📝 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 (Coordination 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 Auvergne delegation, located in Clermont-Ferrand, coordinating projects in all Auvergne 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
We are looking for 4 long-term volunteers to be ambassadors of mobility to young people in the territory. The volunteers will be welcomed in different structures such as social centres, animation centres, professional schools or young workers' residences...
Their main mission will be to raise awareness of mobility among young people and to animate workshops on Europe and European values.
Example of tasks: Animation, Non-formal education, communication on social medias, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
- Local transport will be covered if it is necessary to travel from accommodation to the place of work (transport card)
- Individual accommodation or shared flat depending on the assignment
- The volunteer receive 7,5 Euro/day in monthly payments.
- The volunteer will receive a financial support to the travel costs from Germany to France and back. The amount depends on the distance travelled.
- The volunteer will receive health insurance, third party liability insurance as well as general accident insurance via the group insurance of the European Commission.
🎒 Leisure activities
There is an tutor in the hosting organisation who is responsible for supervising the work of the volunteer.
There is an English speaking tutor in the coordination organization who is responsible for answering any questions and supervising the project. She also organize time for exchange with the volunteer and the host organisation , and monthly meeting between all the volunteers’ team.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Adaptation, communication and willing to approach to different audience
Desire and readiness to work in rural area
Convinced by non-formal education principles and benefits
Motivation to participate in European project
Sense of initiative and willingness to develop one’s projects
Speak French or/and interested to learn
!! Please apply via https://www.icja.de/content/freiwilligendienste/programme/esk-dein-europaeischer-freiwilligendienst !!
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/05/2022
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.