It’s been already three months since I’ve started my volunteering placement in The Association of Social Centers in Wattrelos and my immersion in the French culture so, I thought it’s a good moment to share with you some impressions. First and foremost, I think it’s worth remembering that I joined the headquarters’ team as a project partner volunteer in order to help out my fellows with implementing and disseminating in the local community four projects about cohesion policy,

Hi everyone! My name is Elena and I am collaborating as an IVY volunteer in the NAPOCTEP Project (https://napoctep.eu/) at the Finnova Foundation in Brussels. Unfortunately, due to measures to tackle the COVID-19 in Belgium, telework became compulsory again only a few days after my IVY experience started. The objective of NAPOCTEP (Napoleonic routes through Spain and Portugal) is to enhance and transform the cultural heritage issued by the Napoleonic era into a quality, innov

Hi! My name is Ana, I’m a student from Galicia, the North of Spain. I studied international relations in Madrid and this year I decided to start a new project joining IVY volunteering. Integration within European projects comes from two sides in my case, since I’m doing this volunteering at the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago de Compostela, which is also engaged in other European programs. I have the opportunity to volunteer with Interreg projects, especially with Lidera, a c

Hi everyone! I'm Valentina and I'm an IVY volunteer at the National Institute of Biology in Slovenia until the end of January. I'm part of the project Innovative Ecological Assessment and Water Management Strategy for the Protection of Ecosystem Services in Alpine Lakes and Rivers. It's an international project aimed at the improvement of the traditional monitoring approaches with different techniques. The main goal is to improve the protection, preservation and ecological co