ESC: Youth empowerment, leadership & inter-generational EVS ESC opportunity

Name: ESC: Youth empowerment, leadership & inter-generational EVS ESC opportunity
Start: 2026-09-01
End: 2027-09-01
Location: Paris, France

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France Education European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

During one whole year, two ESC volunteers will be together in Paris, France, hosted in the 20th or 13th arrondissement, with interesting tasks and responsibilities to carry out alongside a core team of permanent staff, volunteers and interns at YES Akademia. These include finding and implementing fun and pedagogical activities for several inter-generational centres around Paris, such as cooking classes, gardening and educational workshops which empower residents. Among the activities there is being present and co-constructing workshops for our core IMPOWER program (18 month leadership and global citizenship training program for youth aged 15 to 26 years old and for which we are currently at our 11th class). Other activities include being present and co-constructing the program and logistics around our other core program PRESS START (1 year responsible entrepreneurship program we run internally and for which we are currently at our upcoming 10th class).

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live in one of either these two sites with your own studio fully taken care of by YES Akademia: 1) The Hauts de Belleville, 43 Rue du Borrégo, 75020, or 2) Maison des Volontaires, 2-16 Rue Théroigne de Méricourt, 75013, or potentially this year in a shared apartment. Both of these sites are used to hosting ESC volunteers and other young volunteers or workers from France and abroad. They have activities to facilitate meeting new people in France and to open dialogue and discussions. You will receive from YAKA pocket money and and transportation fees to cover food and transport.

🎒 Leisure activities

During your volunteering experience, you will take part in the official European Solidarity Corps training cycle, including the On-Arrival Training and the Mid-Term Evaluation organised by the National Agency. These training sessions are designed to support your learning process, help you develop new competences and connect with other ESC volunteers. Depending on your interests, you may also have the opportunity to participate in additional training activities organised by our partners.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are seeking amazing volunteers who are motivated to work in a multi-cultural and diverse setting on many topics including youth empowerment, leadership, global citizenship, community mobilising, social and environmental justice, not-for-profit management, skills development and social entrepreneurship. Do you speak French and love to meet people from different backgrounds? Do you love to facilitate discussions and workshops on important societal & environmental topics? Are you dynamic, flexible, ready to learn and to have a rich personal and professional experience, a great team-player? Join us!
Deadline: 26/07/2026 00:00

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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