Young people from Viļāni Municipality will implement the European Solidarity Corps project “Steps Towards Development”!

Volunteer work, the development of competencies needed by young people, training using non-formal education methods, taking responsibility, and regularly organising events in line with the needs of young people in Viļāni Municipality—these are just some of the activities planned during the project to help young people learn to cooperate and work towards a common goal while addressing challenges of importance to society.

The planned implementation period of the project is from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, thereby creating a year filled with activities. It will also include the submission of a project application initiated by the youth group to one of the competitions announced by the Agency for International Programs for Youth, continuing to attract funding for youth affairs in Viļāni Municipality.

Within the framework of the “Steps Towards Development” project, the youth initiative group of Viļāni Municipality is ready to take responsibility both for implementing the activities and for financial planning and informing local young people about the planned events, encouraging them to participate in the activities. The young people hope that the activities implemented during the project will expand the circle of active young people in the municipality, ensuring sustainable and high-quality cooperation between young people and the municipality’s politicians and administration in the future.

The budget of the “Steps Towards Development” project will total EUR 6,888 for the year, financed with the support of the European Solidarity Corps programme of the European Commission, which is administered in Latvia by the Agency for International Programs for Youth.