EVS in Portugal!!!

Activating Youth 5 is here to come… Join us!

We are very glad to share, we are applying for the 5th version of our EVS project “Activating Youth”, expecting the results around December. Please read the general information that sets the basis of the hosting project and you can also visit our Facebook Page to check out what we have been doing so far at: https://www.facebook.com/activatingyouthfaro

This call regards 7 EVS volunteers for 3 Organizations in Faro (Algarve – Portugal). All projects start in March 2015 and will last 12 months (unfortunately, we cannot change dates and/or duration).

4 Volunteers for ECOS – Cooperative of Education Cooperation and Development, CRL(Youth participation, mobility & youth initiates)

2 Volunteers for ADS – South Designers Association (Art, handicraft & graphic design)

1 Volunteers for FASL – António Silva Leal Foundation(Roma community, inclusion, youth activities

If you are still motivated to be part of this EVS project, you should express your interest until the 15thof September by email to: Sofia Martins EVS Project Coordinatorevs@ecos.pt Also, please include your CV, motivation letter, recent photo (in case you haven’t done this before) and express to each of the projects you are motivated to participate. Use the above email also if you have any kind of questions or queries. The Call and info about different projects follows attached but you can also download them from dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/azw4ngfzknvxh05/AAACVx8SqSKosqWjl-RfYY_va?dl=0

http://activatingyouthfaro.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/activating-youth-5-is-here-to-come-join-us/

EVS in Sweden!!!

“Adventure, Dreams & Hopes”

Name HO The Organization for Poverty Alleviation & Development (OPAD)

Name SO YouNet

Dates of activities 01-12-2014 / 01-12-2015

Title of the project Adventure, Dreams & Hopes

Number of volunteers and gender 1 Female

Contest and environment The EVS volunteers will be hosted in Botkyrka municipality, Botkyrka is part of Greater Stockholm and is one of Sweden’s most international municipalities with people from about eighty different countries speaking more than hundred languages. Botkyrka is famous municipality for its diversity dimension with 80% of immigrants That helps make Botkyrka Municipality a vibrant cultural and intercultural forge. Botkyrka municipality is very open to youths and it offers a lot in term of personal growth and cultural activities. The social context of Botkyrka municipality is particularly receptive to volunteering activities, hence they find a perfect incubator that creates the ideal conditions for the growth and the informal learning of the EVS volunteers involved in volunteering activities in this area. The volunteers will stay in multi ethnic and stimulating environment by taking advantage of operations and contacts in OPAD. This enables volunteers to approach this context and act as main characters, hence making the most of the unique opportunity of the EVS. This close contact with the local community and active participation in voluntary work, and other activities carry out by OPAD generally reinforce the growing opportunity for the volunteers. Furthermore this will have a positive effect in the process of learning the Swedish language which will be accelerated and facilitated by the close contact with the local community.

Accommodation description OPAD organization will provide the best possible living conditions for the volunteers with all necessary facilities. Furnitured apartment, full equipped kitchen, microwave, wireless internet. TV set, Home Cinema, DVD player. Vacuum Cleaner, Iron, Blankets and Pillows etc. Volunteers will be living in a Single room in an apartment shared with other volunteers in Botkyrka municipality, either at a close proximity to the projects sites.

Volunteer Profile • Ability to work in teams and also individually according to the task at hand,

• Interested in our activity areas: education, youth and art,

• Motivated to meet new people and cultures,

• Interested in sustainable projects,

• Open to learn and share knowledge,

• Basic knowledge of English is essential to have a more efficient volunteer work,

• The ones that have former voluntary Work experience and youngster with limited opportunity will be given priority.

Food allowance Volunteer will have a monthly allocation 100€ per month, to buy food and basic necessities, they will be given a choice to cook their own meals.

Local Transport The costs will be covered by the organization (90€ per month)

Pocket money 115€

Travel cost and travel direction (best airport, airline…) 100% up to 275 €

Emergency number Frank Kanu (+46–700412714) or Quinta Sone (+46 739604757)

Visa information

Country Currency Swedish krona to Euro 1.00 SEK = 0,108107 EUR

Activities/Agenda:

ACTIVITIES FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OPAD organize bigger events such as cultural festivals, entrepreneur fellowship. Conferences, trainings, Youth’s exchanges and seminars etc. The volunteer can be part of a group responsible for making the Programme, contact with media or Support reporting (Media, documentation) organizing housing and food, Organizing transport, organizing the cultural part of an event (such as getting artists there) or being the one giving a lecture or workshop, Support the planning, preparation and organization of international projects or Conferences, Co-operation with other volunteers and Support the implementation of international projects.

