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History

The birth of the Alliance dates back to 1982. Since then, many new friends joined the family and many new activities and encounters enriched the present identity of the network.

Year What happened?
1982 The Alliance of Western European Voluntary Service Organisations is founded by the following members: MS Denmark, Concordia France, IJGD Germany, SIW Netherlands, SVI Spain, QISP United Kingdom, UNA Exchange United Kingdom
1987 The General Conference takes place in Issoire (France) hosted by Jeunesse & Reconstruction on the topic: “Is the voluntary movement relevant to Youth today?”
1988 The General Conference takes place in Svendborg (Denmark) hosted by MS on the topic: “Educational Aspects of International Youth Exchange”.
1989
  • The General Conference takes place in in Ayvalik (Turkey) hosted by Genctur had the topic: “The contribution of International Voluntary Service”.
  • General Assembly takes place in Ayvalik (Turkey) hosted by Genctur. Katja Leszinski (ijgd) was elected as Alliance President. The name of the network is changed into “Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations”. It was decided to apply for membership at the Youth Forum of European Communities (future European Youth Forum). CIEE (USA) was welcomed as new Alliance member.
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    1990
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Heiningen (Germany) hosted by IJGD with the topic: “The tower of Babel and the consequences”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Miranda hosted by SVI.
  • General Assembly takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany) hosted by IBG.
  • The General Conference takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany) hosted by IBG with the topic: “International Workcamps & Their Future”.
  • The Alliance was accepted as new full member in the Youth Forum.
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    1991
  • An East-West Alliance Seminar takes place in Berlin (Germany) hosted by VJF.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany) hosted by IBG. Helle Sehested (MS) was elected as Alliance President.
  • The General Conference takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany) hosted by IBG with the topic: “Europe 1992 – Changes in East and West”.
  • INEX SDA (Czech Republic), Elix (CVG) Greece are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    1992
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Issoire (France) hosted by Jeunesse & Reconstruction with the topic: “How to stay pacifist in times of war”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Abergavenny (UK) hosted by UNA.
  • The General Conference takes place in Strasbourg (France) hosted by UNAREC with the topic “Solidarity Work”.
  • FIYE Poland, GSM Turkey, KMC Czech Republic and VJF Germany are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    1993
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Driebergen (Netherlands) hosted by SIW on the topic: “Cultural Differences – how to handle them in workcamps”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Bonn (Germany) hosted by iJGD together with SCI Germany as a common TM with SCI International.
  • The General Conference takes place in Durham (UK) hosted by QISP had the topic “Tolerance”.
  • VFP USA and INEX Slovakia are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    1994
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Marly-le-Roi (France) hosted by Concordia
  • TThe Post Camp Event takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany) hosted by IBG.
  • The General Conference takes place in Askov (Denmark) hosted by MS with the topic “Why is voluntary work important”. The General Assembly also takes place in Askov.
  • The Alliance Visa Initiative was run throughout the year.
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    1995
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Arnhem (Netherlands) hosted by SIW.
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Manobier (UK) with the topic “To facilitate the fuller involvement of under-represented groups on the European level using voluntary service as a model”.
  • The General Conference takes place in Prague (Czech Republic) on the topic “Perspectives of international volunteer projects on community level – or how to combat Xenophobia all over Europe”
  • General Assembly takes place in Prague (Czech Republic) hosted by INEX SDA. QISP was elected as Alliance president. CBB Belgium and Chantiers Jeunesse Canada are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    1996
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Istanbul (Turkey) hosted by Genctur.
  • The Alliance organizes a Seminar on Associative Commitment in Issoire (France).
  • The General Conference takes place in Mollina (Spain) hosted by SVI and co-organized by Concordia France and IBG and had the topic “How to combat Youth Exclusion and Unemployment through Voluntary Service projects”.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Mollina (Spain) hosted by SVI. LYVS Belarus and NICE Japan are welcomed as new Alliance members
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    1997
  • The Post Camp Event is hosted by MS Denmark in Holmstrup with the title “What do we require from today’s workcamp leaders”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Sheringham (UK).
