🏢 About the local organisation
EcoVisio is a grass-roots environmental NGO from Moldova led by youth. We focus our work on
empowerment through education, action and connecting people. Our vision is a sustainable
development of Moldova uniting all its ethnic groups and languages in a diverse and resilient
society based on values of creative economic cooperation and responsibility for the natural
resources as commons. Our main working topics are organic agriculture, transportation, energy
efficiency, renewable energies, consumer awareness, urban/rural development and resource
flows including integrated waste management
EcoViso focuses its work on youth empowerment and environmental education and action.
Through such programs as ActivEco-Sustainability in Action, Social Entrepreneurship, Climate
LaunchPad and Eco-village Moldova we help young people develop leadership, networking and
project management skills to address environmental issues and bring social innovation to their
communities.
EcoVisio connects people that want to work on a common vision for our little country. We train
people and provide them with instruments to achieve little projects in their neighborhoods or
villages. We share information about the situation of our planet and start own projects. We will be
very happy if you share a bit of our vision and get in contact with us.
💼 What the programme involves
One volunteer will be hosted in Eco-village and will support our staff in organizing and run of the
following activities :
- Eco - club - meetings with young people from grades 8 & 9, forming an eco-club in Rîscova.
Through various games, documentaries, case studies, experiments and practical activities we
explore where the "stuff" around us comes from, how many resources are used to produce it, the
complexity of connections between people around the globe and nature, as well as our
environmental impact.
- promotion of the healthy diet among young people and adults - organization of the thematic
meetings;
- organization of the different crafts workshops;
-supporting the research of on ecopracticies, appropriate technologies, elaboratation of the
support materials, f.e. Guide on the Medical Plants;
- organization of youth trainings and camps about eco life and volunteering;
- organic agriculture, f.e. in collaboration with the local school, we organized the first WikiWoods
2-days walnuts planting action in Moldova .
- building and creation of Environmental Training Center - This project aims to construct an
environmental training center in an emerging Eco-village in Moldova. The center will serve as a
regional hub for practical education in the fields of organic agriculture, energy efficiency, ecoconstruction
and community development. It will include a kitchen/dining area and meeting space
to accommodate up to 60 individuals at a time.
// Another volunteer will be placed in Ecovisio office in Chisinau and the proposed activities are the
following:
- event management (organizing youth trainings, Eco-fairs, workshops, etc.). F.e. 'IarmarEco
the Fair of Ecological Opportunities and Social Entrepreneurship' .The aim of this event is to
inform the public about the possibilities of changing the routine into a more active, healthy and
sustainable lifestyle. The fair helps representatives of environmental organizations (environmental
NGOs, enterprises, companies, government institutions) to develop a common vision in order to
make environmental initiatives more visible to the general public and introduce the concept of
social entrepreneurship new concept, but very exciting for Moldavian space. 'IarmarEco' is a
combination of fair, facilitated networking and interactive presentations/lessons that makes it a
special and unique event in the field of ecology and social activism in Moldova.
- supporting process of fundraising and grant-writing (donnors mapping, looking for relevant
statistical data, help in elaborating of a project proposal)
- contributing to the development of a Resource Center for environmental education in Riscova
that will focus on practical trainings and sharing sustainable practices in the areas of ecoconstruction,
organic gardening, energy efficiency and more.
- supporting organization of seminars, trainings, info days, forums on Social entrepreneurship.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation : 4 à 16 semaines. Frais supplémentaires : 400€ pour les 4 premières semaines, puis 100€ par semaine suppl. Le projet est ouvert toute l'année, la date d'arrivée est libre.