It's been almost a month and a half since I arrived in Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees to begin my mission as Interreg Reporter for the Working Community of the Pyrenees within the Interreg POCTEFA program. This is the moment to make a first assessment of my experience, of the knowledge I have acquired, and of my achievements. Let's start with the basics. What is the POCTEFA program? It is a European program of cross-border cooperation between Spain, France and Andorra, created

Hello ! My name is Anna and I am the volunteer from Poland realizing the IVY in my home country. In April 2021 I started my IVY project, volunteering for the Foundation for Landscape Protection, which is located in Jelenia Góra, a picturesque town in the area of the Karkonosze National Park. Despite the pandemic situation, you can volunteer remotely as an IVY thanks to the home office system of work. I perceive this solution as part of very flexible and adaptative approach, s

Hi all, I am Nella! Originally coming from Latvia, I am currently doing a master's degree in environmental policy and law at University of Eastern Finland. Although, the university does not require an obligatory placement during the studies, I recently came across the volunteering opportunity within the Centralparks Interreg project at the incredible environmental NGO, European Wilderness Society (EWS), that I could not resist. Luckily, this voluneering experience happened to

Hi everyone! My name is Silvia and I am collaborating as an IVY volunteer in the CENTRALPARKS project at the Institute for Regional Development of Eurac Research in Bozen. Unfortunately, due to the measures to deal with COVID-19, teleworking became necessary again before my IVY experience began, so my collaboration on the project is done remotely. The objective of CENTRALPARKS project is improving management capacities of Carpathian protected areas for the integration and har