Πρόγραμμα Εθελοντισμού στη Κύπρου - Youth 4 Youth 3

Εγκεκριμένο Πρόγραμμα Εθελοντισμού στη Κύπρο
Τίτλος: Youth 4 Youth 3
Activity Dates: (Two six month activities)
A1: 05/05/2016 - 04/11/2016
A2: 05/11/2016 - 04/05/2017
Hosting Organization:
https://www.otinternational.org/

Description of the Project:
This EVS project will be a continuation of our current EVS project, Youth 4 Youth 2. It has proven to be a very successful project in our community brining young people closer by working with them and showing that we understand their problems by offering results.
During this project our volunteers together with members of the organization met with local youth and identified their problems.
Based on these problems we organized various events and activities to help the youth overcome these problems. We organized workshops to help youth improve their CVs and to help them find jobs. We helped many young people get involved in Youth in Action projects all over Europe and also helped young people go on EVS projects in other countries.
We saw that there was a great need for a project like this and there are still many young people who can benefit from this project and this is why we want to continue the project. We want to get more involved with the local youth and to identify their problems and show them that when youth work with youth we can have great results.
We want to help more youth take advantage of the Erasmus+ program and help them further their studies and help them find jobs. We want to get them more involved in their community and teach them about new cultures.

Contact: edra.evs@gmail.com

Εγκεκριμένο Πρόγραμμα Εθελοντισμού στη Κύπρο - Enviroliving

Πρόγραμμα εθελοντισμού στη Κύπρο για Έλληνες εθελοντές
τίτλος: Enviroliving
διάρκεια: 6  μήνες
έναρξη : 2 periods for 6 months each:
a) 1.4.2016 ,
b) 1.10.2016
Οργανισμός υποδοχής: One Terrene International - OTI

https://www.otinternational.org/

Περιγραφή:

With all the problems that young people are facing today the environment
seems to be the last factor to concern them. Yes they are aware that there is
a problem but how severe is the problem? Our project will look at ways that
we can make small changes in our lives that will benefit the environment and
ourselves at the same time. Our project will look at various ways that we can
make changes in our daily routines and habits to have a more positive impact
on the environment and at the same time give us some reward. These
rewards could be financial in some ways and can also be person. We will
look at the situation of each of the young groups and find ways that they can
find ways to impact their environment in a better way.
Our youth hear about environmental problems but very little truth about the
problems is shown through education, resulting in a common knowledge that
environmental problems exist but why they exist or how we can make the
change is unknown. This project will help educate the youth on the reality of
the problems giving them the opportunity to look at the problems directly and
to understand why change is needed and that the change starts from each
one of us.

Contact: edra.evs@gmail.com

Εγκεκριμένο Πρόγραμμα Εθελοντισμού στη Ρουμανία

Πρόγραμμα στη Ρουμανία για Έλληνες εθελοντές
τίτλος: Sighisoara Multilingva
διάρκεια: 7 1/2 μήνες
έναρξη : 1.4.2016 
Οργανισμός υποδοχής: Wild Carpathia, Romania
Περιγραφή:

EVS volunteers will work in mixed teams for the achievement of the following types of activities:

- The volunteers will help 6 local organizations or public institution in promoting their activities online and offline in Romanian language and also in English. The volunteers will develop journalistic abilities by making brochures, e-pages, video / photo reportages, street interviews, multimedia materials, etc.

- The volunteers will organize foreign language interactive courses for young people in Sighisoara (in their own native languages

-  The volunteers will promote Sighisoara and the local community on-line through their native languages  by creating blogs, wiki encyclopedias, etc

- The volunteers will support Wild Carpathia’s team in selecting and preparing local youngsters for sending them as EVS volunteers in other countries

- The volunteers will develop monthly events to promote European diversity and multilingualism like intercultural evenings, bingo quiz nights, karaoke nights, etc.

The volunteers will work between 5 – 7 hours/day, 5 days/week and will have 2 free days each month.

The volunteers will share a rented house and will have full access to wi-fi. 

