Reviving Hemp Heritage in Kosovo and Serbia, is a small project implemented by GAIA Kosovo and the Volunteers’ Center of Vojvodina with the support of the European Heritage Hub. The project is about documenting the traditional knowledge of growing hemp in Kosovo and Vojvodina (Northern Serbia) and promoting its potential in mitigating climate change, especially…
On 20 August 2024, the Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency (KEPA) shared a post on its Facebook page and rejoiced that “The implementation of the Kosovo riverbed cleaning project has started“. The photos accompanying the post give a better idea of what we are talking about: in order to get rid of the waste littering the…
Qasshmëria në Programe Ndërkombëtare Rinore Dostupnost međunarodnih programa mobilnosti mladih (ENG) In August 2024, GAIA is launching research related to opportunities connected to international volunteering and non-formal education programs, especially through European programs. The purpose of the research is to understand the public knowledge and awareness of existence of such programs. Additionally, gaining an insight…
GAIA has been appointed as Erasmus+ Youth and ESC Contact Point for Kosovo since 2022. You can contact us on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday from 10 to 16 via: e-mail: contactpoint@gaiakosovo.org phone: 049 455 037 WhatsApp: +383 49 455 037 Our role includes: Making information and relevant updates about Erasmus+ available in the local languages through different communication…
New participation fee 2024 As a new year started, GAIA is introducing a participation fee for persons who want to join activities abroad or in Kosovo. Those activities include educational activities, such as participating in training courses, seminars, workshops, study visits, and similar forms of non-formal education, as well as volunteering activities. This participation fee…
We got a new multilingual web-site which contains basic information about Eureopan Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ Youth. The web-site is primarily made for organisations and institutions interested to join these programmes, but it contains useful information also for youth workers and youth from the Western Balkans. https://contactpoints.eu
We want to know more about the needs of organisation and young people regarding EU programmes for youth: European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+. SURVEY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING With this survey we would like to find out what are the needs, obstacles and knowledge of young people in Kosovo about opportunities for international…
GAIA continues being the Contact Point for the Programmes Erasmus+: Youth and European Solidarity Corps for Kosovo! This means that GAIA is here to support organisations and institutions interested to join ESC programme or international youth exchanges, trainings and similar activities in the field of youth within the frame of Erasmus+ program. If your organisation…
The project “Traditional knowledge for sustainable future” aimed to bring cultural heritage closer to youngsters, provide space to discover the techniques of traditional building, and accent the importance of such opportunities for youngsters, while discovering the cultural heritage of Eastern Kosovo through traditional building. It started in September 2021, when GAIA initiated a mapping to…
We are all Made out of Mud Training course 10 – 20 of May 2023 This training course will gather 28 youth workers interested in organising volunteering projects in natural buildings for 10 days in small village Bozevce in Kosovo. Participants of this training course should come from Slovenia, France, Serbia, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro…