Η ΕΛΙΞ σας προτείνει ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον πρόγραμμα EVS μεγάλης διάρκειας που συντονίζει η ισπανική οργάνωση Cocat. Το πρόγραμμα θα υλοποιηθεί από την 1η Φεβρουαρίου μέχρι την 1η Δεκεμβρίου του 2019 για δέκα μήνες, στην όμορφη Βαρκελώνη.
Οι αιτήσεις με τους επιλεγμένους υποψήφιους για αυτό το πρόγραμμα θα κατατεθούν από την οργάνωση φιλοξενίας στην επόμενη προθεσμία του προγράμματος EVS στις 16 Οκτωβρίου 2018 στην Εθνική Μονάδα της Ισπανίας.
Προθεσμία υποβολής αιτήσεων: Τετάρτη, 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018.
Η προθεσμία 12/09 είναι εσωτερική προθεσμία της COCAT για επιλογή εθελοντή/εθελόντριας και την προετοιμασία της αίτηση χρηματοδότησης.
Η αίτηση χρηματοδότησης θα απαντηθεί από την Εθνική Μονάδα της Ισπανίας δυο έως τρεις μήνες μετά από την κατάθεσή της.
Λεπτομερώς
Deadline to receive applications from volunteers 12/09/2018
We will submit the project on 16/10/2018 Erasmus + deadline to the Spanish National Agency.
Details of the EVS project in COCAT
Activity dates: February 2019 – December 2019 (10 months)
Number of volunteers: 2
Hosting organization: COCAT
Contact person: Ariadna Isern Creus
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COCAT
COCAT is a platform of organizations which gathers Catalan organizations that implement activities in the social-educational field. COCAT’S mission is to develop workcamps and voluntary service as a tool for personal, collective and community development, with the central values of interculturality, peace, sustainability and social justice and equality. COCAT represents a bridge between local Catalan youth associations organizing international workcamps in Catalonia and international voluntary service movement.
We promote international volunteering in 2 main ways:
- By sending Catalan volunteers abroad to participate in workcamps, mid and long-term projects, EVS, trainings, youth exchanges, etc.…
- By hosting international volunteers in the workcamp projects that our member organizations implement.
We are really concerned about inequalities and environmental issues, that’s why:
- we support young people with fewer opportunities so that they can also participate in this kind of experiences;
- we promote sustainable practices and ways of travelling.
EVS IN COCAT
The role of the volunteers who will participate in our EVS project will be to support the incoming and outgoing volunteering areas and to be in charge of communication. This means that one of the volunteers will support the work which is done to host volunteers (incoming) and the other one will support the work that is done to send volunteers (outgoing). Both will promote international voluntary service, by producing promotional material, participating in informative sessions, updating the website and our social networks, and publishing articles and posts on our website.
Here you will find a summary of the tasks that each volunteer will carry on during this EVS project:
Volunteer supporting Incoming and EVS area
This volunteer will support two areas: the so called “Incoming volunteers” area and the EVS area
PREPARATION OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE NEW WORKCAMPS SEASON
Workcamps programme
The first step with which we start the workcamps season is the preparation of a detailed programme with all the information that we receive from our local partners with which we implement our projects in Catalonia. The program of COCAT’s workcamp season is going to be shared with COCAT’s international partners during the annual Technical Meeting of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations, our international network.
Infosheets
Detailed informative documents to be sent to the volunteers that will participate in Catalan workcamps (it includes some general info about COCAT and Catalonia and detailed information about the project, how to get to the meeting point, contact person, etc.)
PLACEMENT
Once all these documents are ready, the registration process starts. It’s time to keep in touch with international organizations, in order to evaluate the applications of the volunteers that they would like to send; and to be in contact with local organizations, in order to see which volunteers they can host. The EVS volunteer will also deal with visa invitation letters and other documents.
TRAINING FOR CATALAN VOLUNTEERS IN COCAT INTERNATIONAL WORKCAMPS
COCAT organizes several trainings prior to volunteers’ departure. We expect from the EVS volunteer to support this activity with the rest of the team.
VISITING AND PARTICIPATING IN, AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
The volunteer will have the opportunity, if he/she wishes to do so, to participate in an international project - a workcamp, a youth exchange, an international training, depending on volunteer’s availability. He/she could also have the opportunity to visit Catalan workcamps during the summer season with the rest of the team.
EVALUATIONS
At the end of the workcamps season evaluations take place. The EVS volunteer will go through the evaluation forms and will also participate in the evaluation meetings, in order to understand and to know about the experiences of Catalan volunteers in COCAT’s workcamps.
ANNUAL REPORT
Apart from the evaluations done by the participants in COCAT workcamps, and from the feedback given by our member organizations, we produce an annual report that shows what has happened in our workcamps during the whole year and a best practice report that highlights the most positive aspects and examples that we can promote among our international partners.
SUPPORT FOR LONG TERM VOLUNTEERING
The volunteer will help the long-term volunteering coordinator to spread EVS vacancies among volunteers willing to participate in a long-term project abroad. He/she will also participate in the informative speeches about EVS and in the pre-departure trainings for Catalan volunteers starting the EVS experience.
The tasks in this area will be especially related to communication and social media management.
COMMUNICATION
The volunteer will be in charge of:
- producing promotional material
- participating in informative sessions
- updating website and social networks
- publishing articles on our website.
PERSONAL PROJECT
In the second part of his/her project, the volunteer will have the opportunity to develop his/her own personal project in collaboration with the other EVS volunteer. It should be related to the promotion of international voluntary service.
Volunteer in the Outgoing area
INFORMATION
The first step for a volunteer that wants to go abroad on a workcamp is to be well informed, so the first thing that the EVS volunteer will do is going to be related to this (picking-up the phone and answer e-mails giving information to volunteers, informative sessions.)
PLACEMENT
The next step is the registration process. The EVS volunteer will support the registration process by using our database and contacting international organizations.
TRAININGS
COCAT organizes several trainings prior to volunteers’ departure. We expect the EVS volunteer to be eager to support this activity, along with the rest of the team.
VISITING AND PARTICIPATING IN, AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
The volunteer will have the opportunity, if he/she wishes to do so, to participate in an international project (workcamp, youth exchange, international training, depending on the availability). He/she could also have the opportunity to visit Catalan workcamps during the summer season with the rest of the team.
EVALUATIONS
At the end of the workcamps season it is time for evaluations. The EVS volunteer will go through the evaluation forms and will also participate in the evaluation meetings to understand and better get to know the experiences of the volunteers sent by COCAT to projects abroad.
VOLUNTEERS MEETING
In autumn COCAT prepares a meeting, on a Saturday, to have an informal meeting with our volunteers. It’s time to prepare future projects for them... and for our EVS volunteers!
COMMUNICATION
The volunteer will be in charge of:
- producing promotional material
- participating in informative sessions
- updating website and social networks
- publishing articles on our website.
PERSONAL PROJECT
In the second part of his/her project, the volunteer will have the opportunity to develop his/her own personal project in cooperation with the other EVS volunteer. It should be related to the promotion of international voluntary service.
Common parts of the project
- Possibility to participate in a workcamp/training/Youth Exchange
- Participation in informative sessions about workcamps and long term projects, in order to promote volunteering.
- Communication: social media and website management
- According to the initial language level of the volunteer, he/she will receive a basic course of Catalan and/or Spanish.
- Information service to volunteers (phone calls and e-mails management).
- Personal project related to communicating and promoting international voluntary service opportunities for young people.
Requirements
- Strong motivation for youth voluntary projects
- Experience in volunteering
- Good level of English
- Awareness that the project involves a considerable part of administrative work (although in the summer the project becomes more dynamic)
It will be positively valued
- Having participated in a workcamp or in other international youth projects (youth exchanges, trainings).
- Knowledge of Spanish
- Will to learn Catalan and ability for foreign languages.
- Experience and interest in communication and social media.
HOW TO APPLY
1.Please take your time to fill in this online questionnaire.
You can choose to fill it in English, Catalan or Spanish.
We will automatically receive your questionnaire; hence you do not need to send it by e-mail.
Data to fill on the second page of the questionnaire:
Sending organization: ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece
Sending organization contact person: Francesca
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2. Send your CV to Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε., while putting in copy your sending organization on Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.. Please do not forget to write on the body of the email that ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece is your sending organization!
Please inform your sending organization that you are about to start a selection process for this EVS project.
Mail subject should be: "EVS COCAT February 2019”
You might be contacted by phone or skype for a personal interview and you will be contacted as soon as possible when we have the final decision.
Deadline for applications: 12/09/2018
