Youth and Volunteering: From Motivation to Active Community Engagement

The programme aims to explore how universities and community organisations can support students in transforming their interest in volunteering into active and sustained community engagement. Participants will examine motivations and barriers to volunteering and develop practical solutions to strengthen student participation in civic and community life.

How can universities and community organisations help students turn their interest in volunteering into active, sustained participation in community life?

This Change Maker Ambassador Programme invites students to explore the factors that encourage or hinder youth engagement in volunteering. During the programme, students will interact with the association “ADER” to discuss community needs, share perspectives and identify opportunities for meaningful engagement. Drawing on experiences from their own countries, participants will collaboratively develop feasible proposals to make volunteering more accessible, relevant and appealing to students. These proposals will consider practical ways to strengthen connections between universities, students and community organisations while encouraging continued participation.

Asociația pentru Democrație, Educație, Respect (ADER) (EN: Association for Democracy, Education and Respect)

Registration is done by email. To register, please send an email to the programme coordinators: mihaela.manasia@e-ucb.ro, corina.ciobanu@e-ucb.ro.

Participants receive a certificate worth 1 ECTS.

Manasia Mihaela, e-mail: mihaela.manasia@e-ucb.ro

Corina Ciobanu, e-mail: corina.ciobanu@e-ucb.ro