INEX Slovakia je:

 

členom

Aliancie európskych organizácií dobrovoľnej služby (Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations),

 

oficiálnym partnerom

Service Civil International

Youth Action for Peace

 

V zozname nájdete niekoľko našich zahraničných partnerov. Neustále však intenzívne pracujeme na zlepšovaní spolupráce aj s organizáciami mimo zoznamu.

 

Country   Organisation

  

Argentina  Subir Al Sur
Armenia   HUJ

Austria YAP 

Azerbaijan AYAFE  

Belarus   LYVS
Belgium   CBB

Bosnia & Herzegovina OKC

Bulgaria  MAR
Canada   CJ

Croatia VCZ 

Czech Republic  INEX-SDA
Denmark   MS
Estonia   EstYes
Finland   Allianssi
France   CBF
France   Concordia France
France   J & R
France   UNAREC
France   Solidarités Jeunesse

Georgia LYVG 

Germany   IBG
Germany   IJGD
Germany   VJF
Germany   Pro International
Germany   Offene Häuser
Germany   CFD
Germany   NIG
Greece   C.i.A.

Greece   CVG
Hungary   Via Pacis
Iceland   WF
Iceland   See Beyond Borders
India   FSL
Indonesia  IIWC

Indonesia Dejavato

Italy Cantiere Giovani

Italy IBO-IT 

Italy   Legambiente
Italy   Lunaria
Italy   Yap Italy
Japan   NICE
Japan   CIEE J

Kenya KVDA 

Kyrgyzstan  Leaders
Latvia   SPIC
Lithuania  DEINETA
Madagascar  Ecotur
Maroc   CSM
Maroc   CJM
Maroc   JEC
Mexico   VIVE Mexico
Mexico   VIMEX
Mexico   Nuestra Tierra

Moldova ADVIT 

Mongolia  MCE

Montenegro ADP-Zid
Nepal   NIFC
Netherlands  SIW

Philippines EYES

Philippines WINPHIL
Poland   FIYE
Portugal  IPJ
Russia   SFERA

Russia   World 4 U

Russia   Passage Zebra

Russia DiGe vu Samara
Russia    Mir Tesen
Serbia YRS-VSS
South Korea  IWO
South Korea  KNCU
Spain   SVI
Spain   COCAT

Switzerland  Workcamp Switzerland

Thailand  Greenway

Togo   Les Amis de la Terrre

Tunisia   ATAV
Turkey   Genctur
Turkey   GSM

Uganda  UPA
Ukraine   Alternative-V
Ukraine   Union Forum
United Kingdom  Concordia UK
United Kingdom  UNA Exchange

United Kingdom VAP
USA   VFP
Vietnam  VPV

Vietnam  SJV

 

Argentina - Subir Al Sur

The aims of Subir Al Sur are to transform our ethnocentric and absolute visions on life by using the “journey in social service” as a pedagogical tool to promote the values of solidarity, peace and respect for cultural diversity, to use the voluntary service as our main strategy towards intercultural education as a base for a new culture of peace, as well as to organize seminars and cultural events promoting Subir al Sur's values together with local and international NGO's and young Argentinian people (especially those with fewer opportunities).

Subir al Sur organizes workcamps and intercultural meetings in Argentina (as a hosting organization) in alliance with local projects, and send Argentinian volunteers to the rest of the world (as a sending organization). Subir al Sur promotes the participation of Argentinian youngsters (especially those with fewer opportunnities) as well as young people from the neighbouring countries during the workcamps and expects to organize workcamps to promote regional integration with solidarity and respect.

   

 

Armenia - HUJ

Voluntary Service of Armenia (HUJ) was founded in 1965. HUJ is registered as a non-profit NGO. It is a full member of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations and member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO, as well as member of the European Youth Ex-change (EYE) Network. HUJ implements its works along with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Ecology, different governmental departments, as well as with different international organizations and embassies.
It is already 10 years HUJ runs an international volunteer exchange with partner organizations in Europe, Asia and USA.
Each year 250 Armenian volunteers participate in international workcamps doing ecological, archeological, social, renovating and other works there, as well as in long/medium term programs and on seminars/workshops.
Yearly HUJ organize 6-7 international workcamps in Armenia, where 150 foreign volunteers together with Armenian volunteers promote ecological, renovating and archeological works, as well as take care of disabled children and organize their aesthetic education. There are 3000 volunteers registered with HUJ at the moment.

   

 

Azerbaijan - AYAFE

AYAFE - Association of Young Azerbaijani Friends of Europe is a youth NGO, established in November 1997, with the general aim of contributing to the integration of Azerbaijan into the European Institutions. We stand for peace, tolerance and understanding. We do lots of interesting projects, mainly organize seminars, conferences, voluntary activities on different problems in Azerbaijan. AYAFE is a partner organization of the Service Civil International (SCI) in Azerbaijan.

AYAFE is active in various kinds of areas such as youth, children, European awareness, conflict resolution, human rights, preservation of the cultural heritage. We believe that things can be better worked out and contributed by the voluntary work. So, we organize voluntary working camps, seminars, conferences for this purpose.

   

 

Belarus - LYVS

LYVS (League of Youth Voluntary Service) was officially registered in 1994. It is a non-governmental, non-profil organization. It's a member of the National Council of non-governmental youth organizations and associated member of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations. LYVS is based on the principle of free membership. It assists young people in accomplishing initiatives based on volunteer work. LYVS cooperates with organizations in more than 20 countries, involving over 5,000 people.

   

 

Belgium - CBB

Compagnons Bâtisseurs Belgium is a non-profit organisation created in 1953. This association offers different kinds of voluntary activities to youngsters: workcamps in Belgium and abroad (during week ends and during the summer), short, medium and long term voluntary services, leisure activities for and with disabled people. All our activities aim to help the young people to develop their skills and abilities so that they can integrate actively in the society as responsible citizens. The realisation of these activities would not be possible without the participation of a network of 350 Belgian volunteers, 100 volunteers from abroad during summer hollidays and team of four employees.

   

 

Bosnia & Herzegovina - OKC

Omladinski Komunikativni Centar (OKC) -  Youth Communication Centre (YCC) as non-governmental organisation (NGO) was established on February 12, 1997 in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its aim is to promote values of civil society at local and regional level. Through activities in area of education, voluntery, media, psychosocial, peace building and development of democracy programs we contribute to increasing of quality of youth lives and development to society of equal opporunities.

   

 

Bulgaria - MAR

MAR (Младежки Алианс за Развитие) - Bulgarian Youth Alliance for Development is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit national organisation established in 1992, dedicated to the building of the civil society through the initiatives of youth. At present in Bulgaria, MAR is the leading organisation in the field of international youth cooperation and collaborates with more than 170 non-governmental structures and organisations worldwide. The activities of MAR include youth exchange projects, seminars and conferences on youth and community problems, especially in the new Bulgarian realities, development of programs for environment protection, international workcamps in Bulgaria focusing on environment protection, social actions, restoration and conservation work, or archaeological excavations.

   

 

Canada - Chantiers Jeunesse

Chantiers Jeunesse is a non-profit organization founded in 1980. At first for volunteers from Québec on projects in Québec only, international exchanges were rapidly developed with French and Belgian organizations. In the 80's, international exchanges were realised almost entirely with France and Belgium. Since 1992, Chantiers jeunesse increased gradually its international activities and diversified the number of partner organizations to increase the number of exchange countries. We co-operate with about 50 organisations spread more than 30 different countries. Each year, we are sending about 200 volunteers abroad and welcoming about 200 volunteers from abroad and from Quebec on our projects. Chantiers jeunesse is a non-profit and non-governmental organization aiming to the development of active and engaged young citizen, to support local development and to support the development of the entire potential of the persons. We offer learning and training opportunities in collaboration with partners from here and abroad, based on solidarity and respect of differences.