For more information about the hosting organisation:

http://europa.eu/youth/vp/vol_organisation/64000708737_en

In case you are interested in taking part on this EVS please send us your motivation letter and CV in English to evs@you-net.eu before 15th of October 2014. The hosting organisation will take care of the selection.

http://youthfacingcrisis.com/2014/09/11/evs-in-sweden/

Η Χρύσα μιλάει για την εμπειρία της στην Πολωνία!

Short Term EVS in Poland

Μόλις μια εβδομάδα μετά την επιστροφή μου από την Πολωνία, επαναπροσαρμόζομαι στην προ EVS καθημερινότητα και κάνω τον απολογισμό των δύο τελευταίων μηνών της ζωής μου.

Ας τα πάρουμε απ’την αρχή.

Πριν από περίπου 6 μήνες, τελείως τυχαία μέσω διαδικτύου, ενημερώθηκα για πρώτη φορά για το πρόγραμμα Youth in Action. Αμέσως άρχισα να ψάχνω περισσότερες πληροφορίες για Ευρωπαϊκά προγράμματα, trainings, youth exchanges, και θέσεις EVS. Τα social media ήταν η μηχανή αναζήτησής μου. Να σημειώσω ότι από πάντα είχα μια βαθιά επιθυμία να ζήσω κάποιο διάστημα στο εξωτερικό κι ένιωσα ότι αυτά τα προγράμματα ήταν η ευκαιρία μου.

Αρχές Γενάρη εμφανίστηκε στο απρόβλεπτο timeline μου μια επείγουσα ανακοίνωση για αναπλήρωση θέσης μιας Ελληνίδας που είχε ακυρώσει τη συμμετοχή της σε EVS πρόγραμμα δύο μηνών στο Λοτζ της Πολωνίας. Ο οργανισμός Kobiety Lodz, ασχολείται με την υπεράσπιση των δικαιωμάτων των γυναικών και της ισότητας εν γένει. Το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα αναζητούσε 10 νέους από διαφορετικά ευρωπαϊκά κράτη για την προώθηση και διοργάνωση εκδηλώσεων για την προβολή του Συνεδρίου των Γυναικών, στο Λοτζ. Χωρίς να το σκεφτώ ιδιαίτερα, δήλωσα συμμετοχή και σε λιγότερο από δύο εβδομάδες έμαθα ότι έγινα δεκτή. 

Ανάμεικτα συναισθήματα. Ενθουσιασμός, ανυπομονησία, αγωνία, φόβος. 

Η Κ.Σ.Δ.Ε.Ο. Έδρα, ως οργανισμός αποστολής, με εφοδίασε με πληροφορίες και υλικό, τόσο για το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα ανταλλαγής όσο και για τη φύση και τα προνόμια των προγραμμάτων Youth in Action στο σύνολό τους. Παρά τις όποιες δικαιολογημένες ανησυχίες, μετά την προετοιμασία με την Έλενα ένιωσα ασφαλής και έτοιμη να ζήσω την εμπειρία. 

Οι πρώτες μέρες κύλησαν σα νερό. Νέο και τελείως διαφορετικό περιβάλλον, νέα και πολλά πρόσωπα, καινούριο σπίτι, συγκάτοικοι, συνεργάτες. Δεν χρειάστηκε παρά μόνο μία βδομάδα για να εγκλιματιστώ και ν’αρχίσω ν’απολαμβάνω την ευκαιρία που μου δόθηκε. Σ’αυτό φυσικά βοήθησαν οι εξαιρετικοί υπεύθυνοι του Kobiety και οι συμπαθέστατοι Πολωνοί μέντορές μου.

Οι Πολωνοί μας υποδέχτηκαν με χαμόγελα, ενθουσιασμό κι ένα αρκετά απαιτητικό πρόγραμμα. Οι δραστηριότητές μας περιλάμβαναν workshops, προβολή ταινιών, διαλέξεις, γνωριμία με τις πολιτισμικές γωνίες της πόλης, αθλητικές δραστηριότητες, team building, παρουσιάσεις, και πολυπολιτισμικές βραδιές. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο, γνωρίσαμε κι εκτιμήσαμε την μαγεία της μη τυπικής εκπαίδευσης καθώς όλοι αποκτήσαμε γνώσεις και δεξιότητες με το πιο ευχάριστο κι εποικοδομητικό τρόπο.

Eίναι δύσκολο να συνοψίσω όλα αυτά που έζησα σε μόλις δύο μήνες. Σε πρώτη ανάλυση, έστησα μια καθημερινότητα απ’τη μία μέρα στην άλλη σε μία κοινωνία με τελείως διαφορετική κουλτούρα, εξάσκησα τα αγγλικά μου, συνεργάστηκα με άτομα από δέκα διαφορετικές χώρες και απέκτησα εργασιακή εμπειρία σε διεθνές περιβάλλον.

