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EVS
project - Punt d'Informació Juvenil
Youth Information Point - 2009-ES-67
Project themes: Youth Information, Rural/Urban development
Target groups: youth and children, local comunity
Project activities resum:Provide attention and information for local youngsters about
education, work, lodging, culture, associations, loggings, loans,
tourism, comunication, … and help to organize activities for
youngsters
Project dates: 15/08/2010 – 15/08/2011
Project duration: one year
Number of volunteers hosted: 1
Project HEI reference: 2009-ES-67
Project application YIA deadline:1st of february
Deadline to send CV, motivation letter and info about Sending Organization:
28th of december 2009
Candidates selection: from 29th of december to 12th of january.
Project email to send candidature: EVSPIJ@gmail.com
Hosting organization: Youth Information Point (Punt d'Informació Juvenil - PIJ) (Tortosa-Spain): http://www.puntjove.tortosa.cat
Coordinating organization: obre't'ebre (HEI 2007-ES-140): www.obretebre.org
GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA OF
THE VOLUNTEER
Volunteer
profile:
The priorities of the
library, regarding the profile of the volunteers are:
An
active person, dynamic, with communication skills, with empathy and
positive, open to know and meet youngsters from other cultures, to
attend diversity, motivated to learn and teach and with initiative.
It is required motivation and interest in leisure, education,
cultures, social work with children and youngsters from diferent
origins, and interested in office work.
Interested
in living in a rural area
Basic
level of Spanish is an asset, so volunteers can integrate quickly
and understand what to do.
We
will give preference to candidates who haven't had a previous
experience abroad, but who have taken part in workshops or
activities in centres for people in risk of social exclusion, and
/or be active in the socio-art-cultural association world. We have
no requirement regarding the age, gender or nationality of the
volunteers. It is preferable, if he/she has a driving licence.
Recruitment
process:
Please
send at EVSpij@gmail.com your CV,
a motivation
letter
(especific to the hosting project) and some information
about the sending organization
(contact details and Youth In Action Program experience) before
the 28th of December 2009.
The
selection will take place between the 29th
of December 2009 to the 12h
of January 2010, in order to apply to the 1st of February
deadline.
No
candidates will be taken in account after the 28th
of December or if any file or information asked is missing.
Project
description is published on www.YouthNetworks.eu and in the oficial EVS database.
SUMMARY
OF THE PROJECT
Project
environment:
Tortosa is the capital the region “Baix ebre”, administrative and
commercial centre of "Terres de l'Ebre", province of
Tarragona, in the South of Catalonia. This area has a rich historical
and natural heritage and two Natural parks: Parque Natural del Delta
del Ebro and the Parque Natural de los Puertos. Tortosa is a city of
approximately 46.000 inhabitants. Due to the importance of its
agriculture (citrus, mainly) it hosts many immigrants (25% from the
city), from about 110 nationalities. 27% of the population are young
people. The main economic activity in the region is service, followed
by agriculture and industry. Thus it is mainly a rural area where
European Youth information is not readily available and the
opportunity of taking part in this kind of projects is not very
common. As public transport service between villages is sparse, most
people use private transport.
Coordinating
organisation:
The coordinating organisation is obre’t’ebre, which was establish
by three European volunteers after a Future Capital. At present the
organisation counts on two workers, and about 10 volunteers who helps
obre't'ebre occasionally. obre´t´ebre is located in the Youth
Information Point of Tortosa, in the sports centre of the city. Since
its creation obre't'ebre has organised four international exchanges
and four summer work camps, supported and guided youth initiatives,
sent seven EVS volunteers, hosted four EVS volunteers and is hosting
a EVS volunteer from Turkey from september 2009 till june 2010, ....
More information on www.obretebre.org
Hosting
Organisation:
The
Instituto Municipal de Actividades Culturales y Turísticas de
Tortosa (l'IMACT, Municipal Institute of Cultural and Tourist
Activities of Tortosa) was created in 2002 as a dependent entity of
the City Council.
Its aims are the development and promotion of
tourist and cultural services and all issues around them (citizen's
initiatives, heritage, research, policies, relations and agreements
with other entities,...). The idea is to promote an open,
heterogeneous and tolerant culture. It is composed of 10 staff
members.
The
EVS volunteers would participate in 2 of its services: the Youth
Information Centre (PIJ) and the library Marcel li Domingo, as they
have a large amount of users and experience with the management of
volunteers.
1. Youth Information Centre (Punt d'Informació
Juvenil): it was founded in 1997. It has an excellent location, in
the city area of Ferrerias, at the periphery of the old town of
Tortosa, near 2 secondary schools and in contact with the
universities of Tortosa.
Its
aim is to provide youth with information of their interest and
counselling so they may access to all options they have, in equal
opportunities. It offers information (lending material, monthly
bulletin, Internet,...) about all issues concerning youth (housing,
work, opportunities, youth hostels, participation, immigration,
tourism, education, health...).
