The seminar “EVS Challenges, Improvements and Trends” will be organized in Durres, Albania.  The seminar will bring together 36 youth workers from EU, SEE and Caucasus regions who are working with European Voluntary Service and voluntarism in local level. The seminar aims at developing competencies of youth workers working with EVS and the capacity of youth NGOs as Hosting and Sending organizations, particularly in the context of cooperation with neighboring countries. The seminar will give the participants the opportunity not only to expand their knowledge and skills but also to establish working relationships, aimed at future cooperation in terms of sending and hosting volunteers. In addition, the seminar will seek empowerment of youth leaders and youth workers with the competencies of active participation and inclusion. Project objectives:  to exchange experiences in EVS projects, discuss about challenging,  contribute to intercultural learning of young people coming from different cultural backgrounds , to develop recommendation to different bodies and organizations, including European Commission, in the field of volunteering by increasing active participation and integration of young people with fewer opportunities in community life and to set up an e-platform on web-site for recent and future collection about the topics.The seminar will be implemented on basis of non-formal education, with a mosaic of several methods that are linked in the day by day program in order to assure the best space to learn, share and connect for all the participants that shall be trainers, youth workers, active leaders in youth work and those involved in participation projects in different levels. We look for 1 motivated person: available places left:  1- Participation fee for each project is 30% of the travel costs, plus the annual membership fee 2013 (30€). For any questions, you can contact us by email at part3tdm2000@gmail.com