Austria

Vienna Association of Education Volunteers

Vienna Association of Educational Volunteers (V.A.E.V.) is a non-profit making, non-political organisation, which aims at empowering people, promoting peace and tolerance among young people through assisting people in acquiring knowledge and developing their skills and competences.

VAEV’s main aim is to provide community-based educational opportunities for disadvantaged young people; train them committed to peace, democracy and inclusion; contribute to nonviolent processes of conflict transformation in the Europe by providing competences, skills development.

VAEV promotes training and implementation of systems relevant to the support of the young people.

 It cooperates with social sector organizations to promote policy changes and improvements to services. The scope of the association is to provide flexible non-formal education programs in various fields within the framework of lifelong learning.