European Village

“European Village” is an NGO established since 2006 in Athens, Greece. The main aim that the organization seeks to achieve is to spread the ideas and to support actions concerning economies of solidarity and sustainable development. Our main target group is youngsters. To reach the above mentioned we act in this ways, • Building (or supporting) networks of collaborarion with the scope of implementing projects in the fields of fair trade, local alternative currency systems (time banking), social solidarity, community building, ethical consumption, etc... • Running sensitization campains/events, sharing good practices and implementing projects concerning environmental issues (renewable energy resources,…), biological and small scale agricultural production, • To educate and to create skillls and competencies among youngsters through non-formal education (learning by doing), vocational trainings and other tools within the framework of Life Long Learning. The organization has experience in spreading and promoting youth mobility opportunities at european (principal programmes of reference are youth in action, Leonardo Da Vinci), , in coaching, mentoring and training methodologies (human resource management, personal development mainly adressed to volunteers and members), in project and not-profit dynamics management. Within Youth in Action program our organization is accretitaded as a sending, hosting and coordinating organization, our reference number is 2011-GR-02.