   

 

Croatia - VCZ

Volunteers Centre Zagreb (VCZ) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization founded in 1998. VCZ is the continuation of a 1996 project, by the same name, of the Anti-war Campaign of Croatia. This project started with the help of Service Civil International (SCI) when the first foreign volunteers arrived in the town of Pakrac to help rebuild areas devastated by war. Our mission is to promote volunteerism and its values, to educate and to make voluntary work possible for all citizens; to contribute to solving problems and satisfying the needs and development of individuals, groups, communities and society. Through the international exchange of volunteers VCZ has received 600 volunteers to Croatia and sent 400 volunteers from Croatia into the world. By 2004 VCZ had organized 50 international voluntary work and study camps on various subjects and in different parts of Croatia, and also participated in many international and regional projects.

   

 

Czech Republic - INEX-SDA

INEX - Association for Voluntary Activities (INEX–SDA) is a civic association, non-governmental, non-profit organisation, and was established in 1991. The main activities of the INEX–SDA consist of providing opportunities in the field of voluntary service and thus in helping us to realise our own possibilities in care of the surroundings and the world. We organise volunteer projects that not only help solving particular local problems but also raising awareness about volunteering among mainly young people. We enable younger as well as older people to participate in projects within the Czech Republic and also for Czech volunteers to go to similar projects abroad. We want to provide them with the means to learn about daily reality and culture in foreign countries not simply as tourists. By participating in this the volunteers can learn about social, economical and other differences and develop a greater experience and knowledge of mutual understanding and intercultural respect.

   

 

Denmark - MS

Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke’s work is coupled through a clear vision about a world in peace with better conditions for the poor and marginalised. A world where people cooperate to achieve global justice. Hand in hand with 200 partner organisations in Africa, Central America, Asia, the Middle East and in the Balkans, we support the poor in the struggle for a better life. Our partners range from big national organisations to small community based groups, working with education, community development, the environment, hiv/aids, human rights and much more. In 1944 a group of Danes founded Fredsvenners Hjælpearbejde to make an effort for the peace and future. In 1946 the organiation changed name to Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, and was transformed into an open members' organisation in 1974. Today MS has more than 6000 individual members og about 100 institutional members.

   

 

Estonia - EstYES

International Youth Association EstYES is non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organisation. It was established in 1991 with the purpose to promote youth and cultural exchanges for better understanding and a more just world. In 1995 EstYES got an official legal status of NGO. It is a pioneer organisation in the field of youth voluntary service in Estonia.
EstYES works mainly with the young people aged 16-26. The majority of them are high school or university students. Young people with lesser opportunities are a group of special consideration of EstYES. Our objectives are to increase international understanding and solidarity between countries and people, to promote continous dialogue between young people all over the world, to enable young people, by living and working together, to learn from each other, discover a variety of cultures, broaden their horizons and thus build bridges over cultural differences, to promote international and national voluntary service in Estonia, as a tool of local development, and build it's capacity, to help provide solutions for the problems in Estonia, through voluntary service activities.

   

 

Finland - Allianssi

Allianssi is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation independent of any political and denominational affiliation. Membership is open to all democratic nation-wide organisations dealing with youth issues.

Allianssi Youth Exchanges works for intercultural learning and global understanding. We are a youth exchange agency providing young Finns opportunities to work abroad. We believe in "learning by doing". Our range of programs varies from work experience programs such as camp counselor programs, au pair and hotel work placements to voluntary work programs and other worldwide work opportunities. Some programs are a combination of a language course and a work placement.
Annually we recruit about 1000 young Finns in our programmes abroad. We place about 100 international volunteers in our work camps in Finland every year. Those volunteers are recruited from the member and partner organisations of the Alliance of the European Voluntary Service Organisations. We do not have other inbound programs.
We have been operating since 1993; first as a part of Finnish Youth Co-operation Allianssi which is an umbrella organisation for 103 Finnish youth and educational organisations. Since 1995 Allianssi Youth Exchanges has existed as an agency concentrating on offering Finnish young people a wide variety of youth exchange programs. Finland joined the European Union in 1995 which increased the mobility of Finnish youth in many ways.
Allianssi is a well-known and reliable organisation offering a secure opportunity to temporarily live and work in another culture.

   

 

France - CBF

Compagnons Bâtisseurs was born fifty years ago (1957) and it aimed at helping a population who had been hit by the damage of World War II. From the very beginning right up to the present, Compagnons Bâtisseurs has been putting solidarity into practice by means of workcamps - as well as promoting peace and  better understanding between people from all over the word. For this, young people from different countries join us to help realise our projects: workcamps to improve better conditions of life for families in social difficulties, construction camps to create social centres (these can anything from cabins for walkers in the mountains to full scale buildings which host courses and provide accommodation) workcamps for environmental protection or rehabilitation of sites of national heritage. Other activities carried out during the year by the different branches of CBF include medium and long-term voluntary service, initiatives aimed at integrating people with social difficulties, training, short term workcamps held over weekends.

   

 

France - Concordia

Concordia is a French national non-governmental and non-profit making organisation, founded in 1950 by English, German and French youngsters. Their aim was to enhance the values of tolerance and peace after the 2nd world war by organising international workcamps of young volunteers. The main objectives of Concordia are the following: education (helping young people to grow up by acquisition of collective life), culture (favouring the youth exchanges on an international level, always emphasizing the values of peace, friendship and mutual respect), society (taking part in concrete actions of solidarity, as well as supporting a civic attitude), social economy (contributing to realisation of local development, in favour of the environment, patrimony, tourism and socio-educational animation). Concordia is a member of two major international networks which support voluntary service: The Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations and CCIVS (Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service), as well as The National Association COTRAVAUX (Co-ordination of French Voluntary Work organisations). The other activities of the association continue throughout the year with weekend or short holiday workcamps, mid and long term voluntary service, integration of people with difficulties, study and activity groups (North-South, International), sending and hosting volunteers of European Voluntary Service. Concordia also organises various trainings throughout the year.

   

 

France - J&R

Jeunesse et Reconstruction was founded in 1948 and, since then, it has never stopped promoting the idea of another way of travelling. The organization has its head office in Paris, and regional offices in Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées and Rhône Alpes. Since its creation, it has hosted more than 100 000 volunteers on workcamps or on long term volunteering programmes. It is a youth organisation, whose aim is to favour and promote international youth exchanges, through the means of voluntary service, regardless of social, racial or religious background to develop personal commitment in a group or individual activity. The activities include workcamps (short term, midterm), long-term volunteering (ICYE), trainings, language courses, seminars.

   

 

France - UNAREC

UNAREC stands for Union Nationale des Associations Régionales Etudes et Chantiers. It was created in 1962 by several youth movements, follows the trend of non-violence and humanism as well as international co-operation and exchanges. We are engaged in the world-wide movement of the international voluntary service, through the partnership with 60 organisations in 50 countries. We organise every year 50 international workcamps for adults, youth and teens; we have also developed a big activity working with people facing social or economical difficulties ("insertion projects"). In 1997 we started being involved in the EVS programme (European Voluntary Service).

   

 

France - Solidarités Jeunesses

Solidarités Jeunesses is the French branch of Youth Action for Peace, a movement created after the First World War in order to reconcile people of different nationalities through a better mutual understanding. Solidarités Jeunesses works alongside a number of partner organisations world-wide, exchanging volunteers and organising international solidarity projects. Solidarités Jeunesses is a national youth organisation, whose central office is situated in Paris, recognised by the French Ministry of Youth and Sport. It organises short and longer-term international youth volunteer workcamps and voluntary services, projects with people from disadvantaged areas, training sessions and international solidarity projects. It also manages rural residential and community centres.

   

 

Georgia - LYVG

League of Youth Voluntary Georgian (LYVG) is a citizen's non-governmental, nonprofit voluntary service organisation, founded in 2003 by the initiative of the representatives of the German and Latvian communities in Georgia. LYVG functions on the basis of the Constitution of Georgia and under Georgia's law "About public citizen associations". LYVG's aims are to involve young people in social programs; to promote volunteering programs and creation of summer work camps with different target groups; to run international exchange programmes for young people; to raise the public awareness about the situation and actual problems of young people; to study and protect historical places and constructions.

   

 

Germany - IBG

IBG (Internationale Begegnung in Gemeinschaftsdiensten) is a German non-profit organisation founded in 1965 to promote voluntary work and international understanding. IBG is a registered charity and a member of the Alliance of European workcamp organisations and of the Unesco's Coordinating Commitee of International Voluntary Service. IBG does not have a political or religious affiliation. IBG receives funds from the European Union and from the German ministry for Family, Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Youth. IBG organises workcamps in Germany and Liechtenstein, in which it receives international participants sent by our partner organisations. It also sends volunteers with a permanent residence in Germany to workcamps organised by our partner organisations abroad. Apart from that IBG organises some long-term voluntary work abroad.

   

 

Germany - IJGD

IJGD (Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste) is an independent non-profit organisation active in the field of international youth work. We are one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. After World War II pupils from Hanover organised the first workcamps aiming to promote reconstruction, to reduce negative stereotypes through international encounters and to envisage new democratic forms of living together. In addition to workcamps, other activities have become part of our work over time. These are organised by six offices of ijgd and additional project offices. Young people can take part in mid-term and long-term voluntary services in Germany and abroad. Our fields of activity include social and ecological service as well as heritage protection. Encouraging intercultural understanding has remained one of our main focuses. We enable people to actively create community life while giving them the opportunity to broaden their horizons.

   

 

Germany - VJF

Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger

   

 

Germany - Pro International

Pro International

   

 

Germany - Offene Häuser

Offene Häuser (The Open Houses Network) dates back to the mid-eighties, when a group of young people voluntarily undertook to restore village churches in danger of decay. Commitment to these churches united people who enjoyed the freedom that came with the work. As a result, the buildings were revived - whether through exhibitions, concerts, making music together or sitting round the camp fire. From our point of view, the construction and the maintenance of buildings has to be understood primarily as an way of enabling people to get together and interact with each other and the buildings, and to facilitate an exchange of ideas and a learing process.

   

 

Germany - YAP-CFD

Youth Action for Peace (YAP) is an international movement which aims for societies of justice, peace and human solidarity. YAP was born after the First World War (in 1923) in France and Germany, under the name Christian Movement for Peace (until 1994), in order to work towards peace and reconciliation between countries formerly at war, particularly with the younger generations. YAP Germany is connected to the network of YAP international which has branches mainly in Europe and associated groups and partner organisations all over the world. YAP-CFD strives to act against prejudices, intolerance and discrimination by helping young people to get to know each other through workcamps and voluntary services.

   

 

Germany - NIG

NIG (Nordeutsche Jugend im Internationalen Gemeinschaftsdienst) is a German organization devoted to the idea of international understanding among youth of all nationalities. Our head office is located in Rostock, Germany. We plan and run voluntary youth services both within Germany and abroad. However, the region our activity is mainly concentrated on is the northern part of Germany. NIG is a non-profit organization. We are inspired by the ideas of internationalism, understanding, and the peace movement. Young students of the University of Rostock who were interested in both social and environmental issues founded NIG in October 1990. The aim of NIG is to make it possible for young people to get to know other countries in a completely new way. NIG organizes and carries out international workcamps (international youth projects), holiday camps, seminars and actions.

   

 

Greece - Citizens in Action

Citizens in Action is a non-profit, non-governmental, youth organisation based in Athens. The aims of C.i.A. are to support and promote the idea of active citizenship to the young people, through new forms of social commitment and participation, for a democratic and open society, to encourage the circulation of people and ideas through international exchanges, with the aim of the enhancement of knowledge, mutual understanding and peace, to contribute to community and local development through the participation of local and foreign volunteers in projects of benefit to all, with an emphasis on rural areas, to promote people's participation to defend and define their quality of life, aiming at the protection of the human dignity and the environment. To achieve its aims, C.i.A. invites its members to practical action, with emphasis on youth voluntary work, youth mobility and communication, international exchanges and non-formal education.

   

 

Greece - ELIX-CVG

ELIX Conservation Volunteers Greece is a non-governmental, non-profit organization promoting voluntary service and education. Since 1987, CVG promotes through its activities, the creative cooperation among young people from all over the world. They are given the opportunity to live a unique experience: to live and work in a group, to visit new places, to get to know new ways of life, to make friends all over the world, to contribute through their volunteer work to create a better world. The aims of CVG are: active involvement of young people in the protection of the environment and the preservation of cultural heritage, promotion of volunteer education and contribution, constructive cooperation among young people from all over the world, development of local communities and enhancement of their natural and cultural riches.

   

 

Hungary - Via Pacis

   

 

Iceland - WF

Worldwide Friends (Veraldarvinir) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit, non governmental organization promoting peace, friendship and international understanding. We host short-term voluntary workcamps, long-term voluntary projects (3-7 months), seminars (suitable both for young people and adults), Youth Exchanges, educational programmes and campaigns in Iceland. We also send Icelandic volunteers intending to have similar experiences abroad. Veraldarvinir/WF works with three main aims: to promote inter-cultural learning, exchange and awareness, to care for Icelandic nature and raise awareness of environmental issues, to promote voluntary work and a culture of volunteering.

   

 

Iceland - SEEDS

SEEDS, SEE beyonD borderS, is an Icelandic non-governmental, non-for-profit organisation with international scope. Our main field of activities is related to the promotion of cultural understanding through the work on nature-oriented, outdoors and environmental issues. Based on real projects as exchanges, international camps, research activities, on-field work, voluntary service, educational programmes, seminars, SEEDS, gives space, time and room to the participants in our activities to face challenging situations, which will enable them to broaden their perspectives, own opinions and positions about themselves, the environment we are living in and our active role in the future development of the world in terms of peace, tolerance, cross-cultural learning and environmental sustainability. Seeds, SEE beyonD borderS, fosters respect for cultural diversity, mutual understanding and the work for our Environment!

   

 

India - FSL

FSL India (Field Services and Intercultural Learning) is a non-profit, charitable, social and independent non-governmental organization with the main objective of promoting global understanding and intercultural learning and to work for togetherness encouraged on world peace through youth mobility. FSL acts as a support structure for other youth and social organizations. Head office is located in Bangalore and runs several base camps all across India. We strive to make a difference by encouraging young people on the value of service through volunteer projects for the local community. We organize social projects at a grass root level to encourage local people by showing interest in their work and lives.

   

 

Indonesia - IIWC

Indonesia International Work Camp was formed in September 1999. In January 2000 IIWC was formally accepted as the full member of NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia). In 2004 IIWC was accepted as the member of CCIVS (Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service) UNESCO. Since then, IIWC grows more activities, not only organizing international workcamp but also Middle Term Volunteer Project, Campaign and Increasing Awareness Activities, Cultural Exchange, University Project, Foster Parents, etc. Our mission is promoting solidarity and peace through cultural exchange, knowledge and the activation of human and nature resources, without discrimination. Our aims are to promote global understanding and friendship, to motivate and activate the development of local communities, to explore and exchange knowledge, culture and way of life, to run work camps and other voluntary activities in Indonesia.

   

 

Italy - I.B.O.

I.B.O. Italy

   

 

Italy - Legambiente

Legambiente is a leading environmental organisation in Italy formed by 20 regional committees and more than 2000 local groups. Legambiente runs national and international campaigns aimed at reducing traffic and air pollution, pesticides use, or proposing new energy policy, enhancing use of renewable sources, energy efficiency and conservation etc. We have been organising a voluntary campaign for 16 years, promoting summer-camps in many protected areas both in Italy and abroad, with the aim of  raising public awareness on environmental issues such as forest-fire or habitat degradation, collecting information on natural resources, promoting green tourism, developing sustainable economy, helping people to be active for the conservation of our natural and cultural heritage. International work camps, promoted by Legambiente, are part of the associations’ main campaigns and volunteers activities contribute to achieve the goals of each campaign. The common aim of environmental work camps is to improve areas with a distinctive naturalistic and cultural feature and to help solving environmental emergencies of our country. The main activities volunteers carry out are related to paths maintenance or beaches and protected areas cleaning; furthermore, volunteers collaborate in fire prevention or raising awareness on environmental issues.

http://www.legambiente.eu/    

 

Italy - Lunaria

Lunaria is a non-profit, non-confessional and independent association, free from political parties’ control and influence. It was founded in 1992 and it carries out research, training, and communication activities on fair economy and third sector, migrations and globalisation. It promotes initiatives concerning international volunteering and youth policies. Through its activities Lunaria experiments new forms of active participation and social transformation inspired by the principles of justice and social solidarity, democratic participation to community life, guarantee of civil, social and human rights in the national and international context. Democracy, active participation, promotion of the voluntary commitment and of differences - starting from gender differences - guarantee of the organisation’s staff rights, transparency in the relations with external subjects: these are the principles the association follows in its everyday life.

   

 

Italy - YAP

Yap Italy has been present in Italy since the beginning of the Sixties. It was officially established as a national organisation in 1971, and has been a branch of YAP since 1973. Its first volunteers took part in workcamps after the great floods in Florence. Since then, Italian volunteers have been participating in international voluntary service projects around the world and have thus been in contact with the international structure of the organization. Once known as MCP-Italia (Movimento Cristiano per la Pace), the NGO today organises international workcamps, seminars, study visits and training courses.  These programmes educate young people about peace, dialogue and solidarity through projects of voluntary action and social and cultural development without any links to religion or a formal political party. In 2007 YAP Italia organised at least 40 workcamps, mid and long term projects and it has already successfully organised about 1000 projects in the past.  This including every year about 400 Italian and International volunteers in short, mid and long term voluntary service projects, trainings and seminars worldwide. The organisation has also organised directly or been involved in the organisations of training courses and seminars on the themes it believes and works on. YAP-Italy is currently an active member of and participant into different movements, umbrella platforms, councils or international networks (Youth Action for Peace International, CCIVS-Unesco, AVSO, NVDA, EBCO, the EU Youth council).

   

 

Japan - NICE

NICE is non-governmental, non-profit oranization than carries out workcamps and other voluntary projects in Japan and east Asia. President of  Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service at UNESCO and of Network for Voluntary Development in Asia. Enjoying to create a new global age by mentally young people! It was founded on 4th February 1990 by seven youngsters who had participated in workcamps abroad. In September 1990, the first international workcamp in Japan was held at the foot of the Mt. Fuji. It has been developing rapidly with huge needs and possibilities of workcamps and NGOs in East Asia. NICE organizes international workcamps in Japan and east Asia with local partners and people, sends volunteers from Japan to workcamps all over the world, organizes LAMP (Long And Middle term voluntary Programs) in Japan and sends volunteers from Japan to LAMP abroad, organizes weekend and group workcamps, participates in Green Foster Parents for forest protection, educational actions, social actions for disadvantaged kids and refugees and organizes Farm Stay Programs to revive agriculture.

   

 

Japan - CIEE

The Council on International Educational Exchange, known as CIEE, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to helping people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. In 1998, CIEE was officially recognized as a NGO in operational relations with UNESCO. Founded in 1947, CIEE has developed a wide variety of programs and services for students and teachers at secondary through university levels and related constituencies. Today, CIEE is one of the world’s leading operators of international exchange programs and related services, and operates in three broad business areas: Language and Cultural Programs, Work Exchange Programs, International Study Programs. CIEE Japan was registered in Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations as a partner organization in 1995. CIEE Japan is serving to whomever she/he is 18 years old and older. Workcamps enable people to experience the joy of working and cooperating with new friends from overseas. Each year CIEE Japan organizes 5-11 international workcamps in Japan.

   

 

Kenya - KVDA

Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) is an indigenously inspired non-profit voluntary organization founded in 1962 and aims at making Kenyans and others aware of developmental problems, supplement formal education with experiential learning to enable those involved to be better members of the community, involve those at receiving end of development programmes in the decision making process, foster peace, understanding and respect of other people’s culture through living, communicating and working together. Our dedication is aimed at mobilizing all-purpose resources within and across international boarders to support community development initiatives in fighting against poverty. Every year volunteers are received from various countries with expressed commitment to render services to the poor of the poorest in the society. Work camps have proved to be effective forums to achieve these objectives especially when the local communities are involved in all implementation stages.

   

 

Latvia - SPIC

SPIC is a non-for-profit organization that promotes voluntary work in Latvia and whole world. We work with YOUTH programme - Actions 1, 2 and 5. We host and send EVS volunteers, organise youth exchanges and summer work camps as well as implement different EU projects.

   

 

Lithuania - DEINETA

DEINETA - Center of Youth Voluntary Activities - was established in 1988 as a union of several student clubs. CYVA (Deineta) is an independent non-political voluntary service organization. We organise international short term youth and teenagers voluntary camps in Lithuania and also send volunteers abroad to our partners' international projects. Nowdays during the summer season we organise more then 20 workcamps, we send over 100 volunteers abroad and can host about 200 international volunteers in Lithuania. The main aim of our organisation is to promote international co-operation and understanding between young people from different countries and different cultures. The main activities entail short (work camps) and long term voluntary service projects. Volunteers participating in our long-term voluntary service exchanges are usually placed at local projects working with children with learning difficulties, helping elderly people with their daily routine, or caring for persons with disability in boarding school.

   

 

Indonesia - Dejavato

Dejavato Foundation was established in June 2005 as response to a lack of education and socialwelfare all over Indonesia. It is a non-governmental and non-profit organization aiming at a globally educated and developed Indonesian society. It particularly supports the educational path of disadvantaged individuals, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or political believes; the struggle for development of local communities all over the country and the welfare of those who can not access it otherwise. Its mission is to promote voluntary work and world peace in Indonesia by supporting education, social work and local community development; to support the development of global education in Indonesia by materially supporting formal and non formal educational programs; to support in-need communities throughout Indonesia in case of crisis; to take an active role in stimulating and leading broader private sector interest in improving Indonesia’s educational system; to promote the unique local Indonesian cultures.

   

 

Korea - IWO

IWO is a non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 1999 to promote world peace, global citizenship, youth and community development and cultural exchange through international volunteering. We are a member and president of CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) at UNESCO, Paris and an Executive member of NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia). We are also a member of Alliance and a partner of YAP (Youth Action for Peace). We believe that we can promote peace by contributing to mutual respect and capacity for peaceful coexistence between all countries. We offer youth of all countries the opportunities with international volunteer projects to understand cultural differences and diversity of each society. We believe that youth are our bright future in our planet. Our international volunteer projects offer young people the opportunity to join international voluntary service on community-based projects in over 70 countries worldwide. The projects differ enormously ranging from nature conservation, restoration, education and construction to projects that are more socially based including work with adults and children with special needs, teaching or organizing youth/children's holiday schemes.

