Through education I learned the music business – through Interreg I met it
Olivia Ahltorp loves the nature and didn’t want to move to a big city to fulfill her dreams as a musician. How did she get it all to work out for her?
“Now I know for sure that environmental protection is my thing”
Angelika Ambrus from Hungary is about to finish her secondary school and has been actively pondering about where to continue her study path. Getting possibilities to participate in responsible actions with other youth has helped her in setting new dreams for her future.
“This job gave new meaning to my life”
Anita Hmelnicka is a pensioner from Zalenieki, Latvia. A traffic accident changed her life and finding work became a challenge for years. Finally she found her way to Zaļenieki Activity Center and things took a new course.
“As an artist, I turned my life into a work of art”
Arthur–Cristian Rusznák was a young, unemployed artist with a lot of talent and a lot of questions about how he could make a difference in the world. An art project with disadvantaged children in Banloc, Romania, opened his eyes to see a different future ahead of him.
“I couldn’t see my grandchildren in the water anymore and realised I need to get this seen to”
Janet Cairns, aged 62, from Portadown in Northern Ireland, was diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration in September 2021, a condition which can cause rapid deterioration in central vision. On a family holiday she realised she couldn’t see where her grandchildren were in the water and realised she needed to get help.
Closing the loop through cooperation
In the natural world everything is made of the same components: proteins, sugars, fats, and minerals. These nutrients are rearranged in multiple ways to create the variety and richness we see on Earth. So, nothing
Using tech to prevent natural catastrophes
Who would have thought the Balkans and the Indian Ocean have at least one thing in common? In those two regions, researchers are using technology and digital systems to help fight natural catastrophes induced by climate change.
Designing a circular future to green our economy
The circular economy is an approach to minimize the use of our resources. By 29 July 2021, humanity had already used up all natural resources that earth can regenerate in one year.
The road ahead for electromobility
In the Adriatic-Ionian region, urban and suburban areas are suffering from heavy traffic congestion and a very high percentage of CO2 emissions due to weak urban planning and transport systems. People living in these areas are subject to various negative impacts on their daily lives.
How European cross-border cooperation is fostering green transition in the Channel area
From flash floods in China and Europe to wildfires in Greece and Italy, and the drought in North America, summer 2021 provided worrying evidence of the disruptive consequences of global warming, with scientists warning that climate change is advancing faster than expected.
Cross-border cooperation when floods cross borders
In April 2006, a devastating spring flood occurred in the Danube River Basin. In Dolj County of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, a dam collapsed due to the rising waters of the Danube, causing widespread damage with hundreds of households destroyed.
Anna Kalaitsidi: “After my experience as an IVY I would like to focus on solidarity”
“Interreg Volunteer Youth” (IVY) is an action to offer the possibility to young people aged 18-30 to serve as volunteers in cross-border, transnational or interregional Interreg programmes and related projects. In this interview we get to know the experience of IVY Anna Kalaitsidi.