Ίσως το πιο σημαντικό για’μένα, όμως, είναι οι σχέσεις που έχτισα με ανθρώπους σε τόσο μικρό χρονικό διάστημα. Πέρα από τις εθνικότητες και τις θρησκείες ανακαλύψαμε πως μοιραζόμαστε πάνω κάτω τα ίδια όνειρα και ανησυχίες. Μαζί δουλέψαμε, ταξιδέψαμε, διασκεδάσαμε, συγκινηθήκαμε, στηρίξαμε και εμπνεύσαμε ο ένας τον άλλον. 

Μετά την εμπειρία του EVS, πιστεύω πως έχω μια καλύτερη οπτική για τον κόσμο αλλά και για τον εαυτό μου και νιώθω εξαιρετικά τυχερή γι’αυτό. Σας το συνιστώ ανεπιφύλακτα.

Χρύσα Κεφαλληνού 

EVS in Hungary!

International voluteers! Let’s meet in Várpalota!

We would like to invite all international EVS members in Hungary to join our program on 24 Mar 2014 at 10.00 in Youth Center of Várpalota.
The aim of our program is to encourage Hungarian young people to join the EVS program and this will be also a good opportunity for the volunteers from different regions and settlements to discuss their experiences.


Further information and application: makovi.agnes@thuryvarkft.hu;
We look forward to you and wish you a very happy and fruitful time at Youth Center of Várpalota.

EVS in Italy!!

4 EVS vacancies in Italy (NGO Vicolocorto) for long term projects starting in the following dates:

- 1st of june 2014
- 1st of july 2014
- 1st of december 2014

Deadline to apply: 10th of march!

For further information write to: candidates@vicolocorto.org

EVS in EDRA!!

Living in Greece

When I first knew about this type of project I was from the first second interested in being part of, mostly when I had always the conviction that I would not die without doing voluntary service and that is how EDRA and Athens happen in my life.

I applied to the project and, for some months, I thought that I would not be selected among all other candidates because I didn’t had anything that I would consider outstanding and a “must have” in this type of experience. I had, for sure, a huge willing to help, to know more, to meet new people, to discover a different country and a different language. Months later, I got the e-mail, I was selected and I was going to Athens. Here I am, 5 months already, more than half of my project time, and I can’t imagine how I will say goodbye to my life in Athens.

My project is related with my academic studies, I have been working with mentally disabled people who live in a boarding house and were taught the daily basis activities, such as preparing the lunch time settling the tables for the meals. In this house they have also a team of professionals who take care of their needs. The staff is composed my nurses, psychologists and therapists. They have internal activities such as music therapy and external activities, like going out for coffee, go bowling, and events that happen here in Athens, like the Christmas Factory in December.

My biggest lesson with this project so far is that, for this people with this kind of disabilities that are normally excluded because they need so much from us, for me, a foreign girl that didn’t even knew how to say “how are you?”, all they need is a smile, a friendly face and an open mind. A smile really can make a difference and it’s, for sure, the most efficient language.  Because although most of them don’t understand why you don’t know how to speak, they understand that you are there to help them, to be with them not to harm them. And I confess, some days a kiss or a hug from one of them make my day. They notice you, by who you really are, and how you act, not anything else.

In this time that I am here, I met a lot of people that without this I would never have met. I met my roommate, Miriam, that I consider as a sister to me, a person that I could not exclude, and I wouldn’t do it, in any of my adventures in Greece.

I learned how to deal with some difficulties that I would not have to deal if I was in my country, like the language, for me the hardest struggle to deal with in my life as a volunteer in a foreign country, like being away from my family and friends and missing them so much.

I learn how to deal with that… I bought a ticket to Portugal and did a Christmas surprise to my family and friends :)

With the language, well, as the Greeks say “σιγά, σιγά” (sigá,sigá) which means “slowly, slowly” and we can managed it, EDRA provides us a excellent teacher that has a lot of patience to teach us this wonderful language.

And besides it all, you still have time to travel and discover Greece as much as you can. Even staying in Athens, you have a lot to see, explore and discover its mysteries… but I will tell you something, go around the touristic sites, discover Athens on your own, grab a map and start by areas, walk in the streets, feel the Athens atmosphere, and enjoy you experience “Athenstyle”, I would not change this experience for anything in this world!

Joana Xavier

EVS in EDRA !!

Petra is the new EVS volunteer in K.S.D.E.O. EDRA and she gives us her first impressions!

"I arrived in Athens one month ago and I feel in home here! I like the cheese, olive oil and the Greek bread with seeds, I like the tradition of drinking coffee for long hours, I like the small streets and the monuments, and I like the music and the Greek accent. I just don't like the crazy way that people drive here and the bad habit of smoking everywhere. About my project, I work daily with people with mental disabilities what is for me a very rewarding challenge. ΕΔΡΑ, the organization where I do EVS, is one of the Greek organizations that does an excellence work with these people. My project is exceeding my expectations because in addition to promoting the cognitive and motor development of these people, I can do food education. Educational materials, cook workshops and educational games for kids are some of the activities of my personal project in ΕΔΡΑ. I am loving this experience!"

