ECOLE DES PARENTS ET DES EDUCATEURS DE L'OUEST GUYANAIS

Saint Laurent du Maroni, French Guyana

Our purpose is to enable young people from the isolated city of Saint Laurent du Maroni in French Guiana to go to places, which are essential to their self-development or even self-discovery. Furthermore, French Guiana is a really distant area, so it seems important for the young people from St Laurent, to be considered as underprivileged and without access to transnational exchanges, which can be very useful for their European identity recognition and its diversity. This recognition can be provided by European Voluntary Service programme. This approach to Europe could encourage them to consider other options for their future through formal or informal training sessions and therefore make their plans easier. Following a multilateral exchange in the United Kingdom (organised by Everything's possible) in 2007, two young single mothers decided to try European Voluntary Service for three weeks, still in the U.K. in Leeds in May 2008. Two other youngsters followed their path by doing European Voluntary Service for three weeks in July 2008. Moreover, they took part in the Brouhaha Festival as E.V.S. representatives. It was easier for them to make sure they were ready for the 2009 edition of that festival as members of a Guianese-dancing troupe with about ten other young people.

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Associazione Cultura Strauss (A.R.C.I. STRAUSS)

Mussomeli, Italia

The cultural association "Strauss" is a non-profit organization founded in 1999, in a town called Mussomeli situated in the centre of Sicily, Caltanissetta province.It is self-funded organization affiliated to the National Association archer, which strives to promote a multicultural and multiethnic society. Since it was founded, the organization has always worked with young people through various events: theatrical, musical and sporting ones. The association has managed to create important opportunities for people to meet and socialize in a constructive and stimulating way.

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Europejskie Forum Mlodziezy (Euroepan Youth Forum)

Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland

Our goals are European education, the transfer of accurate and timely information about the integration process in order to prepare local youngsters  for EU membership; other aims are: activation by encouraging young people to develop interests outside and social inclusion; equalizing the opportunities of young people living in small cities and rural areas for accessing knowledge and information; shaping the image of a modern country and region to work for the development of local democracy and encouraging residents to participate actively in the region.

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Unis-CITE

Paris, France

Unis-Cité engages young people aged 18 to 25 in an innovative program of youth service in France. Young men and women of all cultural and social backgrounds and education levels come together in teams, for a full-time commitment of six or nine months. This civic “rite of passage” has a double impact: Unis-Cité corps members affect their communities by supporting or collaborating with existing civic organizations to meet critical needs, while receiving citizenship training and support for developing their own future projects.

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Regione Liguria

Liguria, Italy

In 2010, by Amicus, the European project of community service, 30 girls and boys living in Liguria could choose to participate in a community service project in one of the eight European countries participating. The period for submitting the application for participating was from 3rd November to 3rd December [October 2009]. In 2010, the girls and boys who wanted to try the experience of the civil service could choose to attend one of the projects under the Regional semi-annual civic service, course for the European networking.

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The League of Education

Paris, France

The League of Education is primarily a history: 140 years of advocacy for secularism and universal access to education. The fruit of this story is an associative network that continues to thrive today in all areas or creating social ties, education, culture, sport, citizenship etc. The League of Education is a partner in education: it supports the education of groups of students, provides teachers with teaching tools, discover reading to younger volunteers. It also helps cities and schools to develop educational projects. The League of Education is also the first cinema network in association with 36 French mobile channels and 68 fixed facilities and hundreds of amateur associations, theatre groups, musical ensembles, two sports federations, the USEPA and UFOLEP, and a major vacation area that allows tens of thousands of children, youth and families join each year. The ideals of popular education are allowing everyone no matter the financial and social origin, place of living, education access, culture, and recreation. This means that we choose the associative logic, non-profit area rather than market logic, which leaves on the roadside who, as they say, "not afford".

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NGO Continuous Action

Tallinn, Estonia

NGO Continuous Action is a non-governmental organisation that was founded in May 2005 by active and already experienced people in the field of youth work.  We are a democratic voluntary organisation, which unites people interested in voluntary service, Lifelong Learning and equal opportunities. We cooperate with governmental, non-governmental, recreational, educational and cultural associations, societal organisations and movements, with other organisations, enterprises and clubs both in Estonia and abroad, which are interested in our actions.

Objectives and Courses of Action

The objective of the NGO is to enable the possibility of Lifelong Learning and to act within the boundaries of equal opportunities irrespective of gender, social status and age both in Estonia and on an international level.

The main guidelines for us are:

• Development, promotion and coordination of voluntary service both in Estonia and on an international level;
• Creation and development of public relations;
• Organisation of tuition, seminars, conferences, events, trainings etc;
• Counselling services and information;
• Rehabilitation services;
• Composition and extradition of publications;
• Composition and running of projects- counselling and the offering of correspondent services;
• Development of the practical abilities and the broadening of the horizons of the members of the NGO;
• Spreading of information about the actions of the NGO in order to achieve the onset objectives of the NGO.

Continuous Action is interested and works with Long and Short Term European Voluntary Service sending, hosting and coordinating projects and the other international activities.

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Association for the Development of Citizen

and European Initiatives (l’Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Citoyennes et Européennes)

Roubaix, France

Located in Roubaix, the Association for the Development of Citizen Initiatives and European aims to fight against discrimination and promote social advancement of public with fewer opportunities by supporting their participation in European equities and international training and mobility.

The goal is to give everyone the opportunity to develop social, professional and intercultural skills.

An accompanying measure. The ADICE accompanies each participant throughout the step mobility and offers a 6 months follow up after returning.

We work on the design and implementation of individual mobility projects, according to the profile and background of each person through various European and international programs.

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The Association "Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII"

The Association "Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII" has worked concretely and continuously since 1973, when it opened the first family house, in the broad environment of marginalization and poverty. Currently, it is widespread in 25 countries around the world on all continents: Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Georgia, Kenya, Kosovo, India, Israel / Palestine, Moldova, Netherlands, Republic of San Marino, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, northern Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia as well as in Italy. The association has more than 41,000 people and 1,850 members of the Association. At least 26 different legal entities around the world have been created to fulfil this promoted and supported commitment.