iriv team wishes you a very beautiful year 2026 !

The Single European Act (SEA) amended the Treaties establishing the European Communities and established political cooperation at European level. The entry into force of the SEA formalised the title 'European Parliament' (used by the Assembly since 1962). The AUT also strengthened the legislative powers of the European Parliament through the introduction of cooperation and assent procedures.

This New Year starts with the Chypriot presidency.

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, a member of the European Union and a founding member of NATO. If it has to choose, Greenland chooses to be Danish. Statement by the Greenlandic First Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (Tuesday, January 13, 2026).

Our Institute has adopted a Charter of secularism. For further information on our publications :  www.iriv-publications.net

iriv team wishes you a very beautiful year 2026 !

The Single European Act (SEA) amended the Treaties establishing the European Communities and established political cooperation at European level. The entry into force of the SEA formalised the title 'European Parliament' (used by the Assembly since 1962). The AUT also strengthened the legislative powers of the European Parliament through the introduction of cooperation and assent procedures.

This New Year starts with the Chypriot presidency.

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, a member of the European Union and a founding member of NATO. If it has to choose, Greenland chooses to be Danish. Statement by the Greenlandic First Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (Tuesday, January 13, 2026).

Our Institute has adopted a Charter of secularism. For further information on our publications :  www.iriv-publications.net

Since March 2022, the iriv is publishing a monthly newsletter "Solidarity Ukraine". The 47th  issue was published on January 1st, 2026 - Primus inter pares. All issues are gathered on a weblog -  https://solidarite-ukraine.blogspot.com/

Since 2022, iriv has published articles for the association Salam, its contribution has become a monthly one since January 2024. The article of January 2026 is entitled- Dura lex sed lex. The articles are gathered in a weblog - https://actions-migration.blogspot.com

Since July 2025, the iriv publishes a monthly article on associations and the non-profit sector. The  issue of January 2026 is devoted to Economie sociale et solidaire- Ad impossibilia nemo tenetur.. All the issues are gathered in a weblog- https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com/ 

Since September 2025, the iriv has published on a monthlhy basis an article on LinkedIn about skills ... The article of December 2025 is devoted to digital competences. All issues are gathered in a weblog- https://keycompetences-lifelonglearning.blogspot.com/  

Digital skills have become one of the most important key skills in a world entering a 3.0 era with Artificial Intelligence,  and generative AI since 2022. The iriv publishes on a monthly basis  articles on diversity including this topic.

Since 2018, the iriv has published twice a year a Newsletter on Diversity ; its last issue was published the 17th of Novmber 2025 - "Diversity in AI- a challenge and an opportunity for Europe". All issues of the Newsletter are available on https://www.superdiversite.net

Since 2004, the iris has published an electronic review "Les rives de l'iriv" ; its last issue was published on the 5th of December 2025 -  "Chance". The last issue published on the 27th of May 2025 was dedicated to romantism. All issues of our electronic review are available on  www.benevolat.net.

The president of iriv published in December 2025 an article "Case study- from a disturbing to a telling learning experience" in the collective work "Understanding the Experiences of Adult Educators", edited by Caitlin Fahy, Maria N. Gravani, Stephen O'Brien and George K. Zafiris for Routledge editions, Taylor & Francis Group, published in December 2025.

iriv publishes all the publications of its projects ; for instance the newsletters which are available on https://www.club-iriv.net/infolettres . Since 2024, Olympic year, iriv’s publications are presented our "Media" section to give them more visibility.

The Institute for Research and Information on Volunteering (iriv) has been publishing since February 24, 2022 a monthly newsletter in solidarity with Ukraine, a cognitive approach to explain the geopolitical stakes of this war in Europe, a challenge for the European Union. The 47th  issue was published on January 1st, 2026 - Primus inter pares. All the issues are gathered in a weblog-  https://solidarite-ukraine.blogspot.com/

Since 2022, iriv has published articles for the association Salam, addressing all professionals supporting refugees and exilees. Its  contribution has become a monthly one since January 2024. The article of January 2026 is entitled- Dura lex sed lex. The articles are gathered in a weblog - https://actions-migration.blogspot.com/

Since July 2025, the iriv has published a monthly article on associations and the non-profit sector. The  issue of January 2026 is devoted to Economie sociale et solidaire- Ad impossibilia nemo tenetur.. All the issues are gathered in a weblog- https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com/ 

Since September 2025, the iriv has published every month an article on LinkedIn about skills.... The article of December 2025 is  devoted to digital competences. All issues are gathered in a weblog- https://keycompetences-lifelonglearning.blogspot.com/  

Digital skills have become one of the most important key skills in a world entering a 3.0 era with artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI since 2022. The iriv publishes every month an article on this theme, the December issue is entitled digital skills. The last issue was dedicated to the necessary combination between human and artificial intelligence . The president of iriv delivered a speech on digital skills for the committee associations of the OEc Paris Ile de France.

Since 2018, the iriv has published twice a year a Newsletter on Diversity ; its last issue was published on the 17th of November 2025 entitles "Diversity in IA- a challenge for the European Union". The previous issue was published the 15th of November 2024 dedicated to diversity & IA. All the newsletter are available on http://www.superdiversite.net.

