Lituânia

7136

Data de início: 01-05-2017

Data de fim: 01-11-2017

Vagas: 1

Duração: 6 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 28-03-2017

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The Regional Park was established in 1992 to preserve the moraine landscape of the region, the natural ecosystem and cultural heritage. This wavy landscape was formed by the glacier. The highest point of the eminence.
In the west side of regional park is located a village. This is a street type village of small patial structure of an oblong layout consisting of 46 homesteads, which was settled in the middle of the 16th century. By the lake there is a republican hydrological natural monument – spring. This place was, and still is sacred to people – the legend talks about it...

The Directorate of the regional park is a budgetary governmental organization. 6 people (4 specialists) work here. The main aims of the organization are:
To preserve the unique local landscape, to preserve and protect the local fauna and flora
To protect and propagate the cultural heritage of the area
To restore damaged natural and cultural monuments
To implement monitoring, research, collect information on environmental issues
To facilitate the development of ecotourism in the park’s territory
To organize and realize educational, cultural activities, events, to advocate for natural and cultural protection

Perfil: be interested in Lithuanians culture, cultural heritage, nature, ecology.
Be able to communicate in English or/and Russian.
Like hiking, travelling and explore nature, learn about it
be ready for some physical work
be able to work independently, and plan own activities
Age: 17-30

Tarefas: Having acquainted with the park’s territory, environmental, cultural heritage and the exposition of the park visitors’ centre, the volunteers will be able to conduct guided tours for foreign tourists and later to Lithuanian groups as well.
The volunteers will have an opportunity to learn not only Lithuanian language, but also to learn, to experience ethnic archetypal songs of this area. These songs are called Sutartinės (from the word “sutarti” – means to be in concordance, in agreement, singular sutartinė). They are highly unique examples of folk music. They are an ancient form of two and three voiced polyphony, based on the oldest principles of multivoiced vocal music. Two staff members are involved in folklore band. There is the opportunity to some ethnical music instruments from this territory – “dambrelis”, “dūda” or Lithuanian bagpipe.

Volunteers will assist the park’s specialists during the monitoring of biodiversity. There are 9 territories assigned to the directorate of the regional park. Most of these are forests, marshes, vast fields, big ponds for birds. Specialists are observing populations of many species that are found in Lithuanian red book – buzzard, Ural owl, great snipe, ruff, black stork, black grouse, capercaillie. It is a great opportunity to make acquaintance with wildlife, real nature of Lithuania, the eastern territory at least.

There are monitoring of landscape and of visitors too. So, volunteers will also assist the park’s specialists during landscape monitoring: photographing and marking landscape changes, pieces of cultural and environmental heritage, counting numbers of tourists taking cognitive paths, archiving the pictures. The collected material can later be used for photo presentations in the visitors’ centre.

Volunteers will be asked to prepare information and create a booklet about regional park in English or in their native language. Also they could participate in a recording of local legends and sagas in english, and help directorate staff with this idea, maybe expanding it in some creative new level.

Volunteers will help the regional park’s specialists to manage cultural and natural heritage. Some of these activities require a physical work, such as carrying branches, trash, sweepings look up after campsites etc.

One of regional park directorate’s priorities is activities with children of local schools – trips, tours, lessons about nature and culture and others educational programs. New ideas and knowledge would be welcomed. So, there will be opportunities to learn all the time.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter