📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Navy is a branch of the Armed Forces endowed with administrative autonomy having as its function the National Defense, and is composed of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, the Navy General Staff, the Naval Component Command, the Counseling Bodies, the Bodies of Inspection, the Base Bodies, which include the Marine Cultural Commission (CCM) and the Cultural Bodies (ONC).
The CCM's mission is to support the Navy's institutional representation and strategic communication, disseminate and guarantee the preservation of its historical memory and contribute to the scientific and cultural development of the country, in the context of the sea and nautical sciences, and provide administrative support and financial to ONC and coordinating the preparation of exhibitions.
The CCM is composed, according to its regulations, by the Director, Sub-Director, supporting bodies, and the ONC, constituted by:
*Aquário Vasco da Gama - whose objective is the exhibition of live specimens in aquariums and aquaterrariums, from oceanographic collections or other nature related to marine biology, develop research activities in the field of aquatic fauna and flora and promote interest in aquariology
*Banda da Armada - whose mission is to participate in the military ceremonial of the Navy, in the State protocol and in activities of a cultural nature, in the context of music
*Navy's Central Library - which aims to ensure the treatment and conservation of the Navy's historical bibliographic and archival heritage
*Navy Museum - which has the function of ensuring conservation and exhibition objects of historical, artistic and documentary value from the Navy's heritage, or entrusted to its custody, which constitute documents from the maritime past of the Portuguese these
*Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian - which promotes interest in astrology
*Revista da Armada - its mission is to ensure the edition and publication of the official Navy magazine
CCM, Museu da Marinha and Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian are located in Praça do Império in Belém - Lisbon, while Revista da Armada is in the Support Unit for Central Marine Installations, in Terreiro do Paço - Lisbon, Banda da Armada, at Praça da Armada in Alcântara - Lisbon and the Vasco da Gama Aquarium, at Rua Direito do Dafundo, in Algés - Oeiras.
💼 What the programme involves
The Navy is a branch of the Armed Forces endowed with administrative autonomy having as its function the National Defense. The Marine Cultural Commission (CCM) and the Cultural Bodies (ONC) mission is to support the Navy's institutional representation and strategic communication, disseminate and guarantee the preservation of its historical memory and contribute to the scientific and cultural development of the country, in the context of the sea and nautical sciences, and provide administrative support and financial to ONC and coordinating the preparation of exhibitions. This activity will happen in Fragata D. Fernando II e Glória. The tasks are: -Support in the various maintenance works; -Support to exhibitions;
-Support in the preparation of visiting circuits.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ProAtlântico will provide €5 to cover costs of food and extra expenses during non-working time. During working time the receiving organization provides suitable meal in the organization’s facilities, which is based on a Mediterranean diet. ProAtlântico provides accommodation in an apartment, University residence, hostel, hosting family in multiple bedroom with fully equipped kitchen, toilet and living room - electricity, water, gas, TV and Internet are covered by the project. The volunteers will have towels and bed clothes. A monthly local transport allowance is provided by the RO.
🎒 Leisure activities
on-arrival training - mid-term training - Online Linguistic Support - Other important subjects
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: In general, the profile of the volunteers must be very human, self-motivated, creative, open minded, tolerant with self-initiative, willing to take on new challenges, very flexible and ready to help in different tasks, with good adaption to different realities and ready to live with different conditions and environments they are used to in their original country.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.