📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Concordia is a French non-governmental and non-profit making organization, founded in 1950 with the aim to promote international exchanges of young volunteers. Concordia's objectives are :
- To contribute to the social life of communities through bringing together volunteers from different countries/regions and backgrounds ;
- To facilitate European and international mobility and exchange of ideas, through international exchanges in order to develop knowledge, mutual understanding and peace.
- To promote an educative project, encouraging an active citizenship of people for a democratic, united and participatory society.
Concordia is a member of the Alliance of European voluntary service organizations, of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS –UNESCO), of the National Committee of Youth and Popular Education, and of Cotravaux (Co-ordination of French Voluntary Work organisations). Concordia has the approval of the French Ministry of
Youth and Sports.
Concordia has its headquarters in Paris and eleven regional delegations, including the Rhône-Alpes delegation, located in Lyon, coordinating projects in all Rhône-Alpes territory, including :
- Organizing international volunteers workcamps ;
- Sending, hosting and coordinating European Solidarity Corps projects ;
- Working within the framework of the French Civic Service program ;
- Organizing Youth Exchanges and Mobility of Youth Workers projects.
💼 What the programme involves
1. Communication (all year long): Participate in events promoting voluntary service, and Concordia’s activities / Meet youngsters willing to do an ESC, present them the process, help them in their researches and testify about your own experience / Promoting voluntary service with new tools / Be in contact with local partners, to participate in the reinforcement of Concordia’s networks
2. Workcamps season (generally from June to September) : Assist Concordia for the organisation of the international volunteer workcamps season / Co-lead an international workcamp
3. Erasmus + Strategic Partnership Project about Filmmaking and Youthwork : Assist Concordia in the implementation of this project with our international partners, help with the creation of the intellectual outputs and the communication about the project.
The volunteer can also develop his/her own intercultural project with our help.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be in a flatsharing residence in Oullins which is 15 minutes away by metro from Concordia. Near the residence there is public transport and all kind of conveniences. The volunteer will share this flat with up to 7 young people (French, Erasmus students, ESC volunteers). In the flat, there is a shared living room and a shared kitchen all equipped as well as two bathrooms. There is also a courtyard shared with the rest of the residents. Internet access will be provided.
The volunteer will get a budget for food (7,5€ per day) and pocket money (6€ per day).
🎒 Leisure activities
- ESC arrival training ( organised by the Erasmus National Agency)
- ESC mid-term training ( organised by the Erasmus National Agency)
- Animation training for technical and group leader in the international workcamps ( organised by Concordia)
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: - Adaptation, to be communicative and easy to approach to a different audience.
- To speak good English and/or French or to be motivated to learn fast French.
- Taste for teamwork
- Interest / Motivation for the themes of communication, international workcamps and intercultural awareness.
- Availability for a 12 month project starting in September 2022.
- Sense of initiative, enthusiasm
- Flexibility and dynamism
Deadline: Application deadline: 03/07/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.