Green volunteering

Flemish-funded youth organisations

The Flemish Government supports projects and initiatives in all kinds of areas which will make sure that sustainable choices are deliberate choices. Specifically, this process involves pilot projects regarding Education for Sustainable Development (MOS-project) of the Flemish Department of Environment and projects as part of Ecocampus. These projects are funded by the Flemish Government. 

Furthermore, the Flemish Government supports organisations, who increase young people’s competences on sustainability, through the Flemish Parliament Act of 20 January 2012. These Flemish-funded youth organisations encourage their participants to do green volunteering and organise activities on this topic. For example Globelink and JNM. 

Globelink has projects for youth organisations. Globelink also co-organises an annual eco-contest for playground initiatives, which receives financial support from the Flemish Government. 

JNM, the Youth Association for Nature and the Environment, is a youth movement for all children and young people aged 7 to 26. JNM is going into nature together, romping around in the woods, going on a summer camp to the Ardennes, the sea, the Kempen… or maybe even somewhere abroad. JNM is managing and protecting nature together, actively rolling up your sleeves. And JNM has also been heard together with the voice of young people, on the street, online and in the press.

Green production and consumption

In the period 2015-2019, the Flemish Government wanted to help make sustainable and ecological products as attractive and accessible as their non-sustainable counterparts. 

The Flemish Government wants to reduce environmental impacts by giving financial injections and raising awareness of this theme. Making the choice for sustainability is rewarded. When doing so, the Flemish Government keeps in mind that they have an exemplary role to fulfil. They pay specific attention to sustainability in their own projects and communication.