It is not an exaggeration to emphasize that food waste is one of the biggest problems in today‘s world. It is known that approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food gets lost or wasted every year meanwhile almost a billion people are going hungry. Besides, the reality is that in the ‘developed’ world, more than 50% of…
read moreErasmus resolutions for 2021 2020 has been a hell of a ride. And, it’s a fact, that most of the New Year (NY) resolutions we’ve made went up in smoke (or down the drain). However, this will not stop us from making brand new Erasmus resolutions for 2021. We present to you 14 Erasmus resolutions…
read moreThe project born from the analysis made by a group of young people, that shows the decrease of new handcraft enterprises in the last 3 years but at the same time, recent studies show that the employment of handcraft jobs will increase in the next 10 years and they will be the most wanted jobs.…
read moreWe’ve visited a war zone Just a few days ago a group of European Youth have witnessed the reality of the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. They have been there on a mission to meet local organisations & youngsters, restore children playgrounds and teach English. As well as to promote EU’s cultural programme Erasmus+. According…
read moreTo ensure cross-sectoral cooperation between youth, youth workers, refugees and entrepreneurs, Association “Active Youth” together with other local & international partners have created a special recognition badge “Everyone Welcome”. This badge is dedicated to organisations or/and individuals who actively help out refugees in various ways, be it social, financial, job-offers, etc. Our aspiration is that…
read moreSince August 2015, more than one million refugees have entered the European Union (EU). Thousands of them entered to Europe through Italy or Greece hoping to settle and build a new life after experiencing conflicts & violence in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq. Therefore, many asylum seekers were transferred to other EU member countries. In order to…
read moreTraining course “Storytelling advances intercultural diversity” (Acronym: SAID) took place in Vienna, Austria. Below you can find testimony made by the participants (Paula, Domantė and Youssef) of the project: “It all started on a Sunday morning 18th of March 2018. We met at the conference room in the Brigittenau Youth Palace Hostel in Vienna and…
read moreAmazing project by our friends in Turkey, Ölüdeniz, dubbed “Rural Entrepreneurship Heroes”.
read moreThinking how to find EVS / ESC? Lithuanian EVS volunteer (Justė Markevičiūtė – sent by our organisation to IN4EVS, Romania) created the following video with tips & tricks on how to find EVS opportunities: She is also listing some useful resouces for that: https://europa.eu/youth/volunteering http://www.t4uth.ro https://www.facebook.com/IN4EVS Active Youth Volunteering section (for Lithuanians) Active Youth list…
read moreResearch Summary Active Youth Association and 5 other organisations has carried out a research on youth involvement and willingness to get involved to urban planning decisions in Lithuania, France, Sweden, Cyprus, Italy and Spain. It was a part of a wider project (funded by Erasmus+), dubbed “Project Your City” (acronym: PYC). PYC is a meeting…
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