ESC: My Intercultural Europe ! 26-27

Name: ESC: My Intercultural Europe ! 26-27
Start: 2026-08-31
End: 2027-08-27
Location: Nîmes, France

Code: 5148469f84d8f62dd8 Copied

France Culture Education European Voluntary Service Social work Culture Education +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

La MAISON DE L’EUROPE DE NÎMES est une association à but non lucratif créée en 1966 avec pour mission d’informer les citoyens sur l’histoire, les réalisations et l’avenir de l’Union européenne. En s’appuyant sur ses réseaux européens, elle crée des actions pédagogiques et des événements pour sensibiliser le grand public, notamment les jeunes, aux défis et enjeux de l’Union européenne et à la construction européenne. La Maison de l’Europe de Nîmes facilite également le montage d'événements européens par les entreprises, les collectivités territoriales ou les associations en les conseillant dans le montage de projet. Enfin, elle favorise la rencontre et la coopération entre les citoyens, les associations, les collectivités territoriales et les entreprises des pays européens. La Maison de l’Europe de Nîmes est soutenue financièrement par l’Union européenne, le Ministère français des Affaires européennes, et des collectivités territoriales de la Région Occitanie. Depuis 2013, la Maison de l’Europe de Nîmes est labellisée Centre d’Information Europe Direct par la Commission Européenne et ce label vient d'être renouvelé jusqu'en 2020. L’association est accréditée depuis juillet 2014 pour l’envoi, l’accueil et la coordination de jeunes âgés de 17 à 30 ans en Service Volontaire Européen (SVE) dans le cadre du programme Erasmus+ et maintenant dans le cadre du Corps Européen de Solidarité. L’équipe de la Maison de l'Europe de Nîmes est composée de 3 permanents et d'un service civique. Etant association, la Maison de l'Europe de Nîmes compte actuellement environ 200 membres dont une dizaine s'applique activement dans les projets européens et la vie associative. L’équipe est résolument européenne, venant de plusieurs pays européens et non-européens et maîtrisant plusieurs langues aisément.

💼 What the programme involves

The Europe House in Nîmes – Europe Direct would like to host a volunteer for a project of 12 months in Nîmes, a south-east city of France. The volunteer will take part to the activities of the Europe House to inform citizens of our departments of Gard and Lozère about current events and projects about the EU and more specifically mobility programs for young people. The aim of the project is to facilitate intercultural exchanges between the volunteers and the local community. As an important actor of our educational service dedicated to schools, his/her activities will be to promote this service and to create and animate workshops for young people. Most of the activities of the volunteer will be linked with European youth work, the animation and the information on current events of the EU and organizing intercultural events with other volunteers. Furthermore, she/he will be in charge of animating our social networks.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will be hosted in a shared flat close to the city centre with his/her own bedroom, close to shops. The volunteer will have occasionally to move for her/his activities with the Europe House, in that case the Europe House will organize everything. The volunteer will receive a daily allowance of 8€ for pocket money and 9€ for food. Travel costs will be covered. The volunteer will work up to 35 hours per week from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5pm. In exceptional circumstances, they may be required to work at the weekend or in the evenings.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteer will have the opportunity to attend the on-arrival training and the mid-term evaluation organized by the French National Agency. Furthermore, there will be several possibilities to take part to other trainings during the year according to the offers and the interest of the volunteer. The volunteer will have the opportunity to receive training in non-formal education from the team.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: - Licence driver is highly recommended - Maison de l’Europe expects the volunteer to share with the public his/her knowledge and enthusiasm for Europe. The motivation, the capacity to bring enthusiasm during the activities, especially for young people and the understanding of the pedagogy and non-formal education will be important criteria. - Candidates should have basic knowledge in French (A2) and good level in English (B2-C1). - He/she will have to be flexible, communicative and be able to adapt in every specific situation and different types of audience (specially during intercultural events, linguistics animations and animations with young people) - An interest in Communications and social networks would be a plus (posting on social media, website, Canva posters and flyers ... ) - An interest to project management and the relative tasks (administration, communication skills, writing emails...).
Deadline: 31/05/2026 20:00

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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