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Open digital badges: what are they?
Open digital badges are a standard for recognizing and verifying learning and achievements. They are digital micro credentials that can represent identity, interests, competencies and achievements through the web. They use online spaces to encourage users to continue...
Presentation of Athena Marks
Hello! I'm Athena Marks. I am from New Orleans, United States and volunteer in Nexes while studying in Barcelona. I study visual communication and I have always had the dream of using my passion for the visual arts for a greater cause: helping social transformation....
Presentation of Lou Amarilla
Hello! I am Lou Amarilla, from São Paulo (Brazil), and in mid-January I started my volunteering with the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) project in Nexes Interculturals. A little more about me, in recent years I have been involved in social projects with a focus on...
Arrival of the participants of the ALMA program from the Czech Republic
In January, we hosted a group of 10 young people from the Czech Republic who will stay in the city of Barcelona for the next 3 months. They are participants in the ALMA programme, funded by the European Social Fund. This programme aims to provide greater opportunities...
The massification of tourism and the need for social and solidarity tourism
This week we have seen how the media published the news “Spain registers a record 85 million foreign tourists in 2023” (El País, 02 FEB 2024, https://www.direccion.de/recuperacion-para-el-lector/ ) a headline that may seem positive but behind it hides the large number...
Library of Knowledge
The Library of Knowledge is carried out within the framework of the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Global Justice Program has come to an end this past December 16th. We can qualify this event as a success, since more than 60 people came to participate in the Centre and Teatre de...
One year of the YITEG project: what we have done and where we are going with “Transformative Economies”?
For a year now, in Nexes together with the consortium of European partners, we have been carrying out the YITEG project (Youth Impacting Transformative Economies through game Design), funded by the Erasmus + program. Throughout this first year, we have been able to:...
On January 19th, 2024 Nexes will be closed for evaluation
As every year: this is a day we stop in order to evaluate the projects and evaluate ourselves. We want to know if the good sensation we have in 2023 is real. That is why on January 19th, the workers (members and non-members) and the Nexes volunteer, will put on the...
Internships abroad: all groups of TLN Mobilicat have returned
During 2023, from Nexes Interculturals, we have sent 18 young residents in Catalonia to do an internship abroad within the framework of the TLN Mobilicat project. The destinations have been Portugal (Lisbon), Ireland and Italy (Florence). For 3 months, young people...
Have you heard of the platform Barcelona Cities of Learning?
Cities of Learning is a platform that allows different entities to publish their educational activities and certify the learning of the participants by issuing digital badges. This platform has been active in more than 900 cities around the world. Barcelona City of...
Game On – project resources
TheGame On Project will end in January 2024 after 3 years of developing it with love and care. Thanks to an Erasmus+ grant, with this project we have been able to promote inclusion and critical thinking by designing board games. Nexes, alongside five other entities...
Good end of the year and to good luck starting the 2024 year!
We hope that, despite everything that happens around you (near or far), this year has been good enough and with interesting learning opportunities! At Nexes we are happy to have participated in all the projects both for what we have learned and for what we have...