   

 

Austria - YAP

YAP Austria earlier called perpetuum mobile international was founded in spring 2002, as a platform for short-term exchanges and workcamp organisations in Austria. We are also involved in sending volunteers abroad. Until now there are two partners: Grenzenlos and Perpetuum Mobile Reg. Together we are Perpetuum Mobile international - PMI. We are a movement which aims at societies of justice, peace and human solidarity. It struggles against the different forms of violence, exploitation, injustice and exclusion; against networks of ideological, religious, sexist, political, cultural and economic oppression and imbalance of natural surroundings. It supports all women and men, who want to take their destiny into their own hands to organise collectively a responsible and liberating society.

   

 

Italy - Cantiere Giovani

Established in 2001 with the goal of creating a place for young people to meet each other and develop creative activities, Cantiere Giovani (Youngs Buildingsite) aims to eliminate, or reduce, the potential risks of students leaving school prior to graduation, or being cast out, as well as youth delinquency in general. By creating the Young Centre, we aim our activities at teenagers, young people and immigrants. We teach visual communication in local schools, and offer Italian language courses and cultural exchanges to immigrants, thereby giving additional avenues for them to join the working community. Cantiere Giovani works at the local level in the town of Frattamaggiore, in Naples, southern Italy. Our organization offers educational and cultural services to the young people, natives and migrant people. It mainly operates through youth social centres, through paths of didactics of the communication in the schools, guidance services for the migrant people and of the development of the interculturality and in projects of international cooperation, through the promotion of international exchanges, workcamps, motion voluntaries and, in general, projects in accord with the aims of our organisation involving international partners.

   

 

Korea - KNCU

KNCU (Korean National Commission for UNESCO) was established on 30 January 1954, following the Republic of Korea's admission to UNESCO in 1950.  Since its inception, for almost half a century, KNCU has evolved to better meet the needs and aspirations of a rapidly changing Korean society and to interact with the global community.  UNESCO was the first agency of the United Nations to define and develop specific programmes for young people.  The principal objective of UNESCO’s strategy of action with and for youth is to champion the empowerment of young people to ensure and enhance their full participation as equal and valuable partners.  Accordingly, the youth-oriented activities of KNCU focus on giving the youngsters of today and tomorrow the best possible chance to express themselves and participate fully in social life. We intend to conduct several national and international projects in connection with international voluntary service, as well as global seminars and information services related to the culture of peace, youth participation and cultural diversity.

   

 

Mexico - Nuestra Tierra

Nuestra Tierra is registered as a non-profit, non-governmental association, founded in 1998, dedicated to peace, international solidarity, cultural diversity and the protection and conservation of the environment. The members of Nuestra Tierra promote actions of social and environmental character towards the national and international community, with the purpose of creating awareness about environmental issues in a global sense. At the same time it works towards sustainable development and a better quality of life on the local level. Nuestra Tierra has participated in international youth exchange activities since 1996, supporting projects of local development and environmental protection, through groups of international volunteers.

   

 

Mexico - VIMEX

Voluntarios Internacionales Mexico A.C. (VIMEX) is a Mexican organization founded on  December 4^th, 1985. However it began to work in 1982. Located in Mexico City, VIMEX  is an independent non-religious, non-governamental and non-profitable organization. It organizes international workcamps in Mexico, it accepts incomming volunteers in its projects and at the same time it sends young Mexican high school and university students. VIMEX’s national program receives incomming volunteers and helps in the social needs of Mexican people by making voluntary action, so the foreign volunteers will know our culture, our customs and our daily realities. At the same time students can practice different languages other than Spanish and most important we hope volunteers change their attitudes for their own benefit and for the benefit of our country. Therefore, VIMEX encourages the exchange of different ways of thinking and being and it practices tolerance in living together with people from other countries. In relation to VIMEX’s international program, our objective is to support and provide our students the possibility to have a different points of view about  different types of life and cultures in comparison to ours. Apart from that, VIMEX promotes leaving together and working in an international team.

   

 

Mexico - VIVE

Vive Mexico is a non profit-making, non-governmental organization that has been organizing International Volunteer Service Projects since 1996. Vive Mexico was officially born in March 1997. Our Philosophy consist of involving young people of different nationalities in projects focused in aid and cooperation with the objective to provide a space where the energy and creativity of them can be channeled in a background that promotes the brotherhood and solidarity between the nations of the world, and at the same time, help them to create a consciousness of the problems that are a human responsibility, by inviting them to take part in an activity to help our planet.

   

 

Mongolia - MCE

MCE (Mongolian workCamps Exchange) was established in 2001 by an individual who had participated in a workcamp in Vietnam. Before 2000, there were no workcamp organizations or international voluntary service in Mongolia. However, there was much need for international voluntary projects to improve a Mongolian society. Through practical work projects, MCE hopes to encourage public awareness of Mongolia’s social problems and promote local actions. We promote exciting voluntary actions by fresh ideas and mobility as a youth NPO, to shift the world with too much competition and expansion into more healthy one for both nature and people. We create opportunities to meet new people and to start new actions by involving many locals. We make bridges between isolated NPOs and local people, and invite youth to depopulated areas. We grow exchange naturally among world youth and local people through living, working, talking and laughing together. They can improve global views/sensitivity and language/planning skills.

   

 

Montenegro - ADP-ZID

Volunteer center (VoC), within the Association for democratic prosperity – Zid, started working in May 2001. Volunteer center is a development project of the office for promotion and development of volunteerism in Montenegro and it started (what a coincidence) in the year of volunteerism. Being a member of SEEYN, Alliance, SCI, EVS, YAP, we send volunteers from Montenegro to workcamps in and outside Europe. We also organize workcamps in Skadarsko Lake and Cetinje, in Montenegro.

   

 

Morocco - CJM

The voluntary service started in Morocco with a great historical project The Road of Unity, when 12,000 young volunteers had to build a road which linked the central zone which was under the French domination to the north of the country which was dominated by the Spanish. This project took place the year Morocco got independant, that is in 1956. In 1961 a group of volunteers from The Road of Unity together with another group of youth which had some experience in voluntary service through their participation in international workcamps in Europe undertook the creation of a national structure dealing with voluntary service - Chantiers Jeunesse Maroc. Today, with a rich experience behind it, CJM is preparing itself to enter new fields of concern such as the preservation of the environment, the preservation of the architectural heritage and social work in its varios faces. The association managed to assert its existence in the national level where its presence has been confirmed by different activities undertaken by the local branches which covert great deal of the territory. Among its activities we can note the organisation of international workcamps through the country, exchange of volunteers and of camps leaders, organisations of camp-leader training session, seminars, publication of leaflets dealing with associative work.

   

 

Morocco - JEC

JEC (Jeunesse Et Cooperation des Chantiers Internationaux) is non-governmental and non-lucrative association founded in 1959 in accordance with 1998's law of public freedom allowing associations’ creation of volunteer work created by young volunteers’ initiative and willingness to contribute to the construction of a new deal based upon peace value, solidarity and fraternity among people. Since its creation, JEC has never given up encouraging the promotion of these values within young people. JEC aims at promoting the voluntary service by working on projects favourably benefiting to the local community especially to poor district. It is also an educational movement lucidly based upon the international exchange of young people within summer workcamps. It fosters youth’s expectation through an action attended by environmental safeguard and by making young volunteers aware of the importance of community work.

