November - 2020

PAMINA Climate Conference

Hey, my name is Julia, I’m 22 and I come from Germany. Since end of October I am involved in the IVY programme as volunteer for EGTC Eurodistrict PAMINA in Lauterbourg, France. As an important part of the project took place last week, I would like to share with you some of my experiences: On 13th and 14 November the PAMINA youth conference about climate protection was held. About 35 young people participated in the two-day online conference via Zoom and worked on developing i

Citizens’ involvement into renewables through ALPGRIDS & SHREC Interreg projects

My name is Marine and I am currently volunteering as a project partner in Auvergne Rhône Alpes Energie Environnement agency in France. My host organisation is a regional energy agency, also representing a network gathering about eighty regional actors from renewables as well as local communities. It aims at promoting, co-ordinating and developing programmes and actions in favour of sustainable energies in the building and transport sectors, climate change mitigation and adapt

Social inclusion in the Mediterranean

My name is Vasilis Theodorou and I am currently an IVY volunteer at EUROTraining Educational Organisation, which is based in Athens Greece and is partner in the ENI CBC MED project MoreThanAJob (http://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/morethanajob). A few words about me, I am 27 years old and I hold an International and European Law Bachelor’s Degree. In the past, I worked in several legal related jobs, such as in a legal office and at a bank's department focusing on legal cases. Ho

Volunteering for REEgain in Algatech

Hi everyone! My name is Josef and as well as my brother Jirka, who is also participating as IVY volunteer, I come from Czech Republic. We both decided we want to do something useful and not just sit in front of our computers and play videogames! Therefore, we joined Interreg project between Czech Republic and Austria called REEgain, whose aim is to recycle rear earth elements with help of green algae. In his blog post „Algae that help recycle“, my brother described his point

The ice cave and the Queen of the Forest

Hello, My name is Karlo and I have been volunteering for IVY for the past month. The project my host organization is working on, in which I volunteer, is called Nature&Wildlife. Volunteering on this project allowed me to work remotely, that is, unlike working in the office of my host organization, I am in charge of activities in the area of my local community, the municipality of Lokve. The main goal of the Nature&Wildlife project is to actively preserve the common natural