In the period between 2018 and 2020 Alternativi International has implemented the project Volunteering 4 Strategic development and hosted overall of 58 young people from Italy, Spain, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, France, Portugal, Slovakia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.  The project was financed by Erasmus+ program of the European Commission. The project was focused on to Read more about Personal experience of Mariami from Georgia[…]

2019 might be over but the impact that it had on my life will last forever! I am writing this article from my home in Etropole after the amazing 12 months of experience that I had during my volunteering service in Matera, Italy. 2019 was a year with significant importance not only for Matera as Read more about Nora’s EVS experience in Italy[…]

The project “Face 2 Faith”, which took place in Yerevan, Armenia in the last week of October, was my 3rd Erasmus+ participation but my first as a form of a training course. I was a bit scared since I did know what to expect and I was wondering if I will successfully manage this topic Read more about Venimira’s experience in Armenia[…]

During the last week of October, together with three other great Bulgarian girls, I took part in an Erasmus+  training course on the topic of interreligious dialogue. The project with the title “Face 2 Faith” was coordinated by the organization Copernicus Berlin e.V. and it took place in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.  After one Read more about Elitsa about her experience in Armenia[…]

In the period of  25th October to 1st November 2019 three Bulgarian girls and I took park in an Erasmus+ project in Yereven,  the Armenian capital. The project was a training course, which was entitled “Face 2 Faith”. That was my 3rd Erasmus project (2nd training course) so I was kind of prepared what to Read more about Maria about TC “Face 2 Faith” in Armenia[…]

Once I read – ,, Erasmus is most beautiful period of many people’s lives. Experiencing life abroad has innumerable benefits for everything from the personal to the professional. It opens doors, forges friendships for life, and connects people across cultures and countries on a scale never seen before. “ As you know EVS was part Read more about Nino’s experience about her EVS in Bulgaria[…]

I’m Tako Gogolauri, from Georgia, representing YPE organization in the job shadowing visit as part of the long term project “Make Europe Hate Free Again”. Our hosting organization Alternativi International welcomed us warmly and organized various activities during our stay in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Here, in city of Blagoevgrad, I had so many interesting working days. Read more about Experience of Tako from Georgia who took part in JS activity in Alternativi International[…]

I have attended an Erasmus + project part of KA2 Counter hate which is a strategic partnership project in the field of youth as part of the Bulgarian delegation sent from association Alternatives International. After the long and tiresome flight, we landed in Riga. Our first task  was to sit at a local restaurant to Read more about Experience of Slavi attending Training event ” Counter Hate[…]

Hello dear everyone, my name is Babken and I’m coming from Yerevan, Armenia. I arrived on 1st of June in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria to participate in a job shadowing visit hosted by Alternativi International as part of long term capacity building project “Make Europe hate free again” funded by Erasmus+ program. Our hosting organization has prepared Read more about Experience of Babken from Armenia, participant in JS activity in Alternativi International[…]

The experience that the “Counter Hate” project in Latvia brought me was once in a lifetime. I had never before thought that the young people of Europe are so bright and interested in all the aspects of life in the European Union. To begin with the host and the place we were staying. It was Read more about Experience of Antoan in Training event “Counter Hate”[…]