Contact: edra.evs@gmail.com

Εγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα εθελοντισμού στη Κύπρο "Youth Developed Education"

Πρόγραμμα στη Κύπρο για Έλληνες εθελοντές
Τίτλος: Youth Developed Education
Διάρκεια: 6  μήνες
έναρξη : 5/7/2016 - 04/01/17
Οργανισμός υποδοχής: One Terrene International - OTI
https://www.otinternational.org/

Περιγραφή: 

Our organisation develops educational platforms and programs which are focused on helping people develop skills and increase their employability.  This EVS project is developed to allow young people to learn about educational systems and also to allow them to contribute to the building of various systems for youth.  This EVS project will give our volunteers the opportunity to work in an environment that is open to new ideas and welcomes initiatives from the volunteers. The volunteers will work with youth workers and educators to develop workshops and training courses and also youth projects.  They will interact with youth and adults and discover the needs with regard to education in our local society and help develop workshops and training curses which will optimise the learning outcomes for the various fields.  They will interact with youth in the local community and discover problems that youth face today and help the organisation develop youth projects which can offer the young participants of their youth exchanges gain more from them.  The volunteers will work with educators utilizing one line education platforms and help in the development of new online courses and also contributing to the methods used in online education.  They volunteers will be able to learn the different methods used to develop educational platforms and program and will also be able to contribute to the quality and outcomes of the various programs developed.  These programs are designed to be used in different countries so the volunteers will also be able to offer their input from their personal perspective. 

 Our organisation wants to help provide more opportunities for all our locals and with this project the volunteers will be able to deal with real life issues and will be able to contribute to methods and solutions for these problems and will be able to help our people develop systems to help in education on a formal and non-formal basis.  As these programs are also put into place in several other countries the partner organisations can gain from this project but utilising the outcomes of the project in their own organisations to help more young people in education and gaining more skills and competences.

 Part of the project will be to learn about new cultures but also to teach the locals about their different cultures. 

 The project will be part of an ongoing project of the organisation in developing educational programs and project and will focus on the needs of various people in the EU with regard to skills and competence gaining to enhance employment chances.

 With the help and input of the volunteers we can better develop these programs and our knowledge of different countries and people from these countries and at the same time the volunteers can learn from professionals and learn how to develop educational programs, how to work with youth on different levels and also learn how to understand the needs of various markets and how education can be developed to meet with the needs of these markets and people.

 OTI Erasmus + Projects Team,

One Terrene International

URL: www.otinternational.org

EVS in Palermo!!!

The ENERGY+ project is a proposal for a European Voluntary Service at CESIE, Palermo for the period of 9 months for 2 rounds of 6 volunteers coming from 5 different Programme Countries: France, Greece, Latvia, Spain and Slovenia and 1 Partner Country: Serbia.

The project foresees the involvement of participants facing difficulties in entering the labor market, while 50% of them fall into the category of youth with fewer opportunities, as social, economic and geographical constraints.

The project aims at the acquisition of skills (personal, soft & professional) for increasing volunteers’ employability, getting new life perspective and offering valuable input to CESIE’s activities both in the office and locally, bringing new cultural tendencies, way of thinking and acting.

Focusing on the importance of balancing personal and professional life, ENERGY+ will deal mainly with the organization of creative activities and workshops for increasing migrants’ social and labour inclusion. Given the high numbers of migrants arriving at the SPRAR Bureaus, who are mostly minors and young men, and their relative physical inactivity, the project will seek to alter this through support to CESIE’s current actions with the target groups but also encouraging volunteers to take initiative, and implement their own ideas. This will create interaction between the locals, the internationals and the new arrivals and young migrants, offering the means to the target groups to feel involved, stimulated and eventually empowered for a healthy social and labour life.

The main objectives of the project are to:

-Equip participants with employability and soft skills for their future careers.

-Introduce participants to the significance of leading a balanced life combining office work and outdoor activities.

-Strengthen the principle of social inclusion through voluntary work using international and local approaches.

-Utilize the talent and energy of the participants ready to offer and bring the change (in a multicultural environment with high percentage of people at risk of social exclusion).

