Greece

As main projects and activities, I would like to focused on promoting modern ideas for young people and promoting also the projects of some organizations like Think Young or Esn and EVS  which realized some events or seminars concerning the subject of youth education and volunteer services.    

Since the establishment of InfinityGreece more than 500 young people have been part of the volunteering program. All of them taking part through open calls, bringing something new in the organization and getting the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and get out of their safe zone. In the same way the participants of the projects will be a mixture of experienced youth workers and young people with fewer opportunities from Thessalonikis region, though open call on our pages (https://www.facebook.com/InfinityGreece/ and http://infinitygreece.com ). Depending on the needs of each project we share our call with our national partners as well as the National (Erasmus+, Education) agencies. Selection is based on participants profile, motivation and willingness to get involved and contribute to activities, taking in to consideration their background and the opportunities that possible had. Furthermore in each project we run we keep a genre balance, selecting the same number of participants from both genres.
For each project we create a closed Facebook Group for direct communication among participants and to ensure that each one of them is informed for related to the project subjects.
For sending project in addition we host a preparatory face to face meeting with our participants, giving them the first idea for the project and a guideline. We select experienced leader, who is able to support other participants and take action if need be. In addition we assist the group in task related actions and material preparation. We suggest the best way to travel and assist with travel related and practical tips. For safety reasons all participants make European Health insurance card. Participants will be able to contact our team members via social media before, during and after the project for support and assistance. During the project we are in close communication with our partners and ready to assist and provide what is needed to easy the project and ensure the quality of it. After the project we ask the participants to give as a copy of any available digital material (photography, video) and write a short summary of the project. We post them on our website and on our social media (more than 8000 likes on facebook and more than 3000 followers on instagram). Lastly we invite the participants to an open to public day to present the project their participated, thereby inspire newcomers and spread the knowledge they gained. In addition we are always ready to assist the participants on the follow up activities they choose to do, from a street activity to festival, they name it.
When it comes to training courses and seminars, the tools and methods developed during the project are taken into consideration as part of the organisation for future use and uploaded on our educational platform Academy http://academy.infinitygreece.com/ where our members and volunteers have easily access.

In general InfinityGreece is active on fields of Digital and Social Media, Youth Empowerment and inclusion, hosting actions for schooling, social awareness, racism, young participation in social life.
InfinityGreece training program includes "Training Weekend", a two-day event dedicated to the training of participants. The program aims to integrate new members into the InfinityGreece team, gain technical and theoretical knowledge in the wide range of Digital Media, manage and utilize human resources and improve internal communication, giving impetus to the development of new ideas. During the program sessions are held to cultivate team spirit and partnership with digital media workshops on both the content and the technical needs of each module.
As part of our ongoing training of volunteers we offer “TeamWork in Digital Media ”, a series of seminars / workshops exclusively for volunteers, an 8-week course where, through innovative and interactive seminars, they acquire soft and hard skills, making greater progress, either in Human Resources Management or in Content Creation and Marketing. Seminar lecturers are experts in their field with experience in either non-formal learning or seminar education.
In the summer of 2019, we held the 1st Summer Training of InfinityGreece in our offices, focusing on developing collaborative skills within the organization's teams and co-creating the action plan for the new year with volunteers. The program lasted 5 days and in addition to the members of the organization, Ioannis Charchandis and Alexandros Nanaj, co-facilitators were experienced trainers and youth workers from teams and organizations collaborate.
We participated as trainers in the “YouthWin! Youth workers improving youth work now ”of KEDITH (Municipality Enterprise of Thessaloniki) where for two days we trained Greeks and Swedes on video production.
During the same period we hosted 2 study visits of Erasmus+ youth trainings in our offices as part of the actions "ERASMUS + Capacity Building" and "Using Social Entrepreneurship in Erasmus + - USEE +", where we informed them about social entrepreneurship, our social impact among young people in Thessaloniki, the local community, and the empowerment we offer to digital media.

Training and raising awareness through 5 lectures/workshops/seminars series
Training through summer sessions in digitization (with US, GR and UK unis and foundations), climate change and the monuments (forthcoming)
Visiting research scholar programme
Publications
Ethnography work for monument significance

The actions of the I.R.T.E.A. could be divided in five main categories: the simulations, the conferences, the European programs, the actions related to media and the research programs. The simulations organized by the I.R.T.E.A. are four. The first one is the European Parliament Simulation ( Euro.Pa.S), which this year celebrates its five years of excellence. The Euro.Pa.S. has managed to be recognized by all the European Institution as well as the General Secretariat of Youth. In the five years of its existence it has gathered more than 1.000 participants from all over Europe. Our second simulation was the Military Academies Simulation with the participation of students of the National Military Academies of Greece. The simulated bodies are the Council of the European Union and of the Military Committee. The third Simulation is the Simulation of Private Corporations, named Be an Executive, created for post-graduation degree students, studying Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Law and Human Resources  at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Last but not least, the Simulation of Euro-Summit in collaboration with University of Athens, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy and Students Association for International Affairs, which aimed European postgraduate students. This particular conference simulates the European Council with the presence of Ministers of Economics. In the context of our research program our goal is to create and achieve a scientific outcome on issues related to Europe. To fulfill this mission we promote the efforts of the young students and we cooperate with all the interested in promoting as well this effort organizations. Working to this direction we participate in ECOSOC and Europaid. As an example some of our research programs are: “The strengthening of relations in security issues among the countries of Southeast Mediterranean.” “Participatory Democracy: The model of the positive direct democracy of Switzerland and can the EU adopt from that.” “The Balkan Member States as exponents of EU The European orientation and the Balkan States” In our actions related to media we have managed to organize three writing contests the past year, with participations from students in many Greek Universities. By creating this action our goal was to give the space to the Greek youth to express their opinion on daily issues regarding the Greek and the European societies. One of our most important actions which were created in 2013 and aims at becoming an annual event is the 1st European Economic Forum, taking place in Athens, Greece. This action aims at becoming the place where the economics and the society meet to discuss about the future economic plans and the sustainable development of Europe. Last but not least is our participation in European Programs. In 2013 we worked in the program B.E.S.T. (Bringing Europe at Schools and Teachers), in which we organized a simulation of the European Parliament for young pupils of the primary education. Our goal was to teach the kids using a fun game the way the European Parliament works and how the decisions are being made, in a simplified way. In the same year we participated in the program “European Citizens’ Year: The rights of the Youth as European Citizens”, in which we organized supporting the Research Centre of the University of Piraeus, three conferences for freshman students in the University and school students in their last year in the secondary education. Our goal was to raise the awareness of the value of the youth participation in the society in the EU. This year we work again with the Research Centre of the University of Piraeus in the program “Europe at Schools through Art and Simulation”. In this project we organize five simulations, one for teachers with almost 160 teachers working in the primary education and four for 300 pupils.

To achieve and promote the aforementioned goals and values, DDikeoma has made use of the natural environment of Corfu. The DDikeoma has initiated an educational walking program of its own and has partnered with several NGO’s on Corfu that work toward educational, environmental and cultural development (Annual Corfu Symposium).
DDikeoma’s Walking Program makes use of trails that pass through the entirety of Corfu’s countryside. The trails pass through several environmental, cultural and historical sites. This makes the trails well-suited to educational programs that are accessible to people all over the island of Corfu. The trail also passes through a number of small villages, many of which are run down and nearing abandonment. The trail will inevitably lead to sustainable economic development and revive these traditional settlements.

1. Financial Management of Interreg Project (FIMIP)
2. European Professional Marketing Expertise - EMC_pro: Accreditation of informal learning in the Marketing area - Leonardo Da Vinci
3. Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training : «Researching obstacles of Womans’ e-Entrepreneurship» - Archimed ??

The Institute is organizing every year numerous of seminars for students, academics and enterprises. It has also organized international Conferences such as:
-The Euro-mediterranean Partnership-Perspectives from the Mediterranean EU countries (Held on October 2007 in Crete)
-The Panhellenic Conference on International Political Economy (every two years) For more information please visit our site.
It is also publishing the quarterly journal "Agora without Frontiers" (three issues in Greek and one in English every year). The institute has conducted research projects on various subjects. Indicatively:
-Prospects for Absorption of Returning Refugees to the West Bank and to Gaza Strip. Commission of European Union/Council of Ministers,1999
-Greece and the South-Eastern European States. Economic Dynamics Cooperation and Prospects, Athens: Secretariat General and Information, 2000
-Evaluation of the ten years function of the EMP. Prospects for the future, Athens: Institute of International Economic Relations, 2005
-Asian Migrants in Greece: Origins, status and prospects, Athens: Institute of International Economic Relations, 2007.

INTER ALIA's members and network of partners target the organization's aims through both theoretical/academic and practical (educational & civic) ventures. Specifically, Inter Alia uses four basic tools for action: - Analysis: Collecting & publishing original analyses that touch upon contemporary developments, concepts and ideas that unite or divide us, that promote or obstruct collective action and Europeans’ common sense of belonging, and that impact on our perceived role within the community at all levels (local, regional, national, European, global). Inter Alia has published more than 20 policy analyses this far. Some of the recent ones were related to: viewpoints towards Islam in contemporary Europe; the rising populism in Western Balkan countries; the education revolution that is attempted by particular institutions through new media and tools. - Debate: Promoting direct interaction between experts (policy makers, scholars) and the wider public. Training courses, workshops, seminars, public discussions & conferences are the main tools for promoting dialogue and participation with the underlying goals of making Europe more popular and likeable. Inter Alia holds regular events that aim at communicating contemporary issues of Europe through non-formal learning methods. Along with activities at the national level, Inter Alia has been represented by affiliated experts and young members in numerous international activities such as workshops, training courses, job-shadowing, forums etc. - Networking: Inter Alia aims at supporting and promoting views & activities of numerous organizations that share our vision for an active and assertive European demos. Collective action is an essential step for minimizing the distance between the EU and the European constituencies and for effectively applying pressure towards more accountability and openness. These aims have been pursued through promotional activites for partner organizations as well as through participation to a number of partnerships and consortia involved in a variety of national, European and international projects. - Research: Inter Alia’s platform is open to scholars, academic & policy analysts, but also to students and journalists who wish to contribute articles in their field of expertise related (but not limited) to contemporary cultural, political, educational, economic, commercial & social issues of Europe. The production of Inter Alia's research portfolio is made up of three collective volumes, public opinion surveys and social research as well as occasional papers. Inter Alia is run by a team of professionals from different fields (http://interaliaproject.com/people.html) while participation is project based. Inter Alia has involved a number of people from diverse fields in its ventures including young academics, civil society organizations, associations and think tanks, high-school students and youth. These partnerships are cultivated and extended through Inter Alia's growing pan-European network of partners and collaborators (http://interaliaproject.com/partnerships.html).