In cooperation with the Goethe Institute e.V., ELIX and other stakeholders started the "Your Language Counts!" project, dedicated to supporting the integration and educational success of multilingual students with a heritage language background. In an increasingly diverse Europe, multilingualism is the norm, presenting many opportunities but also challenges for students who must navigate a school system dominated by a language different from their heritage languages.

Our project aim is to contribute to students’ overall academic achievements and foster a sense of belonging through knowledge and therefore pride in their languages.
The term "heritage language" (or “home language”) refers to languages spoken at home, reflecting individual histories, traditions, and cultural identities. This includes students with a refugee or migrant background, heritage language speakers, second or third generation heritage language speakers, and any student with a diverse heritage language background.

ELIX participates in a 3-year project from January 2020 to December 2022, titled “Time 2 Team” that has been approved for funding by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

This project will be coordinated by Concordia (France) and will be implemented by ELIX - Conservation Volunteers (Greece), Allianssi (Finland), Grenzenlos (Austria), IBG (Germany), Lunaria (Italy), Egyesek Youth Organization (Hungary), Solidarités Jeunesses (France), and Compagnons Bâtisseurs - CBB (Belgium), as well as the international network “Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations” (Alliance).

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ELIX participates in the Erasmus + program "Be the Change: conflict as a catalyst for transformation and empowerment" with nine more partners from all over Europe.

In this context, the French organization "solidaritesjeunesses" created a very useful MOOC, which is divided into 5 sections and is now available at the link that you will find in the pdf with the instructions for use.

ELIX participates in the project “Be the Change: conflict as a catalyst for transformation and empowerment”. The project is aiming at improving the skills and competences of European citizens to address their interpersonal conflicts, and work towards their transformation into learning, development and communication opportunities in order to facilitate relations and the development of an inclusive Europe.

In July 2018, Andrea left Slovekia to participate in a workcamp of 2 weeks, as a European Voluntary Service (EVS) volunteer through the project "V.I.P. - Volunteering is Possible" with the financial support of the Erasmus+ Programme funded by the European Commission. She supported children with disabilites throught “This summer is ours“, a project organized by ELIX in Elefsina. Discover what she wrote about her experience.

ELIX’s Director, Mrs Judith Wunderlich-Antoniou, visited Medan, Indonesia, in order to participate in the "Building Bridges" Toolkit Development Workshop.

ELIX coordinates the international project "Building Bridges - Youth Work for Peace and Dialogue", together with the International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International (Belgium), which started in October 2018 and will last until October 2020.

From 5th till 13th of May ELIX organized the youth exchange "Sports to YOUth" in Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. The project was financed by the "ERASMUS+" European Programme, with the support of the "Institute of Youth and Lifelong Learning".

Our intercultural group was consisted of 30 young participants from Italy, Spain, Turkey, Estonia and of course Greece.

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The conference “ec4la European Citizens for Local Action” gathered interested citizens and the partner organizations from twelve European countries in Athens to discuss ways and present tools on promoting active citizenship and European identity through volunteering. The three day conference (22-23-24 of February) was the first event of all partner organizations of the ec4la project financed by the European Union.