-Promote interaction, reciprocal understanding and intercultural integration among local beneficiaries.

For the smooth flow of the project, the activities will follow the structure below:

-Conceptualization and design of workshops on social inclusion, personal and professional development through non-formal learning. With CESIE’s support the volunteers will enrich our current projects and will design their own workshops.

-Presentation of workshops’ aims and content to local beneficiaries via meetings at the office. Workshops’ contents will depend on the interests of the volunteers and the target group, as theatre, music, dance performance, painting, design, recycling and up-cycling, sharing kitchen habits, etc.

-Introduction of the activities at local social centers cooperating with CESIE.

CESIE

Registered office: Via B. Leto 1 - 90040 Trappeto (PA)

Operative office: Via Roma 94 - 90133 Palermo, Italy | C.F.97171570829 | Tel: +39 0916164224 - Fax: +39 091 6230849 www.cesie.org

CESIE is a non-profit organisation officially recognized by the Italian Government since 2001 and an ECSO (Civil Society Organisation with member organisations

in more than 8 European countries) recognized by the European Commission DG EAC.

CESIE is accredited by the University of Palermo for internships and by the Sicilian Region for Vocational Training and orientation.

-Implementation of the workshops with migrant youth.

-Evaluation of activities and learning outcomes with the support of CESIE staff.

The project will match the positive influence of a learning mobility on personal level with the impact and enrichment of the interaction between volunteering youngsters on a working environment at a European organization (as CESIE) and on the creative development of the community.

ENERGY+ has the following structure:

CESIE will host 10 volunteers, coming from Programme countries: Greece, France, Latvia, Spain and Slovenia and 2 volunteers from a Partner country: Serbia.

Each partner will send 2 volunteers split in 2 rounds (1+1).

Role of each organisation: CESIE will be the Coordinating and Receiving organization while all the partners will assume the role of Sending organization.

Venue: Palermo, CESIE.

Planned Dates (to be confirmed, probably they will be changed)

First round: 01/03/2015 -30/11/2015

Second round: 01/02/2016- 31/10/2016

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/

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 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.

Διακυβέρνηση για τους Νέους (Governance for Youth) - Go4You

«Διακυβέρνηση για τους Νέους (Governance for Youth) - Go4You»   

Η προσβασιμότητα των ατόμων με αναπηρίες σε κοινόχρηστους χώρους (πάρκα, πλατείες, πεζοδρόμια και πεζόδρομους) και σε δημόσια κτίρια είναι το «κλειδί» για την εξάλειψη των διακρίσεων, ώστε κάθε άτομο να μπορεί αυτόνομα, με ασφάλεια και με άνεση να προσεγγίζει και να χρησιμοποιεί υποδομές, υπηρεσίες και αγαθά αλλά και να επικοινωνεί και να πληροφορείται. Αποτελεί, επίσης, την καθοριστική παράμετρο του περιβάλλοντος, που καθορίζει τελικά σε κάθε άτομο το θεμελιώδες δικαίωμα της ελευθερίας επιλογών σε κάθε στιγμή της ζωής του.

Η θεματική της προσβασιμότητας μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί ως «εργαλείο» συμμετοχικής δημοκρατίας από νέους που είτε αντιμετωπίζουν άμεσα το πρόβλημα της μη-προσβασιμότητας σε βασικά σημεία μιας πόλης (άτομα με αναπηρία) είτε ενδιαφέρονται να ενασχοληθούν με αυτό το πρόβλημα και θέλουν να συνεισφέρουν στην επίλυση των προβλημάτων των συνομηλίκων τους (νέοι γενικού πληθυσμού).

