ESC: Set Course for Solidarity

Name: ESC: Set Course for Solidarity
Start: 2025-08-24
End: 2026-12-31
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The mission of Sail Training Association Netherlands (STAN) is to promote sail training in the Netherlands. The STAN creates possibilities for young people (15-25 years old) to embark on seagoing sailing ships and to get to know life at sea and all aspects which go with that. The ships all apply a structured teaching/sail training method, which requires participants to confront many demanding challenges, both physical and emotional. It inspires self-confidence and the acceptance of personal responsibility. It promotes an acceptance of others whatever their social or cultural backgrounds, and develops a willingness to take controlled risks. Sail training includes instruction in all aspects of sailing but its purpose goes far, far beyond this. It uses the experience of being at sea principally as a means to help people learn about themselves, discover hidden strengths and talents and understand the value of working as a team, which are all great ingredients for a strong lifelong learning experience.

The STAN is also involved in representing the Dutch fleet of Tall Ships towards authorities as far the training programs for young people are concerned.
We do so by for example organizing and being partner in Erasmus+ funded Youth Exchange projects, organizing national sail training projects for (disadvantaged youth) and bringing the Dutch fleet of ships together to jointly think about sustainability issues.

STAN is founding member of Sail Training International, world-wide platform for sail training (events).

💼 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 preparation of these projects. We are looking for young people (close to our participants' age) to help us with the tasks 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. This is an office-based project, but we are all passionate about sailing and non-formal education.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live near the centre of Amsterdam, with 4 other volunteers and/or local students. The office is located at the same place. You will have your own small room and share the living space. Everything you need is nearby: grocery stores, street market, gyms, cafes, etc. You will be provided with a bicycle for the duration of your stay, which will give you an easy access to most parts of Amsterdam.

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ 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. 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! We will only consider applications with project-specific motivation statements.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

On-arrival and mid-term trainings offered by the national ESC agency; coaching sessions with project leader; daily guidance by the manager at work. Optionally: "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).

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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