Lituânia

1932

Data de início: 01-03-2013

Data de fim: 01-12-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-10-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The volunteers will live in Plateliai village. Plateliai, the most beautiful historically rich borough of Žemaitija, is situated on the western coast of Plateliai lake. Plateliai is a typical village of Žemaitija with interesting homesteads and Architectural values.

The population of the village is 1100. What you can enjoy here the most is the flora. Here one can find ashes, limes, maples and decorative bushes. The most famous and the thickest ash of Lithuania grows here too. It is a natural monument and local people call it the Ash of witch. During the summer season Lithuanians like to come to Plateliai for their holidays near the nice lake Plateliai. Travel around Plateliai lake gives the visitor a chance to admire the hilly landscape. Tourists can visit natural and cultural heritage sites on foot, bike, boat or car and bus.

There are many interesting cultural places to visit: museum of folk art and ethnography, art gallery, the Cold war museum where one can get some information about the attributes of the Soviet army.

The most interesting cultural events of the area are Shrovetide In February or March, at the end of May we celebrate the Day of European Parks, on 24 of June St. John's feast. People from all over Lithuania come here for the Great church festival in July.

You can also participate or watch the swimming marathon in the lake of Plateliai at the end of July, Rock music festival at the beginning of August and Plateliai regatta at the end of the month.

Even if Zemaitija national park is a popular tourist site, it also hosts many cultural events, especially during the summer.

Otherwise you can find establishments found in many similar villages. Plateliai has a gymnasium, therefore graduates (youth) come back from city universities only for summer. You can also find 4 shops, 4 cafes, a yacht club. The park's directorate has a team of Lithuanian Dodge ball called Ripka, which plays in the national championship. Sportive volunteers will be able to join the team trainings or even some competitions.

Perfil: We would like to receive volunteers who would:
- Be willing to explore the nature, the Lithuanian culture, and lifestyle of a small provincial village.
- Be motivated for creative work with local organizations and peoples
- Be ready for physical work
- Be able to plan own activities and work independently

The directorate of Zemaitija national park is open for all young volunteers who are motivated to work, are flexible, communicable, able to adapt to various situations. The volunteer should be aware that he/she will live in a very small village, where few people speak English, and which is far from bigger cities.

All applicants will be considered and evaluated based on how well they suit the general profile of an EVS volunteer and the requirements of the host placement in particular. Primary selection process will be conducted by the sending organization, later by the host organization together with the coordinating organization.

Zemaitija park is open to work with every organization having the status to send EVS.

Tarefas: The volunteers will have an opportunity to learn various methods of work while assisting the park's specialists during the monitoring of biodiversity. Monitoring of birds, such as Whooper Swan, Honey-buzzard, Hazel Grouse, Corn Crake, European Golden Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Grey-headed Woodpecker. Monitoring of mammals - Common wolf (Canis Lupus), European lynx (Lynx Lynx) European Beaver (Castor Fiber) River Otter (Lutra Lutra).
The volunteers will also assist the park's specialists during landscape monitoring: photographing and making landscape digression surveys, visitor needs surveys and visitor flow surveys.

The volunteers will be asked to prepare material for a leaflet/small publication and the internet website about the park in their language. It would be a great contribution to the park's publicity.

Once acquainted with the park's territory, environmental, cultural heritage and the exposition of the park visitors centre, museums, the volunteers will the able to assist guided tours for foreigners and later after learning some Lithuanian even to Lithuanian groups.

Each year Zemaitija national park hosts various crafting seminars. The volunteers will have an opportunity to join them by helping in the organization and also learning the some traditional crafts (blacksmith, wood carving, eggs painting, weaving, baking bread, culinary heritage and many others).

On their initiative the volunteers will be able to organize intercultural evenings for the local community, share their culture with the local people, informally teach foreign languages, dances, songs and traditions to pupils, offer assistance at the old people's home. The volunteers will be able to suggest and realize ideas which would contribute to the park's objectives. They will be free to initiate actions of environmental protection, hikes and many other activities with the village community.

Volunteer activities in Zemaitija NP could be:
30% - Work with visitors and expositions in visitor centre and museums
20% - Monitoring of species, landscape and visitor management
10% - Nature management works
15% - Time for discovering new things (discussions with specialist's from Zemaitija national park and other protected areas, participation in handicraft workshops, collecting and sharing information in environmental field, watching flora and fauna, making pictures)
10% - Work with communities and stakeholders, assistance in organizing events
10% - Volunteer initiatives and dissemination of volunteering ideas
5% - Work on webpage and marketing

Activities according the seasons
May - on-arrival training, trainings according to the needs, monitoring, work with communities and stakeholders, assistants in organizing events, language courses;

June - work in the visitors centre and museums, assistance in organizing events, language courses;

July - monitoring, work in visitor centre and museums, work on visibility of the project (meetings with local people, writing articles to newspapers, WebPages, etc.);

August - work in visitors centre and museum, inspections for environmental protection, work on webpage and marketing;

September - nature management works, photography, visits to schools, meetings with local people, countries presentations.

October - monitoring, nature management works, work with communities and stakeholders, work on webpage and marketing;

November - work in the visitors' centre and museum, work with communities and stakeholders, work on webpage and marketing;
December - work on visibility of the project, collecting photo material, writing articles, preparation for project evaluation, evaluation meeting;

Time for volunteers initiatives, dissemination of ideas, possibilities to visit other Lithuanian regional and national parks will be discussed and foreseen together with volunteers, host and coordinating organizations.

Volunteers will have an opportunity for intercultural learning not only during their communication with local young people, but with other EVS volunteers from different EU and Eastern European counties as well.

Working in Zemaitija national park is a good chance to discover the most beautiful places of Lithuania and acknowledge the European importance of protected areas, Natura 2000 sites. Living in a small village of Plateliai will help volunteers to better understand Lithuanian lifestyle. On the other hand, Plateliai is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Lithuania, so volunteers will have an opportunity to improve they communication, marketing and management skills during the time spent in the visitors' centre and communication with tourists from all over the world. One of the unique things in Zemaitija are it's local handicrafts. Volunteers will have opportunity to explore traditions of wood carving, farriery, weaving and other handicrafts.

EVS gives a good chance for volunteers to learn how to become more independent: to prepare food, to make their rooms, to wash clothes, to manage their money and many other important things which can be very useful for their personal development.

Documentação: CV e Carta de Motivação