Author Archives: Felix Weth

One big reason why I was so eager to attend the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Brasilia (see last post), was to see how young people can collectively address corruption at global level. My afterthoughts on this are mixed. On … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I wrote last time. Partly this was due to the new project I jumped into (more on this soon in another post). Partly to the rather empty state of mind I am in here in … Continue reading →

Last Thursday I participated in an International Conference on Youth Volunteering in Moscow, Russia. There were only a few international participants and I was happy to be one of them. With most of the participants coming from different provinces of … Continue reading →

“World Summit” sounds quite spectacular and formal, and so it was a nice surprise that we had difficulties to find the venue on the beautiful campus of Barranquilla’s Universidad del Norte. It was a long way to get there from … Continue reading →

At the moment I’m having the great luck of being in Colombia, where Joseph and I presented our let’s fight corruption mantra at the “World Summit on Youth Volunteering”. The summit was sufficiently insightful to justify the 3 days flight … Continue reading →

Last week I participated in a training course on media manipulation at the shores of lake Ohrid in beautiful Macedonia. It was an interesting inter-cultural experiment with young members of volunteer organisations from Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Germany. … Continue reading →

A little travel story in between: In mid July I came to Sipi Falls in hope for another couple of quite days to think and write in a beautiful place. Surely I found a beautiful place, but the thought of … Continue reading →

Can’t hold it back anymore: On Sunday we held the constitutional assembly for ESF International (International Framework for Studies Without Borders). The registration process in Paris is still under way, but we voted on a statute and elected an “international … Continue reading →

The short trip to South Sudan was not without regretful situations. That is not to say that I’m not very happy that I had the chance to attend the birth of a country. I even could meet some student leaders … Continue reading →