  • The Alliance “Training for Trainers of multinational Voluntary Service and Community projects” is organized in Weil der Stadt (Germany), hosted by IBG.
  • FIYE hosts in Poland the “East West seminar: International exchanges with independent organisations in CEE countries”.
  • The General Conference hosted by UNAREC in Chantily had the topic “Volunteering in the 21st century – changes on structures, people and projects”.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Marly-le-Roi (France) hosted by Concordia. Estyes (Estonia) and Legambiente (Italy) are welcomed as new members.
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    1998
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Weil der Stadt (Germany), hosted by IBG, with the title “Being a young European citizen – launching a web campaign and presentation”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Belarus hosted by LYVS.
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    1999 The Alliance launches its first EVS Short Term Workcamp project as follow-up of the “EVS Mobility Maximising Inclusion” project.
    2000
  • The General Assembly takes place in Paestum (Italy), hosted by Legambiente. HUJ Armenia and RAI (later COCAT) become members of the Alliance.
  • Alliance members celebrate together the coming of the new millennium at the Post Camp Event hosted by EstYES in Estonia on December 28th 2000 -January3rd 2001. The topic is “Short Term Voluntary Service as a Form of Non-Formal Education”.
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    2001
  • In cooperation with Strasbourg European Youth Centre, the Alliance organizes the 2nd Training for Trainers on January 2001.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Berlin (Germany) hosted by VJF.
  • The Alliance joins the International Year of Volunteering (IYV) Campaign 2001 together with AVSO, CCIVS, ICYE, SCI and YAP networks.
  • The second edition of the EVS Short term in Workcamps for inclusion starts with the participation of 16 Alliance members. 32 exchanges are realized since June 2001.
  • The General Conference is also hosted by INEX-SDA in Litomysl and has the title “Accessibility of Voluntary Service – Volunteers in Local and Social Communities”.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Litomysl (Czech Republic) hosted by INEX-SDA. Aleksandr Kurushev (EstYes) was elected as Alliance President.
  • The Post Camp Event is hosted by Concordia in Merlieux-Fouquerolles (France) with the title “International Lifestyle of Workcamp Associations”.
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    2002
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by Alternative-V in Kiev (Ukraine).
  • The Training for Trainers Seminar – Part I, takes place at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg with focus on “Objectives and Structure of training”.
  • The Alliance EVS in Workcamps continues from 2001 with about 40 new exchanges of disadvantaged volunteers.
  • The General Assembly and the General Conference take place in Roenshoved (Denmark) hosted by MS. During the GA, the Access4All Working Group is created. The GC has the title “Breakdown of stereotypes”.
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    2003
  • The Post Camp Event is hosted by Alternative-V in Ukraine, on the topic “From Workcamps to Active Youth Representation in International or European Institution”.
  • The Training for Trainers – Part II, takes place in Strasbourg EYC on February with focus on Metholodogy of training.
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by INEX Slovakia in Piestany.
  • On September, the first Staff Evaluation-Training Seminar takes place in South Wales (UK) hosted by UNA Exchange with the help of the Staff Platform of the network.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Soest (Netherlands) hosted by SIW. The Alliance redefines itself as a cooperative network instead of a technical platform. The three current types of membership are decided.
  • The General Conference is also hosted by SIW in Netherlands and focuses on the topic “The Balance of Personal Growth and Social Development”. It sees the participation of 78 people from 41 organisations.
  • The Alliance launches a new round of the EVS Short term in Workcamps project for young people from disadvantaged background.
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    2004
  • The Post Camp Event takes place on January 2004 in Czech Republic, hosted by INEX-SDA, on the topic “Exchange of Project Leaders within the Alliance”.
  • The Training for Trainers takes place in Strasbourg European Youth Centre on the topic “Basic skills of running a training course with an international focus”.
