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Fake News seminar Recommendations

From 8 to 17 July 2025, AMSED hosted a seminar in Strasbourg on ‘Vigilance against fake news and the threats it poses to democracy’ with 43 participants from many countries: Italy, Egypt, Spain, Morocco, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Turkey, Hungary, Ukraine, Tunisia and Sweden. These youth leaders were able to share their experiences, discover best practices […]

Coffee corner recommendations

Four coffee corners were organised by members of the AMSED informal network on topics relevant to 2025: Climate change: water, the urgency of the situation and the importance for Europe to adapt quickly Governance and the importance of young people’s participation in public life through active citizenship and an entrepreneurial perspective The fundamental values of […]

Street interviews Artificial intelligence Seminar – July 2025

🤖 Seminar participants explore artificial intelligence in youth work As part of the seminar ‘The use of AI in youth work and as a learning resource’, held from 22 to 31 July in Strasbourg, participants engaged in a collective reflection on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in the fields of non-formal education and […]

Testimony

Between the end of October 2024 and now, I have had the incredible opportunity to volunteer at AMSED. This year, I have been living in Alsace and working as an English assistant at a high school in the small town of Ribeauvillé. Through my classes, I am able to share my language knowledge and my […]

Street interviews Fake news Seminar – July 2025

🗞️Seminar participants take a stand against fake news: international citizen vigilance As part of the seminar ‘Vigilance against fake news and the threats it poses to democracy’, participants engaged in an in-depth reflection on disinformation and its impact on contemporary societies. Through street interviews in their respective countries – notably in Romania, Bulgaria, France, Spain, […]

Street interviews green economy Seminar – June 2025

🎥 Seminar participants explore the circular economy through international street interviews As part of the seminar ‘The green economy as a lever for sustainable development and socio-professional inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities’, participants produced a series of original street interviews in their local contexts. These video productions, from several partner countries – including […]

Low Tech best practices in the Euro-Mediterranean area

From July 8 to 17, 2024, AMSED organized a seminar in Strasbourg bringing together some 40 young people and youth workers from Europe and the Mediterranean around the theme of “Low Tech and employability of young people with fewer opportunities”. In the course of various non-formal education workshops and visits to local players involved in […]

What is the European Union?

When we talk about the European Union, we think of it as a whole. But the EU is actually made up of several institutions. Here are the main institutions, with an explanation of each one.       Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author alone and […]

Newsletter April 2024

This month, we were thrilled to welcome our new volunteers from Turkey. Learn more about them and their work!

Newsletter March 2024

In March, we organised workshops to discuss important sujbects: Civic participation, democracy, Human and women’s rights.

Migrantech Seminar in Brussels

From 21 to 25 September 2021, the AMSED team met its partners from Belgium (Familles du Monde), Portugal (Factor Social) and Turkey (Anatolia Youth Association) in Brussels to participate in the Migrantech project Seminar. This Erasmus+ project aims to create a digital platform that will allow migrants and refugees to follow an online training pathway, […]

[Tutorial] Raise awareness about European Elections

With the aim of raising awareness about the European elections, AMSED is offering a simple, educational tutorial to help you understand what is at stake in the June 2024 elections. The following tutorial is aimed at anyone who wants to promote participation in democratic life, particularly among young people and disadvantaged groups.  

European Strategy for Youth – AMSED presentation

European Strategy for Youth – AMSED presentation   The EU developed an EU Youth Strategy and wants young people to engage and become an active citizen involved in democracy and society. We want young people to tell us what is important to them by taking part in the EU Youth Dialogue.   Here is the […]

Multilingual recommendations : prevent radicalism and exclusion

Within the framework of the European Solidarity Corps, our volunteer from Türkiye expressed recommendations in order to prevent radicalism and exclusion. Based on our daily actions and various workshops, they will be disseminated to our networks and the European Commission. Please find below. Recommendations Radicalism and exclusion

Good practices on inclusion of refugees and migrants

These fact sheets present 12 good practices from 9 countries related to the socio-educational and professional inclusion of migrants and refugees. Good Practice AUSTRIA Good Practice BULGARIA 1 Good Practice BULGARIA 2 Bonne Pratique ESPAGNE Bonne Pratique FRANCE Good Practice HUNGARY 1 Good Practice HUNGARY 2 Good Practice ITALY Rosà Venezia Good Practice ITALY Napoli […]

E-booklet of good practices of Franco-German cooperation in the form of citizen e-journalism “Les jeunes webtrotters transfrontaliers”

The Franco-German project “Les Jeunes Webtrotters transfrontaliers” is a project carried out in 2017/2018 by the AMSED, the Kehl Professional School and other Franco-German partners. It aimed at reaching young people between the ages of 16 and 30, interested in the media through various workshops and outings that were organized in mixed groups made up […]

Vera, the heart of entrepreneur

A student in Master 1, Vera is interested in her memory for young foreigners who are involved in development projects and international volunteering. In an abyss, let us observe the observer and we are interested in this young woman of 26 years of Ghanaian origin, herself fully engaged in local and international life. Vera studied […]

