Macedónia

1463

Data de início: 01-08-2012

Data de fim: 01-08-2013

Vagas: 2

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 05-04-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 50 €

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Resumo: This EVS project is based in Kavadarci, a city located in central Macedonia. There are about 35.000 people living in Kavadarci, most of them ethnic Macedonians and Ortodox Christians. The city is situated in the Tikvesh Valley, and thus it has good environmental conditions for agriculture - which is the most developed economic activity in the whole region.

Kavadarci has characteristics of both continental and mediterranean climate, with hot summers and mild winters. It is the most famous for wine-production, with the biggest winery in Macedonia "Tikves" being located there. Kavadarci is situated on a distance of 100 km from Skopje (the capital) and Bitola (second biggest city), while the border with Greece is just 80 km away. There are very good bus connections between Kavadarci and most of the cities in Macedonia.

Kavadarci is a city with rich cultural and sport life, compared to other cities in Macedonia. It has cultural institutions, theatre hall, sports hall, football stadium, swimming pool and other facilities. In September the city celebrates the beginning of grape-gathering, with big festival and carnival. There are a number of other events taking place during the year, including sports tournaments as well. Kavadarci has famous clubs in basketball, handball and football, and it often hosts national tournaments and play-offs in these sports. Regarding education, Kavadarci has 3 high schools and 5 primary schools, plus a bigger number of primary schools in the surrounding villages. There is also a primary music school in the city.

On a distance of just 15 km from Kavadarci is the Tikves Lake - the biggest manmade lake in Macedonia. The lake is a popular destination for fishing and swimming. A number of archaeological sites and monuments are found around the lake, as well as in other parts of the region.

The EVS volunteers hosted in this project will live in Kavadarci. They will be accommodated in an appartment or a house not far from the city center. Kavadarci does not have any public transportation and everything in the city is easily reachable by foot. The volunteers will live in an area with many shops and close to city's open market, where cheap food products can be found. There are a number of cafe bars and clubs located in the city as well.

The Youth Association creACTive has its main office in Skopje, where it rents offices and a youth club. Neverthelles, creACTive is implementing projects and activities on a national level as well. Organization's membership is consisted of young people from different cities in Macedonia, but most of the members outiside of Skopje come from Kavadarci. Few of creACTive's team members are also originally from Kavadarci. Since the local members from Kavadarci showed great potential, motivation and interest in developing activities, creACTive decided to open an youth club and address the needs of young people in this city as well. Now the organization rents a house near the city center, fully equiped with computers, printer and other office equipment. Wireless internet connection is also available. The club in Kavadarci has regular communication and cooperation with the main offices in Skopje. Thus, the EVS volunteers based in Kavadarci can be sure that they will be updated with the general activities of the organization and will have the opportunity to get involved in other national projects of creACTive.

Perfil: There are not any specific requirements regarding volunteer's profile. Nevertheless, it will be very helpful if the volunteers are experienced in working and developing activities with children and young people aged 13 to 25. They should be motivated to work on promoting creativity, youth participation and active citizenship of young people. It is also expected that they would be interested in intercultural learning and exploring the way of living in Macedonia.
No previous experience is required by the volunteers. creACTive will provide the necessary training and support for them. Still, general interest in the chosen field of work will be desired - arts, media.
creACTive is open to all young people interested in becoming EVS volunteers. All of them will be expected to send CV and motivation letter; and the organization will make a preliminary selection based on these documents. Afterwards, creACTive will also conduct phone interviews with the most serious candidates, in order to finalize the selection procedure. However, creACTive will not choose EVS volunteers for this project according to any other criteria besides their interests and motivation.