Η συμμετοχή αυτών των νέων σε διαδικασίες σχεδιασμού και λήψης αποφάσεων θα αποτελέσει τη βάση για την «εκπαίδευση» των συμμετεχόντων νέων σε δημοκρατικές διαδικασίες, όπως είναι η διαδικασία που πρέπει να ακολουθηθεί από τη διαπίστωση ενός προβλήματος που επηρεάζει μια ολόκληρη πόλη και μια ολόκληρη ομάδα στόχου, ως τη διαμόρφωση ενός σχεδίου δράσης με προτεινόμενες λύσεις μέσω μιας ευρείας διαβούλευσης όλων των ενδιαφερομένων μερών (stakeholders) και την άσκηση πολιτικής πίεσης για τη λήψη αποφάσεων και δεσμεύσεων για έμπρακτα μέτρα βελτίωσης.

Ο οργανισμός «Κοινωνικές Συνεταιριστικές Δραστηριότητες Ευπαθών Ομάδων – ΕΔΡΑ» σε συνεργασία με τη Κοινωφελή Επιχείρηση Κοινωνικής Προστασίας & Αλληλεγγύης-Δημοτικό Ινστιτούτο Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης, Δήμου Βόλου (συντονιστής του σχεδίου), και τους ρουμανικούς οργανισμούς «Organizatia Studentilor din Arad (Οργάνωση Φοιτητών του Arad / Ρουμανία), και «Ofensiva Tinerilor» (Οργάνωση Παραβατικότητας Νέων Ρουμανίας), συμμετέχει στο Πρόγραμμα με τίτλο «Διακυβέρνηση για τους Νέους (Governance for Youth) • Go4You    (Πρόγραμμα  ΝΕΑ ΓΕΝΙΑ ΣΕ ΔΡΑΣΗ 2007-13, ΔΡΑΣΗ 1: ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ, ΥΠΟΔΡΑΣΗ 1.3: ΣΧΕΔΙΑ ΝΕΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ, ΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ YOUTH LINK: GR-13-Ε2-2013-R1, ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΑΙΤΗΣΗΣ: 1.3/R1/2013/03) (Διάρκεια: 01/09/2013 – 31/05/2014, 9 ΜΗΝΕΣ).

Το σχέδιο ‘Governance for Youth’ (GO4YOU) εστιάζει στη συμμετοχή των νέων, και κυρίως των νέων με αναπηρίες, στις δημοκρατικές διαδικασίες, όπως η ενεργός συμμετοχή των νέων με στόχο να μάθουν να οργανώνουν και να εμπλέκονται σε θέματα που αφορούν την καθημερινότητά τους, να αποκτήσουν πιο ισχυρή φωνή και να μπορέσουν να επηρεάσουν το πολιτικό σκηνικό και, ιδιαίτερα άτομα που εμπλέκονται στην διαδικασία λήψης αποφάσεων για τη ζωή τους.

Στο πλαίσιο του Σχεδίου ‘Governance for Youth’ (GO4YOU), 28 νέοι από 2 χώρες (Ελλάδα και Ρουμανία) και διαφορετικές ομάδες (νέοι με αναπηρία και μη, νέοι από αστική περιοχή και νέοι από τη περιφέρεια) θα εμπλακούν στην καταγραφή των «σημείων» εκείνων όπου εμποδίζεται η προσβασιμότητά τους, όπως κτίρια, υπηρεσίες, κοκ, και θα προβούν στηδιαμόρφωση-παραγωγή προτάσεων με τη μορφή ενός μικρού Σχεδίου Δράσης (με επικέντρωση σε προτάσεις βελτίωσης προσβασιμότητας σε δημόσια κτίρια και δημόσιους χώρους)

Επίσης, το σχέδιο ‘Governance for Youth’ (GO4YOU) θα υποστηρίξει τη δημιουργία ενός άτυπου, ad-hoc, δικτύου διαβούλευσης με τη συμμετοχή των νέων, με την συμμετοχή όσων δουλεύουν με και για τους νέους, και όσους υποστηρίζουν νέους στο σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση προτάσεων, καθώς και όσους βρίσκονται σε κέντρα λήψης αποφάσεων. Στόχος είναι η άσκηση πολιτικής πίεσης (lobbying) από τους νέους του έργου, και με τη στήριξη των αντίστοιχων φορέων του δικτύου, σε εκείνους που λαμβάνουν αποφάσεις σε κάθε Δήμο κάθε πόλης που συμμετέχει στο έργο με στόχο την υιοθέτηση των παραγόμενων προτάσεων/ του παραγόμενου μικρού Σχεδίου Δράσης του δικτύου στις ημερήσιες διατάξεις τους (μέσω μιας εισήγησης προς τα αντίστοιχα δημοτικά συμβούλια για την ανάληψη δέσμευσης υλοποίησης των προτεινόμενων μέτρων βελτίωσης).

