SEO/BirdLife call of European Solidarity Corps
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About the project
SEO/BirdLife call of European Solidarity Corps
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SEO/BirdLife is one of the most important environmental organizations in Spain. The vision, mission and values of SEO/BirdLife are focused to fulfill our social function, which moves us from 1954 to study and protect the birds and nature. Our interest is the human being and the conservation of the natural world. SEO/BirdLife is partner of BirdLife International in Spain, the largest global organization for conservation of birds and nature, is active in 121 countries and has more than 13 million of memberships worldwide.
The offices of SEO/BirdLife in Doñana are based in the Francisco Bernis Bird Center in Almonte (Huelva, Andalucía). The aim of the Project is to enable European young people to participate in the environmental volunteer program of SEO/Birdlife in Doñana. The natural values of this European natural area are internationally known. In this way, young European volunteers from different countries will participate in activities developed in important natural areas, living together with the local community and working side by side in a local volunteer team. Intercultural issues, the value of cultural diversity, the exchange of experiences, the mutual enrichment, the respect and tolerance will be promoted. The volunteer program is understood as a formative experience to equip young people with skills, knowledge and values.
The project will be developed in the area of influence of the protected area of Doñana National Park (Natura 2000 network), internationally known for its important natural values. Scheduled activities will take place inside the National Park and surrounding areas of great environmental and socio-cultural value. Volunteers will have the opportunity to integrate into a unique social and natural environment in Europe, characterized by the existence of crop and livestock systems, secular traditions and the union between man and nature.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will participate in different activities:
Fieldwork: The volunteers will actively collaborate in our scientific bird monitoring programs (census and marking) in Doñana and several projects of habitat restoration and conservation campaigns in Doñana and other natural areas.
From the Francisco Bernis Bird Centre, we develop awareness campaigns and environmental education programs among the local community. The volunteers also will collaborate with visitor management staff in the Francisco Bernis Bird Centre.
The volunteers will receive training seminars including detailed information on all the activities in which they will collaborate, as well as the natural and social environment in which it develops. We also organize workshops and information sessions. The volunteers will receive short courses on ecology, biology, species identification, and marking and monitoring of species.
Proposing individual project and case study.
Planning, preparation and carrying out of field activities and training courses.
Writing articles related to ESC project
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: Private room in a shared accommodation with other young people. The accommodation will be fully equipped and electricity, water, gas will be covered by the hosting organization.
The practical arrangements (working hours, days off per week, holidays): The volunteer works 35 hours on 5 days per week. There is an entitlement to holidays for 2 days per month, altogether holidays days that can be taken after consulting with the SEO/BirdLife team.
Pocket money: The volunteer will receive the monthly rate foreseen by the Spanish NA, 5€ per day on the first day of the month.
Language support: The volunteer is entitled to receive a language support with an online platform, as stated on the Erasmus+ programme guide
🍲 Food
Food: The volunteer will receive every month 160 € for food.
📍 About the location
The ESC volunteers will work together with national volunteers, and other European volunteers of other projects, thus promoting the creation of a single cultural group. Through the development of various activities (conservation, awareness, education and monitoring), and through days of knowledge, volunteers will have the opportunity to experience the cultural richness and secular traditions of Doñana and Andalusia.
⚠️ Requirements
French and Belgian required !
Participants should be young and highly motivated volunteers, showing special interest in the conservation and study of the environment. Willingness to cooperate, personal initiative, a positive attitude to collaborate in fieldwork, tolerance, respect for the customs and culture of the other volunteers and the local community, as well as the sense of humor will be highly appreciated. Applicants must have a good general health. Once the recruitment process is opened, volunteers fulfilling the above mentioned profile will be shortlisted.
ℹ️ Additional information
Deadline for apply 15 january !
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SVI-ESC-SEOBirdlife
01/08/2019 → 31/07/2020
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
Doñana National Park, Huelva, Spain
Spain
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
🛡️ Before you leave
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