📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The activity intends to support young local councilors and young local decisionmakers as well as spur interest in regional, European projects across borders today and tomorrow. The activity intends to give space for young decisionmakers to meet, digitally and in person, with other youth in the same position from other countries as well as experienced decisionmakers. The participants will be given tasks relating to event management, in terms of adding ideas to the programme and participating in working group meetings, supporting the facilitation of events, contacting speakers and local partners for the events. The participants could also be engaged in communication tasks relating to activities and events, such as creating material for social media. If the events of the activity result in written material or publications, the participants might be tasked to for example compile an abstract book and write background texts.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The place of work is centrally located in Helsinki, Finland with convenient connections to all parts of the city. Participants would be accommodated in student quarters within the metropolitan area, allowing for proximity to activities and services. Day-to-day transport costs to and from the office would be covered by the hosting organisation, in addition to coverage for meals and the daily allowance. The Youth League and its local associations arrange group activities, particularly appropriate for getting to know the local area and forming community.
🎒 Leisure activities
The Youth League regularly organises smaller and larger trainings throughout the year on various topics for its elected representatives as well as staff. The trainings are initiated by staff members or elected representatives, based on detected needs. The Youth League has educated its organisation on topics such as video production and editing, financing and social media management. Volunteers would be given a thorough introduction and when mapping the learning goals of the volunteer, needs for education and support would be mapped as well. Language course attendance is encouraged.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: You are passionate about youth participation and decisionmaking, you want to develop your project leadership skills, learn about regional cooperation. You are willing to work in a multi-linguistic environment (no previous skills in Swedish or Finnish required). You have an interest for social media and content production (audiovisual & visual). You have great cooperation and communication skills and you enjoy working in smaller teams. You have been engaged in planning and executing youth activities and would be willing take on delegated tasks.
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/10/2022
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.