Η Βούλα μιλάει για την εμπειρία της στην Ισπανία !!!

Γεια σας! 

Είμαι η Βούλα, είμαι 27 χρόνών και είμαι από τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Είμαι εθελόντρια στην Μαδρίτη, σε ένα από τα δημόσια πανεπιστήμιά της, σε μια οργάνωση που ασχολείται με φοιτητές με νοητική καθυστέρηση και ουσιαστικά παρέχω την βοήθεια μου στην διεξαγωγή των μαθημάτων τους. Ταυτόχρονα παίρνω μέρος σε δημιουργικές δραστηριότητες που κάνουμε με ηλικιωμένους σε έναν οίκο ευγηρίας. 

Μου μίλησαν για το EVS όταν ακόμα ήμουν φοιτητρια και από τότε πάντα το είχα στο μυαλό μου γιατί η ιδέα μου τράβηξε πολύ το ενδιαφέρον. Τελειώνοντας τις σπουδές μου γενικά δούλευα οπότε ήταν δύσκολο για μένα να φύγω από την Ελλάδα παρόλο που ήθελα να γνωρίσω καινούργια μέρη, καινούργιες κουλτούρες, καινούργιους ανθρώπους και γενικά να ζήσω ένα χρονικό διάστημα σε μια χώρα που δεν ήταν ελληνόφωνη. Έτσι, κάποια στιγμή αργότερα έμεινα χωρίς δουλειά και πια είχα τον χρόνο να συμμετάσχω σε ένα EVS. Η απόφαση δεν ήταν καθόλου δύσκολη, ήθελα να ρισκάρω γιατί πίστευα πολύ στον εαυτό μου. Τo EVS ήταν η καλύτερη ευκαιρία που μπορούσε να μου δοθεί έστω και αν στην αρχή του προγράμματος συνάντησα δυσκολίες. 
Είμαι στην Μαδρίτη εδώ και 4,5 μήνες και ζω στιγμές που δεν ξανάζησα ποτέ, κάνω πράγματα που δεν ξανάκανα, νιώθω ότι προσφέρω και γι αυτό νιώθω χρήσιμη, κάθε μέρα μαθαίνω τόσα πολλά που στο Πανεπιστήμιο ποτέ δεν διδάχτηκα, γνωρίζω καλύτερα τον εαυτό μου. Ζω, προσφέρω, δημιουργώ. Εσωτερικά νιώθω ότι γίνομαι καλύτερη και το σημαντικότερο, πλέον έχω αυτοπεποίθηση όταν μιλάω και λέω την άποψή μου χωρίς να φοβάμαι. Είναι τόσα πολλά που δεν μπορώ να περιγράψω σε λίγες γραμμές. Το EVS είναι ευκαιρία ζωής, γιατί απλά ζεις βιώματα που σ' αλλάζουν κυριολεκτικά :)

EVS in Spain!

We are glad to inform you that we are looking for two volunteers to join us in our next term project “Volunteering programme to support young people with intellectual disabilities and elderly people” in Madrid, from 1st of October 2014 till 30th of June 2015. We’ll be implementing the selection process next month, so we’ll be glad to receive any application (Cv and motivation letter) before the 15th of February. In case you know someone interested in our project, please, see below a brief description of the project and the activities:

The Office for Solidarity and Co-operation – UAM collaborates with people with intellectual disabilities coming from the hand of PRODIS Foundation and our Disability Area.

The activities to take place and that volunteers will participate in, are the next ones;
- Collaboration with PRODIS Foundation in activities destined to promote and to support the social and labor insertion of young people with intellectual disabilities ( Filing and Organization, New Technologies, English, Culture and Society and so on)

- Participation in daily activities carries out by the Disability Awareness Area from our office; support, accompaniment and adapted transport service for people with sensory disabilities. To benefit the social integration and the labor insertion of people with functional disabilities.

- Participation in local volunteering activities to support elderly people; free time and leisure time activities (crafts, theatre…).

- Collaboration on administrative tasks carry out in the Area of International Volunteering; filing and registration of sending and hosting EVS projects conduct by the office since its origin.

- Collaboration in the Week of Solidarity and other events. The Week of Solidarity involves a series of events (workshops, film forums, conferences, courses ...) for which help is needed with many tasks, for example, promotion, organization and advertising, among other. They will also participate in the initial trainings provided by the office to new volunteers, telling them about their project and helping us with the dissemination of the program.

