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XCHANGE 2.0 – educational material available to interested readers in volunteering, international voluntary service, social skills, active particiation
Modified:27 Aug 20

XCHANGE 2.0 – educational material available to interested readers in volunteering, international voluntary service, social skills, active particiation

To whomever is interested to explore presentations on topics such as: volunteering, active participation, international voluntary service, volunteering and social skills, this post is for you. Feel free to use and disseminate further for educational purposes. The material was produced during the project “XCHANGE 2.0 exchange of youth leaders in International Voluntary Service”, co-funded by […]

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The project XCHANGE 2.0 finished after two and a half years – new practice in International Voluntary Service movement established: exchange of international leaders of workcamps
Modified:27 Aug 20

The project XCHANGE 2.0 finished after two and a half years – new practice in International Voluntary Service movement established: exchange of international leaders of workcamps

14/6/2020 The project XCHANGE 2.0 finished on 14/6/2020 after 18 months. It was supported within the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, KA2 Capacity building in the field of youth. It gathered 13 organisations. 11 partners are members of Alliance of European Voluntary Service organisations and one (Croma, Italy) brought an added value to the […]

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The project XCHANGE 2.0 was presented at the International Volunteers Day and the final conference of the national youth volunteering programme “Youth Rules” held in Belgrade 4-5 December 2019
Modified:27 Aug 20

The project XCHANGE 2.0 was presented at the International Volunteers Day and the final conference of the national youth volunteering programme “Youth Rules” held in Belgrade 4-5 December 2019

8/12/2019 YRS has started a strategic partnership with the Ministry for youth and sport of Republic of Serbia, which allows expansion and growth of the movement in Serbia. However, it in itself is not self-sustainable and must rely on combination of resources, local, national and international. This experience is a valuable share to other partners, […]

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International trainings for youth leaders – XCHANGE 2.0 project (Erasmus+) continues
Modified:27 Aug 20

International trainings for youth leaders – XCHANGE 2.0 project (Erasmus+) continues

20/05/2019 The international trainings of workcamp leaders were organized in Serbia (Veliki Gaj)  12-20 April and 5-13 May 2019. They gathered 40 participants from 8 countries and were designed and realized by Alliance certified trainers in non formal education using the network’s standardized methodology. Workcamps respond to questions, and this training teaches youth leaders how […]

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New two-years project within the Erasmus+ Programme starts today – XCHANGE 2.0 Exchange of youth leaders in International Voluntary Service
Modified:27 Aug 20

New two-years project within the Erasmus+ Programme starts today – XCHANGE 2.0 Exchange of youth leaders in International Voluntary Service

15/12/2018 The project “XCHANGE 2.0 – exchange of international youth leaders in International Voluntary Service” involves 13 partners from 8 countries and one European network where all are members – Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations. The coordinating organisation is Young Researchers of Serbia. Workcamps are their common denominator. Workcamp movement is almost 100 years […]

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Statement on the occasion of International Volunteers Day, 5th of December 2018
Modified:04 Dec 18

Statement on the occasion of International Volunteers Day, 5th of December 2018

Volunteers build resilient communities. For almost 100 years in the world and 70 years in Yugoslavia and Serbia international volunteers build the resilience of the global community through workcamps – resilience against omnipresent intolerance among peoples, growth of nationalistic ideas that place people either on black or white side. We celebrate the International Volunteers Day […]

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Want to volunteer as a workcamp leader in Serbia this summer?
Modified:22 May 18

Want to volunteer as a workcamp leader in Serbia this summer?

For becoming a workcamp leader in Serbia, you should have participated in a workcamp as a volunteer first, be at least 20 years old, speak good English and be able to see yourself in the situations of the leaders in this web documentary – www.youthleaders.online, motivated for challenges and leadership! We can provide you national […]

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The web documentary “Diary of a camp leader” presented at the Alliance Technical Meeting to 50 voluntary service organizations from 29 countries
Modified:27 Mar 18

The web documentary “Diary of a camp leader” presented at the Alliance Technical Meeting to 50 voluntary service organizations from 29 countries

6/03/2018 20 youth leaders came through the XCHANGE project to practice their skills of leading international groups of volunteers in volunteer workcamps in small communities across 9 involved countries. Workcamp leaders are volunteers able to trigger a process of intercultural learning through a meaningful project of public interest in a local community, and thus durably […]

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The project XCHANGE presented at the Alliance General Assembly to 50 voluntary service organizations from 29 countries
Modified:27 Mar 18

The project XCHANGE presented at the Alliance General Assembly to 50 voluntary service organizations from 29 countries

1/11/2017 A new practice of exchange of workcamp leaders was presented on the network’s level at the Alliance’ General Assembly in Athens, Greece, from 1 to 3 November 2017. General Assembly is a busy time. In 3 days main projects are presented, new proposals to innovate the network discussed. XCHANGE was one of those projects […]

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