ESC: “La Città dell’Utopia' project

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

SCI Italy's project “La Città dell'Utopia” started in 2003 and it is located in the neighborhood of San Paolo (via Valeriano 3F – Rome), a popular suburban area inhabited mainly by elderly people, university students, and migrant families coming from Latin America, northeastern Europe, Asia, and Africa. The building is used to host several groups and associations working on active citizenships, especially in relation to migration, environmental sustainability, antifascism, gender, and self-determination of food and consumption. The main activities carried out in “La Città dell’Utopia” are: Organizing and hosting of international workcamps, trainings, and international youth meetings. Organizing and running awareness-raising events. Organizing meetings, festivals, exhibitions, thematic meals, farmers’ markets, and courses on music, group dancing, language courses, gardening. Read the full call: https://sci-italia.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Call-LCU-ESC-26-27.pdf

🏠 Accommodation on site

In a separate flat in “La Città dell’Utopia”, with 3 shared double rooms (up to six international volunteers) kitchen, living room, and bathroom. The accommodation has all the basic facilities (Wi-Fi and washing machine included). The building is historic, so the accommodation is basic. There is no centralized heating or aircon, so it can be humid, cold in the winter, but also perfectly fresh in the summer. The building is surrounded by a very beautiful garden (which means mosquitos in the summer). It is located in a student area close to the metro.

🎒 Leisure activities

The daily program consists of 6 hours 5 days a week. There will be 2 consecutive free days/ week and 2 days of holiday for each month. To facilitate the participation of a high number of volunteers, some activities will take place during the weekend. In these cases, the number of working hours done by the volunteer will be adjusted for the following weeks, by reducing working hour’s amount o taking days off so that the total number of working hours per week does not exceed 35h.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Requirements: good command of English; being able to work in a team; good communication skills and motivation to cooperate with your colleagues and the activists of “La Città dell’Utopia” and Servizio Civile Internazionale; motivated to learn and share knowledge and skills; good computer skills (Microsoft Office, email, graphic software); being responsible and proactive and take initiative towards their tasks; organizational skills; good educational and social skills to be able to work with several target groups; open mind and flexible attitude towards working hours; Interest in activism and political awareness; Preferable skills: good command of the Italian language basic administrative skills webmastering or basic use of wordpress previous experience in social network communication;
Deadline: 2025-1-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000348136

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

IT48874

15/01/2026 → 14/01/2027

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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

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 20:59 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian