Food is a basic human right – The Malta Food Bank Foundation
FOOD IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT Member update from Irene Schembri: Founder/Chairperson of The Malta Food Bank Foundation The Malta Food Bank Foundation (MFBF) was founded in 2011 and officially registered in 2014. It was a long road full of challenges which, with determination, good will and tenacity were overcome as they were presented. It […]
Member update: ‘Digital Symposium: Food for Tomorrow?’
The Expert Council on NGO law publishes opinion on changes to Russian legislation affecting NGOs
Ahead of World NGO Day, the Expert Council on NGO law has circulated an opinion piece on the compatibility with European standards of recent and planned amendments to the Russian legislation affecting NGOs…. The Expert Council on NGO Law has just published an opinion examining the compatibility with European standards of the main changes in recently […]
Member Update: New Europeans campaign for a European Health Union & solidarity with Belarus
Here’s an update from our member New Europeans on projects they’re continuing this Spring. European Health Union On 9 May 2020 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, New Europeans launched an appeal for an ‘International Conference on the Lessons Learned after Coronavirus’, with the aim of paving the way to a European […]
Member Update: 10 year anniversary of the European Year of Volunteering starts new campaign EYVPlus10
Ten years after the European Year of Volunteering in 2011, the Centre for European Volunteers’ (CEV) member organisations and others are celebrating volunteering and focussing on the immediate needs of the volunteering system as part of a new campaign EYVPlus10. Building on the legacy of #EYV2011 which was crowned by the release of the Policy […]
Member Update: Wake Up! project helps young people become change makers for a better Europe
Wake Up! run by our German member Gemeinsam leben und lernen in Europa uses workshops, training and activities to inspire young people to become change makers for a better Europe. The aim is to empower young people to promote democratic values, solidarity and inclusion across Europe in a very practical way. Many young people who […]
Volonteurope to play key role in Civil Society Days
Volonteurope, with the European Youth Forum (YFJ) and EESC Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) will run an online workshop at next week’s Civil Society Days (1-5th March). Our intern Furkan, who has now returned to Istanbul after his study exchange in Belgium, is continuing his internship with us and coordinating all the preparations and is doing […]
President’s quarterly update: Oonagh Aitken
Dear Colleagues, Mid-February and it seems as if Spring is finally in the air. That should give us all a lift, despite the continuing COVID-19 crisis and lockdowns all over Europe. I do hope that this newsletter finds you and yours safe and well. We are looking forward immensely to participating in the EESC Civil […]
World NGO Day 26 February 2021
Challenges facing NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations. As a participatory member of the Council of Europe Conference of INGOs, Volonteurope, represented by our Secretary General Piotr, will be contributing to this online webinar on 26 February 2021, 10:00-13:00 CET. The event will be an opportunity to pay tribute to the civil society work, focused […]
What is the future of the social economy within the EU?
Ahead of the EU Commission’s Action Plan due to be published next year, this document from the European Parliamentary Research Service looks in details at the social economy. In the wake of the pandemic it asks what its future is and the ways the EU can help the social economy to not only recover from […]