Hi everyone ! I am Anna, from France, and I am currently an Interreg Volunteer Youth at the AVITeM (The Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) in Marseille, France. I have a bachelor in Geography and Planning, and before to pursue a master I wanted to have a work experience, linked to regions and cohesion policy. This is why I wished to be an IVY volunteer and so far I have learnt a lot ! I am involved in 2 Interreg projects, HERIT-DATA and ODEON, and pu

Hello, hello! Greetings everybody! My name is Jan, I am from South Bohemia and I am 23 years old. I am with IVY for a second month. I am a student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. I applied for a REE-gain project: Recycling of electrical waste using an algae to the Algatech microbiological institute on the outskirts of a beautiful Czech town Třeboň, which boasts the breeding of the legendary carp. I came to IVY for recommendati

Hello everyone! My name is Lydia and I am an IVY within the programme INTERREG Großregion | Grande Région. What is the Greater Region, will some of you certainly ask? It is a cross-border region, which comprises of the state of Luxembourg, the regions of Lorraine (France), Wallonia and the German-speaking community of Belgium (Belgium) as well as Saarland and Rhineland-Palatine (Germany). The European idea has its roots in today's Greater Region and gained in significance abo

Three months ago, I was moving to Portugal to become an IVY volunteer. It was my first time in the Iberian Peninsula, and I had no idea of the language, the local working culture or the kind of job I would have done, were it not for the short description provided in the ad on the IVY online platform and the interview I went through. It was going to be an amazing experience. Very soon, I was integrated in the Interreg Atlantic Area team, having the chance of working both with

It's been over a month since my IVY adventure began. As a nature lover, I volunteer on the project NATURE&WILDLIFE. It is INTERREG Slovenia – Hrvatska 2014-2020 project with focus on creating a tourist product for experiencing nature and wild animals in the cross-border areas of the Dinaric Alps. The area is an undivided forest on both sides of the border that is a part of the northern Dinarides. It is the only area in Europe where all three large predator species (bear, lynx

Hello! My name is Audrey and I chose for my experience with IVY to join the Academy of Martinique in order to work on an innovative project called ELAN. The INTERREG Caribbean project, “ELAN – Linguistic Exchanges and Innovative Learning through mobility”, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Development Fund aims to encourage the mastery of Caribbean languages and to enhance the mobility of students, teachers, academic and vocational training wit

Hello everyone! My name is Katerina, I am 24 years old, I studied Economics in Democritus University of Komotini and I'm originally from Drama, a small town in Northern Greece. Drama is located close to the Bulgarian borders and is known for its Christmas market and fun park (Oneiroupoli-The Dreamtown) that takes place here every December. Drama is also known for the excellent wines and marble production. Both economy sectors are closely connected to the rich natural environ

Giulio Ribezzo – Sutura My name is Francesco and I’m an IVY Volunteer at the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro programme, based in the fascinating city of Bari, Puglia region, Italy. The main objective of the programme is the promotion of Cross-Border Cooperation between these three countries, focusing on four main pillars: Competitiveness of SMEs, Tourism and Culture, Environment and Energy and Sustainable Transport. After almost two months there, I can say that I am

According to the European Commission, precisely with regard to the initiatives aimed at supporting the transition towards the circular economy across the EU overall territory, among the different relevant stakeholders industries play a considerable role as concerns the importance of facilitating the industrial symbiosis process, so that – as a result – it will be possible to reduce the average of the emissions of hazardous substances, which in turn contaminate certainly air a

Hello, My experience. The project "QNeST- Quality Network on Sustainable Tourism" aims to volorise the common and quality features of the cultural, traditional and environmental heritage of the Adriatic-Ionian area. Through the realization of a transnational model of participative interaction between private and public stakeholders such as local and traditional operators, tour in service providers, craftsmen, sectorial experts, local communities, institutions and cultural, so