Community library in Finland
Ulla Pötsönen is an alumnus of Via’s international program, ViabilityNet 3.0. Although Ulla is originally from Finland, she has been living in the Czech Republic for some time. Back in Finland, she played a key role in making her local library in Joensuu more community oriented. We asked her how she did it.
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Bread and Streets in Sofia
ViabilityNet 3.0 is a program that supports local community leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and their ideas. Participants take part in four meetings and four study visits over a one-year period. The program visited Bulgaria for the first time in the six-year history of the program. We were welcomed by ViabilityNet alumni. We took a look at several initiatives and even…
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Khrystanivka rocks!
Oksana Oliinyk is Alumni of the international program ViabilityNet 3.0. Few years ago she moved with her family from Kiev to small village Khrystanivka and wanted to live actively here as well. Here is inspirational interview with her.
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Long live Living and Active Communities
The CEE partner organization network is a new regional grouping of seven civil society support organizations from six CEE countries. The main objective of the CEE partner organization network is to strengthen and develop local communities in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Member organizations agreed that it is very valuable for them to exchange their…
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From reaction to action, from organizing activities to organizing people, and about how trees can support community building
The last cycle of the ViabilityNet 3.0 program ended in June of 2017. Via Foundation supported 14 participants in making changes in their local communities. Here’s an update about what four of them achieved. Tereza connected various initiatives around the Dvorek space, Zuzana and a group of other people who actively work with young people…
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How can we respond to the new divisions emerging in society? How can we address conflicts between neighbors in our communities?
A total of 18 people from seven non-profit organizations in Central and Eastern Europe came together in late September for a four-day inspirational meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was part of our international program ViabilityNet 3.0 and gave the participants a chance to share experience from their community work in their respective countries. At the core…
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Communities and spaces in Bratislava
What glues people together in the capital of Slovakia? Who are the people with visions of creating spaces to improve the lives of Bratislava’s citizens? With the 14 participants of the ViabilityNet 3.0 program, we visited three amazing initiatives in the city.