  • The Technical Meeting, on March, is hosted by UNA Exchange and Concordia UK in Manchester (UK).
  • The General Conference takes place in Yerevan (Armenia), hosted by HUJ, on the topic “International Voluntary Service as means of effective cooperation of youth of the post Soviet countries and the countries of the European Union”
  • The General Assembly takes place in Yerevan (Armenia) hosted by HUJ.
  • The Alliance participates in the first year of “Still Active”, a project about the establishment of a toolkit and training scheme to prepare adult volunteers before their voluntary experience abroad.
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    2005
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Antalya (Turkey) hosted by GSM.
  • The Training for Trainers is hosted in Berlin (Germany) by VJF on September 2005.
  • General Assembly takes place in Athens (Greece) hosted by CVG. EstYes is reelected as Alliance President. ADP-Zid (Montenegro) and Citizens in Action (Greece) are welcomed as new members. The Assembly decides to register the network as an official organisation in Denmark. Four categories of Working Groups are decided (permanent committee, regular and occasional working groups, steering committees to support specific projects). The first Alliance Secretariat is established, comprising Administrative, Financial, Publications and Web Assistants.
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    2006
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Belgium hosted by CBB.
  • The first Euro-Asia Training for Trainers take place in Seoul (South-Korea) hosted by IWO and supported by ASEF.
  • The General Conference is hosted by J&R with the topic “Youth and citizenship – Impact of voluntary service projects on youth citizenship education”.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Marly-le-Roi (France) hosted by Jeunesse & Reconstruction. The status of Committee is established for Alliance Development Committee and External Relations Committee. CIEE Japan and Veraldarvinir Iceland are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    2007
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Turkey hosted by Genctur.
  • The second Euro-Asia Training for trainers takes place in Tallinn (Estonia), hosted by EstYes.
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Athens (Greece), hosted by CiA with the topic: “How to improve and to support the active participation of young people with less opportunities in international projects”
  • The General Assembly takes place in Marino (Italy) hosted by Legambiente. Workcamp Switzerland is welcomed as new Alliance member. The Alliance also celebrates its 25th anniversary. The GA 2007 is only closed after 5 months, in Sete (France), on March 2008 during an Extraordinary Session.
  • The Alliance launches a new edition of the Collective EVS-Project with the title “Rainbow”.
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    2008
  • The Alliance Study Session takes place in Strasbourg EYC with the title “Participation through Preparation”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Sete (France) hosted by CBF. During the TM, an extraordinary General Assembly 2007 is organised, where Roman Kühn (VJF) is elected as the new Alliance President.
  • The General Assembly 2008 takes place in Lviv (Ukraine) hosted by Alternative-V. KMC Czech Republic rejects from membership.
  • The General Conference takes place in Lviv just after the GA on the topic “From preparation through evaluation and follow-up: enhancing quality of international voluntary workcamps as a practical tool for intercultural education”.
    • 2009
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted in Venice (Italy) by Lunaria.
  • The Post Camp Event takes place in Santorini (Greece), hosted by CiA with the topic “Towards a united strategy: from international volunteering to democratic participation”.
  • The General Assembly 2009 takes place in Jambville (France) hosted by Concordia. The network adopts the Membership policy and the Accessing policy papers, as well as the first version of the Alliance Quality Charter in IVS. SFERA (Russia) is welcomed as a new Alliance member.
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    2010
  • The Study Session is organized in Strasbourg EYC on Alliance Access 4 All policy.
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted in Berlin (Germany) by VJF.
  • The General Conference takes place in Ankara (Turkey) hosted by GSM with the theme of “New trends in the Voluntary World”.
  • The General Assembly 2010 takes place in Ankara (Turkey) hosted by GSM. World 4 You, SJ France and JAVVA are welcomed as new Alliance members.
