Call for EVS Volunteer in Italy

Age: 18-30

ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER

 Monitoring the Official Journal of the European Union, of the Italian State, of Lombardy
Region;
 Monitoring institutional websites to search opportunities;
 Participation to info-days about programs and calls for proposal;
 Drafting and dissemination of leaflets, brochures etc.
 Social networking to disseminate information

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Organization of events with other services on the territory: Europe Day, Voluntary Day Event, Day
of Intercultural Dialogue, seminars and conferences, info days about regional, national and
European programs (in particular for youth and associations)

 

ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER

 Drafting and dissemination of leaflets and brochures about themes that are interesting for
the local community, the associations of voluntary work and the beneficiaries of the project;
 Some specific themes will be deeply analysed: international mobility, training opportunities
at European level (active citizenship, education, voluntary work, local development,
environment, refugees issues etc.)
 Searching the information necessary to satisfy the needs and to spur the analysis through
different information sources;
 Organizing this information and drafting materials for dissemination;
 Participation to the organization of events;
 Participation to moments of evaluation of the impact on the local community of the
information activities;
 Reports on the activities;
 Participation to working groups specifically dedicated to information materials’ drafting
 Participate with other volunteers (European and Italian) in activities connected with
information and communication of mobility opportunities for young people

The project aims at offering the volunteer the opportunity to work together with the professional
staff to know how to prepare a project, to managed it, to establish and maintain contacts with all
partners.

PROFILE OF THE VOLUNTEERS

We generally look for volunteers who are dynamic, creative, communicative sociable, patient and
that “know what they want to do”.
You have to be motivated, willing to learn Italian, able to work in a team, flexible and creative: we
would like to host people with interesting hobbies, with their own ideas and open to different
cultures. Strong motivation, willingness to see and to do something new, curiosity about the world
and other cultures are welcome.
We are looking for volunteers (male or female) at least 21 years old who speak English and
motivated to learn fast Italian, could be a preferable competence just speak Italian language

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTICIPANT

 to be actively involved in the proposed activities,
 to provide personal information to the Coordinating/Receiving Organization and
Sending Organization
 to be on time when she has meetings with coordinating/sending/receiving organisations
 to respect the start and end date of the service
 to respect the discipline imposed by the receiving organisation, its working hours, the
rules in force (policy, privacy etc.)
 to take part in the regular team meetings in the receiving organisation as well as
monthly meeting in the coordinating organization
 to participate in linguistic preparation
 to be in contact by e-mail, telephone or meeting with the involved partner organisations
 to receive normal living conditions for an effective service
 to receive trainings as planned in the EVS cycle and for the purpose of her activities
and the project
 to receive information about approximate annual plan of the activities to receive a task related support
 to receive support from her mentor, Coordinating Organisation, Receiving Organisation,
Sending organisation and National Agency
 to be familiar with the requirements of the EVS as described in the EVS info kit
 to participate in the evaluation cycle of the project
 to collect pictures, videos or other multimedia production of her activities (all those
production remain property and copyright of the Municipality of Cremona and any
different use from the project aims/purpose is forbidden without specific authorisation)
 the participant is bound to secrecy about all data, facts and aspects she/he gets to
know during her work , also after her EVS according with the rules of the organisation.

HOW TO APPLY?

BEFORE 3 February 2018 12 am Candidates have to:

 Send CV and Motivation Letter to fiohvolunteers@gmail.com with the title EVS_Cremona (please indicate your date of birth and your Skype account)

PRESELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED FOR A SKYPE INTERVIEW BEFORE 9 FEBRUARY

PLEASE Note! Only Preselected candidates will be contacted.

Costs

All costs are covered according to Erasmus+ Project Rules