The EVS project “Second Wave” started in May 2016 and lasted more than 1 year in Birzai town, Lithuania. Project involved 9 partners, 5 sending organizations from Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Armenia and Russia which had sent volunteers into three hosting organizations and 1 coordinating organization. Objectives of the project included improvement and expansion of activities locally for children and families and local youth - volunteers, creation of spaces for development of volunteers’ skills and competencies to increase their employability, exchange knowledge and skills in children and family free time facilitation, introduction of local youth with possibilities to gain valuable experience in voluntary activities, which remarkably increased their employability, contribution in youth empowerment to became competitive in labour market, promotion of volunteering locally in Birzai area and internationally using social networks of partners involved.The main targeted beneficiaries were children, families and local youth tending to get more involved locally. Hosting organizations were Birzai museum, regional park and kindergarten and all of them were highly value holistic attitude to person's development, so there were big flexibility for volunteers to choose fields of self development upon their interests. During the project six volunteers were developing new educational programs for children and families and these programs were tried out within the project frame, afterwards improved and adjusted were easily used in similar organizations. In addition, volunteers had activities involving local youth which helped to reveal the link between volunteering and employability. All the activities were based on non formal education principles and were directed to increase employability of volunteers and variety of motivating and practically useful activities for children, families and youth in remote area of Lithuania.

"EVS project “4G” was implemented in Biržai, Lithuania, from June 2017 till October 2018. In the project was involved 4 volunteers from Georgia, Spain and Portugal. Volunteers had spend 12 months in three hosting organizations. Kindergarten “Drugelis” offered activities with preschool age children, parents and staff in healthy lifestyle skill's development, promotion of active motion and sports, development of art skills and promotion of environmental protection skills. In the museum ""Sela"" one volunteer had worked more with archeologic heritage. Activities which were included assistance during archeological excavations, washing and cleaning of exhibits, digital record of exhibits (arrangement of lists according objects, dates of finding and materials – glass, ceramics, metal etc.), transpose to special storages. The other volunteer helped with organizing various events and educational activities for children and adults (old crafts, traditions, history, military etc.) and in assistance with excursions in the museum and outside for small groups and families. Main activities in Biržai Regional Park were: visitors‘ monitoring, nature monitoring, assistance in organizing various events in park territory and implementation of international projects. Project aims were: - to involve volunteers with fewer opportunities and provide them with required support; - to improve Hosting organizations competences to receive and work with EVS volunteers; - to involve districts, which do not implement Erasmus+ Youth projects, for a long time (Pasvalys); - to promote possibilities of Erasmus+ Youth in Biržai and other regions; - to develop intercultural awareness, by reducing fear of foreigners, migrants, refugees and accept them in more tolerant ways. Project activities were based on non-formal education methods, which has helped volunteers to develop their key competences as described in Youthpass. Project helped to the participants to enter labor market or continue their sudies in universities. In long-term perspective we expect that inactive organizations of neighbor districts had gained enough competencies to start up Erasmus+ Youth projects and increased tolerance to migrants in general in Biržai local community."