Its
growing use by youth year after year, due to the quality and quantity
of information, and its difusion and promotions, has made it develop
and offer new services. It has become a meeting and hosting place for
the local community and plays an important role in the multicultural
integration of local youth, as it offers free Internet. During 6
months/year many youth participate in the intercultural entertainment
project organised by the youth department (for youth aged between 14
and 25 years).
It
is composed of 2 staff members, among them, 1 youth information agent
and 1 youth technician.
The
PIJ offers the following services:
Reference
and loan documentation (books, revues and newspaper, CD, DVD, …)
Information
and help about: work (works offers search, CV edition, …), youth
tourism (albergs, summer/holiday camps, campings, …), housing
(information about house renting or buying loans), about european
youth programs, formal and no formal education...
youth/family/adult
hostel card and internacional student card sales
Users
training (visit, explanations, trainings in documentation search, …)
Periodical
publications (electronic report, Tortosa Jove, News report,
activities report, …)
Internet
access (free 60 minuts access, in 4 computers) and WIFI conexion for
personal computers
Classified
advertisements (work offers, trainings, contests, and
sales/rent/share youth adverts, ...)
Web
page updating, with information about work, participation,
information, youth associations, immigration, youth tourism, music,
festivals, …
Furthermore,
the City Council's youth area organises further activities for youth:
“JOVES
I NATURA”: Nature activities for youth (trekking, speleology,
kayak, bike trekking, ...)
“JOVE
INTERCULTURAL”: Intercultural youth exchanges, with youngsters
from diferent educational centres and immigrants youth, producing
together a small documental, strengthen their relations making
activities together
“RECREARÉ”:
Photo and video contest, aimed to promote young artists. Exhibitions
of the works presented in all the surrounding area.
“EBRE
MUSIK”: Music contest, aimed at promoting local emerging music
groups. Organization of concerts and funding for the best 3 groups.
Final concert with famous pop-rock spanish group. Edition of 500 CD
with one song of every group that participated to the contest.
Alternative
training cicle: Programation of no formal education training during
all year, destinated at local youth, in different subject matters
(laughter
therapy, family constellations, young kitchen, natural cosmetics,
introduction to massage, plastic art, diet and nutrition, makeup,
video editing, etc...)
SOLIDARITY
FAIR and VOLUNTEERING DAYS: promotion of solidarity and volunteering
through a fair of solidary organizations and NGO from the territory.
Other activities during the fair: short stories telling, puppet
theatre, music performances, conferences about volunteering,
workshops, ...
NADAL
JOVE: Christmas Fair, with activities ans games for children during
10 days
DINAMIZACIÓN
JUVENIL INTERCULTURAL: workshops and activities for immigrant and
local youngsters of 14 to 25 years old, to strengthen their
relations and promote integration and coexistence
Funds
for youth organisations of Tortosa,...
The
PIJ has got the following opening timetable:
Summer (15th
June-10th September): Monday-Friday: 9am to 3pm.
Rest of the
year: Monday-Friday: from 9am to 2pm and 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
There are also
punctual activities (concerts, trainings, ...) taking place out of
these times, Friday evenings or on weekends.
Board
and lodging:
The volunteer will be hosted in Tortosa or the
nearest city Roquetes, in a shared flat with local youngsters or
other EVS volunteers. The volunteer has got to buy and cook their
food. If needed, cleaning rules will be established in the
flat.
Local transport:
Distances in the city are short,
so they may go on foot or by bicycle. In any case, if volunteers need
to use public transport for the project activities, the transport
costs will be covered.
Pocket
and food money:
Pocket and food money will be paid in a bank account (opened to
volunteers at arrival). The coordinating organisation is in charge of
the payment of the flat rental and household expenses.
Language:
In Tortosa, the most used language is Catalan. It is difficult to
find Spanish language classes of intermediate-high level, so we will
suggest volunteers to take basic Spanish classes and Catalan and we
will provide them contact with young people interested in doing
language exchanges.
Classes:
intensive course the 1st month and then between 1-3 hours/week,
according to needs: Catalan: from the 3rd month (if they want to);
Spanish classes will be given by the organisation Atzavara-Arrels,
the Official Language School, or the Occupational Centre; Catalan
(different
levels)
will be given by the"Centre de Normalització Lingüistica.
GENERAL
TASKS OF THE VOLUNTEER
Trainings
and suport:
The volunteer will receive the necessary information to carry out
his/her activities, as well as about the structure of the hosting
organisation.
The volunteer can learn Spanish and Catalan
through classes, language echanges and daily-life.
The PIJ offers
training in the following issues: documentation, information, search
of information, digital resources, design and creation of interactive
and educational material, local and international cultures and the
contact with youth...
With the contact with the staff and users of
the PIJ volunteers can learn about the reality of immigrants, their
cultures, the reality of people with disabilities, immigration laws
in Spain and the daily-life of Spanish society.
They may
participate in the awareness activities, workshops and talks carried
out, where they may learn about education and may develop their
personal and social skills.
Competences
volunteers may develop during their EVS at the PIJ: -Communication in
mother and foreign tongues, mathematical competence and basic science
and technology competences, digital competences, learning to learn,
social and civic competences, sense of initiative and
entrepreneurship, cultural awareness expression.