   

 

Morocco - CSM

CSM, Chantiers Sociaux Marocains, is a non-profit NGO, founded in 1963. CSM is a national association, with several sections all around Morocco and a large international relation of cooperation. CSM is the Moroccan national committee of ICYE International Cultural Youth Exchange; it’s a member of several national, regional and international platforms. CSM aims to promote volunteer activities for young people in their spare time and holidays, to promote community development and encourage participation of community members in activities for their own benefit, to create opportunities to exchange experiences between youth from different parts of the country and the rest of the world, to promote international understanding through voluntary service, to enable young people to encounter and understand different cultures, to encourage the concept of voluntary services as a force in search for peace equality, democracy and international understanding.

   

 

Moldova - ADVIT

ADVIT "Europe Wthout Borders" is a non-profit youth organization based in Chisinau, Moldova. ADVIT "Europe Without Borders" is possible thanks to the work of a group of young volunteers, who do their best to achieve a social reality that meets the needs and demands of all young people, providing them with the necessary tools for their personal and career development. Our main goals and activities are, to promote dialogue and contact between young people from all over the world; to create favourable conditions for cooperation between youth from different cultures and nations; to develop the spirit of volunteering among youth; to provide information and youth education according current aspects of Europe; to inform youth in spheres such as: education, culture and social activities.

   

 

The Netherlands - SIW

SIW is a non-governmental, non-profit voluntary service organisation which was founded in 1953. Each year, SIW welcomes young international volun­teers in its projects in the Netherlands, and gives Dutch volunteers the chance to partici­pate in projects abroad. Each year also, the number of exchange partners increases, as well as the number of volunteers. SIW mainly exchanges volunteers with exchange partners in Wes­tern and Eastern Europe, but also in North Ameri­ca, Africa, and some South American and Asian coun­tries. All SIW activities are organised by young Dutch volunteers, who find themselves supported by a small office, guaranteeing the continuity of the work. Each year, SIW organizes between 7 and 20 international voluntary projects in the Netherlands. These projects last 2 or 3 weeks, and take place during the summer (from May until September). The number of volunteers in a project varies from 8 to 20. Our objectives are encouraging international contact and understanding,  stimulating the personal growth and development of young people and doing social, cultural and environmental work.

   

 

Poland - FIYE

FIYE is a vibrant Polish non-governmental and non-profit organisation. Ever since it was established in 1989, FIYE has been active in the field of voluntary service and particularly committed to international youth exchange programmes. Throughout the years, FIYE has developed and successfully carried out a considerable number of volunteer projects with special regard to short-term summer projects (workcamps) and long-term programmes lasting 6-12 months. FIYE considers voluntary service programmes as a unique and excellent form of maintaining international contacts, fostering youth exchange, enabling participants to fight cross-cultural barriers, and developing bonds of long-lasting friendships. Furthermore, FIYE aims at popularising the currently vital concepts of mutual help, solidarity, peace and civic awareness. Volunteers participating in FIYE's projects always emphasise the fact that due to their "Polish experience," they have grown more responsible, open-minded and above all, have managed to stand up to a challenge, test themselves in demanding conditions and initiate a cross-cultural dialogue, which they consider rewarding and valuable in today's world.

Each year over 200 foreign volunteers participate in FIYE's summer workcamps. Additionally, FIYE hosts around 12 young people for long-term programmes. Due to our successful co-operation with other organisations active in the field of volunteering, FIYE also has the pleasure of annually sending about 200 Polish youth abroad to take part in similar projects. Summer workcamps are usually organised in towns and villages and hosted by small communities and their local authorities. FIYE runs social projects for physically and mentally disabled people and also for those coming from abandoned, poor and disadvantaged environments. Additionally, volunteers may take part in renovation/construction projects or such that require simple manual work. The work which the volunteers undertake is particularly useful and valuable to the local people, because it would not be possible otherwise. Moreover, the volunteers have the opportunity to experience contact with the genuine local people, which guarantees a true insight into the community, its daily life and its customs.

   

 

Philippines - EYES

EYES (Exchange for Youth Empowerment Service Inc.) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization. The organization was created on October 29, 2007 by a group of development workers from the Philippines experienced in Voluntary Service projects. The organization is the result of six years of exposure in the field of voluntary service and bilateral volunteer exchanges and it gathers an extensive knowledge in the field of youth work, training and community development. EYES is a new member of the Network for Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA) and works with several local non-governmental organizations and public institutions (the Olango Bird Sanctuary, different local governmental units, several schools and community development centers throughout the country).

   

 

Philippines - WINPHIL

WINPHIL (Workcamps International Philippines) was established in 2003 and became a member of NVDA in 2004. It is focused on hosting short-term voluntary environmental projects in mountain areas and mangrove forests. It has one office in Cebu City. WINPHIL is an NGO which was established to promote solidarity and friendship among the world’s youth. It aims to become a major player in this growing trend of international voluntary service and culture exchanges all over the world.

   

 

Russia - DiGe vu Samara

DiGe vu Samara is a young non-governmental organization. It was established on the initiative of active youth leaders. Its main activities include promotion of international volunteerism in the Samara region by means of long-term, mid-term projects and work camps; involvement of active young people into the social life of the Samara region by means of youth projects, such as AIDS prevention campaigns, etc.; involvement of the disabled people into the life of society by means of the voluntary projects; organization of cultural activities, festivals, workshops; organization of thematic trainings and seminars for youth leaders. DiGe vu Samara has been a partner of YAP and ALLIANCE since 2005. In June 2007 DiGe vu Samara became a full member of CCIVS (UNESCO).

   

 

Russia - Passage Zebra

Passage Zebra

   

 

Russia - World4U

World4U is a young and growing non-profitable NGO. It began to exist in 1997-1998 as a group of young enthusiastic people - all with a clear vision that international communication among youth has a tremendous potential in raising intercultural understanding, tolerance and creative peaceful life in the world-wide community. In those ancient ages we started to arrange summer workcamps and send volunteers abroad. With time it became obvious that this team needed to form a new youth organization in order to put all its plans and ideas into life. Then in the summer of 2000, the new Youth and Student Voluntary Association World4U started to exist. Now (in 2008), about 2500 creative and bright individuals are united by the idea of volunteering within World4U. We have representatives in many regions of Russia. We have representatives in many regions of Russia. In autumn of 2000 World4U joined Youth Action for Peace international movement and since September 2003 World4U became a full member (Russian branch of YAP). World4U runs about 20-25 international workcamps in Russia during the summer. Thanks to our local members, we are able to host several medium-term volunteers a year in different regions of Western part of the country. Since 2002, we have been able to receive and host EVS volunteers. Besides international activities, World4U arranges actions and events on the national and regional level - such as: educational seminars and conferences on volunteering as a new life vision and an alternative approach to work and creativity; on the legal status of volunteers; World4U weekend workcamps; camp facilitators’ trainings.

   

 

Serbia - YRS-VSS

"Think big – do little: start an avalanche!" is the motto of the Young Researchers of Serbia – Voluntary Service of Serbia, a non–governmental and a non–profit youth organisation, founded in 1976. Our vision is to be the driving force for all those whose aim is to make our planet a more peaceful, just and healthy place. For over 30 years we have been gathering young people round our research projects, voluntary camps, educational programmes and environmental campaigns, thus stimulating scientific creativity of young people and motivating them for voluntary work, environmental protection and nature conservation. Our aims and objectives are: motivation and training of young people for scientific research; promotion and development of voluntary exchange and workcamps; encouraging creativity among young people; protection of the environment. Our activities are thematically different: environmental or social sciences mostly realized through fieldwork in the form of research camps, field trips or expeditions.

