news archive

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13. June 2024

Mental Health and Violent Behaviour in our Communities

International Seminar in Harva-Turku, Finland

31. May 2024

Free to Move … ?

The right to freedom of movement is guaranteed for all EU citizens …

17. May 2024

ESC-Lounge

… at the e.p.a. garden

15. May 2024

Multiplier event in Athlone, Ireland

e.p.a. team participated in one of the largest volunteering events in Ireland

10. May 2024

EU elections

What party in the EU is your best match?

13. March 2024

Good bye, Christine

Thank you, dear friend!

24. February 2024

Euroclasses in Aprilovo, Bulgaria

We visited the Sv. Cyril and Methodius School.

27. December 2023

ESC networking meeting in Hamburg

Are you interested in becoming an ESC volunteer?

28. November 2023

Children’s Rights and Migration

Our activity in our International Seminar in Malta!

16. November 2023

Multiplier event in Zagreb

Stop Loneliness, Start Volunteering

13. November 2023

Impulse.

Digital talks on international youth work, education for democracy

27. October 2023

Is Volunteering the answer to Loneliness?

Check out our Good Practice Compendium!

25. October 2023

e.p.a. Annual General Meeting in Hamburg, 2023

A heartfelt invitation to participate in our AGM and intercultural evening

19. October 2023

Let’s talk about loneliness

Good Practice Video Interview with Joschua, Tilman and Matthis from “Spielmobil Falkenflietzer”

16. October 2023

Good practices interviews

Are you interested to hear what youth workers and volunteers around Europe want to share with us?

6. September 2023

Online toolkit on Children’s Rights

Games, activities and trainings for youth and play workers

28. August 2023

Visit at Mayor Seia

International Youth Exchange Serra de Estrela • Lisboa 2023

18. July 2023

Let’s talk about loneliness

Good Practice Video Interview with Nathalie and Marius from “Die Falken”

14. July 2023

Play Action in Kopčany

Children have the Right to Play!

11. July 2023

Volunteering and Youth

Let’s talk about loneliness…

16. June 2023

Children’s Rights Workshop

Workshop with youth workers at our International Seminar in Senec – Bratislava.

6. June 2023

Multiplier event in Hamburg

Invitation to connect local and European organisation practitioners!

9. February 2023

All Children, All Rights(s)!

Launching Workshop for an interactive educational toolkit on Children’s Rights in Hamburg, 24th February 2023!

1. January 2023

2023 is here

We wish you a creative, happy and peaceful 2023.

1. December 2022

“STOP Loneliness, START Volunteering” in Ljubljana

… with our partner organisation from Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Croatia and Slovenia.

25. November 2022

Her mit dem schönen Leben

Two amazing weeks in Flensburg and Hamburg (Germany).

6. October 2022

Up4Change – Down2Action Outcomes

A short leaflet about how to create a project!

28. June 2022

Greetings from Ceuta

Our International Youth Exchange took off.

12. June 2022

Advanced Planning Visit in the North of Germany

Let’s look for the key of a good life all together. We might find it in our Youth Exchange in the North of Germany.

10. June 2022

“STOP Loneliness, START Volunteering” project in Aarhus

Our transnational project meeting in Denmark.

23. March 2022

“Children’s Rights” project in Thessaloniki

e.p.a. team members travelled to Thessaloniki – Greece, from 21.03.2022 to 23.03.2022, for the “Children’s Rights” transnational project meeting, hosted by our partner organisation ARSIS- Association for the Social Support of Youth. During the meeting …

4. March 2022

Support messages to Ukraine

Dear e.p.a. friends, Our young people in Ukraine are in war and in fear.

25. February 2022

A message to our friends from Ukraine and Russia

Dear friends!

16. February 2022

Kalimera, Benyamin!

Benyamin from Tehran – Thessaloniki has joined us as our new volunteer.

6. January 2022

Frohes neues Jahr!

We wish you a wonderful new year! Although not all projects could go ahead, 2021 has brought us some great memories…

13. December 2021

Privjet, Jay!

Jay from Petrozavodsk in Russia has joined us as our new volunteer with the European Solidarity Corps. Welcome to the e.p.a. team!

23. November 2021

Light Me Up, Don’t Burn Me Out

Call for participants

20. August 2021

Interview with Luca, One of our Young Participants on the International Youth Exchange in Slovenia, ‘Vision 20/20+’

The youth exchange ‘Vision 20/20+’ ran from the 23rd of July to the 6th of August, hosted by our partner Slovenska Filantropija.

10. August 2021

Meeting the Slovenian president during our youth exchange

Our project in Ljubljana and the beautiful Slovenian mountains

23. July 2021

Time. Do It Faster, Makes Me Stronger?

Fifth Online Workshop of the Project Share the Light!

7. July 2021

Time. Do It Faster, Makes Me Stronger?

Call for participants

24. June 2021

Society, Community and Me

Fourth Online Workshop of the Project Share the Light!

16. June 2021

Society, Community and Me

Call for participants

18. April 2021

All Different, All Equal, Who Am I?

Third Online Workshop of the Project Share the Light!

6. April 2021

Marhaban Saif!

Saif from Tunisia has joined our team in the e.p.a. office for one year as a volunteer.

29. March 2021

Tutorial Workshop

First Meeting of the Hope To Cope Radio Project

17. March 2021

Space and participation for all!

Survey supporting the 8th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue process

15. March 2021

Tomorrow Belongs To Us, Where Do We Go?

Second Online Workshop of the Project Share the Light!

