Tasks of the volunteer

GENERAL INFO

Asociacion Juvenil Intercambia began to work as a local youth initiative in 2004, based on the needs and interests of local youth in Málaga. Since then, the organisation has been working as a stable, official assosiation with the mission to inspire youth to take action, realise their goals and act according to their needs. The aim of the organisation is to support and empower youth groups, young people and individuals to be active citizens of their communities, locally and in an European setting. Intercambia is a youth organisation created by young people for young people, that promotes initiatives, provides information and action tools. Our main activities are based on intercultural learning through non-formal education, aiming to promote the participation of young people, in order to reduce racism and to encourage tolerance, respect and solidarity. Our other aim is to promote the knowledge of other European regions and cultures, through the direct contact with other young people. Our slogan is “All equal, all different”.

Our organisation can offer to the volunteer different learning elements, like how a youth organisation works in Spain and the different working methodologies in relation to the people we are working with. We also offer the opportunity to teach to the volunteers new cultures and new situations, as well as to have the possibility to contribute creatively to our work through the exposition of new ideas. A key learning element is to promote the youth information. In fact, one of the pilars of Intercambia is to be an information network; we analyze several sources of local, regional, national and international information as well as promote programmes and opportunities for young people. We also give the possibility to develop social and cultural skills: the volunteer has the opportunity to interact with young people from various backgrounds and origins, providing a real insight into how young people live in Spain.

Intercambia has special interest in the field of new technologies as a tool to promote the integration of young people with difficulties, to facilitate information and to raise the direct participation of youth in the development and dissemination of information. The volunteer will have the opportunity to develop skills in new technologies and media: website, graphic design, edit/shoot videos, control of video cameras, etc.

Our working language is Castilian, so the volunteer will experience the Spanish language as a tool for working. On the other hand, due to our international activities, the volunteers could improve and develop other languages such as English, and even German if they have a prior knowledge, through the communication with other European/International organisations.

The volunteer will join our daily workday with the supervision of a mentor/coordinator.

TASKS OF THE VOLUNTEER

Volunteers will participate in different activities, here summarized:

· Promotion of intercultural participation and learning. We manage an information desk in Malaga (Europa Más Cerca), in which local youth are informed about European mobility programmes. Volunteers may help giving information and counselling.

· We also help and advise other organisations to develop European programmes. Volunteers also participate.

· We also organise seminars and information sessions related with Europe, European Citizenship, as well as other more informal activities (cinema forum, multicultural meetings) in which we diffuse information about the EU, intercultural values and participation. In this campaigns, volunteers may present their European citizenship experience.

· We also participate in and organise other YiA actions, so the groups receive pre-departure training with the aim of giving more value to their multicultural experience, so in this training process, EVS volunteers may talk about their experience of living in another culture and country.

· Campaigns of promotion of volunteering. We organise workshops and training seminars together with the Andalusian volunteering agency and citizen participation area, at a local and regional scale. Volunteers may collaborate with these activities with the training team in the whole process: contact with organisations, planning training sessions, development and evaluation of sessions and they may also form active part of them if they want to talk about their experience as a volunteer.

· Youth Information. Volunteers will search, select and diffuse local, regional and national youth information with the mentor through the organisation’s web site and electronic bulletins.

· We form part of Eurodesk, so volunteers may have access to the information site and help youth using this service to solve their questions about Europe.

· We work on YOUTH INFORMATION FIELD with tools such as:

· WEBSITE

· FACEBOOK

· E-NEWSLETTER

· Information and raising-awareness campaigns about Europe. We participate in several projects to make the EU and the possibilities it gives youth known, so volunteers may participate in this projects.

Volunteers will have a mentor for all these activities and will never be responsible for them.

Approximate time-table:

MONDAY

· 09.00 – 10.00 Coordination meeting for weekly activities

· 10.00 – 11.00 EURODESK

· 11.00 – 12.00 Youth information in Europa Mas Cerca

· 13.00 – 14.00 European news bulleting / web site

TUESDAY

· 09.00 – 10.00 EURODESK

· 10.00 – 13.00 Youth information in Europa Mas Cerca

· 13.00 – 14.00 European news bulleting / web site

WEDNESDAY

· 09.00 – 10.00 EURODESK

· 10.00 – 13.00 Youth information in Europa Mas Cerca

· 13.00 – 14.00 European news bulleting / web site

THURSDAY

· 09.00 – 10.00 EURODESK

· 10.00 – 13.00 Youth information in Europa Mas Cerca

· 13.00 – 14.00 European news bulleting / web site

FRIDAY

· 09.00 – 10.00 Meeting with the mentor

· 10.00 -13.00 Volunteering campaign in primary and secondary schools.

· 13.00 – 14.00 Evaluation of the week

Furthermore, volunteers may participate in leisure activities of our organisation, like trips, concerts, theatre shows. If any working activity takes place on weekends and volunteers want to participate, they will receive two other free days.

Дата добавления: 2015-12-08