The goal of the program is to facilitate youth civic participation, interaction and capacity building of diverse stakeholders leading to an increased number of empowered rural youth in Moldova. Specifically, the program will facilitate Moldovan youth individuals, initiative groups and NGOs to act as agents of positive social change within…
Already a good tradition, annually in November, the Institute for Rural Initiatives (iRi) organizes the event of the year, the Congress of Young Rural Activists. This year it was already its 4th edition, and it took place on November 10, 2023, under the slogan “Young people inspiring young people”. The…
On October 6, 2023, the Institute for Rural Initiatives (iRi) organized a training focused on capacity building of young people (initiative group leaders, young professionals, local counsellors, youth NGOs) in storytelling (how to present/tell a story in the community). The activity took place in Chisinau and brought together 45 people…
On September 26, 2022, the Institute for Rural Initiatives (iRi) successfully finalized the conduction of the course consisting of 5 online trainings for 10 communities interested in learning from the YEP project experience and in particular becoming familiar with YouthACT – iRi’s rural youth empowerment model. More than 60 people…
From 1 to 6 August, the Institute for Rural Initiatives (iRi) held the long awaited event of the year – the Rural Youth Hackathon. This activity was broadly organised according to the concept of the classic hackathon: training, exchange of ideas, motivation, teamwork on a project, mentoring, presentation of the…