Bulgária

2804

Data de início: 01-03-2013

Data de fim: 01-09-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 6 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 31-01-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 65 €

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Resumo: The hosting organization plans to implement hosting projects mainly in the field of art and culture, but also in the following areas: ecology, media and communications/youth information, non-formal education and sports, and work with youth with fewer opportunities.

The volunteers will work in urban ambience, working according to the project activities in the office or outdoors, in informative campaigns, openair cinema projections or activities, related to the organization of the festival.

The town is one of the biggest cities in Bulgaria with more than 150 000 inhabitants and 3000 years of history. The office of the association is situated in the ideal center of the city, near all cultural institutions and many historical monuments.

The cultural life marks a longterm opera tradition, a part of which are the Opera and ballet festival and the puppet festival. In the medical department of local university there are a lot of foreign students, who often visit our cultural events.

The city dispose with a lot of green spaces, renewed soccer stadium and basketball hall, variety of art halls, cinemas and galeries. The local park Ayazmo a vast dendrarium, where variety of trees and animals live is open all year round and is the favorite leisure activities venue for the citizens.

Researches classify the town as a city with high living standart, compared to others in Bulgaria. The municipality works really well for the development of the infrastructure and other facilities in the city. Lots of foreign visitors say that it is one of the most interesting places to visit in this region of Bulgaria.

About 30 km north of the city there are lots of historical places for visit such as The Tracian Treasures and Thombs near Kazanlak and the Rose valley. We have good contacts with the NGOs in that region and with some of them we have implemented mutual projects.

We believe that a modern and historically rich town as this will be interesting and convenient environment for the foreign volunteers. As hosts, we will present the local rituals, historical sightseeings and cultural diversity.

Perfil: The volunteers we are looking for should be open-minded and interested in art and culture, non-formal education, sport and work with children and youngsters. They should be communicative and creative individuals, ready to face new challenges and to work in dynamic atmosphere. It is recommendable that they have good computer and internet skill and satisfactory English language level.

. After evaluating the applicants, the organization will approve the candidates, who best match the aims of the project and the Association, we will make interviews through skype and other social networks and will choose the volunteers, in coordination with the opinion of the partners organizations.

Suitable partners for the association would be art organizations, who organize festivals and other cultural events or work in the fields of: youth communication and media, non-formal education, sports and open-air leisure activities, ecology and work with children and youngsters with fewer opportunities. With such organizations we would most efficiently exchange experience and good practices, having mutual and longterm benefits.

Tarefas: - what you can offer to volunteers in terms of Service and learning opportunities,
the organization will give the volunteers opportunities for personal development, gaining of confidence, professional competencies and diverse experience. They will get in touch with different arts, make contacts with artists and representatives of the local NGOs, institutions and media, they will have freedom of opinion and support in realizing their good ideas. They will be able to develop their creativity and artistic skills, leading art workshops, presentations and campaigns. All of the trainings, workshops and some of the seminars, organized by the Association are done according to the methods of non-formal education. The volunteers will have the opportunities to participate in some of them and to colaborate with our members and the local youth community, sharing their ideas on EVS and other activities of the organization. They will be encouraged and acknowledged for their efforts and good results.
All volunteers will be supported in their Bulgarian language education in order to enrich their knowledge about Bulgaria and to gain communication confidence and success.

- what will be the role of EVS volunteers in the Host Organisation,
By implementing their voluntary mission, the volunteers will promote and practically release the idea of voluntarism on local and international level. Realizing it or not, they will become a role model for the local youth and community, presenting themselves, the Association and the values of EVS, respectively the Youth in Action programme. Implementing the activities they will increase the capacity of the Association, expand its range of contacts and its potential on future projects. They stand in the middle of the partners relations and play an important part in their exchange of experience and colaboration. That is why they will be encouraged to being responsible, active and cooperative.

- the activities in which the volunteers could be involved and the activities the volunteers could create in your organisation. Please give examples of typical activities/tasks for the volunteers.

According to the specifics of the given project, the volunteers will be involved in the following activities:
- administrating, promoting and organizing cultural events (cinema, theatre, concerts, exhibitions, alternative, art and leisure activities);
- responsibilities, related to the festival, such as leading the contact with foreign artists, preparation of the materials and the technical part when implementing events);
- maintanance and development of the internet tools of the Association, such as internet page, e-zine and profiles in facebook;
- participation in the implementation of promotion campaigns, pressconferences and sponsors actions;
- leading the information campaign and presentations related to the voluntary mission of EVS;
- facilitation of non-formal art activities for children and youngsters, including creative concept, monitoring and support of the safety instructions and good atmosphere for the participants; some of the topics of the workshops are jewellery, glass, ceramics and fabrics painting, art-recycling of clothes and domestic materials, etc.

The EVS volunteer will have creative freedom and cooperative support, when his ideas correspond to the aims of the Association.and the values of EVS and Youth in Action.

The ideas will be discussed between him/her and the mentor at one side, and with the rest of the members of the team at another. We expect that the.volunteers will show an open attitude and will clearly proclaim their vision on developing and enriching the project activities, as well as suggesting new ones. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to participate in additional activities out of the project, if they have the interest and the potential for that, and if their participation and role are approved by all the members of the team.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês