The supposed self-evidence of voluntariness in cultural activities
Most of the time art is seen as ‘the cherry on the cake’ – nice if it’s possible, but in the end art is a luxury, not a basic need…
Posts by Julia Mattstedt
Volunteers in Social Services
Welfare states providing public goods regularly come under criticism: They are seen as too expensive and leading to unaffordable public expenditure and their performance is often called inefficient. In order…
Volunteering and integration: Building bridges?
Moderated by Artan Berisha, Chairman of the local council for youth affairs in the town of Esslingen, this third workshop, during the final event of our V11-project, identified some problems…
Turkish way to hospitality
Foreign languages are never an obstacle when people do really want to share part of their daily life, experiences and cultures, especially in front of a smoking Ҫay and a…
Volunteering as an unauthorized activity
It’s my privilege to speak during the Landau Convention. Yesterday I attended very interesting workshops and discussed various subjects that are related to volunteering, and I learned a lot. I…
Volunteering and Politics
The major interest of this workshop was to identify possible differences between volunteering and democratic participation. For this purpose, we first formed two working groups. Both discussed similar questions like:…
Big team at the office
The Landau Convention last weekend was the biggest event we realised so far. It was only possible thanks to the contributions by many people belonging to our own network and…
If you’re not at the table, chances are you’re on the menu…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am convinced, none of the big challenges we face today will be properly addressed or solved without an appropriate cooperation with the organized civil society in…
New board elected
On 7 May 2011, the members of Citizens of Europe elected a new board. It consists of: Nina Vredegoor (Apeldoorn); Rasmus Randig (Secretary General, Ankara); Tobias Kunow (Treasurer, Berlin); Jürgen…
Landau Call for Action
When 2011 was declared the ‘European Year of Volunteering and Active Citizenship’ by the European Union, Citizens of Europe decided to realize the project „Volunteering 2011“ together with friends and…