EVS in Active

EVS is an abbreviation for European Voluntary Service and it is one of the tools of European Comission to ensure mobility and non-formal education for young people.

What does it mean in real life? That it is possible for young people (18 - 30 years old) to go abroad for maximum one year (12 month), stay at some organisation that works with the issues one feels interested in (environment, alcohol prevention, sports etc) and to have chance to use the time and energy on being busy only with the topic. In addition to that, those who travel abroad for one year have a huge chance to learn the language of the country they choose and learn more about the culture. EVS opens new possibilities in one's life.

Active in cooperation with NORDGU hosts 2 volunteers this year. Patrik and Stefan. They will work in Active/NORDGU office untill the end of August 2013. If you want to know how they are doing, read their blog entries and if you want to be a volunteer in our office, contact office(at)activeeurope(dot)org or read here.

The EVS is a part of "Youth in Action" programme supported by European Comission's Directorate General for Education and Culture.

5/20/2013 - Application for the Heartbeat bus trip!

Dear friends, welcome to this Heartbeat summer of 2013! We are happy to announce that Active - sobriety, friendship and peace is organizing and financially supporting bus-transportation to Heartbeat 2013, going from Stockholm to Travnik.

4/25/2013 - Orange day!

Do it Yourself week is here! Today, our member organisations around the Europe are showing their support of Orange day to end gender-based violence. Which countries those are, you can check on our map: http://orangeday.szm.com/

4/18/2013 - Response open letter to Commissioner Borg

Simon Olsson, president of Active, replies to Commissioner Borg from DG Sanco and emphasises the need for Commissioner Borg to provide stronger leadership and guidance for the development of a new EU Alcohol Strategy.