   

 

Spain - SVI

Servicio Voluntario Internacional. Instituto De La Juventud

   

 

Spain (Catalonia) - COCAT

COCAT is a Catalan non-governmental and non-profit coordinating platform created to represent Catalonia’s international workcamp organisations. CRUC, RAI, Fundació Escolta Josep Carol, Fund.Pere Tarrés, Fundació Catalana de l’Esplai, Ass.Cultural Envall Fosca are members of COCAT with a network of Catalan entities that have been organising international workcamps for the last two years. The aims of COCAT: coordinate international workcamps in Catalonia, develop workcamps and voluntary service as a tool for personal, collective and community development, with the values of interculturality, culture of peace and social justice and equality, become a bridge between associations organising international workcamps in Catalonia, the local youngsters and the international volunteers, organizations and networks, enhance the Catalan youth community identity and culture, promote the access to the project for people with less opportunities and background. Our workcamps are non-formal learning proposal for young people coming from many different countries and cultures. Workcamps projects are a living way to share culture, supporting non profit world and developing local communities traditions, promoting ideals of solidarity and citizenship.

   

 

Spain (Basque Country) - Euskadi Gazteria

Euskadi-Gazteria (part of SVI Spain), founded in 1978, is The Basque Government’s Office for Youth, which organises yearly the "youth workcamps" programme, along with public local administrations and Basque private non-profit organisations. For that purpose, the Office for Youth gathers workcamp proposals, provides human resources and different services, and coordinates and supervises the development of the workcamp. The Office for Youth has 30 years of experience. The main objective of this programme lies in enabling young people from different origins and social backgrounds to live together and get to know each other, by sharing a volunteer experience. Secondly, the aim is to contribute to work on a task with a social outreach which benefits the community. Besides, it enables young people from all over the world to approach Basque society, culture and geography, by becoming part of the life of small interesting Basque towns of very diverse cultural, artistic and landscape heritage for some days. Other activities include: MTV "Cooperating Basque Youth" awareness-raising programme, in collaboration with NGDOs from the Basque Country and from Southern Countries; EVS, coordination of the European Voluntary Service in the Basque Country; youth exchanges; training programmes; NGO advisory programmes; subsidy programmes aimed at NGOs; youth information (network consisting of 72 Youth Information Centres); youth-related research (The Basque Youth Observatory).

   

 

Switzerland - Workcamp Switzerland

Workcamp Switzerland is an official partner of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations. The association is non-profit-making, independent of political parties and religiously neutral. By organizing and arranging international workcamps, Workcamp Switzerland aims to achieve a double effect: on the one hand, it aims to support social, cultural and ecological projects which can hardly be realized without the aid of volunteers; on the other hand, it aims to enable young people from Switzerland and other countries to have learning experiences and encounters which deepen their understanding of other cultures, strengthen their sense of responsibility, extend their practical experience and further their cooperative skills.

   

 

Thailand - Greenway Thailand

Greenway Thailand consists of several divisions, each with a different set up and different goal. The oldest division of our organization is the Pitaya Suwan foundation which was founded in 1998. The Pitaya Suwan foundation organizes short-term workcamps which usually last two weeks and longer projects for our long-term volunteers. Furthermore, the foundation is involved with several kinds of charity projects in Thailand. Pitaya Suwan Foundation (PSF) is a charity registered Foundation acting in the field of community development and intercultural learning. Through the development of international voluntary service and educational projects we are present in several rural communities all over Thailand. Our mission is to support the development of rural communities through the experience of intercultural exchanges. Our aims are to provide and foster education for needy and underprivileged young people living in rural areas; to spread ethical, responsible behaviours and open the youth's mind so that they become active citizens for their society; to promote and sustain education and research; to support vocational training for youth, women, and the elderly in the rural areas; to disseminate knowledge and  experiences by providing education and training; to promote and support communities and local people in realizing the importance of the environmental preservation; to act for public benefits and cooperate with other charity organizations for the public interest.

   

 

NVDA - Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Indonesia, China, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Vie

NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia) is an international networking NGO to promote international voluntary service (especially international workcamps) in Asia and Pacific. It was started in 1997 by 11 NGOs in 11 nations and now consists of 21 national NGOs in 15 nations/areas and one international NGO that has branches in other 13 nations. The main activities are regular events (training & networking workcamps, etc.), starting workcamps in new countries, improving NGOs and their projects, sending volunteers to workcamps all over the world, common actions in Asia for various social issues. NVDA has workcamps in Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Indonesia, China, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Vietnam.

   

 

SEEYN - Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo

South East European Youth Network (SEEYN) was born in December 2000 and since then it has developed into a network of organizations devoted to the idea of voluntarism with an increasing number of activities, many of which are focusing on environmental issues, which is of natural concern to the young generation. The South East European Youth Network is an attempt of overcoming differences among societies that have recent tradition of conflicts through bringing young people from the entire South Eastern Europe region to work together. The focus of SEEYN was set on the following topics: advocacy as a tool for development of supportive legal framework, work-camps and Intercultural Learning, Volunteerism and Youth Employment, International Cooperation. The member organisations of SEEYN organise workcamps in the countries of Balkan peninsula.

   

 

Togo - Les Amis de la Terre

Les Amis de la Terre

   

 

Turkey - GENÇTUR

GENÇTUR, which was established in 1979 aims to improve relations between Turkish youth and the youth of other countries and to develop cultural understanding through its activities. We believe that youth travel and voluntary service aid peace and international, intercultural understanding and diminishes the prejudices. Since 1979 GENÇTUR is offering opportunities especially for young people and students, but also for any age group, to discover the country and its people. GENÇTUR opens the doors to a memorable holiday in Türkiye. In order to create an opportunity for the Turkish and foreign young people to get to know each other, GENÇTUR organizes international voluntary workcamps in Türkiye generally in the summer time for two weeks.

   

 

Turkey - GSM

GSM - Youth Services Centre is a non-governmental and non-profit youth organization that has been founded by a group of young people in 1985 in Ankara, Turkey. Since the first day, GSM has actively worked in youth field and until today it has created and successfully implemented many national and international youth projects. GSM is a pioneer organization in the field of youth-works in Turkey. Our main aim is to support common understanding, peace, friendship and intercultural learning among young people coming from different cultural backgrounds by organizing international youth activities. We believe that these intercultural activities give a space to young people to share their experiences and own cultural richness, which could help young people to break down barriers and prejudices. GSM is a member of ALLIANCE of European Voluntary Service Organizations and YEN (Youth Express Network). Our activities include international voluntary workcamps, international youth projects under European programs, youth information and NGO capacity building seminars.

   

 

Uganda - UPA

Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) is a youth voluntary organisation working with community projects, work camps and volunteer exchange. UPA was founded in 1989 by young Ugandans with the aim of mobilising youth to contribute to community development through voluntary work. UPA has a national secretariat located in Kampala, Nansana and currently operates with 10 Branches in seven districts in Uganda. The aim of UPA is to promote community based development, intercultural cooperation and youth participation through voluntary work. The Objectives of UPA are to encourage the dynamic age group (youth) to take leading roles towards development, to promote and improve natural and acquired skills useful to the community, to promote and exchange cultures to create friendship and mutual understanding, to contribute to the development of community based social services. Workcamps have been used as means for building local communities. Volunteers from all over the world have come together and through common efforts community centres, health units, small scale farming plots and much more has been constructed. Friendship cross borders has been created and barriers between people from different cultures broken down. We also have MLTV projects.

   

 

United Kingdom - Concordia

Concordia is a small not-for-profit charity that began after the Second World War. Our aim is to bring together people from different countries and cultures to work together towards a common goal which, in turn is hoped will help break down cultural stereotypes and lead to greater international understanding and peace.  There are two ways in which we do this. The first is the long running farm scheme. This enables students from other countries to come to the UK to undertake seasonal paid work and participate in our educational training programme. The second is the volunteer programme which works on an exchange basis; sending UK volunteers abroad and receiving international volunteers to work on volunteer projects in the UK.