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    2011
  • The Study Session is organized in Budapest EYC on the topic “Exploring Key Concepts and Empowering Participation and Inclusion of Young People through International Voluntary Service”.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place in Yerevan (Armenia) hosted by HUJ. The Flag Tour 2011 is launched during the TM: Alliance members and partners from all over the world host the flag of volunteering for few days. The journey of the flag ends with Thomas’ ride by bike from Berlin to the GA in Southampton, carrying the flag to the closing ceremony.
  • The Volunteer Messenger training is successfully implemented.
  • The PCE takes place in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) hosted by Sfera, on the topic “New volunteering in XXI century”.
  • The General Assembly 2011 takes place in Southampton (UK), hosted by Concordia UK. Grenzenlos (Austria) and YAP Italy become new members. Chrysafo Arvaniti (CiA) is elected as Alliance President.
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    2012
  • The Study Session is organized on February, on the intercultural learning impact of workcamps on local communities.
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by Unarec in Parent (France). The External Relations Committee launches the 30th Anniversary CAMPaign on the occasion of the Alliance 30 years of existence.
  • Training for Trainers and General Conference in 2012 focus on the inclusion of socially disadvantaged young people and young volunteers with disabilities. They are hosted respectively by Lunaria in Italy and by CBB in Belgium.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Mozet (Belgium) hosted by CBB. The Wish Tree resulting from the CAMPaign, with wishes of hundreds of volunteers from all over the world for Alliance birthday, is presented to the members and the invited guests from YFJ, CCIVS, SEEYN and Belgium authorities. The a new Working Group on Environmental Sustainability is created.
  • The project Learning Bridges on the cooperation between European and Latin American voluntary organisations, starts on December with the Kick-off meeting hosted by Vimex in Tepoztlan (Mexico).
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    2013
  • The Training “Young people building peace and intercultural dialogue through advocacy and cooperation” takes place on February in Tallinn hosted by Estyes and organized by the External Relations Committee.
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by INEX in Piestany (Slovakia).
  • The first Long Term Training Course takes places. It starts with the Study Session on the topic “Changing youth projects from multinational to intercultural – Towards a united strategy for intercultural learning and youth participation” (Budapest EYC), and continues with the Training for Trainers “Domino Effect: Training for Change Triggers” hosted by J&R on May.
  • The General Assembly is hosted by IBG in Weil der Stadt. Two new members enter the network: Xchange Scotland and De Amicitia (Spain). Members adopt an amended version of the Alliance Quality Charter and a new Training and Educational Policy paper.
  • Along the year, the Alliance implements two long term projects: the latest edition of EVS for inclusion entitles “Go for the NEETs”, and the “Learning Bridges” project in cooperation with Latin American IVS organisations.
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    2014
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by GSM in Antalya (Turkey). The Environmental Sustainability Working Group launches the Energy Free Day initiative for 26th July in workcamps. The video “Volunteering with the Alliance” is launched to promote IVS and specifically workcamps among young people and communities across Europe.
  • Alliance delegation takes part in the European Youth Event 2014 in Strasbourg on May.
  • The Alliance workplan 2014 kicks off with the Capacity Building training course “Begin anywhere” (Serbia, June) and the Study Visit “Mapping social activism of a European Youth capital” (Greece, September), with the support of EYF.
  • In the framework of the workplan, the first Alliance Congress “Values and role of IVS in the current political, social, economic situation” takes place on 2-7 November in Rispescia (Italy), hosted by Legambiente and YAP Italy. The final resolution set a milestone in Alliance IVS and networking actions for the following 10 years.
  • The GA takes place in Rispescia right after the congress. A historical number of proposals resulting from the Congress and an ambitious Plan of Action are adopted for 2015 and new members enter the Executive and Management Committees.
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    2015
  • I’VE project for the development of assessment and recognition tools of competences gained by young people during workcamps, starts with the kick-off meeting in Rome on January and continues along all 2015. It is coordinated by Lunaria with the participation of the Alliance and 13 member organisations.
  • The first Long Term Training Course “Workcamp studies – Quality education for trainers of youth leaders in the field of IVS”, supported by EYF, starts with the Induction seminar “How to learn” hosted by Unarec in Clermont-Ferrand on 21-26 February.