Από το έργο, θα προκύψει η Παραγωγή ενός τρίπτυχου φυλλαδίου σε 2 γλώσσες (ελληνική, ρουμανική) προς διανομή ως ενημερωτικό υλικό στις συμμετέχουσες πόλεις , καθώς και η Παραγωγή ενός Οδηγού Καλής Πρακτικής σε 2 γλώσσες (ελληνική, αγγλική) προς διανομή ως υλικό μεταφοράς της τεχνογνωσίας του έργου.

Το σχέδιο ανταποκρίνεται στην προώθηση της ενεργούς συμμετοχής των νέων και της ιδιότητάς τους ως Ευρωπαίοι πολίτες μέσω της εμπλοκής τους σε διαδικασίες λήψης αποφάσεων, διαβούλευσης και άσκησης πολιτικής πίεσης. Το σχέδιο στηρίζεται σε διαδικασίες  μη τυπικής εκπαίδευσης  (όπως εξωτερικές δραστηριότητες έρευνας, ομάδες διαβούλευσης, ομάδες ιδεών-προτάσεων, ανάπτυξη προτάσεων  τύπου ‘manifesto’, παρακολούθηση της εφαρμογής των προτάσεων που αφορούν νέους) και βοηθά τους νέους να αποκτήσουν δεξιότητες και ικανότητες που θα συμβάλλουν στη προσωπική και κοινωνική τους ανάπτυξη. Οι συμμετέχοντες νέοι με το επιτυχές πέρας του έργου θα μπορούν να λειτουργούν με μεγαλύτερη άνεση σε πλαίσια άσκησης πολιτικής καθώς θα αποτελούν μέρος των επιδιωκόμενων στόχων βελτίωσης πολιτικών για την προσβασιμότητα και θα αισθανθούν τη δική τους συνεισφορά σε αυτό. Η αλληλεγγύη μεταξύ τους θα ενισχυθεί και από τη στιγμή που έχει επιλεχθεί οι ομάδες των νέων να είναι ετερογενείς (νέοι με αναπηρίες και νέοι του γενικού πληθυσμού) θα ενισχυθεί επίσης και η ανεκτικότητα μεταξύ τους γεγονός που συνεισφέρει σε μια ευρύτερη κοινωνική συνοχή. 

«Το σχέδιο αυτό χρηματοδοτήθηκε με την υποστήριξη της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. Η παρούσα δημοσίευση [ανακοίνωση] δεσμεύει μόνο τον συντάκτη της και η Επιτροπή δεν ευθύνεται για τυχόν χρήση των πληροφοριών που περιέχονται σε αυτήν.»

English version:

'Go4YOU: Governance for the Youth’, a project under Action 1.3 Youth Democracy Projects of Youth in Action Programme 2007-13 of the European Union, has been developed by 4 organisations in Greece and Romania (KEKPA-DIEK & EDRA in Greece, Organizatia Studentilor din Arad & Ofensiva Tinerilor in Romania). 

The main subject of the project ‘Governance for Youth’ (GO4YOU) focuses on the young people participation, mainly youth with disabilities, in democratic processes such as to learn to participate, to organise and be involved in consultation processes, to be heard and to influence their reality and finally to influence the political scene and those who take decisions for them. The project will last 273 days and will concern 28 participants (7 by the coordinator and 7 by each of the 3 promoters). This general subject has been divided into two main fields of objectives: youths to learn to participate in democratic life and youths to learn to influence those who take decisions that concern them. The scheduled activities focus on: recording by heterogeneous groups of young people (disabled and not) of a city’ s spots that concern the urban accessibility for the disabled (accessible town planning, accessible services, etc.), the establishment of an ad-hoc consultation network with the participation of those youth, of those who work with and for them, of those who can assist them in planning and elaborating proposals, and of those who take decisions. Youths will lobby the local authorities in order to be committed, adapt and incorporate measures for resolving non-accessibility issues that concern them (disabled youth) or are of interest for them (the rest participated youth). 

