Join us for the workshop “Working with help receivers in crises – do’s and dont's” and get new competences for yourself as a volunteer as well as for your organization!

Apply by September 15th here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJZFxwwa4YqyGKeBodaqcjZ5_fpn3FJVFyYkpUyqt_lqcBxA/viewform

Working language: English, additional support and translation available, if needed.

Context: Covid-19 crises have shown solidarity among people and a big number of volunteers willing to help. It also showed we can be better prepared as civil society and organizations to respond properly and be resilient.

We have experienced experts joining us:

Vitalie Sprânceană – sociologist, blogger, journalist and urban activist based in Chișinău, Moldova, Vitalie Sprinceana is also a co-editor at PLATZFORMA.MD – a web platform for social, economic and political critique. He is interested in and argues for inclusive democratic public spaces, social justice, free knowledge, plurality of worldviews and practices.

Kārlis Lakševics – a researcher and educator at the University of Latvia. His research focuses on infrastructures of violence prevention, digital service provision and housing. Recently he has been working on a project evaluating the informal systems of care during the state of emergency with a particular focus on the experience of the elderly.

Moderated by Vladislava Skele and Natalia Screlea.

Organised by “Paliec majas” (more about the organisation: www.paliec-majas.lv) and Initiative together against COVID-19/People for people (more about the organisation: www.voluntar.md)

Project “Initiative Together Against Covid-19” is implemented with support by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Latvia.

• 10:00 - Getting to know each other and introduction to the project
• 10:45 - Working with elderly
• 13:00 - Working with long term unemployed and homeless people
• 14:30 - Lunch break
• 15:00 - Case studies from Latvia and Moldova
• 16:00 - Evaluation and next steps