THE PARTNERS
The actual endeavor is a joint effort of a partnership that the Regional Association for Rural Development (ARDR) has developed with other six organizations from EU, Africa and Latin America since 2009, laying the basis for a transcontinental network Europe-Africa-Latin America by means of EVS projects, aiming at defining itself as a structure which priorities are strengthening the Euro-African- America Latino dialogue, exchange and cooperation in the field of youth, fostering democratic dialogue and active participation by means of setting up local/regional and trans-national partnerships.
The Regional Association for Rural Development –ARDR, (Romania) is a non-governmental and no-profit organization from Romania, dedicated to strengthening local communities to evolve into self management entities, with a solid social fabric and a vibrant local economy.
ARDR has piloted the first group EVS project in Romania and has engineered various tools to support the quality in managing EVS group projects. It has a good experienced staff in managing EVS programmes and it has a good local network of various stakeholders that uphold the EVS projects.
www.ardr.ro
CHIDO (Sierra Leone): A very active organisation, on volunteering programmes and on active citizenship militant campaigning. Not so much having an international dimension in their work but a well trained team that is ready to commit to a long term network.
www.chiddo.org
Jovenes de Buena Voluntad (Peru): a local and regional organization deeply involved in community volunteering; they have a strong local taken in all their programmes involving a numerous group of stakeholders.
http://jovenesdebuenavoluntad.blogspot.com/
Association Jeunesse Verte du Cameroun (Cameroon): one of the biggest networks of volunteers in Cameron with extensive experience, capacity to disseminate and professional staff to follow up in the current Network on EVS.
www.ajvsurf.org, www.jeunessevertecameroun.org
OAJNU (Argentina): a wide network with strong interlinks with various international big organizations and with a substantial network over the country; they have big potential to disseminated, local infrastructure and human resources.
http://www.oajnu.org/
NBV (Sweden): it is the biggest and oldest network of organizations in Sweden and has a wide coverage spread all over Sweden. They also work in close relationship with the local authorities. In this case they have a big potential to disseminate information and also to manage EVS projects in the filed.
www.nbv.se
Norfolk Childrens’ Services (UK): is a public authority that has extensive experience in developing tools for increasing participation in volunteering action and actice citizenship. The very pilot programme that they worked on at a national scale in England, is Hear by Right. Therefore, all over Norfolk they run dozens of youth and volunteering centers.
www.norfolk.gov.uk
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