{"id":5657,"date":"2019-01-01T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instituteapis.org\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2019-01-01T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T09:38:12","slug":"volpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apis.center\/en\/volpower\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLPOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volunteer and Empower<\/strong><\/h2>\n
ENHANCING COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION THROUGH DIALOGUE AND
\nCOLLABORATION AMONGST YOUNG EUROPEANS AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\"VOLPOWER_W15<\/a><\/div>\n
Apis Institute is thrilled to announce the launch of VOLPOWER. VOLPOWER is a European project<\/div>\n
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funded under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). It is led by the Glasgow
\nCaledonian University and aims at exploring the contribution of volunteering in sports, creative
\narts and culture to youth interaction and empowerment.<\/div>\n
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“Working together in sport, creative arts or cultural activities has the power to break down
\nlanguage barriers and enables young people to truly connect with one another. We hope
\nthat our research will demonstrate the power that volunteering can have in terms of
\nempowering individuals within their local communities and helping to foster mutual
\nunderstanding.\u201d<\/div>\n
Professor Umut Korkut, lead coordinator of VOLPOWER at GCU<\/div>\n
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[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D–p7U7Ecjk[\/youtube]Background<\/strong>
\nFollowing the 2015 \u201crefugee crisis\u201d and the subsequent increase in third-country nationals, many
\nEuropean countries saw migration polarising politics and radicalising attitudes towards the EU. Social
\nintegration and community building were identified as priorities. Volunteers proved crucial in
\nproviding immediate relief to refugees and assisting their first steps for integration. Furthermore,
\nresearch shows that participation in sports, creative arts and culture forges intercultural dialogue,
\ncreates role models and enables shared experiences across youth groups.<\/p>\n
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About the project<\/strong>
\nVOLPOWER develops best practice tools for integration at micro-community level by exploring,
\nharnessing and co-designing volunteerism in sports, creative arts and culture in 7 European
\ncountries. Dialogue with others is the starting point of integration. The project focuses on sports and
\nculture as two spheres where dialogue often takes place, by circumventing language barriers and,
\nthus, enabling EU and third-country youth to \u201cspeak\u201d to each other.
\nVOLPOWER runs from 2019 to 2021, is funded under AMIF and includes a consortium of universities,
\nresearch centers and NGOs from the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy\/South-Tyrol, the Netherlands,
\nSlovenia, Croatia and Malta.<\/div>\n
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APIS Institute will use it`s expertize in multimedia and digital storytelling\u00a0by supporting the visibility of the project and it`s results. It will be also\u00a0equipping\u00a0Slovene volunteers with the necessary skills to document intercultural understanding and integration through photography, video and audio.<\/div>\n
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As a follow up of two digital storytelling trainings, one taking place in Zagreb, another in\u00a0Malta, APIS will be sharing the\u00a0video and photo\u00a0content, created by volunteers, through Volpower social media channels.<\/div>\n
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APIS will also be running\u00a0Youtube channel, where not only organizations, the results, but also volunteers and their stories will be presented.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Q3KQId8LOM[\/youtube]<\/div>\n
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In a participatory fashion, a final documentary will create a narrative and tell the inspiring and multicultural stories of volunteering in arts and sports, the positive stories of social inclusion and integration that arose within the frame of Volpower. The documentary will gather the video material recorded by the volunteers. The documentary filmmaking and the rest of Volpower video production will be produced\u00a0by APIS.<\/div>\n
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APIS Institute will inform actual practices of Culture and Creative Arts volunteering (CAV) by
\nconducting focus groups in Slovenia. We will also implement and monitor innovative approaches to
\nCAV, which will have been previously designed within Volpower.<\/div>\n
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Coordinator:
\nGlasgow Caledonian University, UK \u2013 Project Lead<\/div>\n
Partners:
\nAustrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria
\nEurac Research, Italy\/South-Tyrol
\nErasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the Netherlands
\nZavod APIS \/ APIS Institute, Slovenia
\nInstitute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Croatia
\nSolidarity Overseas Service (SOS), Malta<\/div>\n
Learn more
\nYou can learn more about about Volpower by visiting the project website. You can also follow the
\nlatest updates by following Volpower social media channels and websites of the project partners.
\nwebsite: www.volpower.eu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volunteer and Empower ENHANCING COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION THROUGH DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION AMONGST YOUNG EUROPEANS AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS Apis Institute is thrilled to announce the launch of VOLPOWER. VOLPOWER is a European project funded under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). It is led by the Glasgow Caledonian University and aims at exploring the contribution of volunteering in sports, creative arts and culture to youth interaction and empowerment. “Working together in sport, creative arts or cultural activities has the power to break down language barriers and enables young people to truly connect with one another. We hope that our research will demonstrate the power that volunteering can have in terms of empowering individuals within their local communities and helping to foster mutual understanding.\u201d Professor Umut Korkut, lead coordinator of VOLPOWER at GCU [youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D–p7U7Ecjk[\/youtube]Background Following the 2015 \u201crefugee crisis\u201d and the subsequent increase in third-country nationals, many European countries saw migration polarising politics and radicalising attitudes towards the EU. Social integration and community building were identified as priorities. Volunteers proved crucial in providing immediate relief to refugees and assisting their first steps for integration. Furthermore, research shows that participation in sports, creative arts and culture forges intercultural dialogue, creates role models and enables shared experiences across youth groups. About the project VOLPOWER develops best practice tools for integration at micro-community level by exploring, harnessing and co-designing volunteerism in sports, creative arts and culture in 7 European countries. Dialogue with others is the starting point of integration. 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