From 25th June to 3rd July, Lodéve hosted 23 people from 7 different countries to participate in a training organised by Concordia, ‘Not A Single Story’. This training had the mission of giving tools to professionals in contact with youth to develop youth citizenship by exploring the keys to understand the formation of their identity(s). […]
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Invitation to join our Open Forum
forum_justvolunteers_en CCIVS invites you on the 23/04/2018 from 14:00 until 17:30 for a Forum entitled “Just Volunteers: The Transformational Power of International Voluntary Actions for Climate Justice and Freedom of Movement” in UNESCO House, Paris. The Forum will highlight the important work of volunteers around the world on issues such as climate change, sustainability, environmental […]
BuildPeace Project updates
A few days ago, talking about an experience of a conference I just attended, I reflected on my lack of understanding of a format where participants are asked (expected) to sit, listen and remember something out of it.– for two days or more. I also explained the frustration I feel when the gap between the […]
The Eight International Forum of NGOs
The EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF NGOs IN OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH UNESCO took place on the 7/8 December in UNESCO HQ Paris, entitled “Changing Minds, not the Climate”: The Contribution of NGOs. CCIVS was part of theorganising team of the Forum charged with the overall planning of the event and the organisation of one of the […]
Conference on Volunteering
Under the theme of ‘Preventing Violent Extremism and Strengthening Social Inclusion’, the 2nd International Conference on Youth Volunteering & Dialogue took place 25-27 September 2017 in UNESCO Paris, France. Together with a hundred young people from around the world, Javier Larios (active volunteer of the IVS) and Zhuoling You (programme coordinator of the CCIVS) were […]
TicTac Training
Zhuoling, Programme Coordinator of the CCIVS participated in the French edition of the TicTac training organised by the National Agencies of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland from 12 to 18 November 2017. With the participation of the officers from the above agencies, 16 youth workers gathered in Brussels to develop the competences for implementing ‘Mobility […]
CCIVS’ 70th year anniversary!
2018 will mark 70 years since the creation of CCIVS! The idea was seeded in 1947 and it became reality in 1948! The decision to create what is today the CCIVS was taken on the 23/24 April 1948 in the UNESCO headquarters. To celebrate this important anniversary and our continued hosting by UNESCO we will […]