SOCIAL AND CIVIL COMPETENCES During the everyday life, both at work and during free time, she has learned to interact and cooperate with people who have very different backgrounds from her own. She has been able to get along with kids of all characters and she has learned to be caring, strict, and funny depending on the requirements of the situation. She could create bonds with people, even though they did not share the same language In addition, her time as an EVS volunteer has made her more conscious of her role and possibilities as a member of the European community. She also expanded her knowledge about nature, ecology, recycling and sustainable development, as Germany is very serious about this matters, and she improved the ability to explain these concepts to others. Her time working and living in Germany have given her a valuable knowledge of this country and the people living here. By doing social work as a volunteer in the social sphere, she gained a wide range of practical understanding of German traditions, culture, society, and reality. She could understand that culture involves the way of life of the whole society and that in order to get to know a foreign culture, you need to become a part of it. By getting to know local people, participating in various activities, events, dealing with German food, music, traditions, etc. she discovered German culture and she integrated herself and she was involved with it completely At the same time, she felt more connected with her own culture and could transmit her enthusiasm about it to other people through her personal project, the Intercultural meeting