EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE Looking for 2 motivated volunteers! Where? Barcelona When? September 2018 September 2019

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1 EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE Looking for 2 motivated volunteers! Where? Barcelona When? September 2018 September 2019 Service Civil International (SCI) is a global movement which works for culture of peace, global justice and social transformation from a grassroots perspective.

2 What do we do? Born in 1982, SCI Catalunya works in different lines: International volunteering (workcamps and long term volunteering, such as EVS) for local development. Participation through local groups of activists for changing our reality. Networking, understood as a way of involvement in movements and associations networks, from local to international level. Peace education as a tool to promote global justice and empower people to become an agent of social change.

3 Where are we? Catalonia is a land with beautiful scenery, rich cultural heritage and open-minded, enterprising people. It has always been hospitable and open to the outside world, thanks to its long tradition of international trade. Catalan culture is then both national and cosmopolitan, generally belonging to the Mediterranean tradition, but different from most other places of the Iberian peninsula in several aspects, starting from its language, Catalan (spoken by around 14 million people) or its traditional folk culture. With over seven million inhabitants and an area of almost 32 thousand km2, Catalonia basks in a privileged, temperate, Mediterranean climate all year round. Moreover, it offers visitors a tremendous range of opportunities to enjoy culture and history, with several architectural and artistic treasures, sites and monuments, and with its unique seaside (like Costa Brava), mountains (like Pyrenees or Montserrat), or cities (like Barcelona or Girona). SCI Catalunya s office is located in el Raval, an area in the old part of the city of Barcelona, which is really culturally diverse.

4 The EVS project To promote peace and social justice, with an international perspective, we are active and dynamic organization: every year we organize 10 local workcamps, where almost 150 volunteers from other countries are placed and hosted, and we send and support around 300 local volunteers to other projects abroad. We also select and prepare volunteers for long term volunteering projects, International Youth Exchanges and for seminars and trainings. We also coordinate various groups of local volunteers to support awareness raising actions in our area. Volunteers tasks Give support to the Volunteers Placement Officers for Incoming and Outgoing volunteers. Give information to local people who want to participate in workcamps, collecting and sending their application forms and keeping in contact with the hosting associations. Give information about other volunteering opportunities, such us Long Term Volunteering (LTV) or EVS. Take part in the organization of trainings for volunteers that are going abroad. Participate in local working groups and their activities. Follow up and support in local and international activities: trainings, talks, meetings During the summer, the volunteers will have the opportunity to directly participate in a local workcamp.

5 Requirements: - Fluency in Spanish and English and excellent writing skills. - Basic knowledge of Catalan is also valued, but not compulsory before the arrival. - The volunteer will be asked to learn Catalan during her/his stay, as it will be the main language in the office and the activities organized with and for local volunteers. - Other valued skills are: flexibility, sense of responsibility, self-initiative and the ability of working in a team. - Previous experience in other SCI branches, workcamps, youth exchanges or international trainings will be also considered. Accommodation and Food: SCI-Cat will give to the volunteers a monthly sum for food. The volunteers will share a flat from SCI in Barcelona, which aim is to host them and other participants occasionally. However the volunteers will have their own private room. Pocket money: 100 per month Insurance: Cigna insurance covered by the EVS programme. Visa: Visa costs, if any, will be covered by money of the project. Schedule: The volunteers are expected to work 6 h / day, 5 days per week, but may be asked to work on weekends for special activities. Free days will be given to compensate.

6 Applications! Send your CV and motivation letter in English to and to your Sending Organization. Fill the form: Send it until the 9th January. Final decision: 19th January. Thank you very much!