Please, also note that because of our project needs and the kind of activities we carry out, it is highly recommended that the volunteers are able to communicate in Spanish.

Contact email: voluntariado.europeo@uam.es

EVS projects in Portugal!

These are the available places for the new term:

1. At Centro Social de Palmela (in the village of POCEIRÃO) 2012-PT-1

Jardim de Infância a Cegonha (1 volunteer) Is composed by; nursery (20 children from 3-5 years old). The volunteer will develop the EVS project in pre-school wich main objective is to help the children to developed their global capacities trough different kinds of activities. The Pedagogic Project for the Kindergarten and the class-room project depends on the team and the children needs. The volunteer will support the team and help to develop the project with the guidance of the
Educator responsible (pre-school teacher) together with 2 helpers.


2. At Centro Social de Palmela (in the town of Palmela) 2012-PT-1

The activities of the volunteer depends on the department where the project is developed and also from the personal interests, motivation and objectives of the volunteer, because this project is open to new ideas and ways of being: There are two departments that volunteers can work at CSP Palmela, Jardim de Infância “A Árvore”. (1 volunteer) Kindergarten with 4 rooms with 25 children each, between 3 and 5 years old, open from 7h to 19h. The pre-school main objective is to help the children to develop their global capacities trough different kinds of activities. The Pedagogic Project for the Kindergarten and the class-room project depends on the team and the children needs. The volunteer basically will support the team and help to develop the project with the guidance of the Educator responsible (pre-school teacher) together with 2 helpers.

Pedagogic Play centre for children- CAPIJ: CATL Balão Azul. (1 volunteer) CATLS “Balão Azul” organizes different kinds of free time activities for children from 6 to 15 years old, boys and girls, after school during school holidays, integrated in a socio-cultural animation project where children and youngster can choose and freely participate. The volunteer basically support the team with meals, hygiene and transports and help on the academic activities as school homework. He is also expected to support the different free-time activities (ateliers, games, visits…) and extra currícular activities not only with children but also with parents and for the community.
Momentos Mágicos (1 volunteer)

3. At Okupa- Espaço Juventude (in the town of Palmela) 2012-PT-1

Okupa (1 volunteer), the Youth Department develops international and national youth activities; youth information; training and workshops; youth happenings/meetings; holidays Programs/camps, etc. OKUPA pretends also to promote the issues of youth in the local community, promote the EVS in the local community and to potentials participants, organize activities (cultural, artistic…) to show and promote the local activities organized by the CSP and other organizations. The volunteer will have the opportunity to create and develop the Okupa’s Newsletter, work in the Okupa’s blog, promote youth information and participation, organize activities for the youth and general community in the Youth Month (Março a Partir), spread youth in action potentialities and networking. Basically supports the staff whenever it is needed.

4. At Liga dos Amigos da Escola da Azeda (in the city of SETUBAL) 2013-PT-35

ATL (1 volunteer). Liga da Escola dos Amigos da Azeda organizes free time activities, after school (in the morning or in the afternoon), for 120 children between 6 and 10 years old. The Pedagogic Project depends on the team and the children needs and volunteer will help to develop the proyect with the guidance of the Educator responsible. Please note that this part is just a basic and short summary of working places and tasks of the volunteers. Please refer to your activity agreements to get a specific and detailed information about your working place and activities.


5. At Letra Cooperativa Cultural in Espaço Fortuna Artes e Ofícios ( in the village Quinta do Anjo) 2013-PT-46

Letra’s headquarters- Páteo da Fonte, Saberes e Sabores (1 volunteer) supporting the development of communicational, cultural and artistic activities. The volunteer will have the opportunity to create and develop the Letra’s Newsletter and Facebook, organize activities for the youth and general community together with the other volunteers in the coordinating organization, including spreading youth in action potentialities, promote local artists and traditions, help the organization and development of concerts, jam sessions, exhibitions and other cultural and artistics activities. The volunteer will work together with the Letra’s responsible and other staff members and volunteers from the organization, creating, planning, developing and evaluating the activities.
At the Arts an Crafts Center and regional products Shop (1 volunteer). The volunteer will learn, developed and support activities with the 3 painters and the pottery markers, creating, paiting, producing the traditional “Azulejos” (tiles) and Craft, using traditional and modern methods. Also the volunteer will support the workshops developed with children, youth, the community and tourist; organize the guide tours to Fortuna Artes e Ofícios (explaining the traditional pottery methods) and support the shop with the traditional products (cheese, wine, craft, pottery, sweets, etc).
1 volunteer with fewer opportunities. The volunteer will renovate and built a new room for artistic indoor performance and storage and reorganize the gardens around Espaço Fortuna Artes e Ofícios, using traditional materials and keeping the heritage of the main creator of the space- Mr Sebastião Fortuna. They will work as mason, carpenter or gardener, according with the interest and profile of the volunteer.

EVS short term project in Poland!

Εγκεκριμένο Πρόγραμμα στο Lodz, Poland αναζητά 1 Έλληνα/Ελληνίδα εθελοντή για short term project, από 1st February - 30thMarch. 

More information:

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_form_en.cfm?EID=58000928810

EVS in Slovenia!

Το Youth Center Krško αναζητά έναν EVS volunteer για το πρόγραμμα «Get spotted 4» από 3.3.2014 έως 1.9.2014, εγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα EVS στη Slovenia, MUŠTER.

Krško spreads aut in the end of the Sava gorge before Krško field, on the right and on the left bank of the Sava River. It is a cenral location of Posavje region and accessible via Ljubljana – Zagreb highway and via regional roads from Celje, Maribor and Novo mesto. It is 98 km away from the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and 51 km from Croatian capital of Zagreb.

YOUTH CENTRE KRSKO is a public institution founded by municipality of Krsko in April 2002. We are working with and for young people in Krsko and region Posavje. Our approach to reach these youngsters is youth culture work (projects with dance, photo, concerts, and theatre) as well as project work: drug- and alcohol prevention projects, informal-learning project (language courses, other courses), the annual Youth Culture Festival, leisure and holiday activities (workshops), as well as intercultural work (youth exchanges, EVS projects). Our newest acquisition is Multimedia Centre Posavje.

Sample of volunteer tasks:

• help to organize prevention programs (Life without drugs and alcohol; prevention workshops Bright head; youth workshops, Camp for youth with criminal record)

• help to organize debate evenings

• organize (with the support of the employees in the youth center) children holiday activities (June one week), August one week and October one week)

• help to organize Halloween party with other EVS volunteers

• organize volunter evening

• make own project (20-30% volunter own program)

• 1 day a week working in our reception (with the help of our informers)

• present her own country, language and culture and EVS to children in kindergarden, primary school and high school

• help to organize multimedia programs (multimedia workshops, LAN parties, creative workshops, video and music workshops)

• help to organize VJ evenings

• make own project (20-30% volunter own program)

• organize (with the support of the employees in the youth center) Geek fest 2013, multimedia festival for young people

• 1 day a week working in our reception (with the help of our informers)

• help to organize debate evenings

• help to organize Halloween party with other EVS volunteers

• help to organize EVS weekend for all volunteers in Slovenia

• organize volunter evening

• present his own country, language and culture and EVS to children in kindergarden, primary school and high school

• assistance in organizing and implementing activities program manager:

• Geek festival 2013 (festival of the development of computers over the years)

• help to organize debate eveningshelp to organize Halloween party with other EVS volunteers

• make own project (20-30% volunter own program)

• 1 day a week working in our reception (with the help of our informers)

• volunter evening

• stand up nights

• evenings of amateur theater groups

• organize children holiday activities (February  one week)

• help to organize Halloween party with other EVS volunteers

• organize and perform EVS weekend (all volunteers form abroat, 2 days)

• exchange of experience and knowledge between individuals and organization,

• share and promote common European values,

• promote Youth in action programmes and EVS

• exchange cultural backgrounds of individuals and organizations included in project,

• share common working methods regarding to non formal education in the youth field,

§ attend Slovenia language course

§ share her experience about EVS and living in her country with young visitors in our youth center

§ share her experience about EVS and living in her country with pupils and students on information hours in local primary and high school

§ attending pre-term training in your country

§ attending on-arrival training in Slovenia

§ attending mid-term training in Slovenia

§ after arrival attending evaluation in your country

§ write final report in Slovenia

§ finish Youthpass in Slovenia

or

§  work in multimedia (workshops, support aur program managers)

§ attend Slovenia language course

§ share his experience about EVS and living in her country with young visitors in our youth center

§ share his experience about EVS and living in her country with pupils and students on information hours in local primary and high school

§ attending pre-term training in your country

§ attending on-arrival training in Slovenia

§ attending mid-term training in Slovenia

§ after arrival attending evaluation in your country

§ write final report in Slovenia

§ finish Youthpass in Slovenia

or

regular monthly concerts of different musical genres

help to organize  closing party of volunteers and young visitors in the Centre in 2013  

§ attend Slovenia language course

§ share her experience about EVS and living in her country with young visitors in our youth center

§ share her experience about EVS and living in her country with pupils and students on information hours in local primary and high school

§ attending pre-term training in your country

§ attending on-arrival training in Slovenia

§ attending mid-term training in Slovenia

§ after arrival attending evaluation in your country

§ write final report in Slovenia

§ finish Youthpass in Slovenia

The tasks we will adjust during your time here!