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by HUJ in Yerevan (Armenia). The ESWG launches the common action 2015 in workcamps, Cook4Climate.
  • The Training of Trainers – 2nd event of the LTTC is hosted by Legambiente in the beautiful venue of Monte Barro (Italy) on April with the title “How to teach”
  • The Post Critical Evaluation meeting – 3rd event of LTTC takes place in Vienna hosted by Grenzenlos on 29 August-3 September. It is followed by the Joint Meeting of all Working Groups and Committees.
  • The Staff evaluation meeting is hosted by VJF in Ueckermunde (Germany) on 3-6 November, with 50 participants from almost all the Alliance membership. The seminar is funded by the German National agency of Erasmus+.
  • The GA takes place in Ueckermunde (Germany) on 7-8 November. Mattia Lolli (Legambiente) is elected President. Two new members are welcomed: Egyesek from Hungary and Open Houses from Germany.
  • The Alliance participates actively to the Conference of Youth (COY) in Paris at the end of November, right before the CoP on Climate Change.
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    2016
  • Alliance Technical Meeting is hosted by Estyes in Tallinn, Estonia, from 3rd to 8th March.
  • The Joint Meeting of Alliance Working Groups and Committees is hosted by CBB in Brussels, Belgium, on 2nd and 3rd September, under the frame of I’VE final event.
  • The GA 2016 takes place in Petnica (Serbia), hosted by Young Researchers of Serbia, on 3-5 November and lasted 3 full working days. It is preceded by the Alliance General Conference 2016 “Open Space for Migration”, co-organized with IJGD and YRS.
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    2017
  • The 1st EC meeting of the year, together with the meeting of Alliance campaigns coordinators, is hosted in Turke by Genctur, as a measure to show the Netowrk solidarity for the members based in countries living an unstable situation from the social and political point of view.
  • The LTTC – Long Term trainign Course is organised and 3 events are implemented along the year: Induction Seminar (Elix, Greece, February 2017); a Training for Trainers (Legambiente, Italy, April 2017); Evaluation meeting (De Amicitia, Spain,September 2017).
  • The Technical Meeting is hosted by SFERA, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, from 2nd to 7th March. The CCIVS day takes place at the end of TM.
  • The Alliance organises the common action 1Table4All, on Inclusion, Gender Equality and Environmental Sustainability.
  • Along 2017, the Alliance is participating in the workplan project of YEN (Youth of European Nationalities) together with other international networks. One of the project outcomes is the Joint Resolutions on key issues concerning European Youth, jointly signed by Alliance, YEN, VYRE and Phyren Amenca.
  • The Alliance joins CCIVS projects “Steps to change” – A two-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme aiming at empowering youth organisations and valorising the impact of volunteering. The projects gathers together 4 IVS networks and 21 national IVS organisations from Africa, America, Asia and Europe.
  • The joint Meeting of Working Groups and Committees is hosted by Legambiente in Anticoli Corrado, from 1st to 4th September.
  • The Study Session SAGE-Self Assessment on Gender Equality, is organised at the European Youth Center of Strasbourg, from 14th to 21st May.
  • Alliance General Assembly is preceded by an “Open Forum on Freedom of Movement”, where representatives of CCIVS, VYRE, YEN and former active members of the Alliance are invited, to share a message of hope and inclusion. Alliance MOs are invited to showcase their projects focused on the topic of immigration and inclusion. A photo gallery is installed to celebrate the Network work for a fairer and peaceful world through IVS.
  • The General Assembly takes place in Athens, hosted by Elix from 1st to 3rd November. Egyesek is voted as Alliance full member organisation. Mattia Lolli (Legambiente, Italy) is elected as Alliance President (second mandate); Jana Gander (VJF, Germany) is elected as Alliance VIce-President for External relations.
