ESC: European Ambassador of volunteering - Social Center Arpajon

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.