“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…
August is here as you can see from the weather and from the new Voices edition! Are you already getting enough from this sun or are you craving even more? Remember to stay hydrated and enjoy this weather, it’s not lasting forever. Speaking about hydration, did you know that people in Mexican village consume significantly…
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…
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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “YOUth for EU Green Deal” in Jazak, Serbia. Place: Jazak, Serbia. Date: 24.6 – 2.7.2022 About the project: From June 24th until July 2nd 2022, this youth exchange will gather 30 young people from 5 countries:…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “NO Hate Speech: Step 2” in Macedonia. Place: Ljubojno, Macedonia Date: 11 – 20.6.2022 About the project: NO Hate Speech: Increasing Competencies of Young People to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (+18) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange "Marriage of Cultures" in Maceira - Fornos de Algodres, Portugal. Place: Maceira, Portugal Date: 13.06 – 20.06.2022 “Marriage of cultures” is intended for young people and youth leaders who are interested…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18 – 24 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the Youth Exchange “Be an Agent of Change” in Estonia. Place: Tõstamaa, Estonia Date: 12.5. – 20.5.2022 About the project: During the project, we will be working on improving our relationship with nature and on how to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “NO Hate Speech” in Denmark. Place: Aarhus, Denmark Date: 14 - 23.5.2022 About the project: "No Hate Speech" youth exchange aims to empower young people to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (16-29 years old) and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “Soft drugs create hard problems” in Romania. Place: Busteni, Romania Date: 12.4 – 21.4.2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (17-29 years old) and 1 group leader (+17) from Macedonia to participate in the youth exchange "The land I love" in Sarata Monteoru and Buzau, Romania. Place: Sarata Monteoru and Buzau, Romania Date: 19.02 –28.02.2022 !! According to the regulations of the Romanian authorities and the request…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange "The Masks We Wear” in Garlstedt, Osterholz Scharmbeck, Germany. Place: Garlstedt, Osterholz Scharmbeck, Germany Date: 01.03 – 11.03.2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates…
Volunteers Centrе Skopje participated in youth exchange "Living library: where the books becoming alive" in Marmaris, Turkey that happened from 25.09 to 03.10 with 5 participants and 1 team leader. Through variety of workshops they had the chance to learn about the main topic of the project “What is Living Library method?” and “How the…
The Youth Exchange “Volunteering 101” was implemented in Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France from 2 - 10 October 2021. It gathered together 42 participants coming from 6 European countries: France, Spain, North Macedonia, Latvia, Greece and Poland in order to motivate them to become active volunteers, to dive deeper into the topic of volunteerism and learn its core…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 7 participants (16-25) and one youth leader (+18) from Macedonia to participate in the youth exchange “Volunteering Matters” within the project VCC 2.0 (Volunteering Connecting Communities) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Place: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Date: 30.10-6.11.2021 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18–25 years old) and 1 youth leader (18+) from Macedonia to participate in the Youth Exchange “The land I love” in Romania. Place: Sărata-Monteoru, Buzău in Romania Date: 27.10.-05.11.21 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current situation with COVID-19, as…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18 – 25 years old) and 1 youth leader (18+) from Macedonia to participate in the Youth Exchange “Be an Agent of Change” in Estonia. The youth leader has to participate in an Advanced Planning Visit from 08.10. to 11.10.21 in Tartu as well! Place: Viljandi, Estonia Date: 26.10.…
Internet is both a blessing and a curse. Why? On paper, it offers you to connect with people easily, to play games, and also offers you access to hundreds of information. But in reality, many of the things you read on the internet are questionable and even ridiculous compared to the real situation. In the…
The endless lake, golden sand, restless sun, and young power! Between the 10th and 18th of August 2021, Volunteers Centre Skopje hosted Youth Exchange "CUTE: Cooperate Understand Tolerate Empower" in Struga, Macedonia. The project was organized by VCS's partner from Hungary: Hang-Kép Kulturalis Egyesület and funded by the Erasmus+ program. For eight days, 32 young…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old), 3 males and 3 females, and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “Online media presence: Let'sfight hate speech and discrimination” in Obzor, Bulgaria. Place: Obzor, Bulgaria. Date: 08.09- 18.09.2021 !! There might be possible…