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we aspire to be a national program providing employment and training opportunities for young people through a service year model.
All of our service year programming will address pressing community needs related to sustainable development. We are currently developing our pilot programs for 2021-2024 to test this proven service-year model from abroad and apply it in the Greek context.
Rethinking Greece’s core industry through civic service For young people living in Greece, including my 21 year old self, the scarcity of work opportunities leads many either to unemployment, or slightly less worse, to underemployment or having to leave the country
As Ecogenia’s first Program Development Manager, I’m excited about the possibilities the program can bring to my hometown, Chania, and Greece as a whole. As I embark on this journey, I can’t help but reflect on how I got here. Growing
Co-authored by Erika Spagakou and Lia Papazoglou, Co-founders of Ecogenia Proximity and distance have taken on new meanings during the course of the pandemic; and in our case, this has facilitated connections that in normal times would have been unlikely. While
Ecogenia is the first NGO in Greece that promotes sustainability through civic engagement, training and employment opportunities for young people. Through a service year model, Ecogenia connects Greek youth with organisations dedicated to creating sustainable solutions to environmental and societal challenges.