"Student Eco Voluntary Hall" has started. The project is financed by "National Youth Programme 2011-2015", Subprogramme 3: "Youth volunteering and participating in voluntary initiatives". Organization for Scientific and Practical Development of the Students (ONPRS) is implementing the activities of the project. The duration of the project is 7 months and it should be finished by 1st April 2014.

The main aims of the project are to promote values of voluntary and to improve practices in managing voluntary activities in Studentski grad, Sofia. These goals are about to be implemented through creating of a student eco voluntary hall, which will be used for student practices, trainings and workshops.

The realized multifunctional eco voluntary hall will be suitable for multiple actions such as:

• Outdoor lessons – the "Hall" will be easily to reserve. This will be provided by an online application - filled and consistent with the schedule.
• Organizing and realizing voluntary initiatives – the "Hall" will create conditions for implementing voluntary actions – presentations, campaigns and etc.
• Voluntary meeting point – every initiative of a bigger scale in the area could be planned and logistically supported by the "Hall", where a great number of participants will be able to plan and work.
• Organizing and realizing of informal education – the area will provide perfect conditions for organizing and realizing of role and situation games, multicultural sessions and civil education sessions.
• Recruiting of volunteers, evaluation and monitoring of initiatives – the Internet site and the planned tools on it for organizing of voluntary labor will provide an instrument for organizing and controlling different voluntary initiatives.

Every material used for building of the "Hall" is going to be ecologically, environmentally friendly and promoting nature protection and active measures. Recycle bins, solar lamps and solar systems for charging laptops, multimedia projectors and etc. will be installed.

Youth voluntary participating is a top priority of ONPRS. That is why the present project and the pro bono efforts of all young people, who would take part in the initiative, a miserable an unpleasant area will be cultivated, namely the adjacent space behind 24 Block in Studentski grad.

Key partners of the project are: Municipality of Sofia – Studentski grad, Students Council of UNWE, WWF – Bulgaria, University of Forestry – Sofia and Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association.