Eslovénia

10657

Data de início: 01-03-2022

Data de fim: 01-11-2022

Vagas: 1

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 13-02-2022

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 85 €

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Resumo: The Youth Center is a community space and youth node in Slovenia that functions as a meeting place for young people and increasingly for the whole community. The story of Youth Center dates back in 2008, when the need for a common youth space was articulated. After years of negotiations with the local authorities, 300 m2 of an old monastery came into use by local young people and youth organizations in 2012. Youth center was thus formed as an umbrella organization by 3 local NGO.

Young volunteers renovated the spaces and furnished it with second-hand and DIY furniture, donated by inhabitants and businesses. In 2018, we took over another part of the building with the youth hostel, making it easier to host international activities in the town. There is 5 people employed by the youth center and the youth hostel currently, 2 of which work specifically in the program activities of the youth center.

We represent the interests of young people and try to connect active youth associations and other NGOs within the field and to support them in their own projects and we regularly cooperate with local schools and municipality. The values we follow are connection, knowledge, creativity, support and social responsibility. The main topics we are addressing lately are protecting environment, youth street work, local policies for young people, youth participation, local youth tourism, international mobility and active free time in the local community.

We offer regular weekly courses (music, language, creativity etc.) and monthly events and workshops (creative, fun, educational – on education of teenagers for parents, events for young parents on their parent leave, parties, lectures about traveling etc.). One of our most recognizable projects is the mobil, a van with which we bring big games, skate ramps, board games etc. in the town square or we travel with it to the neighboring villages, joining it with a local cinema. We also opened a library of things and occasionally we organize an exchange of clothes and a garage sale.

We are active as hosting Erasmus+ and ESE projects (youth exchanges, group volunteering project, trainings for youth works) as well as sending the local youngsters on youth exchanges. There are some of the projects we would like to mention here: group volunteering project of renovation of the hostel, youth exchange on the topic of zero-waste, another one in connection with nature and inclusion that was organized by a group of young locals, youth exchanges in cooperation with a foreign organization in which cooperation, communication and initiative are promoted through challenges for the groups of youngsters.

Perfil: Age: 18-30

Tarefas: Connecting organizations in the local community
- visiting various local organizations in the local environment (become a scout, a teacher, a youth worker, a humanitarian worker, firefighter and alpine guide for a day) and participating in their activities

Community projects
- traveling with our youth workers to the center of the town and its surrounding areas with the mobil van (pop up playground for street youth work)
- cooperating in designing activities and tools according to your interests
- working with youngsters of different backgrounds and those with fewer possibilities
- organizing and preparing summer events at the terrace
- interacting with the Idrija locals, residents and visitors in an engaging way

Activities in the Youth Hostel
- developing socializing activities for the young visitors of the hostel (movie nights, international evening, guided visits of Idrija hidden gems, language cafés)
- developing inventive ways of discovering Idrija and its surroundings
- writing about living in the town
- meeting guests and showing them around the local spots

Informing and promoting opportunities for solidarity actions
- promoting international projects, such as the ESC and E+ projects
- bringing forward the intercultural component in all the other activities
- connect your ideas with other volunteers around the country.

Get involved in the following activities, according to your interest:
- participating in the promotional activities (social media, designing posters, take pictures of events etc.)
- helping out at the hostel
- taking on some technical tasks around the house
- organizing workshops for local youngsters and surrounding towns
- organizing open events such as country presentations or language cafés
- visiting schools and promoting Erasmus+ program, your country, or your personal interests
- initiating your own project.

Documentação: CV + motivation Letter