Campus Pro Bono
Pro bono Long-term in Madrid: Closing session of Da La Nota Business Plan
The second pro bono pilot program in Spain was organised by our partner Work for Social. One of the challenges of the Pro Bono Long-Term program was the preparation of Da La Nota Business Plan, a project that started in October 2019. The team of volunteers started working in October 2019. The last workshop was…
Read MoreInterview to Éva Gugán, mentor of Campus Pro Bono Hungary
András F. Tóth, director of our partner ÖKA (Hungary), conducted this interview to Éva Gugán, employee of Accenture and mentor in one of their previous Campus Pro Bono Pilot Program. András F. Tóth (AFT): Could you introduce yourself and tell us who you are and what is the field you are working on? Éva Gugán…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono Mid-term pilot in France
A few weeks ago, the second French pilot took place on a full day. Three students surrounded by six mentors (employees and jobseekers) came together to help the NGO Démocratie Ouverte. Démocratie Ouverte (Open Democracy in english) put forward various proposals for more democracy : They have a project incubator that puts citizens back at the…
Read MoreFourth transnational meeting of the BEESE Pro Bono Project in Paris
On February 27- 28, 2020, the fourth transnational meeting within the framework of Erasmus+ BEESE project, was held at Pro Bono Lab in Paris. We were very excited because we were about halfway through the project and we could share the progress made by the consortium members in each country. The first day of the…
Read MoreWhy it is important to do pro bono while studying?
Civic education – as it is taught today – informs but does not allow young people to experience citizenship in a concrete way. However, it is important that while young people acquire professional skills, they can put them into practice and become aware of the ability that their skills have to positively impact their surrounding…
Read MoreWe received the second category in The Good Lobby Awards 2019
The Good Lobby hosted its annual The Good Lobby Awards in Brussels on December 13, 2019. The awards celebrated citizens from different walks of life and organizations that have been successfully advocating for social change. The awarded categories were: Citizen Lobbyist, Pro Bono Lawyer, NGO, Academic, Pro Bono Professional, Philanthropist, Political Representative, Media and Collaboration…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono Mid-Term Pilot in Bulgaria
On November 29, TimeHeroes and UNWE organized the second Campus Pro Bono Programme – mid-term pro bono pilot in Sofia, Bulgaria. The pilot was focused on helping the National Polytechnic Museum in Sofia, covering three cases in different fields of their work. Within 8 hours, 13 students and 3 mentors worked together divided into three…
Read MoreBEESE Short Term pro bono pilot in Hungary
A group of marketing-communication BA students from Óbuda University were gathering in front of the HQ of General Electric (GE) Hungary at early afternoon on the 6th of November 2019. They were the participants of the BEESE short term pro bono program that was helping two pre-selected organisation by Volunteering Hungary (ÖKA) the coordinating partner of…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono in Spain
On June 5th, during World Environment Day, our partners Work for Social and Autonoma University of Madrid held their first Campus Pro Bono pilot in Spain. It was an 8 hour Pro Bono Marathon (medium-term programme) where students came together to provide pro bono marketing for e-commerce strategy consultancy for «Roots and Sisters», a social…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono in France
In France, two short-terme pro bono programmes (Pro Bono Sprint) have been done the 27th April with the NGOs Plastic Odyssey and EIAPIC. Plastic Odyssey, who is going around the world on a boat powered solely by plastic waste, needed a pro bono consultancy to recruit volunteers and create their path (animation and loyalty). The…
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