Prendera' il via il prossimo maggio una nuova fase del progetto del Servizio Volontario EUropeo coordinato dall'Associazione Giovanile Intercambia, che sta ancora cercando volontari per conto dell'Organizzazione Ospitante Asociación Sociocultural Mojo de Caña.

Requisito fondamentale: conoscenza almeno basilare dello spagnolo (conoscenza dell'inglese obbligatoria, come sempre).

Due le opzioni per quanto riguarda la durata: short term di 2 mesi o long term da 9 a 12 mesi.

In basso trovate i dettagli relativi al progetto che si terra' a Santa Brígida / Las Palmas, in Spagna, presso la sede dell'Asociación SocioculturalMojo de Caña.

Se siete interessati, inviateci cv, motivation letter specifica (entrambi in inglese e su due file di testo distini) ed una vostra foto (su file immagine) attraverso il form apposito entro il 19 Gennaio 2012.

Se avete la possibilita' di inviarci il cv e/o la lettera motivazionale anche in spagnolo siete invitati a farlo (sara' considerato un plus, ma non e' obbligatorio: l'importante e' inviare la documentazione in inglese e dimostrare la conoscenza della lignua spagnola durante l'eventuale colloquio online o telefonico che l'Organizzazione Ospitante potrebbe farvi se interessata al vostro profilo).

• Coordinate all the activities that take place in the centre, and be responsible of the calender of activities (workshops, courses, spectacles, meetings, concerts, movie nights…)
• Support the responsible in the following of the logistic implementation of the activities, giving their ideas and opinion.
• They will also be given the possibility to propose and animate their own workshop according to their skills and interest.
• They will also help in the field of communication and promotion of the events (prepare the posters, handing out flyers, website, and social networks…)
• Support for promoting the EVS programme and providing information about the programme to interested young people: youth information point on European possibilities.
• Take part in the daily life of the centre: handling the bar during the events, helping with opening the space, and any kind of improvements which can be made.
• Helping to find new volunteers and handle the current data base of volunteers.
• Attend social and cultural events organised by Mojo de caña and other institutions and association of the city, which will encourage their integration in the local community.

Through these activities, they will learn to:

• Organise event (production, communication,budget, contacts..)
• Follow the logistic implementation - improve their spanish
• Learn to work in team, and interact with artists, musician, comapnies…
• group coordination Acquire non formal skills - Improve their public speaking skills
• Improve their knowledge in the management of an association.

2) Mojo de Caña:
Volunteers will be actively associated to the process of internationalisation of Mojo de caña, socio cultural association and which actively work in the field of artisitc production and organisation of spectacles/festival, as well as in youth services.

Volunteers will:

• Help in traducing promo material of the companies and artists. - Support in the inscription of the association within the european youth and cultural network.
• The volunteer will have the possibility, according to its interests, to support and take part in the implementation of european meetings in the field of art and youth exchange
• Active participation in the diffusion and visibility of the association in the city.
• Logistic support during the cultural events (promotion, bringing the material…) and youth events (group leading, helping in the realization of the workshops…).
• Support in looking for new clients for the companies, promoting the spectacles produced by the association. He/she will be invited to look for festival in its home country, and establish contact between with canarian artists.
• Help in the social cultural project “EmbarriaT” which consist of preparing free time activities for young people living in remote areas of the city.
• Taking part in the different networks and platforms in which Mojo de Caña takes part, which will help him/her to get integrated and discover the cultural and social diversity of the city.
• Support in the organisation and collection of images and press archives of the association’s activites.
• Attend social and cultural events organised by Mojo de caña and other institutions and association of the city, which will encourage their integration in the local community.

Through these activities, volunteers will learn to:

• Designing documents, publicity
• Improve their level of spanish
• Use the european program Youth in Action and Culture 2007-2013.
• Improve their knowledge in the management of an association.
• Face problems with creativity, finding solutions in emergency situation (which often happen in the implementation of events).
• Know european network active in the field of youth and culture.
• Comunication, press and marketing.
• Managing and producing artistcs events.

3) Festival Circense:

Volunteers will:

• Help in the implementation of the festival. They will be involved in several fields, such as promotion, contact with the companies, selling tickets, information point, technical help (help in the coordination and supervision of the different scenes, transfer of sceneries, decoration…)
• Take part in the festival, if they like circus (workshops, debates, spectacles…)
• Coordinate the group of volunteers during the festival
• Help in the acreditation tasks Through this experience, volunteers will learn to:
• Design cover leter, budget and thanking letters.
• Organize the logistic and the the staging of a festival
• Improve their level of spanish
• Use informatic and designing tools.
• Understand the following of the circus festival.
• Interact with artists and companies.

Practical Arrangements:
Volunteers will be accomodated in shared house, together with other volunteers or local young people, which will give them the possibility to directly experience the canarian way of life, in the centre of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Housing, transport, and all the help the volunteer will need for its installation will be provided by Mojo de Caña. A
ll volunteers will be given spanish classes, according its level.

Location:
The Island of Gran Canaria gathers more than 180 000 young people, and 85 000 are in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 5000 in Santa Brigida, the neighbourhood where we realise most of our activities.
People are very welcoming here in Las Palmas, and the island counts with a large cultural diversity, and a big % of immigration, which makes it a very multicultural place to live in.

Volunteers' Profile:
The profile of the people we would like to receive in our association would be the following:
- Young people aged between 18 and 30 years
- Young, dynamic, enterprising, active and participating
- With knowledge of the cultural sector / social and youth (with some interest or experience in those fields)
- What like being in contact with nature.
- That you interested in working in youth projects and be part of an organization.
- Have a basic level of Spanish so they can start to help with basic tasks
- Passionate by culture and youth, willing to discover new cultures and experiences.
- Willingness to continue to develop new projects within the programme Youth in Action