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This year, the European Voluntary Service (EVS) celebrates its 15th anniversary. Since 1996 about 50 000 young people worked as volunteers in other EU countries and outside the union. The year 2011 was announced by the Council of the European Union as the European Year of Volunteering. Throughout the year many activities, events, exhibitions and live demonstrations will be held in Europe. Volunteers are central to unique histories and interventions, which reveal the importance of human dedication to achieve amazing results. In order to highlight the work of volunteers and to encourage others to participate and to address the challenges, the European Year of Volunteering 2011 has four main objectives:
To achieve these objectives, the Commission encourages the exchange of good practices between Member States and voluntary organizations. The focus is on training of volunteers, accreditation and quality assurance and effective match of potential volunteers and volunteering opportunities. The European Commission promotes new European initiatives to create networks in order to stimulate cross-border exchanges and practical cooperation between voluntary organizations and other sectors, public administration and business. |
- Respect
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University of Nicosia - Cyprus
Objectives:• The Respect campaign aims to raise awareness that respectful driving behaviour and respecting our alcohol intake confers several advantages:
o Drivers become less stressful as polite and respectful driving behaviour leads to a reduction in stress. Similarly, reducing one’s intakes of alcohol also reduces stress on our internal organs
o Respectful driving behaviour leads to a reduction in road rage as aggression on the road decreases. Regulating the amount of alcohol one drinks can also reduce aggressive and anti-social behaviour
• Ultimately, the main objective is to communicate that respectful behaviour saves lives and promotes health.
The Respect campaign aims to raise awareness that respectful behaviour can save lives. This is achieved across two domains:
- Respect towards other drivers through more polite and less aggressive driving behaviour
- Respect towards our bodies by limiting the intake of alcohol
The Respect campaign will take place in Nicosia backed by the Cyprus Government and promoted across the capital through television and newspaper announcements. Volunteers will be placed at busy crossroads around the capital and their task is to distribute a folder containing the following:
- Details outlining the Respect Campaign and why it is important
- Health and environmental benefits associated with respectful behaviour
- Questionnaire to be completed by the driver that measures:
• Current level of polite and respectful driving behaviour
• Current alcohol consumption
For the campaign you need: t-shirts; posters; folder containing: details outlining the Respect Campaign & leaflet containing information on the benefits of respectful driving behaviour; leaflet containing information on the benefits of decreasing alcohol consumption; questionnaire to determine level of respectful behaviour in respondent and to highlight areas where improvements can be made.
- Drive responsibly
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Open Youth - Bulgaria
Objectives:- to reduce the road accidents, caused by young people;
- to improve the driving habits of the young drivers;
- to reach directly a large number of young people through positive peer-to-peer communication and attractive tools. - Come and take it
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Avenir Santé - France
The objective of the project is to reduce, among youngsters in recreational settings, drug consumptions which can also have bad consequences on driving capacities. - Head thinking makes the difference
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GARE - Portugal
We believe that this action will be a multidimensional approach of health care.
The interest/objective of this action is to coordinate many health topics and to educate young people.
The action aims to sensitize the youngsters on important topics of road safety and VIH, to tackle the problem of risky behaviors among 12- 30 years.