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    2018
  • Giovanna Pignatti Morano leaves the position of Alliance Secretary after 6 years. The Secretariat of the Network is hosted from 1st January 2018 by Lunaria member organisation, in Rome, Italy. Serena Verlato is the new Alliance Secretary.
  • January meeting of Youth Workers “Enhancing Capacities” – 1st event of ERSI project. The meeting is hosted by IBG in Ernshofen, from 10th to 14th January. IBG is the applicant and coordinating organisation of ERSI whose main aim is providing Alliance youth workers with capacity building opportunities for projects promotion, evaluation and impact assessment.
  • The EC meets the Allianc Development Committee in Rome, from 10th to 13th May, hosted by Legambiente. The two bodies shares expectations and plans for the Network, on a short and long term vision.
  • Training Course on Media Tool – 2nd event of ERSI project. The training provides Allaince MOs staff and active volunteers with communicationa and promotion skills, to give our projects more visibility and involve more youth, fighting the trend of decreasing number of volunteers, experienced at the network level in the last years.
  • The Technical Meeting is organised in Brno, Czech Republic, hosted by Inex SDA, from 1st to 6th March. It is the first year that the TM is organised with a new structure allowing, among others, partners and guests to arrive at the same time as members, following the decision of GA 2017. A GMIVS and the CCIVS day take place at the end of the meeting.
  • The Alliance organises the campaign 1Table4All, on Inclusion, Gender Equality and Environmental Sustainability and the campaign NotInMyCamp – Gender Equality in IVS.
  • The Network is deeply involved in the advocacy action implemented by YFJ, for a development of ESC programme in a direction closer to youth organisations values, principle and experiences. YFJ representatives intervene at the Joint Meeting of September 2018 to deliver a workshop “Updates on ESC current development and next advocacy steps”.
  • The Alliance joins CCIVS campaigns RaisingPeace and Freedom of Movement and the Global Human Rights Week.
  • The Alliance joins CCIVS projects “IVS4Peace”, focused on raising the number of volunteers with fewer opportunities, particularly youth with migrant, refugee and asylum seeker background, in IVS projects.
  • Alliance General Conference, meaning the 3rd event of the project ERSI, is implemented in l’Alfas del Pi, hosted by De Amicitia, from 27th October to 1st November. The General Conference focuses on “Evaluation and Monitoring” and brings to a proposal for the following GA: the establishment of a new “Monitoring and Evaluation Task Force” in charge of developing new tools to assess the work done within the network.
  • Alliance General Assembly 2019, takes place right after the GC, in L’Alfas del Pi, Spain, hosted by De Amicitia. Youth for Smile, from Latvia, is accepted as Alliance candidate member. Philipp Melikyan (HUJ, Armenia) is elected as Alliance General Secretary (second mandate); Anthony Crochu (Concordia France) is elected as Alliance Treasurer; Jannika Mumme (IBG, Germany) is elected as Alliance Vice-President; Tilemachos Boni (Elix, Greece) is elected as EC Additional Member.
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    2019
  • Alliance Joint Meeting of Working Groups and Committees, hosted by Elix, in Greece, from 24th to 28th January. After a pilot January Meeting of Youth Workers in 2017 (ERSI 1st Activity), the network decides to repeat the experience of launching the work of WGs and Committees with a meeting at the beginning of the year.
  • Alliance Technical Meeting is hosted in Antalya, by Genctur, now GHD organisation, from 1st to 7th March. A GMIVS and CCIVS day also take place at the end of the TM.
  • May meeting of EC, ADC and Congressino preparation team, hosted by Open Houses in Germany, from 15th to 18th May: Congressino faciliation team is defined as well as its objectives, working methods and expected outcomes.
  • Alliance Study Session “European Youth against populism and xenophobia” is implemented from 23rd to 29th June, at the European Youth Center of Budapest. It focuses on increasing awareness about populism as the main mechanism behind xenophobia and provides participants (youth workers, activists, youth organisations staff…) with new skills in human rights education and inclusive approach in youth activities.
  • Tilemachos Boni (Elix, Greece), EC Additional Member, is elected at the Advisory Council on Youth of CoE.
  • The Alliance joins CCIVS campaigns RaisingPeace, Global Human Rights Week and IVS4Climate Justice Campaign.
  • The Alliance joins the project “Steps to the Future”, coordinated by CCIVS. The E+ KA2 project is the second phase of Steps project of 2017 and aims at empowering IVS organisations through training in Organisational Development and developing a global Pool Of Trainers in this field.
  • Alliance Joint Meeting, hosted by Egyesek in Hungary, from 6th to 10th September. The event is focused on preparing Alliance Congressino.
  • Alliance Congressino, hosted by CCB & JAVVA in Belgium, from 4th to 7th November: the event is aimed at evaluating the path walked so far – from 2014, the year of Alliance Congress, which represented for the Network turning from a technical platform into a political network – and at defining the future steps for the network until 2024.
  • Alliance General Assembly, hosted by CBB and Javva in Belgium, from 8th to 10th November.
  • At GA 2019, Ruchi India and VIN Nepal are welcome as Alliance candidate members.
    • 2020
  • In January 2020 Alliance EC and MC meet in Holloko, Hungary, hosted by Egyesek.
  • PROUD, a training on gender equality, coordinated by GEWG and SJ France, is implemented in February in Citrus- Laguépie, France. 26 youth workers and camleaders are provided with concepts and practical tips concerning gender equality in IVS projects.
  • The Alliance participates to the common IVSprojects IVS4Peace (on the involvement of young people with migrant and asylum seeking background in IVS) and Frame(v)work (on harmonizing the exchange guidelines among IVS networks and organisations). The meetings of these projects are postponed/held online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • The Technical Meeting take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from the 27th of February to the 3rd of March. 108 participantts from 58 (out of 99) Alliance members, partners and guests attend the meeting. The Italian members cannot join, due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The Long Term Training Course, a workplan financed by the European Youth Fundation, is implemented. 1 Activity out of the 3 foreseen can take place (in February 2020, hosted by VJF in Berlin). The other 2 activities are postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • The application EYou.net is developed, applied and granted by the Danish NA (submitted by MS Denmark), aiming to implement two activities (postponed to 2021) to assess members’ educational needs and discuss new criteria to access Alliance Pool of Trainers.
  • During the year Alliance bodies regularly meet online: in fact online are held the ADC meeting in May 2020; the EC meeting in May 2020; the EC-ADC meeting in August 2020; the EC-MC meetings and Joint Meeting of WGs and Committees in September 2020; the TNWG, ADC, A4AWG and SDWG in October 2020.
  • The Alliance holds its yearly General Assembly online, from the 29th to the 31st of October. 70 people attend the event, representing Alliance members and IVS sister networks.
  • The GA 2020 says goodbye to Philipp Melikyan (HUJ) as General Secretary and Thomas Hauptvogel (VJF) as Additional Member, and welcomes Fiona Callender (Concordia UK) and Rosa Garcia Fruitós (Cocat), respectively in the GS and AM positions.
  • The GA welcomes two new network members: Youth for Smile (already Candidate Member) becomes a FULL member; IBO Italia (former partner) joins the Alliance as Candidate Member.
  • The GA 2020 approves the creation of a 4 years Task Force to plan, develop and find the necessary resources for the network to change its Structure and empower its Secretariat.
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    2021
  • Due to the pandemic the Executive Committee met just online until the September Joint Meeting. In September the first physical meeting after March 2020 takes place, in Copenhagen, hosted by MS Denmark.
  • During the year Alliance bodies regularly meet online: TNWG meets online in April; a meeting of ADC and RE-Group (together with the EC) takes place in June 2021; ERC met online in August. All bodies meet physically in Copenhagen, in September.
  • 68 volunteers, representing 28 member organisations, based in 19 countries, were involved in the network bodies.
