Concordia is a French national non-governmental and non-profit making organisation, founded in 1950 by English, German and French youngsters. Their aim was to enhance the values of tolerance and peace after the 2^nd world war by organising international workcamps of young volunteers.

 The main objectives of Concordia are the following:

Education i-e helping young people to grow up by acquisition of collective life.

Culture i-e favouring the youth exchanges on an international level, always emphasizing the values of peace, friendship and mutual respect.

Social i-e taking part in concrete actions of solidarity, as well as supporting a civic attitude

Social economy i-e contributing to realisation of local development, in favour of the environment, patrimony, tourism and socio-educational animation.   

Workcamps are a perfect tool to reach these goals:

Participating in a workcamp means working voluntarily during three weeks at a project of a common utility, such as environment, archaeology, culture, patrimony. It is a form of informal education, but also an opportunity to discover a new region and its inhabitants. The participants get to know the real life of a small community, as well as the culture and customs of other volunteers, who come from all around the world. Every year Concordia gives the opportunity to more than 1000 French youths to get involved in its partner projects abroad and hosts around 1200 foreign volunteers on its own workcamps in France.

Visit official website: http://www.concordia-association.org