SAMPLE OF STANDARD VOLUNTEERS WEEKLY PROGRAM

Monday:

09.00     preparations for the day

09.30     meeting with the coordinator

10.30     organizing existing programs and helping program leaders

11.00     lunch break

11.30     organizing existing programs and helping program leaders

16.00     the end of work

Tuesday:

08.30       preparation for the day

09.00       employees meeting

10.30       lunch break

11.00       slovenian language course

12.30       organizing own events

15.30       the end of work

Wednesday:

15.00       work in info točka (aur reception)

17.30       lunch break

22.00       the end of work

Thursday:

09.00       preparations for making own project

11.00       lunch break

11.30       preparations for making own project

15.00       meeting with the mentor

16.00       the end of work

Friday:

14.00       preparations for making own project

17.30       lunch break

18.00       working in the club space/hanging out with young people

 22.00      the end of work

Saturday, Sunday: free days

The hosting organisation will monthly prepare working schedule for the volunteer and will hang it in office and the appartment.

Roles of volunteers in the project thought the whole duration of the project:

Working hours and days off:  7 hours per day, 5 days per week, two consecutive days off per week and 12 days holiday for the duration of the project. The volunteer should ask for the days off at least 3 days before vacation.

Food and Accommodation:  The volunteer will live in Youth hostel Krško; in the apartment in which will have her own room and will share a kitchen, bathroom and living room (TV, computer and free internet). Volunter will have a free access to laundry room. A monthly food allowance is provided (170 €/ month).

Local Transport:  A monthly allowance for local transport is not necessary, because the youth center is located in the city center. If they will help on the events outside the center, we will provide them a transportation. The volunteers will have the possibility to get 2 paid travels to go sightseeing Slovenia.

Volunteer Allowance:  The volunteer will receive a monthly allowance of 85 €

Language training: Language course will be organized 1 time per week and will last 90 min per a course. Language course will last as long as the volunteer will be making progress in her/his grammar. After she/he will get to know the grammar she/he will use Slovenian language.

Learning Outcomes: 

Gain basic knowledge of Slovenian language

Learn basic level of Slovenian language for normal communication.

Gain as much knowledge and experience as possible

Learn as much as possible (especially about Youth work and Slovenian culture) and gain competences for life long learning.

Interpersonal and social competence

Adaptability and coping with new challenges, team-working with colleagues, sharing responsibility for living together with another volunteer, gain and spread awareness of European citizenship.

Cultural expression

Developing cultural awareness of each other’s needs in a multi-cultural setting, learn to accept other cultures, improve tolerance.

Communication in foreign languages

Communicating, socialising and negotiating in a second language (English)

In addition to ensuring effective mentoring for each volunteer, the hosting organisation will take full responsibility for monitoring the whole learning process – explaining it fully at the on-arrival training, conducting a thorough mid-term evaluation and issuing the Youthpass on completion of each volunteer’s service.

Η Ντέμη και η Αναστασία μας γράφουν για την συμμετοχή τους στο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα “Evaluating EVS inclusion project” στη Πολωνία

Η Ντέμη και η Αναστασία έλαβαν μέρος στο Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα με τίτλο “Evaluating EVS inclusion project” στη πόλη BYSTRZYCA KLODZKA της ΠΟΛΩΝΙΑΣ, από τις 20 έως τις 25 Νοεμβρίου 2013.

Το σεμινάριο διοργάνωσε ο οργανισμός Europejskie Forum Młodzieży και το παρακολουθήσαν συνολικά 24 άτομα από διάφορες χώρες. Στο πλαίσιο του σεμιναρίου, η Ντέμη και η Αναστασία επισκέφτηκαν διάφορα προγράμματα φιλοξενίας εθελοντών, τα οποία συντόνιζε ο οργανισμός EFM στις πόλεις Bystyrzyca Klodzka και Klodzko, όπως, ένα παιδικό σταθμό και ένα δημοτικό σχολειό όπου δάσκαλοι, παιδιά και εθελοντές EVS μας υποδέχτηκαν και μας παρουσίασαν το πρόγραμμα και τις δράσεις τους. Επίσης, επισκέφτηκαν το κέντρο νεότητας για την διεξαγωγή της ευρωπαϊκής εβδομάδας νέων, και έλαβαν μέρος σε σχετικό project με παιδιά.

Οι συμμετέχοντες είχαν την ευκαιρία να επισκεφτούν τα γραφεία της οργάνωσης, να ξεναγηθούν στην πόλη, αλλά και να απολαύσουν παραδοσιακές πολωνικές γεύσεις. Πέρα από τη γνωριμία με το πολωνική κουλτούρα, τη καθημερινή ζωή και την τοπική κουζίνα, οι συμμετέχοντες γνώρισαν και αντάλλαξαν εμπειρίες με άλλους νέους από τη Ρουμανία, τη Τουρκία, τη Τσεχία, τη Λετονία, την Ισπανία, τη Σλοβενία, τη Γερμανία, τη Πορτογαλία, το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, την Ιταλία, την Εσθονία και φυσικά τη Πολωνία.

