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SUMMER SCHOOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

Conference – Symposium – Forum / 20-26 July 2022 | Novi Sad, Serbia

This 7-days summer school on environmental activism will offer you a unique chance to discuss and to exchange ideas on topics related to climate change issues and environmental struggles with a focus on the Western Balkan Region.

Are you active in the fields of environmental protection/education, climate change and/or other environmental struggles? Do you work for, volunteer for, or are a member of a group or initiative dealing with these topics and based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* or Serbia? Do you wish to learn more and share your experiences and knowledge with others?

Then join us at this 7-days summer school on environmental activism from 20th until 26th of July 2022 in Novi Sad, Serbia. The summer school will offer you a unique chance to discuss and to exchange ideas on topics related to climate change issues and environmental struggles with a focus on the Western Balkan Region.

This summer school is part of the project “the Green Valley”, funded by the Western Balkan Fund and co-funded by the European Union to promote regional cooperation.

Why this summer school?

With this summer school, we wish to create a space for individuals and groups which are active at the local and/or regional level when it comes to climate activism, environmental awareness and climate change with a specific focus on the Western Balkan region in order to meet each other, learn about each other’s experiences, struggles, best practices and concerns.

Moreover, we would like to support you to raise your and your initiatives’ capacities in different fields such as climate-related and environment-related issues but also advocacy, self-organization and any other topic/content you might need in order to make your activities more effective.

What will you do, exchange, learn?

What does the summer school consist of?

The summer school will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia from 20th until 26th of July 2022, travel days included. It will involve 18 participants coming from Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo* and Serbia. The group will be accommodated at the VaradInn hostel, and all costs will be covered by the organizers.

The summer school will not consist of frontal teaching. it will require active contributions by all participants. It will be a mixture of group reflections, discussions and exchanges from participants, interventions from external experts, field visits and of course time to bond and network.

Prior to the summer school, there will be an organizational online call with all selected participants to prepare for the summer school. All selected participants will be required to attend.

After the summer school, participants will be encouraged to share their reflections and experiences in written form. In the 3 months after the summer school, an online report about environmental struggles and activism in the region will be created by the organizers and it will incorporate reflections that emerged during the summer school and written by participants.

The training team comes from different countries and backgrounds, and it possesses both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the field of environment, climate change and activism.

Who can apply?

Which costs are covered by the project?

How to apply?

You can apply by filling in the application form.
Applications are opened until June 26
All participants will be notified by July 1st about the result. Selected participants will receive a detailed infopackage containing all the necessary information.

Who are the implementing partners?

The forum is organized by IPSIA from Bosnia and Herzegovina, GAIA from Kosovo and Volonterski centar Vojvodine from Serbia.

GAIA was founded in 2010 in Plemetina, Kosovo. GAIA Kosovo is the official branch of Service Civil International (SCI), one of the world’s largest international volunteering organizations founded in 1920 dedicated to promoting a culture of peace through the organization and coordination of voluntary projects all over the world. GAIA works towards achieving peace by creating spaces and opportunities where people from various backgrounds can meet, talk, listen to and develop understanding for each other. GAIA envisions to restore and create new relationships not only between people but also between people and nature.

IPSIA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a branch of the Italian NGO IPSIA. IPSIA BiH has been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1997 in particular in Una Sana Canton, with young people and local communities. IPSIA’s topics are local development, environment, tourism, volunteering, sport, and migration. It works mainly in the fields of international cooperation, socio-economic development of local communities and environmental awareness. Since 2018, following a large influx of migrants transiting on the Western Balkan Route and particularly on the Una Sana Canton, IPSIA BiH has been working to provide humanitarian aid and psycho-social activities addressed at migrants, with a constant focus on local communities and youth.

Volunteers’ Centre of Vojvodina – VCV is a non-governmental organization established in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 2005. Volunteers’ Center of Vojvodina strives for the promotion and recognizement of volunteering as a tool for development of individuals as well as society through organizing volunteer actions and promoting volunteering, its values and benefits to different groups in society. Moreover, VCV locally organizes non-formal educational activities such as workshops, presentations, movies screening and others, aimed mainly at youth and focusing on various relevant topics. The local projects (mainly solidarity-oriented actions) are volunteer-based and include awareness raising campaigns mainly linked to human rights, climate/environmental awareness and social justice.
Since 2008, VCV is the Serbian branch of Service Civil International (SCI), one of the largest global voluntary peace movements, that was established 101 years ago.

*All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations’ Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Available downloads: Salto- Programme for the summer school.pdf

More information at: SALTO

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