Macedónia

3503

Data de início: 01-06-2013

Data de fim: 28-02-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 27-05-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 50 €

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Resumo: This EVS project is based in a city located in central Macedonia. There are about 35.000 people living in the town, most of them ethnic Macedonians and Ortodox Christians.

The city is situated in a Valley, and thus it has good environmental conditions for agriculture - which is the most developed economic activity in the whole region. The town has characteristics of both continental and a Mediterranean climate, with hot summers and mild winters. It is the most famous for wine-production, with the biggest winery in Macedonia located in the city. The town is situated at a distance of about 100 km from the capital and second largest city, while the border with Greece is just 80 km away. There are very good bus connections between the town and most of the cities in Macedonia.

The twon is a city with rich cultural and sport life, compared to other cities in Macedonia. It has cultural institutions, a theater hall, sports hall, football stadium, swimming pool and a new 3D Cinema as well as other facilities. In September the city celebrates the beginning of grape-gathering, with a big festival and carnival. There are a number of other events taking place during the year, including sports tournaments as well. The town has famous clubs in basketball, handball and football, and it often hosts national tournaments and play-offs in these sports.

Regarding education, the town 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.

At a distance of just 15 km from the town is the Lake - the biggest man-made 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 for this project will live in the town. They will be accommodated in an apartment or a house not far from the city center. The town 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 hosting organization has its main office in Skopje, where it rents offices and a youth club. Nevertheless, the organization is implementing projects and activities on a national level as well. The organization's membership is consisted of young people from different cities in Macedonia, but most of the members outside of Skopje come from the town. Few of the organization's team members are also originally from the town. Since the local members from the town showed great potential, motivation and interest in developing activities, the organization decided to open an youth center and address the needs of young people in this city as well. Now the organization rents a house near the city center, fully equipped with computers, printer and other office equipment. Wireless internet connection is also available. The club in the town has regular communication and cooperation with the main office in Skopje. Thus, the EVS volunteers based in the town 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 the organization

The EVS house - is also fully equipped with washing machine, boilers, bathrooms, cooking equipped and everything that is necessary for their living in the local community, and the wireless connection, as well. As for the EVS with fewer opportunities, the hosting families, also are previously checked and monitored if they have the basic necessary equipments, depending on the project needs.

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. The organization will provide the necessary training and support for them. Still, general interest in the chosen field of work will be desired - arts, media.

The organization 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, the organization will also conduct an online or phone interviews with the most serious candidates, in order to finalize the selection procedure. However, the organization will not choose EVS volunteers for this project according to any other criteria besides their interests and motivation.
Age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: Different phases of the activity:
The sending organization will identify the young person interests, needs and abilities. Together with the hosting organization the general scheme of the project will be adapted to the volunteer. The volunteer will receive all necessary information regarding contracts, travel, insurance, project environment etc. The volunteer will take part in the pre-departure training organized by the National Agency.

Description of tasks:
This project is focused on providing non-formal education opportunities to children and young people from the town 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 art, culture, language courses, use of computers, sports, theater, media, and other ideas suggested by the volunteers.

As a hosting organization, the organization will show a considerable amount of flexibility and along with every single volunteer will define the volunteer's exact tasks with a daily/weekly working timetable. The organization is also open for volunteer's own ideas and initiatives.

The Project’s activities will be developed in cooperation with primary schools and high schools, as well.
Different support the volunteer will receive while implementing the activities:
For every workshop the volunteer will have an assistant from the organization's coordinators 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:
- 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.
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 the organization's offices), with the local club.

Typical tasks for the volunteers will be:
- Organizing and assisting the organization of various activities for the young members from the town (workshops, outside events, performances, concerts, volunteer actions etc)
- Assisting the work of organization's office in the town(coordinating the members, planning activities, fund-raising etc)
- Organizing promotional events for the organization and its activities.

The volunteers will implement all activities in cooperation with the organization's team members and local volunteers from the town. 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 the volunteer's creative ideas.

With the volunteers hosted in the town, are working and supporting them 4 different people: EVS Coordinator, the assistant coordinator, EVS mentor, and EVS language teacher. Also, at the center are working and supporting the team, the local volunteers at the center, Junior's club, and the rest of the active members, as well. That is a big team that works together and gives the needed support of the EVS volunteers in their activities and projects.

For the EVS management, the youth center, every time is developing the internal organization for better organization of the EVS team and the work in general. The EVS volunteers, works by following a working schedule, in which are organized their: working shifts, the weekly individual meetings with the Coordinator, their lessons classes. Also, there is a file, document: Weekly report, that the EVS volunteers are completing it every Monday of the week and they evaluate themselves for the past week, and after completing it, they are sending to their Coordinator, so it's helps for the evaluation, monitoring, and for the Final report at the end of their project, as well. At the very start of the EVS project, after the hosting of the volunteer, and after the orientation meeting, the volunteers are receiving a ready file to read: EVS Polices and Procedures, which they have to read, and to sign it that they understood it and confirm with their signature. Also there is available Absence Form-online, where they sign for their free days in advance, and also a paper documents that they are signing after receiving their EVS living allowance.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês