AIME

AIME is an NGO created in 2009 whose objective is to promote citizen engagement in the service of a solidarity-based, sustainable and inclusive development. The association’s activity is divided into two fields of action: Volunteering, which consists of supporting associative partners in France and around the world and long-term volunteers, in particular through the Civic Service program. These structures act in favor of various themes such as education for all, the integration of refugees into society, the protection of the environment and biodiversity, the promotion of culture and arts, etc. AIME supports about fifty structures, including 20 in France. Approved in 2017 by the French Civic Service Agency as a sending organization for volunteers, AIME has enabled the engagement of more than 400 young people in volunteering missions. Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity, which aims to promote and encourage civic engagement among a public that is more distant from these themes. AIME has designed a 3-step program to integrate all young people into the discussion of solidarity: inform (through meetings and participation in forums and fairs), raise awareness (through workshops and training) and engage (during citizen stays or volunteering missions). Since 2023, AIME is the coordinator of two Erasmus+ projects: - INTER-EU: a path to european citizenship through interculturality (KA1 Youth participation activities) - CEVY: Civic Engagement through Volunteering for Youth (KA2 Cooperation partnerships) AIME is particularly interested in KA1 and KA2 projects on youth civic engagement, interculturality, solidarity, environment and sustainable development.