International Volunteers
// destinations - Macedonia
FACT FILE
- Population: 2 million
- Capital: Skopje
- Major languages: Macedonian, Albanian
- Major religions: Christianity, Islam
- Monetary unit: Denar
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
- DEM - Ecologists’ Movement of Macedonia Youth
DEM is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organisation. It is a national organisation that includes 30 local environmental NGOs as full members and 16 other organisations as associate members. It was established in 1990 as a necessity to co-ordinate the activities of existing local groups. Since 1994, each local group formed their own youth club which made up a branch of DEM known as DEM Youth. DEM Youth is a member of the South-East European Youth Network (SEEYN).
The Youth Culture Centre Bitola and Youth Forum Eye Struga alsoorganise workcamps in Macedonia and are members of the South-East European Youth Network.
SEEYN (www.seeyn.org) was born in 2000 and consists of 11 very different organisations who share a common belief in voluntarism, exchanges and co-operation between borders. Through their work, SEEYN hope to challenge the stereotypes that many people still hold of the region and believe that international volunteer projects are a good way in which to do this.
TYPES OF PROGRAMMES
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- DEM Youth is heavily involved in environmental activities and organises volunteer projects as a way of raising awareness about these issues.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- Visa: There is currently no requirement for holders of British passports to obtain visas for travel to Macedonia. However, the Macedonian government is considering the introduction of a reciprocal visa regime for those countries which require Macedonian citizens to obtain visas. This would include the UK. Please visit www.fco.gov.uk for more information.
- Arrival info: date of arrival is the start date scheduled for the project.