One
person from the staff of the library will be the volunteer's work
supervisor, with whom he/she will meet regularly to evaluate and plan
its work.
The tutor of the EVS volunteer is a volunteer of
obre't'ebre, who followed a special training from our National
Agency. They will have regular meetings with the aim of evaluating
the project and its conditions and to solve any conflict.
Role
of EVS volunteers in the host organisation:
Volunteers
will attend youth through their support in actions, projects and
programmes for youth about co-existence values, tolerance and
solidarity.
Volunteers will support and help with the activities
and projects carried out at the PIJ, but they may also develop their
sense of initiative and entrepreneurship in another project, for
example in a series of activities aiming the promotion of the
integration of young immigrants.
They will support and help the
team of volunteers, students and staff in charge of the daily running
of the projects and the different workshops and projects of the PIJ,
which supervisor will guide them and advice them with their tasks.
The supervisor will be the person of reference of volunteers.
Proposed
tasks for EVS volunteers:
A.
Organisation and classification (5-10%): Support with organisation of
shelves, classification of documents and organisation of material
B.
Attention, information and training (20-30%): support with the
direct, phone and e-mail attention to users of the PIJ and training
of users (visits, explanations, training about documenation,...)
C.
Tele-centre (35-45%): Register users and help and support them using
the new technologies.
D. Diffusion campaign about the PIJ in
secondary education centres and university (5-10%):
" D1
Support preparing the talk
" D2 Support with the calendar of
talks
" D3 Support visiting centres to do talks
E.
Administrative tasks (5-10%): Support writing letters, sending
correspondence, giving out posters, control and monitoring of
registrations for courses and activities, organisation of calendar of
training courses,...
F. Organisation of events (5-10%): Help
with organisation activities carried out by the Youth Area
(conferences, talks, workshops, exhibitions, contests, festivals,
trips, Christmas Park, Fairs,...)
G.
Electronic bulletin TORTOSA JOVE (5-10%): Support writing, with the
layout and sending of the bulletin.
WEEK:
about 30h/week of work + 1-4 h/week of language training and language
exchange
SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY:
holiday. Exceptionally, the volunteer can be asked to work during a
weekend. In these cases, he will get 2 free days during the past or
the following week. Depending on the week there will be trips with
young people to get to know the “Terres de l'Ebre” region.
HOLIDAYS:
Local and national holidays, and 2 free days a month with previous
concertation agreement with the supervisor. The
volunteer can take part during his/her free time in any activities
he/she is interested in: seminars, courses, local dances and music
lessons, local activities...
Prevention
of risks, security and protection:
During the whole
project (from the EI, through evaluation, monitoring,...) there will
be continuous communication and contact between all project
partners.
Volunteers will receive language training in Spanish
and/or Catalonian throughout the project according to their needs and
possibilities:
There will be training at arrival (Government of
Catalonia), intermediate evaluation, with the mentor, to evaluate the
evolution of the project.
4 volunteers from Obre't'Ebre have done
training courses for EVS mentors which include a chapter about
solving conflicts.
Meetings with mentor will be regular in order
to analyse and evaluate the quality of life of volunteers, their
activities and the work done. The mentor will support volunteers with
the development of the project and with eventual problems.
Volunteers
will receive the needed information and training to carry out their
activities. During the first 2 weeks, they will receive information
and training about the host organisation and the reality of the area.
They will receive information about the health system, get them a
family doctor and all useful phone numbers (urgencies, police, fire
brigade, information,...).
Volunteers will be hosted in a flat,
with other people, adults, so they will know other people of their
age, have their own room and share the rest of the flat. They will
receive money for food monthly, as well as pocket money.
Volunteers
will never be obliged to do any activity they don't want to do. They
will never be set in risky situations during their activities.
Motivation
and EVS experience
At
the beginning of 2009 the PIJ (Youth Information Centre) showed a lot
of interest and motivation to host volunteers, as it provided youth
with the opportunity of discovering a new European reality in their
diversity and they may open to new environments, favouring fight
against racism and xenophobia, promoting interculturality and social
values such as tolerance, respect and solidarity. Hosting volunteers,
more innovating and creative projects are promoted.
One staff
member of the PIJ has received training about YiA and the EVS from
obre't'ebre They also had a meeting with the person responsible for
the EVS in Catalonia and people from obre't'ebre to solve
questions.
It is planned to host 2 volunteers for 12 months each
(from August to August): one at the PIJ and the other one at the
library Marcel li Domingo.
As coordinating organisation,
Obre't'Ebre will be in charge of the management of the project
(project description, application, management of funding, search of
accommodation, language classes, mentorship, evaluations, training
and final evaluation). obre't'ebre will also offer the staff of
l'IMACT the opportunity of participating in trainings about the
Programme, according to their possibilities.
obre't'ebre intends
to plan the hosting of volunteers from different countries in new
hosting projects of the city at the same time so they can share a
flat and experiences and may support one another.
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