Since 2004, the iris has published an electronic review "Les rives de l'iriv" ; its last issue was published on the 5th of December 2025 - "Chance". The last issue published on the 27th of May 2025 was dedicated to romantism. All issues of our electronic review are available on www.benevolat.net. Our electronic review is available on www.benevolat.net. Our electronic review sheds light twice a year on Lifelong Education & Training, based on a common theme. If you want to submit an article - please contact us. 

iriv published all the publications of its projects including newsletters or French weblogs that are available on https://www.club-iriv.net/ .  The president of the iriv has coordinated several ebooks in the past years tacking specific issues such as Managing Diversity through Creativity for the project Think Diverse (2023) ; or ebook) - Growth mindset  for the GRIT project (2021) or Volunteering to combat Early School Leaving for the  CLASS project (2021) or Accompanying professionals supporting migrants for the DiverPass project (2021).

The president of iriv published an article "Case study- from a disturbing to a telling learning experience" in the collective work "Understanding the Experiences of Adult Educators", edited by Caitlin Fahy, Maria N. Gravani, Stephen O'Brien and George K. Zafiris for Routledge editions, Taylor & Francis Group, published in December 2025.

The IRIV and its president have led or participated in conferences, European seminars or training courses. The president of iriv is a member of two scientific committees of the Swiss ECAP foundation (since 2015) and of the Order of Chartered Accountants (OEC) of Ile de France (since 2017).

For the OEC Ile de France, the president of iriv is participating in the work of its  Committee for Associations - the Day of the associations 2026 (8th of July 2026), a special publication "Digital issues for associations" and its jury for best thesis dedicated to not for profit sector. For more information - https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com/

For the Swiss Fondation ECAP, she is a member of the scientific committees on migration in Switzerland and Europe. In 2026, she participates to its two scientific committees th 8th of May and 13th of November 2026 in Zurich. For more information - https://www.club-iriv.net/

The iriv is associated to the 7th edition of the Festival of short films on diversity, organised by Faisceau convergent, the 20th and 21st of March 2026 (Centre Mathis, Paris). The president of iriv has been collaborating with this association since 2022 as they have participated to the EU project Think Diverse. For more information- https://www.club-iriv.net/  

For more information on the iriv’s interventions and advice: http://www.iriv.net/interventions

The IRIV and its president lead or participate in conferences, European seminars or training courses. The president of iriv is a member of two scientific committees - the Swiss ECAP foundation (since 2015) and the Association Committee of the Order of Chartered Accountants (OEC) in Ile de France (since 2017).

For the OEC IdF, the president of iriv is actively participating to the work of its Associations Committee in 2026- its 5th edition of the Day of the associations (on the 8th of July 2026), a special publication on "digital issues for associations", and a jury of students (best thesis dedicated to associations/ not for profit sector). Since 2017, the president of iriv has co-organized several editions of her World Associative Day, moderated round tables and workshops,  wrote several articles for Jurisassociations and was a member of the jury of memorials' graduate. The 2026 edition of the Journée du Monde Associatif (JMA 2026)  is held on the 8th of July 2026.. For preparing the special issue "Digital issues for associations", she participated in a webinar on Wednesday 17th of December 2025- https://youtu.be/KM1GknRfVDU . For more information - https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com 

For the ECAP, she is participating in its two scientific committees- the 8th of May and 13th of November 2026 in Zurich. She has been a member of the scientific committees on migration in Switzerland and Europe since 2015. In this context, she presented several projects related to migration initiated by iriv or for which it was a French partner. At the last scientific committee held on Friday, November 27, 2025, she presented an overview of migration policy in Europe - The European paradox on migration. For more information - https://www.club-iriv.net/types/action-migrant/1

The iriv is associated with the 7th edition of the Festival "Les couleurs du court" organized by the association Faisceau convergent the 20th and 21st of March 2026 at the Centre Mathis (Paris 19th district). The president of iriv has been working with Faisceau convergent since 2022, as their their team participated in the Think Diverse project (testing phasis & final conference). She was part of the jury of the 5th edition 2023 in interviewing several directors and actors of selected shorts. For more information- https://www.club-iriv.net/ .

For more information on the iriv’s interventions and advice: http://www.iriv.net/interventions

iriv has been a partner in many national and European projects tackling the issue of volunteering as an example of non formal and informal learning, and the role of not for profit sector since 1998.

The iriv president works in  2025 to work on these topics for the Association Committee of the Order of Chartered Accountants (OEC) - regular meetings; hosting webinars, workshops or round tables; publication of articles for Jurisassociations. All facets of her commitment are presented on - https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com/

An iriv project portal has been developed to present them on - https://www.iriv-vaeb.net/

In this context, iriv has developed actions on the ground to test the strategies and tools developed for its projects accessible on http://www.club-iriv.net .All publications related to its projects are published on the portal - https://www.iriv-publications.net/

iriv has been a partner in many national and European projects tackling the issue of volunteering as an example of non formal and informal learning, and the role of not for profit sector since 1998.

