ESC: Set Course for Solidarity

Name: ESC: Set Course for Solidarity
Start: 2023-06-01
End: 2025-09-30
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Code: 34139 Copied

Netherlands European Voluntary Service Environment Education European Voluntary Service Environment +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We organise Youth Exchanges with sustainable themes on large sailing ships. Our work includes general tasks at the office, related to the projects, depending on your interests and areas you’d like to improve. These include help with Exchange preparations, such as applying for funds, recruiting participants, finding new international partners, helping with programs and logistic preparations, finding new ways to promote the projects, creating graphic and video content, being a point of contact for the participants, as well as some administrative tasks. During the summer we are present at maritime festivals. We will aim to give you an experience sailing on a Tall Ship as an Exchange mentor, but we can't guarantee it. You will definitely get a lot of office experience related to implementing international youth projects and you might get the chance to develop your own project within a project if you'd like, and if it aligns with our values and timelines.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live near the centre of Amsterdam, on a converted ship Brandaris. This ship doesn’t sail, but is permanently docked in a canal. You will have your own small cabin and share the living space with 3 other volunteers. Grocery stores are nearby. You will be provided with a bicycle for the duration of your stay. The office and your living area are one the same ship. That makes for a very short commute, but can also mean little privacy sometimes. There are occasional weekend meetings at the office.

🎒 Leisure activities

On arrival training offered by the national ESC agency; coaching by a mentor; coaching sessions with project leader; daily guidance by the manager at work; "Dinghy" - fundraising and personal development training; training/preparation to become a mentor for Exchange participants (if applicable); Sail Training on board certified sail training vessels (if applicable).

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Motivation is the most important part! Tell us about yourself and your goals, and how do you see participating in this specific project will benefit you personally or professionally. We are a small team of sailing enthusiasts but our daily work is done at an office and doesn’t include sailing (except very occasionally). We would love to hear from people who want to gain experience in managing international youth projects or marketing and are curious about non-formal education or sailing. And if you like video editing then we could certainly give you lots of fun and challenging projects!
Deadline: No application deadline

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

NL34139

01/06/2023 → 30/09/2025

Closed

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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

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 20:56 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Dutch Western Frisian