The volunteer programme began in 1993 when we hosted our first international volunteer project with the Countryside Service of Brighton. The project involved undertaking environmental work in the beautiful South Downs. Since hosting this project Concordia joined a network of other similar organisations known as the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations and it is though this network that we exchange volunteers. Today we send around 300 volunteers a year and place over 200 volunteers from abroad on short term projects in the UK. We also offer longer term opportunities for individual volunteers to assist our host organisations for several months called our Medium Term Volunteer Programme (MTV).

Our projects in the UK are all short term and community based and can involve either environmental work, working with children or people with special needs or setting up events which need support from volunteers for example helping to run festivals. There are usually between 8 and 15 volunteers placed on a project and when necessary we place 1 or 2 co-ordinators to help the group outside the work programme.

   

 

United Kingdom - UNA Exchange

UNA Exchange is a large and dynamic organisation, supporting many hundreds of people to gain amazing international experiences each year. The majority of our work is in Wales, but UNA Exchange volunteers travel to more than 50 countries to participate in local development projects alongside local people.
UNA Exchange is a registered charity, and is not working for financial profit. We are a membership organisation, governed and led by the people with and for whom we work. Active participation by members in the life of the organisation is a key principle of the UNA Exchange membership and it is one which ensures our activities respond to the needs and interests of those who we exist to serve.
UNA Exchange believes in volunteering as a powerful force for change in the world. The skills and experiences gained from sharing time and energy with others play a vital role in personal development. When this happens in an international environment, at home or in another country, the learning contributes to a deeper and more profound view of the world, which leads to an awareness and appreciation of differences and similarities between cultures.
UNA Exchange began life in 1973.

   

 

United Kingdom - VAP

Volunteer Action for Peace (VAP) is the United Kingdom Branch of Youth Action for Peace. VAP is an organisation owned by its members and democratically managed by an annually elected committee. Most committee members are former volunteers. The primary activity of VAP is the recruitment, training and exchange of international volunteers on international workcamps, although we are working towards the development of an M/LTV programme and on the work of social inclusion of asylum seekers and refugees in our UK programme. Much of our work is spent developing international voluntary service in the UK either through publicity for volunteers or in support of our UK programme of international workcamps.

   

 

Ukraine - Alternative-V

Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation "Alternative-V" is a non-political, non-profit public organisation, founded on the basis of volunteerism in 1992. Alternative-V was created to facilitate co-operation between youth organisations, to involve Ukrainian young people into youth programmes in the fields of education, culture, ecology, historical heredity protection and helping disadvantaged people. Alternative-V wants to contribute to development of more peaceful society, to the decrease of social injustice. Alternative-V is official partner organisation of Service Civil International (SCI), Member of the  Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations, member of CCIVS (UNESCO), Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service/, founding member of Eastlinks (co-operation platform for voluntary service organisations in Eastern and Central Europe), administrator of CAMP AMERICA programme in Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian National Committee of Youth Organisations, partner of ICYE (International Cultural Youth Exchange). Co-operation between these organisations and Alternative-V is represented with wide variety of projects including short and long-term volunteer exchanges, seminars, training courses, study visits and individual trainings, student exchanges.

   

 

Ukraine - Union Forum

Union Forum is a non-governmental non-profit youth organization founded in 1990 in Lviv, Ukraine, involved in voluntary service since 1989. Our mission is to make the world a better place through promotion of humanitarian values; to make a positive difference in lives of youth and to encourage them to play an active role in society.

   

 

USA - VFP

Founded in 1982, VFP (Volunteers For Peace) is a non-profit membership organization. We do not have any political or religious agenda. We are partner to a large network of similar organizations worldwide. Our goal is to work toward a more peaceful world through the promotion of International Voluntary Service (IVS) projects, historically known as International Workcamps, and the exchange of volunteers. Through our international alliances, we work together to help communities meet local needs and some of the goals of the United Nation's Millenium Declaration.

Our projects provide intercultural education through community service. We offer placement in over 3000 IVS projects in more than 100 countries each year, including over 40 in the USA. At each project, volunteers from diverse backgrounds, typically from four or more countries, work and live together like a family. The sharing of everyday life, both with the local community and among the international volunteers, is an integral part of the learning and serving experience. Most projects are open to volunteers with any type of background and do not require any specific professional or language skills.

There are many types of work available because projects arise from grassroots local community needs. Most projects are 2-3 weeks long. Accommodations vary widely, but usually volunteers share the same living space, doing all their own cleaning and food preparation on a rotating basis.

VFP is a member of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO and works in cooperation with Service Civil International (SCI), the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations, and International Youth Action for Peace (YAP). Our office staff, Board, Advisory Board and thousands of volunteers in the field help to facilitate these projects. Within the CCIVS network, over 100,000 volunteers are exchanged annually. In 2007, VFP exchanged over 1000 volunteers with our partners abroad.

   

 

Vietnam - VPV

Volunteers For Peace Vietnam (VPV) is a non-profit, voluntary organization working with the aim to promote volunteerism and international exchange in Vietnam and around the world. VPV is organizing various volunteer placements in which volunteers from all over the world can join to help disadvantaged communities in Vietnam and learn about Vietnam through life experience and cultural exchange.
Volunteers For Peace Vietnam was established in 2005 and since then we have hosted almost 1,000 international volunteers coming from more than 20 different countries in the world who join short-term or long-term programs in Vietnam.
VPV is a full member of UNESCO’s CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) and of NVDA (Network of Voluntary Development in Asia). VPV is a partner of the ALLIANCE of European Voluntary Organizations, ICYE Federation of International Cultural Youth Exchange and SCI Service Civil International.

   

 

Vietnam - SJ

The organization Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam (SJ Vietnam) is a non-profit international youth volunteering organization in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a small organization, set up for and by young volunteers. Our volunteers are active in the organization as work camp leaders, project managers or as volunteer on our local projects. The goals of SJ Vietnam are work towards a society of justice, peace and solidarity, breaking cultural misunderstanding between peoples and nations, improvement of local and global environment, provide non-formal education, reducuction of poverty and establishment of human rights, encouraging young people to participate actively in the society in which they live. SJ Vietnam is a full member of CCIVS and NVDA since 2006. We are also a partner of YAP and Alliance. Thanks to the great partnership, we have gained big success with more than 3000 local members, 500 international volunteers. In January 2008, SJ Vietnam was a co-host organization of NVDA General Assembly (with VPV) in Hanoi. We will have 50 work camps, 12 long-term projects, 4 national projects with World Bank and Ministry of Health, which aim to poor children, less-fortuned kids in National Pediatric hospital, HIV/AIDS and safety traffic in Vietnam.

   

 

Nepal - NIFC

NIFC-Nepal was established in 1991 with the intention to help in development process of Nepal through voluntary service, introduce Nepal to the outside world and to deeper co-operation. It is registered in Kathmandu District Administration office according to Organization Registration Act-2034 of Kingdom of Nepal. NIFC-Nepal is a Vice-President of Network for Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA) and member of Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO Paris. It is working closely with dozens of national and international voluntary organizations in the world. Its Motto is: "Friendship for Peace, Co-operation and Development". Everyone is welcome, regardless of nationality, sex, age, or level of study. All you need is an open mind, good will and a basic knowledge of English. It has a number of objectives: to co-ordinate voluntary relief activities in disaster effected areas, to assist in development and construction programmes utilizing various voluntary services, to organize various activities in order to minimize environmental imbalances and consequences of natural disasters, to extend the concept of friendship and cooperation among the Nepalese youth, to strengthen world peace and international friendship through voluntary service, to search and conserve cultural heritages, ancient civilizations and arts, to organize various Nepali cultural performances in Nepal and abroad.

   

 

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