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ESC: Digital Citizens for Democracy (5 weeks)

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About the project

ESC: Digital Citizens for Democracy (5 weeks)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

"Group of the European Youth for Change - GEYC is a Romanian NGO whose mission is to empower young people to change their community. GEYC is coordinating the activity of PRISMA European Network (http://prisma-network.eu).

Scope: empowering young people to create a positive change in their community

Objectives:
• supporting education at local, national and international level;
• promoting social networks and new media technologies for personal and professional youth development at local, national and international level;
• defending human rights in general, especially of young people at local, national and international level;
• stimulating individual and organisational social responsibility at local, national and international level;
• encouraging entrepreneurship at local, national and international level;
• developing educational programs especially for young people at local, national and international level;

Target groups:
- young people (14-35 years old) from Romania and Romanian Diaspora;
- youth workers from EU & neighboring countries;
- youth organisations from EU & neighboring countries;
- teachers from Romania (focusing on secondary school and high school teachers);

Activities:
- Educational projects (seminars, conferences, training, summer schools);
- Intercultural projects (youth exchanges, study visits, networking events);
- Research projects;
- Challenges;
- Raising awareness campaigns;

💼 What the programme involves

The Pixels of Change project was started as a follow-up to the Young Digital Leaders program, in collaboration with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and Google.org. Our workshops are based on non-formal education. Non-formal education refers to any education received outside of traditional educational institutions. Therefore, everything we learn outside the classroom and school context is non-formal learning. Indeed, our aim is to help the students open their minds by themselves. Most of the activities proposed involve the students discovering digital problems related to cyberspace while searching for solutions. This opens up dialogue, perspectives, and points of view. All of our workshops start with an icebreaker to get the students in a state of mind open to non-formal education. Indeed, as all workshops are based on non-formal education, volunteers need students to be open to playing and discussing.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation will be offered in dormitories in Bucharest. Each volunteer will have their own bed, and they might share the same dorm room with other same-gender volunteers, having access to a clean kitchen, WI-FI, fridge and private bathroom. The rooms are cleaned and bedsheets are changed once per week by the administration. 

🍲 Food

Right next to the accommodation, there is a canteen and a corner store. Please note, we are not providing cookware. Either bring, or take into account to purchase things you want to cook with.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Strong motivation/previous experience in the field of digital, democracy, or activism; 18-30 years old - Participants must have reached 18 and must not be older than 30 at the start date of the activity. The ideal participant must good command over the English language, and they should be deeply interested in technology (to be able to discuss in either technical or non-technical terms). The ideal candidate will be a reliable individual, willing to learn and enthusiastic about the opportunities offered by the program. Tools used over the duration of the mobility: Google Suite, Google App Scripts, Canva, Glide.
Deadline: 30/07/2025 23:59

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

RO44819

25/08/2025 at 00:00 → 30/09/2025 at 00:00

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 30/07/2025

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

et 2, Strada Sfântul Elefterie 31, București, Romania

Romania

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Romania New Leu (RON / lei)

Exchange rate

1 RON = 0.187953 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Eastern European Summer Time

Local time: 21:08 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Romanian