With its nearly 100 photographs and succinctly presented facts on the first twelve workcamps in 2012, the newly released brochure “Impressions and Perspectives„ showcases ewoca³, the innovative concept for international youth work. “With our funding programme ewoca³ we want to show Europe being more than financial politics and economic calculation„, Elke Wegener, General Manager of the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB Dortmund), says on presenting the new brochure. “Europe is an idea standing for freedom and community, and it is this community that young people should experience first

  Here is the group picture from the networking meeting.

About 60 participants from Northrhine-Westphalia are meeting on Saturday, 10th of November, to relate their experiences with the ewoca³ programme during the summer of 2012. At the ZAKK in Düsseldorf the youths are exchanging the „tops and flops“ of their encounters with peers from, in each case, two different countries and the Mercator foundation presents their campaign „I want Europe“ to them. Ewoca³ is a unique spport programme for youth work organisations in Northrhine-Westphalia. The project by IBB Dortmund, funded by the Federal State of Northrhine-Westphalia and the Mercator foundation,

It is on! GSI Bonn in cooperation with the Don Bosco Club in Cologne and their partners Cefir from France and Association ZZPZ from Poland start into the camp today. On their first full day at the camp, the group already got a visitor at the Don Bosco Club: Ingrid Hack (member of state parliament for the Social Democrats) was available to answer questions from the youths from Poland, France and Germany as to her tasks as a member of state parliament. The spirits in the group are up, the

Beautification was the primary aim for the youths at the workcamp in Oberhausen: Now Parkhaus Oberhausen, a children and youth club, sports new benches and a newly created pond on the grounds. The workcamp also created new flower and garden beds. Youths of Noored Toredate Mötega from Estonia and Outward Bound from Romania were the guests of the Oberhausen youths. All together they worked on the grounds of Parkhaus and on garden beds in the borough of Alt-Oberhausen. The highlight of their work together is a mural depicting the cooperation

The workcamp in Bosnia has successfully drawn to a close and brought good-humoured youths back home. The participants from Germany, Bosnia and Turkey worked two weeks on making new things from old ones, or making discarded things usable again. Initiated by the City of Bochum, Civril Ilce from Turkey and the Initiative for Direct Democracy from Bosnia, the 18- to 26-year-olds collected old bikes and repaired them. At an auction the general public could then purchase them in a faultless condition. The youths also built containers, painted them in bright

Two weeks with lots of youths, a great amount of work and much fun: This is what the participants of the workcamp in the Ukraine experienced. First the French, German and Ukrainian youths worked on a house to make it accessible for people with disabilities. Following that, they went on a weeklong rafting tour and let the rivers wet their faces. Some Belarussian youths visited the camp spontaneously, and the organisers from France (Europe Unie), the Ukraine (Green Cross Society) and Germany (OT St. John) were excited to see so

Until the 28th of July young adults from three countries are working hand in hand at the Friedenshaus Altenhagen in Hagen, being part of the ewoca³ support programme. On Wednesday, 11th of July 2012, they had lots of guests: Elke Wegener (general manager of IBB Dortmund, left), Meral Karadag (manager of Friedenshaus Altenhagen, 6th from the right) Rana Islam (project manager at the Mercator foundation, 3rd from the left) and Matthias Tümpel of IBB Dortmund (4th from the left). Hagen. „Merhaba“, „Hallo“ and „Bonjour“: that is how 25 young adults