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The project promoter believes that long-term voluntary work is one of the core elements for sustainable democratic society. Very few people engage in civic activities and initiatives compared to other Western democracies, and people in Latvia often engage in activities that tend to be self-assertive but not for the common good, especially in the 25-45 age group.
The idea of the project is to promote regular and long term voluntary work, the target audience of the project being general public that will benefit from the voluntary work in the long run.
The project will include the following activities:
- Developing and strengthening voluntary work at local level by opening new scout and guide units and making them as role models of volunteering in local communities. By growing scouting and guiding in the country, youth democracy is growing as well.
-Networking - supporting network of NGOs that organize work with volunteers - by giving time and space for good practice exchange, also exchanging experience with a Slovakian partner about IT systems for better management of volunteers, as well as data gathering.
-Ensuring regular advocacy activities, as well as adopting and implementing the formula of how to calculate economic value into the concept of social capital.
-Communication – three campaigns about volunteering and regular communication about volunteering in the social media as well.