We are looking for 1 suitable volunteer with Italian nationality or living in Italy who want to participate in the “Observatory for Migrants’ Inclusion & Integration: Athens – Sicily” (OMAS). OMAS aims to monitor civic initiatives for migrants’ inclusion and integration in Athens and Sicily and to foster the promotion of good and exposure of bad practices. The volunteers will work for the establishment of an on-line observatory that will provide information in English, Greek and Italian.
The volunteer will be hosted in Athens at Inter Alia over a period of 6 months each.
The activities will start on May 2017 until October 2017.
Inter Alia (Greece) is a private not-for-profit organization based in Athens, Greece. Its activities are carried out through its two interconnected branches, a youth organization and a think-tank. Both branches have common aims though diverse tools for pursuing them. Inter Alia’s founders and members are interested and work on contemporary challenges of the EU with focus on education, human rights, citizenship and democracy.
OMAS aims to:
- Raise awareness about ongoing projects, facilitate the exchange of good and the exposure of bad practices regarding migrants’ inclusion and integration thus enhancing ties between migrants, host communities and local stakeholders;
- Communicate bottom-up efforts taking place in Athens and Sicily as a lesson for other EU countries and their significance for the well-being of the EU;
- Foster a debate among civic organizations, migrants associations, researchers and stakeholders from the regions of Athens & Sicily;
- Suggest lines of action that will apply to both national and EU policy-makers and civic organizations in Athens and Sicily.
By volunteering in a foreign country and in an international organization the volunteers will acquire and enhance competencies that complete their personal, social and professional profile.
The learning outcomes includes:
- better communication in foreign languages,
- higher sense of initiative and entrepreneurship,
- cultural awareness and improved expression and enhanced social and civic competences.
All of it is planned to be attained through non-formal learning activities and informally in their free time. The volunteers should have finished their professional or academic training, having remained unemployed for quite some time, facing difficulties entering the labour market.
The ideal candidate should have:
- Strong motivation to delve into the life and culture of a different European country for 6 months;
- Proved interest in and awareness of the themes of the project, aims and objectives of the receiving organization;
- Openness and interest in different cultures;
- Sound motivation to work in an intercultural context – will be considered key features.
If you are interested, please, send your Curriculum Vitae and motivation letter latest the 18th of April 2017 to sve@cesie.org.
If you want to know more – please, feel free to contact us!
