedonia VCS is organizing the Erasmus+ project, youth exchange “NO Hate Speech: Step 2” with over 30 participants coming from Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Denmark and Latvia. The aim of the…

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Monday June 13th, 2022

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Experience is the teacher of all things

One of the most renowned quotes by Julius Caser could perfectly sum up the core purpose of the Erasmus+ organisation and its members who ceaselessly and diligently work to share their knowledge in a certain area while effectively promoting the values that define their characters and the programme as a whole. As the youngest represent…

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Monday June 6th, 2022

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Bringing Europe Closer Together in Germany

Volunteers Centre Skopje took part in the PBA “Bringing Europe Closer Together” which was happening in the period from 16th to 24th of may in a town close to the city of Bremen, Osterholz-Scharmbeck Germany. The main aim of the topic is learning how to write a project, and also making new partnerships for further…

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Thursday June 2nd, 2022

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Youth Exchange “NO Hate Speech” in Denmark: An inspiring experience!

I am indeed so grateful that I had the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Program “NO Hate Speech” in Aarhus, Denmark from 14th till 23d of May 2022, because it was an amazing experience that enriched me with knowledge, ideas and friendships. As my first project I didn’t quite know what to…

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Tuesday May 31st, 2022