The president of the iriv works in 2025 on the topic of volunteering and its valorisation, and on the non-profit sector within the framework of the Association Committee of the Order of Accountants (OEC) - regular meetings; facilitation of webinars, workshops or round tables; publication of articles for Jurisassociations. All facets of her commitment are presented on - https://comite-associations-oec-idf.blogspot.com/

An iriv project portal has been developed to present them  - https://www.iriv-vaeb.net. For each project, the goal and objectives, milestones, achievements, European team (skills gathered) and publications related to the project are presented.

As part of the experimentation of its projects, iriv has developed actions on the ground to test the strategies and tools developed, and build partnerships (with colleges in particular in Essonne between 2013 and 2021) or associations. All information is available on http://www.club-iriv.net  .

Publications related to individual projects are the best way to disseminate results after the project completion. They are varied- articles for scientific journals, final reports, conference papers. They are gathered in the portal - https://www.iriv-publications.net/

iriv has been a leader/partner in many national and European projects on migration, migration skills and how to improve social and professional support of migrant audiences, and on the strategic role of migration since 2003.

The president of iriv works on migration for the association SALAM or the Swiss foundation ECAP. All facets of her engagement are presented on - https://actions-migration.blogspot.com/

An iriv project portal dedicated to migration has been developed to present them  - https://www.iriv-migrations.net/ 

Field actions to test developed strategies and tools are presented on https://www.club-iriv.net. Publications related to the different projects on migration are gathered in the portal - https://www.iriv-publications.net/. 

iriv has been a partner in many national and European projects on migration, migratory skills and how to improve social and professional support of a migrant audience, and on the strategic role of migration since 2003.

The president of iriv works on migration by a regular article for the association SALAM supporting exiles in Dunkerquois and Calaisis together with a regular participation in the scientific committee of the Swiss foundation ECAP created for Defending the rights of expats in Switzerland. All facets of her engagement are presented on - https://actions-migration.blogspot.com/

An iriv project portal dedicated to migration has been developed to present them - https://www.iriv-migrations.net/  For each project, the subject and objectives, milestones, achievements, European team (skills) and publications related to the project are presented.

As part of the experimentation of its projects, iriv has conducted actions on the ground to test the strategies and tools designed, and built numerous partnerships including a monthly club at the Cité des Métiers (2012-2022). All information is available at https://www.club-iriv.net

Publications related to projects on migration are the best way to disseminate results after project completion. They are various- articles for associations, final reports, communications at conferences. They are grouped in the portal - https://www.iriv-publications.net/

The iriv has worked on the topic of diversity since 2013 directly with three European projects-

The iriv has worked on the diversity issue since 2013 directly with three European projects- Di & Di (2013-2015); MigrAid (2016-2019) and Think Diverse (2021-2023), even if this theme was transversal to all its European projects since 1997 (cross-sectional priority) ; especially in the GRIT project (2018-2021) or the CLASS project (2019-2021).

iriv has designed a portal tackling all the facets of diversity-Superdiversity (2020-2021) regularly updated by a biannual newsletter on diversity.

The Solidarity Ukraine weblog designed is part of this approach - diversity, an indicator of democracy in Ukraine’s fight against Russia. The weblog Paris Olympics 2024 has also enriched the diversity approach as sport (in all its aspects) is a meaningful support to spread the word on diversity.

Since 2013, IRIV has been working on the theme of diversity directly with European projects such as - Di& Di (2013-2015) initiated by IRIV with Enda Europe in 5 countries (France, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Switzerland); MigrAid (2016-2019) initiated by the Cypriot Labour Institute (INEK-PEO) in 5 countries (Cyprus, Greece, Denmark, France and Italy) and Think Diverse (2021-2023) initiated by Eurosviluppo in three countries (Italy, France and Spain). This theme was transversal to all its European projects since 1997 (transversal priority) ; especially in the GRIT project (2018-2021) with a growth mindset perspective or the CLASS project (2019-2021) that has designed a training for students on disinformation.

In this context, iriv has designed a portal-Superdiversity (2020-2021) regularly updated by the publication of a biannual newsletter on diversity (all its facets). It offers a glossary of concepts related to diversity (and its part darkens discriminations), resources, examples of projects. These are the broad-based diversity of learning (non-formal and informal, intercultural competence...), main sources of discrimination (gender, ethnic or cultural origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation) in various contexts (school, business, public sector...).

The Solidarité Ukraine weblog designed in 2024 is part of this approach - diversity, an indicator of democracy in the fight of Ukraine against Russia. It proposes a cognitive approach (to move from emotions to reason). Each year proposes a new angle of attack- 2022 (emotions & psyschological profiles of the belligerents), 2023 (strategy of pottery dogs or psychological war), 2024 (international comparison with other conflicts), 2025 (preparing for peace). The weblog Paris Olympics 2024 has also enriched the diversity approach as sport (in all its aspects) is a meaningful support to spread the word on diversity as sport is a weapon of soft power and smart power.