Μερικά στιγμιότυπα από το σεμινάριο στη Πολωνία:

Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό... στο Youth in Action

H Εθνική Υπηρεσία του Προγράμματος Ε.Ε. «Νέα Γενιά σε Δράση & Eurodesk» διοργάνωσε εκδήλωση  με τίτλο: "Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό... στο Youth in Action" στις 26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013 στο Shakespeare Bar στην Αθήνα.

Στόχος της εκδήλωσης ήταν οι εμπλεκόμενοι με το Πρόγραμμα Youth in Action να συναντηθούν σε ένα χαλαρό περιβάλλον και να ανταλλάξουν τις εμπειρίες τους σχετικά με το πρόγραμμα. Οι συμμετέχοντες συζήτησαν, γέλασαν, μοιράστηκαν τις καλές και τις άσχημες εμπειρίες τους. Όλοι τους διηγηθήκαν το δικό τους "παραμύθι" και υποσχέθηκαν ότι τα καλύτερα έρχονται!

Στην εκδήλωση έλαβαν μέρος εκπρόσωποι από την ΜΚΟ "ΕΔΡΑ", εκπρόσωποι από ΜΚΟ και από άτυπες ομάδες, πρώην εθελοντές EVS, εκπαιδευτές, μέντορες, χειριστές δράσεων και λοιποί εμπλεκόμενοι με το Πρόγραμμα Youth in Action.

Για περισσότερα: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGO3ojk2KY4

YouthPass

What is Youthpass?

Youthpass is part of the European Commission’s strategy to foster the recognition of non-formal learning. As a tool to visualise and to validate learning outcomes gained in “Youth in Action” projects, it puts policy into practice and practice into policy:

• Creating their Youthpass Certificate together with a support person, participants of “Youth in Action” projects have the possibility to describe what they have done in their project and which competences they have acquired. Thus, Youthpass supports the reflection upon the personal non-formal learning process.
• Documenting the added value of a “Youth in Action” project, Youthpass visualises and supports active European citizenship of young people and youth workers.
• Being a Europe-wide validation instrument for non-formal learning in the youth field, Youthpass contributes to strengthening the social recognition of youth work.
• Making visible and validating key competences through a certificate, Youthpass finally aims at supporting the employability of young people and youth workers.

Youthpass guide: The Youthpass Guide provides background and support material to implement Youthpass in your "Youth in Action" projects.

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Vacancy for EVS Volunteer in Bulgaria!

• Contact person: Infinite Opportunities Association
• Organisation: Infinite Opportunities Association
• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
• Deadline: 15/10/2013
• Start: 06/12/2013
• End: 05/12/2014
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  Love&Hate: Youth for On-line Tolerance is a project in protection of human rights and European values in the web space. It will last twelve months. Within the activities young people will seek answers to the hate speech manifestations in the Internet, due to racism, xenophobia, and all other differences stemming form gender, ethno-social, religious and cultural character.
  
  The project will be part of the large-scale international campaign “Young people against hate speech in the Internet” and will include three main aspects – youth online activity, creation of informational and awareness rising interactive materials and conduction of presentations and conversations with students and youth, which will enhance the attention towards the dangers of the hate speech in the online space.
  To ensure the teaching process of the volunteers we will use the methods of non-formal education, through which to increase the knowledge and skills in prevention of and dealing with the negative effects from the use of hate massages in the online environment.
  
  The activities will be held on the territory of Sofia and its surroundings and in the case of trainings and seminars in the coutryside, the participants in the project will travel with the team of the association, and will be part of the campaign in the whole country.

Tasks

The main responsibilities of the volunteers will include monitoring of the online social media, design of on-line brochures and materials, as well as research and organization of presentation in local schools. The set of non-formal educational activities will boost their intercultural confidence and ability to recognize and act against xenophobia, racism. The volunteers will be part of our day to day initiatives and youth projects and will have the chance to meet and work with lots of Bulgarian youth as well as other young people coming for our different EU projects.

Criteria

Only candidates willing to take action against online hate speech practices and interested in human rights protection will be invited to take part in the project. Basic knowledge in English as well as knowledge of online social media is required. Interest in web design and journalism will be taken as advantage in the application process.

Procedure

1.Fill in personal CV and send it to office@infopass.eu before 15th October 2013. IMPORTANT: When applying, please include the name and reference number of your Sending organization! 2. All applicants will receive feedback on their applications until 15th October 2013! 3. Approved applicants will be invited to sent the official partnership letters from their sending organizations!

Library:

• volunteers_application form.docx 
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