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ESC: Creative Connections

Code: 40931 Copied

Bulgaria European Voluntary Service Environment Education Culture European Voluntary Service Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Creative Connections

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

"Values, Virtues, Integrity" Foundation (VVIF) is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization registered at the Sofia City Court on March 5, 2015, acting in the public interest. The main focus of the foundation lies on the enhancement of active citizenship, youth empowerment, social inclusion, and intercultural dialogue on local, national and international level. VVIF works directly and provides access to mobility programs abroad for young people with fewer opportunities. On the local level, we focus on empowering the young people from remote rural areas, develop inclusive programs and initiatives targeting marginalized young people and adults, we support youth's ability to participate actively in society. For this reason, we organize seminars, youth initiatives, and workshops related to overcoming the societal challenges nowadays. We strongly believe in the importance of non-formal education and experiential learning. On national level we organize youth campaigns, training, exhibitions (real and virtual) that raise awareness on the main social challenges that young people face nowadays. On the international level, we are part of dozens of stable partnerships and networks supported by various educational programmes and initiatives e.g. Erasmus+, Europe for citizens, the European Social Fund, etc.

💼 What the programme involves

The project Creative Connections aims to raise tolerance, break stereotypes and promote understanding among cultures. During the project “Values, Virtues, Integrity” Foundation will host in Sofia, Bulgaria three international volunteers between 18 and 30 years old starting from September 1st 2024 to June 15th 2025.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Food and Accommodation The volunteers will live in a shared apartment with other volunteers with shared living room, kitchen, laundry and social facilities. Food will be covered for the whole volunteering period with monthly allowance (volunteers will choose their food themselves). Pocket money Each volunteer will receive pocket money -7€ per day for the 288 days of the project. Travel limits Travel is covered by the project. The travel amounts should be reimbursed up to a limit, depending on the distance between the sending and hosting countries according to the EDC.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteers will participate in an on-arrivel, mid-term and pre-departure trainngs offered by sending and hosting organisation. Volunteers will take part in trainings for ESC volunteers organised by Bulgarian National Agency. Training objectives: Learn the principles of event planning and organization Develop skills in facilitating art workshops and activities Understand the importance of community engagement and social cohesion Build confidence in leading and facilitating events and workshops Learn to organise and create events for EU projects

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The project is open for young people facing all kinds of obstacles. The volunteering experience does not require participants to possess any specific skills and/or education. Since the hosting organization is intensively applying arts in social inclusion projects, we will highly appreciate volunteers who love arts and would like to develop in that field. The experience within the project would be quite suitable for proactive, extroverted young people with background or interest in social work. The volunteers need to understand English on a working level as it will be the official language of the project. The project aims to support the personal development of the volunteers in order to help them in developing crucial skills and competences for becoming active citizens of Europe.
Deadline: 19/07/2024 00:00

ℹ️ Additional information

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.

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📅 Available sessions

BG40931

01/09/2024 → 15/06/2025

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 19/07/2024

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

Lyulin, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Bulgaria Lev (BGN / лв)

Exchange rate

1 BGN = 0.515905 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 20:53 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Bulgarian