📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The NaNet District Community Center offers the residents of the Floß-Lend district in Graz a space for information, participation and organization of communitarian activities. The NaNet Center’s main goal is to set up social networks in the district community, and foster civic engagement. Different activities are organised in order to share ideas, motivate neighbours to follow a healthy lifestyle or promote sustainability, through the development of a food sharing network and campaigns against food waste, or keeping in a collective way community gardening initiatives, or promoting a healthy and active life. The volunteer will assist the NaNet's team in organizing community events, will get frequently in touch with people coming from different backgrounds and of different generations, and will take actions in sustainability, particularly in food sharing networks in order to reduce food waste.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The hosting organization will provide the volunteer with a room at a student's dormitory. There is the opportunity either to use a provided bicycle to reach the organisation, or to use public transports (tickets will be provided), since all locations are reachable by bus or tram. The volunteer will receive a food allowance of 250 euros per month, and a pocket money of 150 euros per month. The travel expenses from his/her hometown to Austria will be reimbursed according with the limits determined by E.S.C. conditions.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will attend three official training sessions: a pre-departure training before leaving Italy; an on arrival training in a few weeks after his/her advent in Austria; a midterm training, around the half of the volunteering experience. The volunteer will have the possibility to attend a German course.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for a motivated and active volunteer, between the age of 18 and 30 and resident in Italy, interested in the domain of communitarian development oriented to foster local sustainability. The ideal candidate should possess soft skills as openness, communication abilities, proactivity, self-organisation capacity and teamwork spirit. The hard skills connected in the project are: experience with office suite and social media platforms, some knowledge of pedagogical and social work, motivation to learn German language.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.