The project “Volunteering- new horizons” (BG13/A2/458/R3) is financed by Action 2 European Voluntary Service of the Youth in Action Programme. Coordinating and Hosting organization within the project is Know and Can Association, Bulgaria. Dacorum Council for Voluntary Service, the UK and Consejode la Juventud de la Rioja, Spain are participating in the project as Sending organizations.
Deadline for applications: the 15-th of January 2014
Know and Can Association is realizing the project “Future Stands in Youth Hands”, funded by the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission, Action 3.2— ‘Youth in the world’: Cooperation with countries other than the neighbouring countries of the European Union.
PROJECT “FORUM FRIENDS” - №BG12/A4.3/052/R1,
Bansko, 01.08-08.08.2012. Youth in Action Programme
Sub-Action 4.3 - Training and networking of those active in youth work and youth organizations
Youth in action – programme, 1.1 - Youth exchange,
Bulgaria, Bansko – 23.07-31.07.2011
The project “Social Youth Volunteering” provides an opportunity for exchange of good practices and experience among 33 young people with entrepreneurial thinking from Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Italy and Bulgaria, who are willing to help their peers in social isolation due to unemployment and addictions by providing voluntary service as an instrument for effective influence.
The project “Youth Leaders Partnership” was held in Bulgaria in the form of a training of youth leaders and youth workers from 5 youth organizations from Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Turkey and Bulgaria.
The aim of the project was during 8 days 20 youth leaders and youth workers to acquire new knowledge and social skills, to transfer good practices, experience and innovative models in the sphere of youth activities, as an answer to the new social and professional challenges.
INTERCULTURAL SALAD
The project “Intercultural Salad” aims at presenting and sharing similarities and differences between cultural, historic and religious traditions and habits of 4 countries with different official religions – Poland, Turkey, Bulgaria and Spain. In order to popularize them and in this way to improve intercultural sensitivity among the participants. During the activities of the exchange in 8 days 25 young people will show and learn about typical religious holidays and traditions, traditional folk music and dances, cultural traditions, historical events, crafts.
I am a personality, too
The project aims in a period of 5 months to increase the level of information of 120 students aged 16-18 and to enrich their knowledge on the themes of pshycoactive substances and HIV virus; to eliminate the dominating mistaken notions and the incorrect, inadequate and intolerant attetude proceeding from them towards people dependent on psychoactive substances and people with HIV; to declare our wish for changing the present situation of non-understanding and not knowing the specific characteristics of HIV problem; to show opportunities for reintegtating in society of addicted and infected people as people with equal chances who have rights, feelings and emotions just like healthy people; to build up skills in young people for health protection and prevention of risky sexual behaviour.
