Managing Volunteers | Empowering People
The project MAVEP – Managing Volunteers/Empowering people enables us to employ European funding to further advance the support of our volunteers. Our volunteers are the heart, the strength and the energy of the organisations involved in this project. Which is exactly why we think that it is important to invest in their support. Within this project, the development of the role of volunteers is our most important focus: teaching, coaching, making them welcome, getting everyone involved,
building up a network, etc.
The full name of the project is ‘Managing Volunteers/Empowering People’, in short MAVEP. This encapsules where the accent lies: intrinsic parts of the organisation of volunteer work are talent management and the stimulation of its growth. Our aim is to make stronger people through the elaboration of a powerful learning environment.
All the partners, Fo-Aarhus in Denmark, DAFNI-KEK in Greece and DINAMO in Flanders/Belgium employ volunteers as teachers, coaches, mentors or in a range of support roles. The teacher training institute of the UCLeuven-Limburg, together with the partners, is using the knowledge available to create usable tools for the volunteers. The UCLL will organise training sessions in a range of skills, such as instruments for language development, leadership, peer-to-peer coaching, appreciative
lesson observation, didactic innovations etc.
Project Partners
DINAMO
‘DINAMO’ organizes education for adults during the day and on Monday evenings. Remarkably, all of our courses, workshops and outings are given or led by volunteer experts and instructors. Ten professional team members (equivalent to seven full-time positions) direct 230 volunteers who deliver and lead some 400 activities per year. The average participant enrolls in about 2.3 activities, which means DINAMO counts about 6,000 enrollments per year. dinamo.warande.be
UC Leuven- Limburg
UC Leuven-Limburg is a university college that groups a large number of study programs and research teams. It is part of the KU Leuven Association. Moving Minds is our philosophy, our way of being: motivating people and turning ideas into action. One of the programs is Teacher Education. UCLL has the largest Teacher Education Faculty in Flanders. In addition to educating teachers for preprimary, primary and secondary schools we also do research and give training in the workfield on education and learning in general.
DAFNI KEK
D.A.F.N.I KEK (Developing Advanced Forces and New ideas through Continuing VET) is a non for profit training institution targeting to unemployed and NEETs social and market integration. Main vision of DAFNI KEK is to provide possibilities in order to enhance the well being of the citizens especially those who are excluded from opportunities , with special concern the Youth in the threshold of labor market in priority. To this direction DAFNI KEK develops several initiatives in local or European level. Guidance provided by the organisation evolves around holistic approaches that facilitate conversations with the aim of helping people learn, grow and fulfill their potential and enable them to tap into their own wisdom.
FO-Aarhus | Studenterhus
Studenterhus Aarhus is a private, non-profit organisation for all students at higher educations in Aarhus, Denmark. We manage a café and a bar and host a wide range of activities and events every year. This includes concerts, international nights, bridgebuilding to companies, cv workshops, language cafes, and whatever else the students might need – their imagination set the bar. We are nine professional staff members and approximately 180 volunteers who all work together to make the Student House the place to be for students in Aarhus.
FO-Aarhus | Saxild Strand
Saxild Strand is a health and recreation facility for seniors. At the facility we offer recreational retreats for seniors, as well as facilitate courses and other activities for educational institutions and associations. On a regular basis we have 10-15 volunteers involved in gardening and social work. Saxild strand is part of FO-Aarhus - a Free Education Association with the object of broadening public enlightenment in general and working for public acceptance of the ideals of the UN. FO-Aarhus cooperates with various institutions and organisations and is involved in a broad portfolio of projects. We specialize in qualifying unemployed to partake in the Danish workforce, mainly refugees and immigrants. We have volunteers involved in various of our projects.