Turkey – EU Civil Society Forum, 10-12 May
Sivilog project, carried out by Turkey Europe Foundation and CIFE – Centre International de Formation Europeénne, holds Turkey – EU Civil Society Forum on 10-12 May, in Brussels! Civil society dialogue and cooperation will be at the core of the discussion by bringing together CSOs from Turkey and Europe. The project was financed under the Civil […]
A European call for regularisation and dignity
We, civic actors from across Europe and Members of the European Parliament are calling on the Belgian government to meet their commitments stated this summer to the negotiators of the Union des Sans-Papiers pour la Régularisation (USPR). In July 2021, the State Secretary for Migration stated that the hunger strikers’ applications would be considered admissible […]
Our European Life cluster held its fourth meeting
Volonteurope is already engaged in the politics around the Future of Europe since before the official launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe that has been kicked off in May. So far, two plenary sessions have already been organized in Strasbourg with regard to the Conference on the Future of Europe. Furthermore, randomly […]
Secretary General’s December updates
Dear friends, Welcome to our final newsletter of 2021. First of all, I sincerely hope that you are all keeping safe and healthy, and the same goes for your friends and families. It has been a long year for all of us and I am sure we all deserve proper rest and relaxation over the […]
#BEV2030 Endorsements!
#BEV2030 Endorsements! Volonteurope, together with other European networks such as the European Civic Forum and the European Youth Forum, has endorsed the CEV Blueprint for European Volunteering 2030 #BEV2030! The Blueprint was approved by the CEV GA held in Berlin and online on 14 September 2021 and advocates for valuing Volunteering based on European values, […]
Associazione USEI met with Flor Calfunao, UNO Mapuche people ambassador
Associazione USEI Unione di Solidarietà degli Ecuadoriani met with Flor Calfunao, UNO Mapuche people ambassador. Whereas the people at Association USEI consider their organization as a small one, they did manage to gather lots of people in order to know Mapuche people and better understand them. According to what Alba Barabino thought after the event, […]
Highlights from Emfasis’s eight years
Emfasis Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2013. Its programs support the homeless, chronically unemployed, families below the poverty line, socially vulnerable young people, and socially excluded seniors at risk of imminent homelessness or in a street situation. As part of Emfasis’ streetwork methodology, their trained network of permanent teams and volunteers […]
Alianza-Action Aid online training platform
At Alianza-Action Aid, they believe that to eradicate the great inequalities of the world, we need active and global citizenship that fights for social justice and for the recognition of Human Rights of all people in all parts of the world. That is why they have recently set up a training space where you can […]
Equipping you to prevent trafficking in youth
Equipping you to prevent trafficking in youth, an Erasmus+ project involving Canada, countries of the Balkans and Malta! At the end of September 2021, two Imago Mundi youth workers attended the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus + capacity building for youth project Equipping You to Prevent Trafficking in Youth. The meeting unfolded at Varna Management […]
Gemeinsam Aktiv kicks off new project: “Take Heart”
As soon as school or university is over, many young people are faced with a major challenge: they have to choose “the” right one from an almost infinite number of options. What is actually a huge opportunity can quickly become a burden, an “agony of choice”, indeed. The volunteers of the youth organization “Gemeinsam aktiv,” […]