Grégory van de Put

Grégory VAN DE PUT is a Belgian with a lovely French accent once he speaks English.
He is almost 45 years old; which means he has been involved in European volunteering for more than half of his life now. In his early twenties, he used to be a volunteer in international workcamps. Making one-step further, he did a European Voluntary Service in 2004-2005, which he describes as a key experience for his personal and professional growth.

Since 2007, Grégory works at CBB, a recognized youth organization developing a wide range of non-formal education activities and volunteering projects, with the purpose of encouraging citizen’s involvement, social justice and sustainable ways of life in our society. In line with this mission, CBB plays an important role in the deployment of the European Solidarity Corps, supporting several local organizations and hosting dozens of volunteers in south Belgium, preparing Belgian young people to volunteer abroad, enhancing a coordinated capacity-building with its partners from the ALLIANCE of European voluntary service organisations.
Even if he could easily appear as the “dinosaur in the field”, Grégory enjoys every day his luck to evolve in such a youth environment and having such a value based-job.

For a few years now, he is also keen to share his experience and knowledge with students in social work from the university college “Haute-Ecole Louvain-en-Hainaut”, intervening as professor in a lecture on social and cultural organisations, aka “the solidarity sector”.