Elena, a scientist changing lanes

Elena, originally from Kosovo, freshly aged 25, being younger she was predestined for a scientific career, especially after 5 years in biology in the Jura. Arrived in Strasbourg, BAFA in her pocket, she will first practice a few months in Germany, back in France she will work 3 years as a facilitator in elementary school […]

Maeva, the ambitious

The heroine of this success story comes from a charming little village near Sélestat, in Alsace. At the height of her 22 years, she is about to return with us on the elements that have made her the person she is today, and how she sees her future in this moment. Maeva, or “Mae” for […]

Anthony, the walkman of the forest

Anthony’s biography Anthony is French, he is in CAP Cuisine, and has participated in projects as a volunteer in Tunisia. At just 18 years old, young but full of ambitions, it is a friend who trained him in this project for his first EVS. Anthony the Strasbourgeois has experienced upheaval in his life, but has […]

Digital storytelling: Paola, the one who dared to go the distance! 

Paola is already part of volunteering and wants to continue on its launch! Paola is a 23 year old girl from Lyon, after her bachelor’s degree she decides to pursue social studies in Strasbourg. Went to India in 2015, on a humanitarian mission with the association tomorrow foundation where she worked for 3 weeks, with […]

MIGREMPOWER NEWSLETTER

Read all about the recent activities of AMSED and our partner for the project MIGREMPOWER in our 3rd newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/5768c2a6bbee/migrempower Feel free to read and share as many times as you’d like

Educational toolkit in the form of a socio-educational and professional step-by-step program for inclusion of migrants and refugees

AMSED, in partnership with 13 NGOs from Europe and Maghreb, organized the seminar “Acting together for the social and professional inclusion of migrants and refugees” on exchanging and sharing of good practices from 13th to 21st of July 2018, in Strasbourg, France. The seminar brought together 48 young people, community leaders, social workers, teachers and […]

Testimony : My EVS in Strasbourg

I would like to begin by explaining the purpose of this report in its form and content. At the end of my European Voluntary Service, my host association asks me to write a final report on my experience. I took this opportunity to make a personal assessment of my one-month stay in Strasbourg and put […]

The innovative tool case

We collectively capitalized the learning outcomes, put the activities into perspective by involving young people, members and network partners and structure the tangible and intangible results of the network resulting from the 3 years of cooperation, during the seminar in Greece followed by the first meeting. capitalization through reflection (public, objectives, methods, themes, manuals) with […]

Methodological Reference of E-Communication tools for Youth work

These technical pages were created by AMSED Network as part of a 3-year project between 2015-2017. They represent the most useful E-communication tools in youth work of other member associations of the network. BLOG Citizen-journalism COURSERA Dropbox Google-alerts Google-drive GoogleMyBusiness MOODLE NEWSLETTER PODCAST PowerPoint PREZI QUIZLET SLIDESHARE STORIFY TUMBLR Tutoriel Bibliothèque vivante WEBINAR  

How to apply online

Today’s tutorial will deal with the procedures to follow in order to apply speculatively online to an offer you are interested in. A large quantity of websites exist, offering you hob offers, therefore we are going to center on 3 big job platforms. Pôle Emploi Monster Indeed It relates to job boards, websites displaying regularly […]

How to search a job on the internet

I. Introduction to internet searches The development of internet and its banalization within households have fundamentaly changed the job search methods Before the creation of internet, people needed to move physically, to carefully review newspapers, and directly propose their application to potential employers. Simply put, a procedure where you they had to look for the […]

Writing of a cover letter workshop

I. Brainstorming on the content of the cover letter a) The thinking With the participants i twill matter to find information about them and sencibilise them about the importance to talk only about the experiences related to the job. We will also talk about mistakes not to do. Contact information (phone number, adress, email adress, […]

Mailbox creation workshop

I. What is a mailbox ? The mailbox is a messaging service offered by the internet. It allows you to create a virtual space that belongs to you and to receive messages. The email address has a very important place nowadays, especially for the job search. There are several names designating mailbox, such as : Online […]

Osama, the convinced

Ossama is an Italian-Moroccan, he studies in Strasbourg and has participated in projects as a volunteer in Tunisia, Germany, or in Italy. And this 21 year old does not intend to stop on such a good road. Ossama, originally from Morocco, came to live in Strasbourg in 2013. In 4 years, this student in L3 […]

E-booklet of good practices: youth participation in public life

This e-booklet was created following the Euro-Maghreb Forum on Citizenship and Participative Democracy, organized from 14 to 18 October 2016 in Kairouan, Tunisia, in partnership with the Mediation Memory of the Medina (Kairouan) and Youth and Development ( Remada). During this Forum, sessions of sharing good practices in the field of participatory democracy in France […]

Alexander, the European heart

Alexander, 25, is a German. He has Slovak roots, a strong love for Sweden, lived in Spain and is currently doing an internship in France, in Strasbourg.   For this first “narrative of life”, we were looking for a young European who would have had a university exchange, an internship abroad or would have gone […]

Open Space of Good Practices : explanations and example

The Open Space of good practices is an activity that enables knowledge sharing and that makes the participants of a project active in their learning process. AMSED set up this activity during the seminar “Let’s change our behaviour, not the climate!” that the association organised in Strasbourg from the 12th to the 21st of September […]