WHV Webinar Series, second session titled ‘International Voluntary Service: engaging youth in heritage preservation’, which took place on Wednesday 27 May 2020, from 13:00 to 14:30 (Paris Time, CET). This webinar provided a brief introduction of the International Voluntary Service movement and showcased its non-formal educational approach to engage and empower youth in world heritage […]
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Frame(v)Work: Europe Laboratory
The Europe Laboratory of the Frame(v)Work project took place from 18th to 25th of February in Creative Space (Holloko, Hungary), co-funded by the European Union. Egyesek Youth Association hosted representatives of IVS organisations from Asia, America, Europe and Africa in Kreatív Tér / Creative Space (Hollókö, Hungary). The laboratory started analyzing the decreasing number of […]
Make a change
“Make a change”. This was my answer to the question of what the international voluntary service means to me. That day I was interviewed by CCIVS secretariat team. Now after 8 months spent at the CCIVS office it came to my mind when I tried to write some reflection of my experience. Actually, I found […]
Frame(v)work Kick-off Meeting
The kick-off meeting for the Frame[v]work project took place from 20th to 25th of November in Creative Space (Holloko, Hungary). Egyesek Youth Association hosted representatives from different networks and regions. Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations, Service Civil International, Network for Voluntary Development in Asia, IBO and Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service participated in […]
Towards the One Million Volunteers by 2021
Volunteerism has been the back born of the social fabric in Africa, since time immemorial, general most societies across the continent are voluntary driven. The African Union Commission established an African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) and promote youth volunteerism in Africa. A continental youth volunteer initiative, AU-YVC was launched in December 2010. The conference […]
Sabine Decker-Horz: CCIVS took part in the Executive Committee meetings of UNESCO as observer and other meetings, consulting on UNESCO issues
Sabine Decker-Horz (Bornheim near Bonn, Germany) was CCIVS Director between July 1983 and October 1985. Between 1972 and 1988, she participated in International Voluntary Workcamps and Youth Community Services. In 1980, she obtained Politics Diplomature by the University of Marburg. Between 1987 and 2008, Sabine increased her professional experience in emergency and development aid, program […]
Not A Single Story or More Than A Single Story?
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). […]
AJOV Meeting with Paul Gomis, Representative & Head of Office UNESCO – Mozambique
Concerned with the actual tendencies of erosion around the Island of Mozambique, AJOV board members namely, Eltimim Luxo (General Coordinator), Arone Soiane (Deputy Coordinator) and Gisela Ipercia (Programmes Coordinator) met Paul Gomis, Representative of UNESCO – Mozambique on Thursday, June 6 at UNESCO’s office under World Heritage Conservation which aims at developing practical activities around […]
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 […]