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4797

Data de início: 01-09-2015

Data de fim: 01-09-2016

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 09-06-2015

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 125 €

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Resumo: The association is located in the city centre, a town of about 32,000 residents. The city is the prefecture of the department. The Dordogne is a rural department that has an important natural, historical and artistic heritage. Agriculture and tourism are the main economic activities. The city is located in the Aquitaine region and has very good connections (rail, highway) with the famous city of Bordeaux, accessible by car in about 1h30.
The association is working in the field of Youth (training courses for youth leaders, support for leisure centres). It offers them workshops, educational tools, training and support for qualitative development of their work with children and youth.

The main aim of this project is to promote intercultural discoveries and exchanges among the local population and more particularly among children and young people. Two aspects are considered for the volunteer:
- help the Association to develop projects and actions to promote intercultural dialog and international mobility for young people.
- In line with federated youth and leisure centres in the department, to participate in the organisation of educational and recreative activities for children / young people - including an intercultural aspect.
Volunteer activities can be developed throughout the department and will be adapted according to the interests of the volunteer.
Children and young people who are in these centres come from all social and cultural classes.
The volunteer will live in a share flat with young local people, in the city centre.He/she will live in a furnished room and will share the bathroom and the kitchen with his/her roomates. The volunteer will have the opportunity to cook (and can be accompanied at the beginning if needed). The organization will give him(her) a mobile phone and a first phonecard (the following ones will be buy by the volunteer). The young person will have access to internet in his accommodation as well as on place of his/her mission.

The organization will provide bus tickets if needed for daily transport.
If the volunteer is involved in a project outside the city for several days (summer camp, excursions ...), he/she will be accomodated with the group (camping, family housing ...).
The Dordogne offers a wide range of opportunities for personal development of the volunteer: cultural activities in town (theater, cinema, concerts ...) ; outdoor sports (canoeing, tree, hiking ...) ; touristic and historical activities (caves, castles, museums ...). The population comes mainly from rural areas. Agriculture still plays an important role. But it is possible to meet city dweller and tourists: indeed, tourism is the second major economic activity in the department. The means of transport most used is the car. Public transportation services exist but are not very effective outside urban areas.

Perfil: This project is open to all young people eligible for the Programme without discrimination (sex, origin, religion, culture ...). The one and only criterion will be the motivation.
So that the volunteer can grow during this EVS project, he/she should show an open-minded attitude and have a particular interest in working with children and youth. However experience in this field is not required.
Knowledge of French language or specific know-hows (theater, video, sports, fine arts ...) facilitating communication and development of actions with young peple would be good but are not exclusive criteria.
Recruitment will be open to all. Information on the project will be available on the EVS database and announced to our network of international partners.

For practical reasons and for taking care of the planet, we encourage candidates to send us their application by email. The application can take any form but has to emphasise their interest in the project and their motivation.
The volunteer selection will be based on the applicant’s motivation and on what he/she wants to bring to the project. The selection will be the result of a close collaboration between the Association (employees, elected members, mentor) and the sending organization that shall have direct contact with the candidate. We attach importance to the trust established between our organisations and the volunteers.
Sending organizations working in the field of non-formal education for children and young people would be great partners because we also wish to develop other actions such as youth exchanges or seminars for youth workers on issues like education.

The selected candidate will be notified directly by email or telephone. All other applicants will be notified in the same way.

Tarefas: The organization proposes two threads closely related to the project of education and intercultural awareness among young people. Activities in which the volunteer can be involved:
Thread 1 – Help the Association develop projects and actions to promote intercultural dialog and international mobility of young people:
- Hold information permanences in schools and youth centres to inform students and young people about Europe, European Programmes for Youth, mobility opportunities and about the activities of the Association (youth trainings, support for youth projects…) The volunteer will be also asked to tell about his / her experience as an EVS volunteer to other young people to give them some European awareness.
- Assist the staff member in charge of EVS projects to coordinate the sending of local young people in EVS, by the testimony of his/her experience.
- Assist in organizing European youth exchanges
- Participate in the development of various activities for special events (Europe Day, International Solidarity Week...)
According to his/her know-how and interest, the volunteer will be given the opportunity to run training courses for youth workers with a staff member of the association.
Thread 2: In connection with federated leisure and youth centres in the department, participate in the organisation of educational and recreative activities for children / young people - including an intercultural aspect..
- Work with children and young people in leisure and youth centres on activities related to the culture of his / her country. The volunteer will help the team of youth leaders.
- Participate in some educational activities towards children and young people about the difference of languages and cultures. Depending on his / her interests, the volunteer will be able to choose among a wide range of activities (sports, recreational, cultural).
The volunteer will be allowed to express his / her creativity and initiate new projects to promote the right to difference, awareness and openness to other languages, other cultures. He (she) will have the opportunity to develop a personal project realted, preferably, to youth and will get supported from the Association.
In terms of learning opportunities, the volunteer will have the opportunity to:
- Take French lessons and practice the language through contact with people
- Develop and implement projects that will enable him / her to understand and experiement a project methodology
- Learn to work in a team
- Deepen their skills and develop new ones, especially in the field of youth work
- Develop their autonomy and learn to undertake initiatives, increase their sense of responsibility
- Follow specific trainings for youth workers on youth leading and educational commitment
- Live an intercultural experience and share it
- Discover another culture and make discover its own
He (she) will also be able to follow various training courses organized by the association for his / her personal learning.
The volunteer will be asked to be on duty 30h a week from Monday to Friday. Occasionally the volunteer will be reqested to work some weekends depending on scheduled events. In this case, he (she) will take up his / her days off the week after or at another moment if he/she makes the request
He (she) may also have to move throughout the department with a staff member to do some activities.

Condições: 1

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês/Francês

Download: 4797 - Questionnaire for Evs Project in France 2015-2016.doc