East-West Cooperation

  • Zielona Góra 1964 ? (Poland)

    Help us to identify this photos in SCI Archives. If you live in Poland in or close to Zielona Góra (Grünsberg), then you should continue to read. 

  • The East-West commitment of SCI since 1946

    Milestones of SCI projects in the East-West context1946Sítina, Olesovice, Steknice (CSR)1947Lucimia / AFSC (Poland)1947Omladinska pruga Samac-Sarajevo (Yugoslavia)1955Warzawa (Poland)1958Kupino (USSR)1966Halle-West (GDR)1966Tata (Hungary)

  • Some words about the starting up of SCI in Hungary and Poland

    After the break-up of the socialist system at the end of the 1980s, our previous partners in Hungary had simply disappeared, and so SCI was left with hardly any opportunities of cooperation.

  • New archives section Belarus

    A new archives section for SCI activities in Belarus has been installed. Recently files were acquired, which give insight in the birth of an new SCI group in a post soviet republic.

  • Archives East-West Coordination

    The Archives LTV Tatyana of last winter returned for one month to Switzerland, in order to continue to file archives.

  • East-West-Archives Online

    Recently the on-line Archives Collection of SCI Archives was enlarged with 750 Documents (PDF-files)on the East-West exchange.

  • 50 years ago in Warsaw

    50 years ago started the frist SCI workcamp in Warsaw in cooperation with World Federation of Democratic Youth*. In SCI publication this workcamp is often considered as “the beginning” of the East West exchange in our organisation.

  • The beginning of SCI Romania 1991-1994

    In 1991, the first SCI workcamp in Romania took place. In 1994, there were already twelve workcamps and a group of enthusiastic and motivated Romanian volunteers applied to get the group status within our movement. How was this impressive growth of SCI activities possible just after the end of the communist reign where voluntary work…

  • Origin of SCI’s East-West Activities with organisations in European Socialist Countries

    Short historical review by Ralph Hegnauer, international secretary of SCI, about the E/W exchange during the socialist periods.