Some more participants...

Starting to know each other is the first goal of this blog. Take a look to what Lily, Annibale and Judit have to say about themselves.

Lilyana Popgeorgieva

My full name is Lilyana Popgeorgieva and I am Bulgarian
I am 37 years old and live in a nice old town in the south part of Bulgaria. There;s also my working place
I am a chairperson of the NGO "International youth volunteering centre".
Our work is to promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular; to develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union; to foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries; to contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field; to promote European cooperation in the youth field.
In my free time I like traveling with friends and discovering new places in Bulgaria which is a very beautiful country.
I also like music, video and books and having my private time to chose one of them
But always prefer to have a nice drink with my favorite people in a nice place then sitting alone at home.
My favorite season is Summer and most favorite place to go is the seaside.
I love green and blue and my favorite food is fish and ice-cream :)
so, that's in short about me

:)) Greetings
Lily

Annibale Morsillo

I'm the president of Solidarity Center of Third Sector a a volunteer association that promotes the participation and active citizenship at local, national and European level, especially among young people, with a particular interest in the Social Responsibility of the Territory.
I'm trainer for italian non profit organizations and I work with a local network of volunteer associations named Ce.Se.Vo.Ca.

Judit Orgoványi-Gajdos

Hi,I'm Judit from the capital of Hungary. My organization name is "Kikötő" that means harbour. It is an open platform to create educational, social and cultural activities for young people since 2002. I was the coordinator of more long-term projects as a volunteer. I'm 29 years old. I work as a schoolteacher of youth (15-18years) with less opportunity (because of their hard social background). I teach them many of the subjects, but mainly to get socialized. I would like to have more idea to help them that is why I was interested so much in the project. Currently I am doing another master degree in curriculum development. I am looking forward to meeting all of you on the Azores and starting the projects:-)

Our trainers

Peter Keijzer

Michael Richardson

Training partners in the project will be U-GO, a new youth arts and youth work NGO based in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom; and the Richter Foundation, a Dutch not for profit organization based in Den Helder, which has been working in the field of international cooperation for 12 years.

U-GO’s vision is that all young people in Europe have access to quality youth work which uses the arts as a tool for informal learning. U-GO was established in 2009 to support the development of quality arts-based youth work throughout Europe, and has been invited to deliver six training courses in its first year.

The Richter Foundation is run by a team of professionals in the field of arts and cultural movement and each year organizes around 15 cultural events throughout Europe. Richter has co-operated with all the EU member states and for the last five years has been active in the Caucasus region, Belarus and Russia. At the moment Richter has 25 volunteers in the Netherlands, 60 volunteers working and living in Europe, and 50 active partner organizations in Europe. Richter is also an active partner in the Youth in Action programs European Volunteer Service.

The trainer from Richter will be Peter Keijzer, and he will work in this project alongside Michael Richardson, the Director of U-GO. Both the trainers have over twenty years of experience as youth workers and youth arts workers, and have been working as trainers for over ten years.