SCI Italy EVS

Name:PLACEMENT OFFICER AT SCI ITALY(2010-IT-183)

Period: 01/03/2012 – 01/09/2012

N vols: 1

Location: Rome, Italy

Application deadline: 23/07/2012

Decision date: 22 august

Project language: Italian and English

Local language: Italian

Accommodation: in a flat with others volunteers of SCI, double room.

Insurance: The volunteer will be insured by the AXA insurance (through the Youth in Action Programme)

Pocket money: 115 euro

The Service Civil International aims at developing solidarity and promoting tolerance between people, encouraging and supporting participation of youngsters to voluntary activities, both inside and outside the European Union.

For this reason SCI organizes activities and campaigns for the promotion of peace, international solidarity and mutual understanding; besides workcamps and long term voluntary projects.

Activities organized by SCI, both at the international and local level, are coordinated by the National Secretary of SCI, which headquarter is located in Roma (via Cruto 43, Municipality Roma XV). The area is well linked to the city center and to other areas through public transportation (metro and buses).

The National Secretary represents the reference point for SCI activities, but also for activists and volunteers who promote philosophy and projects of the Association.

Volunteers will develop their program mainly in the headquarter of SCI Italy, with the supervision and follow up pf SCI Staff.

Volunteers will be involved in the following activities:

The volunteer will be responsible for the incoming procedure: s/he will work with the applications for volunteers applying for workcamps in Italy.

The activities of incoming placement include the following tasks:

- working with the Placement Database,

- contacting SCI branches and volunteers for placement issues,

- sending e-mails and answering the phone to inform on workcamps activities in Italy,

- dealing directly with the embassies and consulates for visa issues.

- support the organisation of the training sessions for coordinators,

- support the communication campaign on the workcamps, by organizing some awareness-rising events on the theme of international voluntarism as a way of education to tolerance and inter-culture.

- if possible (regarding calendar and personal wishes) coordinate a workcamp in Italy.

_To prepare training sessions for volunteers

_ To organize one or more awareness-rising events on the theme of international voluntarism as a way of education to tolerance and inter-culture

Volunteer profile

- Openminded and flexible

- good knowledge of English

- knowledge of Italian language is an asset

- good computer skills

- good interpersonal and communication skills

- available to work under pressure (but with a friendly staff!) and occasionally on weekends

- interest on SCI and international voluntary work

- able to work independently as well as in a team

Learning opportunities for EVS volunteers who will join this program:

- to improve their planning, logistical and organizational skills

- to learn how to develop relations and to start an exchange of good practices with different subjects and actors who operate on an international dimension

- to acquire or to broaden their knowledge in the sector of communication

Regarding the activities describes above, the volunteers will work from monday to friday around 6 hours a day. In case the activities, events, trainings connected to the project are organised during the weekend, the volunteers will be able to take free days in the succeeding week. The programme activities will be established regarding also the needs of the volunteers in order to guarantee an adequate programme. Some holidays and 2 days off per month will be associated with the agreement of the coordinator. During their free time the volunteers are welcome to participate at the social and cultural activities organised by the SCI and by other local organization.

Moreover the volunteers that will follow the activities described above will be hosted in a double room in a flat that the International Civil Service puts at disposition. The organisation also provides an indemnity (pocket money) and also an indemnity in order to buy food and transport for every day trips.

Name:UTOPIACITY(2010-IT-183)

Period: 01/03/2012 - 01/09/12

N vols: 1

Location: Rome, Italy

Application deadline: 23/07/2012

Decision date: 22 august

Total number of volunteers: 1

Project language: Italian and English

Local language: Italian

Accommodation: in a flat with others volunteers of SCI, double room.

Insurance: The volunteer will be insured by the AXA insurance (through the Youth in Action Programme)

Pocket money: 115 euro The SCI-Italy “UtopiaCity” project ( started in 2001 and is located in San Paolo district (via Valeriano 3F – Roma) in the southern part of Rome. It’s a popular suburban area inhabited by a large number of elderly people, where also the number of families coming from Latin America, northeast Europe, Asia and Africa, is raising. The area host since four years the Third University of Rome, therefore a large number of students, coming from others European countries, is now living more and more in the neighbourhood. The area is also well connected to the city centre through the underground. During the last years is rising the number of cultural local organizations whom SCI-Italy volunteers and activists collaborate with. The building hosting the project is an old public house that the Municipality of Rome assigned to SCI-Italy in 2002.

The main activities carried out are the following:

-organisation and hosting of international work camps, north/south exchanges and international youth meetings;

-pre-departure and evaluation trainings for international and national volunteers;

-events to make aware on other cultures and countries, organising conferences, meetings, festival, exhibitions, video, theatre, thematic meals...;

-courses (free o popular cost) of music, group dancing, tai chi, african percussion, languages, gardening, alphabetisation of informatics, theatre;

-workshops on sustainable stile life, such as recycling, composting, reduction in consumptions and renewable sources of energy, garbage recycling;

-Development of the Mediateca dei Mondi (multimedia library) opened to public, with film, books and computer material that focus on north/south issues, international solidarity and voluntarism;

-Youth in Action Programme info-point;

-Promotion of participative forms of active citizenship.

-Logistic support for the manteinance of the facilities

-gardening activitiesin the sperimental garden of Utopia city

-creative recyclingworkshops

-communication supportfor the eventsof the “Casale”

Volunteers’ profile:

- Openmindedness and a strong sense of adaptability

- knowledge of English; knowledge of Italian is an asset

- PC skills-new media

- interpersonal skills

- available to work under pressure and occasionally on weekends

- interest on SCI and international voluntary work.

_practicalmanualskills

the volunters should be interested in sustainable lifestyles and possibly have previous experience in this field.

It would be usefull if the volunter should ideally have skills in graphics, knowledge of Photoshop and image processing software.

Some holidays and 2 days off per month will be associated with the agreement of the coordinator. During their free time the volunteers are welcome to participate at the social and cultural activities organised by the SCI and by other local organization.