9. March 2021

Clowning Workshop

Online Workshop “Clowning as a Part of Social Circus in Work with Children and Youth”

1. March 2021

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities with challenges and moments of joy and hope! Today with Jay from Petrozavodsk (Russia).

22. February 2021

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities with challenges and moments of joy and hope! Today with Alex from Hamburg (Germany).

15. February 2021

Good Life In My Community, What Does It Mean?

First Online Workshop of the Project Share the Light!

1. February 2021

Thank you, Jonna!

13 years with e.p.a.

27. January 2021

Colorful Impressions

The video series Part I “Why would you recommend to participate in a youth exchange?”

26. January 2021

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities with challenges and moments of joy and hope! Today with Ljubica from Pancevo (Serbia).

15. January 2021

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Viki from FESZGYI H52 Ifjúsági Iroda és Közösségi Tér (Hungary)

11. January 2021

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Dan from Up4Change (UK)

4. January 2021

Solidarity with our Liverpool and UK Friends

The sad news has reached us! With Brexit, Boris Johnson and the British government have decided to step out of the Erasmus+ programme!

29. December 2020

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Ana from Initiative for Social Change ARSIS (Albania)

22. December 2020

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Sam from Up4Change (Liverpool)

15. December 2020

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Montse from ABC Alliantie Welzijn (Amsterdam)

8. December 2020

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Bruno from Eco-Estilistas (Lisbon)

26. November 2020

Looking forward to 2021

Many activities are already planned

26. November 2020

Hiya Michael!

Our new volunteer has arrived

25. November 2020

Act for Change

Interactive Theatre as a Tool of Youth and Community Work – Online Seminar

25. November 2020

Social Circus

Circus as a tool! Online training seminar

25. November 2020

Let’s find a way to care & play

Coping with challenges, creating opportunities for play work in times of Corona – online seminar

23. November 2020

Hope to Cope

e.p.a. partners share insights from their communities. Today: Samuel from Act for Change (Accra)

20. November 2020

A message on real paper!

Help us to create our traditional New Years Card

5. November 2020

#rainbow_connected

no real meetings, but #rainbow_connected

11. March 2020

Our First Volunteer

Janko from Slovakia has joined our team in the e.p.a. office for one year as a volunteer through the European Solidarity Corps.

24. August 2019

Cleaning Action in Kopčany

Youth in Action for a cleaner environment

24. June 2019

APV in Bratislava

Personal contacts are the essence of exchanges

21. June 2019

Preparations to set sails in Germany

Dreaming of a world with open gates, without borders

26. March 2019

Study visit in Ceuta

Between continents, cultures and religions

19. March 2019

Celebrating International friendship in Jamestown

Our youth exchange in Accra

18. March 2019

Setting Sails in Cape Coast

Our first youth exchange started!

10. February 2019

Preparation of the Training Course in Thessaloniki

Getting ready for the Training Course in June

30. August 2018

Participant’s views

A summary of a report written by Joana Loureiro – active member of our hosting partner Eco-estilistas and participant of the International Exchange

17. May 2018

Visa Refusals for Participants from Ghana

Only the group leader was allowed to come to Germany

14. March 2018

Preparation meeting

invitation video

21. February 2018

Interview with preparation team

Jonna from e.p.a. interviews the preparation team of the Finland Seminar in February in Turku

30. October 2017

Exchange Experience

Article in German language

30. May 2017

Activity Report

Some thoughts and results

30. May 2017

TV Report

from local Budapest TV station

30. September 2016

Road Map to Dignity

We collected and compiled the results and ideas from our workshops, see the documentation:

30. August 2016

Newspaper Article

Report on our Youth Exchange in Russian

13. April 2016

Welcome video

Seminar Lisboa 2016

10. November 2014

Interview With RTV Marbella

RTV Marbella conducted an interview with some of our young people!

6. November 2014

Presentation to The Youth Councillor of Marbella

A local TV station came to film our presentation!

25. May 2014

Introduction Leaflet

With thoughts, care and play, get Up4change!

29. September 2013

A description by Daniela!

And this is how it really was!

10. September 2013

Final Report

Please view the final report of our project!

10. September 2013

List of Workshops

Please view the list of the workshops we had during this project!

1. August 2013

The Venues

Watch the video below to get an idea of the beauty of the venues!

14. May 2013

APV Slovenia

A short video from our APV in Slovenia!

1. September 2012

Photo Report

Take a look at our photo report

28. June 2012

Preparatory meeting

Have a look at the video about the preparatory meeting that took place in Lisbon

16. June 2012

Report out now for our Congress in Derry

Coming here was the perfect opportunity to learn more about the Irish conflict, but also the ongoing peace process.

28. April 2012

Advanced Planning Visit

Meeting in April in Bucharest

10. November 2010

Global Passport

… sign of our hope and solidarity

10. November 2010

A Different Triangle… !

An Afro-Euro-South-American Youth cooperation project – Youth empowerment under a rainbow of hope …

30. September 2010

Climbing Trees in Kiel

High ropes course video

3. August 2010

Russian News

Video and two newspaper articles in Russian language

15. July 2010

News Programme

Some Video Footage

3. July 2010

Lip Dub

Rockstars Video

3. June 2010

Exchange Preparation Video June 2010

Here you can watch what we did …

4. October 2009

Media Work

Some of our proposals for the postcard

4. October 2009

Play Day in Kopčany

Take a look at one of the highlights of the seminar!

4. August 2009

News

Impressions from our Youth Exchange!

3. March 2009

News from the UK Exchange 2009

Videos produced by young people!