Discussions about shaping young minds has been a significant topic in recent years, especially in areas related to education. Allowing space for creative exploration, emotional expression, and the freedom to joyfully immerse yourself in activities seem to be at the heart of effective youth development. Fortunately for me, I was given the opportunity to explore…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Generation Impact: Cultural Activists” in Croatia. Place: Mountain Lodge Omanovac, Pakrac, Croatia Date: 16.09 - 25.09.2024 About the project: The main goal of the project „Generation Impact: Cultural Activists“ is to empower…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (13-30 years old) and 1 group leader (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Youth On Air” in France. Place: Beaumontois-en-Périgord, France Date: 15.07 - 02.08.2024 About the project: This youth exchange uses radio as a means of intercultural meeting and sharing, allowing participants to focus on…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (15-17 years old) and 1 group leader (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Landscaping in Vaunières” in France. Place: Vaunières, France Date: 9.08 – 21.08.2024 About the project: Vaunières is an ancient hamlet now run, animated and renovated by the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term or short-term ESC project “Volunteering with Hors Pistes” in France. Place: various locations in France Time period: long-term: starting from September 2024 (9-12 months) / short-term: starting from July/August 2024 (2 months) About the project: The topics of…
What does the project in the rural area look like? If you ever wondered, Sara just came back from Dordogne in France. She took part in the training course “UNITY CANVAS: Collective Art for Wellness & Awareness” from 29.04 – 6.05.2024. This training gathered youth workers from Macedonia, Poland, Georgia and Finland. The workshops presented…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Youth exchange: From the idea to the project” in France. Place: Laguépie, France Date: 1.06 – 6.06.2024 About the project: Aimed at people with experience as facilitators, to enable them to acquire skills in setting…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (16-30 years old) and 1 group leader (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Let's Get Mental” in Slovenia. The group leader will also take part in the preparatory meeting that will happen from 3.06. - 6.06.2024. Place: Gorenje pri Zrečah, Slovenia…
Developing skills to use radio and smartphones to raise your voice and improve your position in society was the goal of the youth exchange "Digital Community Radio for Youth Inclusion and Diversity" that was held in Ljubojno, Macedonia on 22-28.08.2023. 20 young people and youth workers from Macedonia, Iceland, Belgium and Denmark explored the past,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) and a team leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Make music, not war 3” in Germany. Place: Garlstedt (close Bremen), Germany Date: 21.05 – 31.05.2024 About the project: "Make Music Not War 3" was created to serve as a tool for reconciliation and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Keep dreaming” in Italy. Place: Giardini Naxos, Italy Date: 07.05 - 12.05.2024 About the project: Are you interested in improving your mental well-being while participating in meaningful activities? Join the “Keep Dreaming” youth exchange, designed to enhance…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “European cooperation for safe online navigation” in Germany. Place: Hamburg, Germany Date: 14.03 – 22.03.2024 About the project: The project aims to raise awareness among young people about the protection of personal data, which has become a major…
We tend to get back to the highlights of the year when it is coming to an end. One of such highlights was for us the project “HMB Soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” with its main activity – youth exchange – that took place in Ljubojno at Prespa lake in…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in a short-term or a long term ESC project “ESC volunteering in Aruba”. Place: Oranjestad, Aruba Start: February 2024 (2 months - short / 3 months - long) About the project: Volunteers will be placed in EU Projects Aruba or ArubaDoet…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) and a team leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Introvision” in Poland. Place: Poronin, Poland Date: 20.01 – 30.01.2024 About the project: The project aims to enhance communication skills of young people, to address the growing need for…
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…
‘’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…
Moin Moin, My name is Fiona. I´m 19 years old and from a small town next to Hamburg in Germany. Recently, I graduated from high school, and in the next 11 months, I will be working at VCS and exploring Macedonia as well as other countries in the Balkans. Being a scout, travelling has always…
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…