EVS

URBAN VOLUNTEERING

KICK-START

INFOPACK

ABOUT VACANCY

PROJECT LENGTH: 21 DAYS

ARRIVAL: 22.4.2016, 17:00

DEPARTURE : 12.5.2016, 10:00

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 10

(5 FROM MACEDONIA AND 5 FROM ROMANIA)

WORKING LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

PLACE OF THE VACANCY: BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

Various volunteering activities (main goal is show to participants the diversity –

paperwork, cleaning, taking care of children, animal well-fare, etc.) Inspirational evenings, workshops Organizing an event of their choosing Recreational optional activities such as hiking, dancing, cooking Outdoor weekend Sightseeing

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Collaboration Decision making facing unpredictable situations Flexible decision making Assertivness Expression skills and opinion stating abilities Skills to design, implement and manage their own project Skills to work in an international team Social skills and communication in foreign language

OUR MISSION:

Mladiinfo wants to carry out the short-term EVS project for 10 young people from Macedonia

and Romania. As a starting impulse there was a desire to improve active participation in

society mainly on a local level (youth approach to urban development). The project's

general mission is to show to young people that they can be involved in running the city

and introduce to them the diversity of urban volunteering. This would be achieved mainly

by volunteering in organizations with a wide scale of concern (ecology, unemployement etc).

Participants will have a chance to discover these issues and possible solutions through

various voluntary but also entertaining and educational activities, opportunities to realize

themselves in physical and intellectual fields and actively participate in the local project

development and implementation. We consider volunteering as the best opportunity for

internal growth and impacting our community. We hope that the participants will continue in

their involvement within the society even after they return to their home countries.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR:

Mladiinfo doesn't have any restrictions for gender or age except for the general Erasmus+

rules. For Urban volunteering kick-start volunteers 17-22 years old are preferred, but scale

could be wider. No special skills are required, the pivotal criterion is the applicant's

motivation and reasons for participation in the project activities and volunteering in Slovakia.

Preferences will be furtherly given to volunteers who are willing to learn to make a difference

in their countries by starting new projects and events. Creativity is an advantage, too.

Volunteers have to be able to handle themselves in various situations and should be willing to

try new things. We require a communicative level of English and a positive attitude.

Costs

This project is financed by the Erasmus+. Being selected for this

program, all costs accommodation, travel, max. 275€/per person,

visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered

by the NAs involved in this project. Please contact your sending

organisation to learn more about the financial details, and how

to arrange the booking of your travel tickets.

Participants will need to provide necessary documents (tickets) for reimbursement.

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates will have to fill in the application as per the attachment included in the call and

send it to sending organisation (deadline is the 1st of March). According to its results they

will be selected afterwards. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed via Skype.

If the number of suitable people would be high we would arrange two rounds of calls.

After the process is over, we will set up a Facebook page for the chosen volunteers to get

them connected, inform them about the news, clarify their preferences and share ideas.

ABOUT MLADIINFO SLOVAKIA:

Mladiinfo Slovensko was established by former EVS volunteers in 2010 in Bratislava,

Slovakia. It is a well established non-profit organization promoting education and youth

mobility. Mladiinfo supports young people with information about EU programs, internships,

trainings, conferences, volunteering and other opportunities abroad but also in Slovakia.

Internet is used as the main tool to spread calls, success stories and motivate for participation.

Mladiinfo office is located in Bratislava Mlynska dolina, which is the largest complex of

student dormitories in Slovakia with almost 10 000 students. Mladiinfo is one of the most

active EVS sending organization in Slovakia. We have send around 130 volunteers for

projects in 24 countries. Mladiinfo Slovensko is a branch of Mladiinfo International – a

registered network with the seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mladiinfo Slovensko has over four

years of experience in EVS hosting and sending, youth exchanges and training. Hundreds of

young people from Slovakia have took the opportunity to find free educational options

through our website. Many people have traveled abroad and experienced informal education

via our organization. Mladiinfo Slovensko has sent about 130 volunteers to 24 countries. With

several experiences with sending groups of 10 short term EVS volunteers from Slovakia for

projects in Georgia and Russia, we have decided to implement similar project in Slovakia,

Bratislava, based on feedback from participants in similar project abroad and with our

knowledge of how this kind of projects are implemented in other countries.

CONTACT (hosting organisation): CONTACT (sending organisation):

Jana Sadovská, Mladiinfo Slovensko Adrian Oprică, Asociatia Tinerii 3D

sadovska.jana@gmail.com contact@t3d.ro

+421917316982 +40 766 743 347

http://www.mladiinfo.sk/ www.t3d.ro