STEP to Change is a project which aims at starting an empowerment process for International Voluntary Service (IVS) organisations, bringing competences on organisational management, impact measurement and improvement, and by allowing to make a first global diagnosis of the existing needs and capacities of IVS members and regions worldwide.The proposal follows the mission of the CCIVS which is, among other functions, to empower its members and IVS orgs so that they will have better capacity to reach their goals and achieve their vision as ngo's and as a movement. The General Assembly of the CCIVS 2014 in Korea approved a plan for the CCIVS to implement an Empowerment & Monitoring system which should allow to assess the needs of IVS ngo's, provide them with support, trainings and synergies, which may turn weaknesses into strengths and opportunities.This project aims at being the start for the implementation of such a system within the CCIVS. It will also allow to complete a global Impact research on IVS.The general process, priorities and baselines will be arranged by a Steering Team (ST), which will be formed by representatives of 4 IVS networks and a team of 4 experts, in the seminar Setting the Path (France, March'17). There, experts will finetune and develop the tools, and implement a peer-training, to ensure a highlevel of quality for the next phases.The central events of this project will be the regional STEPs (Strategic Trainings for Empowerment Processes), which will happen one in each region(Africa, America, Asia, Europe), led by the team of experts. Each of these STEPs will consist on a first international training on organisational management and impact measurement, for partners in the region,which will allow also to complete a needs-assessment of the participating ngo's. The training will be followed by a field itinerary, which will lead experts to visit each of the countries of the participating ngo's, to lead training, impact measurement of IVS projects and field visits.Outcomes of the STEPs will be global/regional needs-assessment and impact measurement of ngo's in 20 countries, worldwide, and trained professionals.All these materials will be processed by the team of experts, with the help of the ST, to create a first global diagnosis of needs in the movement, and a global report of the impact of IVS.The final seminar Build the Common Path (Hungary, May'18), will have two main goals: first, to process, discuss and valorise the results of the global research-training; second, to build common strategies to set up the long term Monitoring and Empowerment programme of the CCIVS, including fundraising and sustainability strategies adapted to each region and donor.STEP to Change will leave empowered multipliers in 4 continents, trained professionals, a global report on Impact of IVS and a first global diagnosis of the IVS movement, basis for a common strategy for a long-term Empowerment & Monitoring programme for the movement.

The main aim of YouACT has been to develop a visibility strategy to promote the value of volunteering and stimulate youth participation worldwide. This requires a communication strategy that is goal-driven, on-going, cost effective, well-timed and with clear targets. YouACT's partners were be able to modernize and internationalize their public relations and external communication systems, and likewise enhance skillsets of youth workers (i.e. staff, mentors, volunteers...). The wider the promotion, the greater the recognition of youth voluntary work and non-formal learning, the higher the numbers of youth stimulated to active participation, and the larger the impact on youth policies and systems in EU and partner countries. Aims: I. Visibility: Create global visibility by promoting volunteering in 21 countries on 4 continents and reaching large numbers of youth, incl. young people with fewer opportunities, to inspire them to active citizenship, and to forge new partnerships for youth and voluntary work.II. Building Capacity: Develop a tailor-made visibility strategy and enhance the non-formal education and communication skillset of youth workers.Activities: 1. Visibility Kick Off, Berlin, Germany 2. Calling Youth to Action: Multipliers’ Training for a Global Visibility Drive, Accra, Ghana3. Calling Youth to Action in promotion campaigns in 20 countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, UK, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, India, Nepal and Vietnam4. Visibility Evaluation, Paris, FranceTangible Results: a) Global network of communication multipliers from 10 European, 4 Latin American, 4 African, and 3 Asian countries developed a visibility strategy and implemented it together with volunteers, youth, host projects...b) An international visibility training for 25 communication-multipliersc) Campaigns raising awareness of volunteering in 20 countries involving diverse stakeholders and reaching youth, NGOs and the wider publicd) A visibility strategy and visibility guide for ongoing, long-term, sustainable and result-oriented promotion and disseminatione) Strengthened existing partnerships, new collaborations with NGOs, local authorities/ministries, host projects, other youth/volunteering organisationsf) Active participation of increased number of youth in volunteering and civil society Impact on youth, volunteers, civil society, volunteering NGOs and local communities:a) Greater visibility, recognition and validation of volunteering and non-formal learning worldwideb) Long-term increase in global youth engagement in local communities in 20 countries c) Cultural exchange at local and international levels will fosters cultural diversity, equality and solidarity d) Strengthened partnerships and new collaborations and partnershipse) Fostering of youth entrepreneurship, employability, leadership building, creativity and responsibility through hands-on campaigning.

This project is developed based on the direction of the White Paper for International Voluntary Service (IVS) 2011-2021 regarding Capacity Building and Impact, and in the decision of the General Assembly 2014 to establish a Monitoring and Empowerment System for the CCIVS. Following the 2017-2018 project STEPS to Change (www.ccivs.org/steps), the present project STEPS to the Future brought Organisational Development (OD) training and impact measurement to 20 organisations in 4 regions, allowing the building of a global and regional diagnosis on the State of the Art of the International Voluntary Service movement. Through STEPS, CCIVS aimed at expanding and consolidating the empowerment process in four regions. With the support of Erasmus+, 22 partners (including 3 international and regional networks Service Civil International, Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisation and Network for Voluntary Development in Asia) from Asia, Africa, Europe and America came together to cooperate in this project, which not only strengthened their own capacity through a series of offline and online trainings and job-shadowing in peer organisation but also benefited from their experience and contribution to the refinement of tools on Organisational Development for IVS organisations. The main objectives were to:-increase the competencies of youth professionals / youth organisations;-improve the cooperation for strategic objectives among the IVS networks;-generate high-quality tools, methods and mechanisms that support such empowerment and monitoring within the network/movement.In order to reach the objectives, the project incorporated the following four phases:1.Launching the Process:-Steering Team Meeting & Experts Seminar in Estonia hosted by EstYes, January 2019.2.Setting the Capacities:-Training for Trainers on Organisational Development in Italy hosted by YAP Italy, May 2019.3.Implement Global Empowerment-On-Field Training Exchanges & Job-shadowing in Europe, May 2019;-Diagnosis & Training on Organisational Development in Africa hosted by VWAN Nigeria and in Asia hosted by VSA Thailand;-MOOC Production Laboratory in Hungary hosted by Egysek, October 2019;-Online Course on Organisational Development for IVS Organisations (STEPS MOOC) launched, January 2020;-Webinar Series, September – November 2020.4.Consolidate and Scale-Monitoring mechanism;-Support measure on organisational sustainability;-Dissemination and future strategies meetings.The project approach and methodologies are innovative and it was a significant step in terms of the evolution and sustainable development of both CCIVS and the International Voluntary Service movement. It was CCIVS’s first time to organise a Training for Trainers on Organisational Development and develop a MOOC on Organisational Development that could reach a much larger target group. The project also mainstreamed “interculturality” throughout its process and incorporated it in the organisational development and monitoring methodology. It’s important to highlight that the consortium reacted promptly and adequately to the COVID-19 pandemic which imposed travel restriction and lockdown policies and brought a great impact on the management and organisation of youth mobility and capacity building work of many organisations and networks in the International Voluntary Service. CCIVS and its partners have actively engaged themselves to make full use of the project tools and outcomes and look for means to diffuse these products that would be beneficial to more individuals and organisations who want to increase their capacities.The project chronicle magazine gives a more detailed overview and highlights of outcomes, & available on http://bit.ly/STEPS2-chronicle.