BEESE 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 Long-Term in Madrid
Our Spanish partners, Work for Social and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, started in October 2019 their second pro bono program pilot. In this occasion the NPO beneficiary of the consultancy is Da la Nota, an organisation that promotes the teaching of classical music to children at risk of social exclusion. The pro bono program…
Read MoreExchange of good practice during our meeting in Budapest
The third meeting of the BEESE Pro Bono project took place on September 19-20, 2019 at the Óbuda University Faculty of Business and Management (ÓE KGK). The Erasmus + Strategic Partnership for Higher Education project aims to develop good practices and methodologies for student pro bono programs that enable universities to strengthen their students’ social…
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 MoreGlobal Pro Bono Summit 2019
During the first week of May our pro bono intermediaries partners attended the Global Pro Bono Summit in New York City. This event is the gathering of all the worldwide members of the Global Pro Bono Network, the association where Pro Bono Lab, ÖKA, Time Heroes and Work for Social met. The aim of this…
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…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono in Porto
On 24th April our partners from Porto University organised their first pro bono programme pilot with their students. The type of Campus Pro Bono programme was the Pro Bono Marathon: one day event of 8 hours where students, together with corporate volunteers and professors, worked on a NGO challenge. For this day, the NGO selected…
Read MoreCampus Pro Bono Program in Bulgaria
On April 20, our partners TimeHeroes and UNWE, organized the first Campus Pro Bono Programme – Sprint (short-term) pro bono pilot in Sofia, Bulgaria. The pilot was focused on improving online marketing and communications of three non-profit organization. Within 5 hours, 9 students and 3 mentors worked together divided into three groups, to help three…
Read MoreI LATAM Pro Bono Summit
From the 27th to the 29th our partners from Work for Social could attend the first edition of the LATAM Pro Bono Summit in Mexico City, the regional encounter of the Global Pro Bono Network, where 4 of our partners met. This Summit was hosted by Pro Bono Venture and Impact Hub Mexico City and…
Read MoreCorporate Volunteering through pro bono at universities
Last week our partners of Work for Social (Spain) presented our project at Punto de Voluntariado, organised by Voluntare (a platform that promotes corporate volunteering at Spain and LATAM). More than 80 enterprises could learn how our pro bono programs for students can also bring value to their organisations. Therefore, by participating in these programs,…
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