ROUTE WB6 - Regional Cross Border Volunteer Program
Strengthened capacities of the NVSs to advocate volunteering policy at the regional level and to establish volunteering infrastructure for individual and group regional volunteer exchange programs.
DURATION: 3 years (2019 - 2021)
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: Regional Youth Cooperation Office (main applicant), SEEYN Secretariat, Beyond Barriers, Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid, Youth Cultural Center Bitola, Young Researchers of Serbia, Lens Kosovo*, Youth Communication Center Banja Luka.
SEEYN members involved: 6 + Secretariat
Description:
The project logic is built on three project outcomes:
1) Volunteering policy reform – to promote an enabling policy environment for volunteering development in order to increase the outreach of young people who volunteer; this will contribute to creation of the regional policy foundation on volunteering that partner organisations (National volunteer services – NVSs in WB6) will use as the framework for advocacy efforts on volunteering policy reforms in WB6.
2) Establishment of the Regional Volunteer Service and regional volunteer program ROUTE WB6 – The Regional Volunteer Services will serve as the regional resource center on volunteering that will collect resources and coordinates the work of the National Volunteer Services in each of the WB6 with a purpose to: make available regional volunteering practice, ensure regional advocacy effort for volunteering policy; promote cross-border volunteering for peace and reconciliation; maintain regional program ROUTE WB6; provide capacity building to CSOs and youth beneficiaries of the regional program as well as to monitor and evaluate regional volunteer programs.
3) Scaling up of the Regional Volunteer Program ROUTE WB6 – newly designed regional program will be scaled up through RYCO 1st granting round for volunteering available for the organisations and schools in WB6. 50 individuals will have the opportunity to get involved in long-term exchanges and around 400 young people will participate in group volunteer exchanges. These exchanges will consist of both a community engagement and an education component to further reconciliation and intercultural dialogue. The Project supports RYCO’s work in partnering with civil society, education systems and schools, grass-roots movements, youth institutions and youth in general. Project activities focus on strengthening and consolidating RYCO’s competences as a regionally-owned mechanism promoting reconciliation, mobility, diversity, democratic values, participation, active citizenship and intercultural learning.
Supported by:
NORAD - Norwey Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CALL:Call for Western Balkan
LOT: Peace and Reconciliation
Contact person:
Mirela Rajkovic
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*Throughout the document, the designation "Kosovo" must be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. It is under this designation that Kosovo sits on the RYCO.
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