ESC: Become a part of KC Kláštor

Name: ESC: Become a part of KC Kláštor
Start: 2025-03-01
End: 2026-11-30
Location: Slovakia

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our civic association OTVOR DVOR started in 2012 with a series of soft activities in the public space of our town such as organising contemporary arts exhibitions, art film projections, organising local food market, etc. After some time, we felt the need to rent a single space where we could advance our activities. In 2016 we rented an abandoned Franciscan monastery in the historical centre of our town Rožňava from the local municipality. We signed a 20-year contract with an aim to restore the building step by step and to create an independent cultural-creative centre in its premises. We called this project Kultúrno-kreatívne centrum Kláštor (KC Kláštor) - transl. Cultural-creative centre "Monastery". So far, we have managed to restore a major part of the building with help of various sponsors and several international and national projects (we have already been supported by EU funds, Norwegian funds, the Slovak Ministry of Culture, Slovak Arts´ Council, etc.). In recent years we have opened an art café, a bookstore, a co-working space, and accommodation premises (2 apartments and 6 hostel rooms) in the building. We organise a lot of cultural events on an almost daily basis as an independent cultural centre (incl. concerts, public readings of authors, theatre performances, exhibitions, discussions on important topics, etc.) and work with the youth. Recently we have restored a section of the building that serves as a restaurant (kitchen and a dining room) and a rental office f

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for young people who would like to help us organize cultural and/or educational events at our cultural centre and who are willing to help us with maintenance of a cultural centre. We regularly host cultural and educational events of various forms and at the same time we participate in the community life of our town. We expect volunteers to be an active part of our activities and even to come up with new events / activites if they are interested. We will appreciate it if they are curious and eager to learn new things (preparation of sound technique and lights for events, preparation of posters, etc.) and at the same time they will help us with daily tasks, e.g. posts at social networks, photos from events, selling tickets at events, help with seats for viewers, accomodate our guests, help with the maintenance of the building, etc. We are a dynamic place that became a centre of independent culture of our region. Moreover, Rožňava is surrounded by beautiful nature.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be accomodated in the accomodation premises of our cultural centre. We run a vegetarian restaurant at our cultural centre so volunteers can eat lunch right here. Our cultural centre is located in the historical centre of our town (Rožňava, Slovakia), close to several restaurants and shops. The closest supermarket is 500 m away from our place. One can get to Rožňava by bus or train, Rožňava is located 1 hour by car/bus/train from Košice, the second largest Slovak city, with an international airport (good connections for example with Prague, Vienna, Warsaw or London).

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: A young person willing to volunteer at an independent cultural creative centre located in the bulding of a former franciscan monastery in a small Slovak town (Roznava) in an interesting historical region (Gemer) full of monuments and natural beauties, where he/she can actively contribute to the shaping of the project, learn lots of new things, and even come up with brand new activities and events organized for our audience.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

Volunteers will have a chance to learn the basics of the Slovak language. As our cultural centre organizes various cultural and educational events (concerts, public readings, exhibitions, workshops, theatre performances, etc.), volunteers will have a chance to learn a lot about how a cultural centre works, how events are organized. Volunteers will also be able to organize events of their own if they are interested. At the same time we expect them to be involved in our Language Café event (foreign langueges speaking tables), where they will be able to get to know people from our community.

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

SK44507

01/03/2025 at 00:00 → 30/11/2026 at 00:00

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Betliarska 74/2, 048 01 Rožňava, Slovakia

Slovakia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:24 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Slovak