Tarefas: Different phases of the activity:
Sending organisation will identify the young person interests, needs and abilities. Together with the hosting organisation the general scheme of the project will be adapted to volunteer. Volunteer will receive all necessary information regarding contracts, travel, insurance, project environment etc.
The volunteer will take part in the pre-departure training organised by National Agency.
Description of tasks
This project is focused on providing non-formal education opportunities to children and young people from Kavadarci. The specific topics of the activities depend on the personal preferences, knowledge and experience of the volunteers. Still, the intention is to organize different types of activities in the fields of arts, culture, language courses, use of computers, sports, theatre, media, and others suggested by the volunteers. In addition to this, creACTive sees this project as a way to support the local club of Public debate in Kavadarci, which is based in the High School "Dobri Daskalov". Thus, it is expected that the volunteers would organize activities with its members as well.
As a hosting organization, creACTive will show a considerable amount of flexiblity and together with every single volunteer will define volunteer's exact tasks and daily/weekly working timetable. The organization is also open for volunteer's own ideas and initiatives.
Project's activities will be mostly developed in cooperation with the Primary School "Strasho Pindzur" from Kavadarci. The school has about 300-400 students aged 7 to 14. In addition, the school is also responsible for 3 primary schools in villages near Kavadarci. Largest of them is the primary school based in Drenovo - village located 12 kilometers from the city. The school in Drenovo has about 70 students, also including about 20 children from smaller villages around it, who study in Drenovo because there are no schools in their places of living. Because of this, during the week they live in a student dormitory in Drenovo, which is also part of the primary school.
The volunteers will be expected to develop part of their tasks in the city and part of them in the village of Drenovo, while still living in Kavadarci. The activities will be mostly implemented in working space of the youth club and the schools in Kavadarci; while in Drenovo they will be developed in a room provided by the dormitory. All equipment and materials will be provided by creACTive. The balance between working in the city and in a village will be agreed together with the volunteers. Different sypport the volunteer will receive while implementing the activities; for each workshop the volunteer will have an assistant from creACTive's team members depending on the knowledge and skills for the specific activity. In general, each volunteer will be expected to fulfill the following tasks together with the EVS Coordinator and activity assistant:
- Preparing the topic for the activities (workshops)
- Preparing the contents for the activities (games, exercises, language courses)
- Implementing the activities together with another EVS or local volunteer
Workshops will be implemented with small groups of students, mostly ranging from 10 to 20 members. With each group activities will be developed twice or three times a week, lasting 45 to 90 minutes. The same, or very similar types of activities will be developed in the city and in the village. In Drenovo, the volunteers will also have the opportunity to organize structured free-time activities for the children living in the dormitory. The time necessary for traveling and for specific preparations in Drenovo will be included in volunteer's working time.
It is expected that these activities would take up to 60 - 70% of volunteers' working time. The rest of the working time will be filled with activities developed with the local members of the organization (in organization's offices), with the local club for Public debate in Kavadarci and activities in the High School "Dobri Daskalov". Typical tasks for the volunteers will be:
- Organizing and assisting the organization of various activities for the young members from Kavadarci (workshops, outside events, performances, concerts, volunteer actions etc)
- Assisting the work of creACTive's office in Kavadarci (coordinating the members, planning activities, fund-raising etc)
- Providing support and help to the local instructors of the Public debate club.
- Organizing promotional events for the organization and its activities.
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The volunteers will implement all activities in cooperation with organization's team members and local volunteers from Kavadarci. There is also an opportunity for organizing joint activities with the EVS volunteers based in Skopje, as well as for initiating new activities, according to volunteers' ideas.

Horário: The volunteer will be expected to work for 6 hours during the working day.

The volunteer will work 30 to 35 hours weekly, or 6 to 7 per day. Saturdays and Sundays in general will be free days; and if there is some specific activity taking place during weekend than the volunteer will receive other free days instead. Besides the regular two free days per week, the volunteer will also have two days of holiday for each month of the service.
The approximate timetable prepared as a draft by the organization is the following:
Monday: 12 - 16: Preparing the contents of volunteer's activities (ex. workshops)
Macedonian language class
Assisting the work of creACTive's office in Kavadarci, and getting involved in other activities of the organization
16 - 19: Implementation of the activities, with two groups of young people (in creACTive's youth club)
Tuesday: 12 - 18: Preparing and implementing activities in Drenovo (ex. workshops with two groups of children, plus free time activities)
Wednesday: 12 - 16: Preparing the contents of volunteer's activities (ex. workshops)
Macedonian language class
Assisting the work of creACTive's office in Kavadarci, and getting involved in other activities of the organization
Thursday: 12 - 18: Preparing and implementing activities in Drenovo (ex. workshops with two groups of children, plus free time activities)


Friday: 12 - 17 Assisting the work of creACTive's office in Kavadarci, and getting involved in other activities of the organization.
Assisting the work with creACTive's members in Kavadarci
Macedonian language class
Preparation od volunteer's activities in the high school.
Implementation of volunteer's activity in the high school in Kavadarci

Saturday and Sunday: Free

Condições: Weekends and national holidays will be non-working. The volunteer will also have the right to use holidays and to leave the office for certain periods of time - according to the agreement made with the organization. creACTive will provide the volunteer with a fully equipped office with computers, internet access, telephone, printer, copier and other office equipment. Language training will also be provided, by a Macedonian language teacher. The volunteer will follow 3 classes per week either alone, or in a group with other EVS volunteers from the organization.

The EVS volunteer will be accommodated in apartment or a house in Kavadarci. The accommodation will be near the organization's office, on a walking distance of maximum 15 minutes. The volunteer will have a separate bedroom, but will share living room, kitchen and bathroom with other volunteers. Internet access will be provided in the apartment/house. All other practical issues will be solved directly with the volunteer.

Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e ficha de inscrição

Download: application-form-evs-creactive.doc