  • A RE-Group (former 4 year Task Force) is active and elaborates ideas for the development of a new network structure. These ideas culminate into several proposals, all adopted by the GA 2021. The proposals mainly consist in creating new Alliance bodies: Alliance WGs and Committees as well as the Management Committee cease to exist in 2021. Instead, Needed Action Groups (NAGs) and Communities of Interest Action (COIs) are established. The first are in charge of implementing the actions essential for the network survival and are voted every year by the GA. The others can pop up freely during the year and are meant to be agents implementing thematic actions like projects or campaigns, bringing Alliance ideas and values forward, but not essential to ensure the network survival.The Additional Member 2022 is in charge of acting as Interface, a new position responsible of coordinating and connecting the new bodies (COIs). 2022 is a transition year into the new Alliance structure, to fully be in place by 2024.
  • The Technical Meeting takes place online during the first week of March. Several workshops are organised while different turns of bilaterals are eased and proposed to the members, in March, April and May.
  • The Long Term Training Course, a workplan financed by the European Youth Fundation, is finalized online. 10 participants complete the training cycle, started with a first physical activity in February 2020.
  • EYou.net, an E+ KA1 project coordinated by MS Denmark, is finalized. The first activity (January Joint Meeting) is implemented online on 28th and 29th January, the second (September Joint Meeting), takes place in Copenhagen, hosted by MS Denmark, from 11th to 13th September. Thanks to the project, new ideas to rejuvenate the Pool of Trainers are developed; Alliance members’ educational needs are assessed; the RE-Group shares their ideas about the network restructuring with several activists.
  • proMOTION, an international activity granted by the European Youth Foundation, is implemented by Mauro Carta, Alliance Course Director, together with the co-trainers Giada Martin and Isabel McLean as well as with Tilemachos Boni as the advocacy expert. The activity aims to develop a Pool of Ambassadors, meaning a group of Alliance activists empowered to use advocacy and communication tools to advocate for workcamps, youth work and non formal education recognition.
  • During 2021, the Alliance participates to common projects as IVS4Peace (on the involvement of young people with migrant and asylum seeking background in IVS). The meetings of this project are held online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A final Conference takes place in July 2021. We are also part of Tme2Team, an E+ KA2 project coordinated by Concordia France, aiming at sharing and developing good practice within the Alliance in order to work within the ESC programme, in particular the Volunteering Teams frame.
  • The Alliance holds its yearly General Assembly online, from 8th to 10th of November. More than 70 people attend the event, representing Alliance members and IVS sister networks.
  • The GA 2021 elects Jannika Mumme (IBG) as the new Alliance President. We say goodbye to Anthony Crochu (Concordia France) as Treasurer, Lasse Jensen (MS Denmark) as President, and Rosa Garcia Fruitós (Cocat) as Additional Member. We welcome in the EC team Aylin Bekem (De Amicitia) as VicePresident, Aleksandr Kurushev (Estyes) as VPER, Renārs Manuilovs (Youth for Smile) as Additional Member. Simon Geeraert (CBB) passes from the VPER to the Treasurer position.
  • Meaningful outcomes of the GA 2021 are the adoption of all the proposals developed by the RE-Group for the network transition into the new structure; the adoption of a Strategic Direction document guiding the network for the year 2022; the adoption of a call to be launched in order to identify “EC peers” in 2022, the adoption of a proposal that sees the Alliance becoming fully owner of Plato (Alliance Placement Tool), and, last but not least, various changes in the ADIH (Alliance Data Interchange Handbook).
  • Alliance Secretary Serena Verlato leaves the position on 31.12.2021. A new Secretary is hired: Barış Bilim, working at the premises of the new host of Alliance Secretariat – Gönüllü Hizmetler Derneği (GHD), based in Istanbul, Turkey.

    • For the 30th anniversary celebration of November 2012, the External Relations Committee of the Alliance prepared a presentation of the Alliance history since 1982. Enjoy it!

    • Alliance is supported by:

      The European Union and the Council of Europe

    • Erasmus+
    • Council Of Europe