Bird-watching Introduction Weekend, Bozevce, 7 – 9 June 2025 You love nature? You want to learn more about birds? Join us for a bird-watching introduction weekend, in a beautiful and very biodiverse rural area! You will learn how to use binoculars, to recognize the most common species of birds, some useful tools to identify birds,…
Finally, a long discussion on industrial hemp occurred in CK13 in Novi Sad. We were honoured to meet Slobodan, one of the pioneers in hemp in the new era, currently the president of the Serbian Hemp Association. Humanitarno Udruženje Konoplja – HUK is a Serbian HEMP association and they aim to bring back hemp industry and…
Where: Boževce When: 22/06 – 01/07/2025 This training course is open to 18 youth workers, volunteer coordinators and activists interested in organising volunteering projects in natural buildings. Participants of this training course should come mainly from Europe, with the possibility to include countries from neighbouring regions. The training will take place in Bozevce village in…
The next stops in our study visit were places known for hemp tradition. Those are Kulpin, a small town that hosts the only Agriculture Museum in Serbia, which has an exhibition about hemp. The other place was Bački Petrovac, where the Institute for Agriculture, its department for alternative cultures, is situated. The Agriculture Museum includes…
End of March/beginning of April GAIA team went to Vojvodina and together with colleagues from VCV visited several places in which we could get a puzzle about the story of HEMP. The first point was Bečej, small town situated at River Tisa in the center of Vojvodina, and Ede and Tamas Sinkovic. We were impressed…
Caring for water and rivers in the era of climate change – ESC volunteering team Bozevce (Kosovo), 12th of May-28th of May 2025 In an ever-warmer world, water is a crucial issue. Kosovo is already a water-stressed country, and is particularly affected by water-related problems: drought and flooding are becoming more frequent due to climate…
Reviving Hemp Heritage in Kosovo and Serbia, is a small project implemented by GAIA Kosovo and the Volunteers’ Center of Vojvodina with the support of the European Heritage Hub. The project is about documenting the traditional knowledge of growing hemp in Kosovo and Vojvodina (Northern Serbia) and promoting its potential in mitigating climate change, especially…
The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) is a program that enables organizations or public entities to host volunteers from European countries and send local volunteers abroad. The program allows young people to volunteer in social initiatives while benefiting the community, the volunteers themselves, and the organizations involved. A prerequisite to joining the program is obtaining the…
The new Program Guide for Erasmus+ is published! In March, the organisations from Kosovo can apply for Capacity Building projects in the field of youth. Capacity building in the field of Youth (CBY) aims to support international cooperation, policy dialogue and non-formal learning in the field of youth, as a driver of sustainable socio-economic, particularly in…
We are inviting you to the info-sessions about Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps programmes, which provide possibilities for international cooperation in the field of youth work. 19th of December, 10h – 15h, Barabar Center, Prishtina The programme guides for these EU programmes for youth have been published recently, together with the calls for projects.…