A final transnational meeting will boost the exchange of the results and will safeguard an impetus for feedback, monitoring and viability of the measures to be taken. The method of non-formal learning is present throughout the project (outdoor research activities, consultation panel-roundtable, development of a political ‘manifesto’, monitoring of the implementation by those who take decisions of the youths’ proposals) and will lead to the acquisition of competencies by the youths, of self-confidence, of new skills, and of a knowledge that boosts their personal and social development.

Hebron YDRC International Internship

Hebron YDRC International Internship

2013 - 2014

The Hebron Youth Development Resource Center (YDRC) is a space for Palestinian youth to develop their skills in different areas, engage with their peers, and become active members of their communities. Located in Hebron-Palestine, the YDRC offers a diverse range of youth programming, designed to empower youth and help them realize their leadership potential.

The Hebron YDRC was established in the Palestinian Child’s Home Club (PCHC), a sports and cultural organization that has worked to build a culture of peace and respect for human rights since 1996. The YDRC model has helped expand programming at the club, and today the center has grown into an indispensable resource platform for youth. The programming offered through the YDRC, coupled with continued sports and cultural opportunities, is helping to create a foundation of leaders to build a stronger community in the Hebron area. The YDRC serves as a hub for youth throughout the southern West Bank, as it is also linked with a network of eight affiliated youth clubs in the area.

Internship description

Hebron YDRC has internships available in various departments throughout the year that provide interns with experience through working in a real work space. Hebron YDRC will provide Interns with Lodging, please click here to view our premises and venues.

We are currently looking for different interns to assist in PR, Fundraising and Reporting, English teaching and Media and Photography.

Duties may include:

PR, Fundraising and Reporting:

• Editing of all English-language reporting and communication material, to ensure accuracy and consistency with quality standards.
• Assist in organizing events and oversee logistics, fundraising, and PR events, including invites, venue, materials, presentations and press coverage.
• Work closely with the different YDRC departments to help craft and implement communications and fundraising strategy, coordinate publicity and maintain consistency in organizational messaging.
• Responsible for proposal management, including researching funding opportunities, and writing proposals for timely submission.
• Prepare and update a database of potential donors, including requirements and funding opportunities; register with available donors, apply for available pre-qualifications opportunities.
• Establish guidelines for best practices in grant applications / proposal submission to be used by management for reference.

Media & Photography:

• Assist the Media Department in preparing English press releases, pitch letters, feature stories and other press materials as needed.
• Assist the Media and Management team in developing and preparing content for periodic reports, monthly newsletters and quarterly staff newsletters.
• Assist in designing advertisements, brochures, flyers and additional marketing materials as needed.
• Assist in managing all website content.
• Develop email campaigns and E-newsletters to enhance awareness of organization activities.
• Establish guidelines for best practices in communication and reporting to be used by management for reference.
• Assist in designing advertisements, brochures, flyers and additional marketing materials as needed.

English Language Teaching

• A native English speaker is needed to conduct classes in English to students.
• Candidate must be able to prepare class work, plan classes and mark and correct work handed in.
• Arranging extra-curricular activities for students and getting involved in social and cultural activities such as sports competition, dinners and excursions.

Internship duration:

The Hebron YDRC is very flexible to work with interns depending on their schedule and free time. However, the minimum internship period is two months. The next cycle of accepted interns are set to begin in November 2013.

Application procedures:

Interested candidates are requested to contact us at: info@ydrc.ps to begin working on the application form. Please attach your up-to-date resume and a cover letter in your email.

Further information:

Hebron YDRC website: www.ydrc.ps

Telephone: +97222224554

Email: info@ydrc.ps

Mobile: +972597933071

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ydrc.pchc