Do you want to live a unique and extraordinary experience in a foreign country? The Civil Voluntary Service abroad offers young people a chance for growth and for personal and professional enrichment. It is also an effective tool to spread the culture of solidarity and peace among different peoples.
The call for proposal for Civil Voluntary Service projects in Italy and abroad has been recently published. The CESIE – Centre of European Studies and Initiatives – will select 12 volunteers for the projects IN.DI.A. and N.E.P.A.L.
It has also organized an Info day on Civil Voluntary Service abroad that will take place on 7 October at 04.00 pm, in via Roma 94, Palermo.
IN.DI.A.: INclusion and Dialogue through Action
Download the information file and the abstract of the project.
Intervention areas: CULTURAL EDUCATION AND PROMOTION – ENVIRONMENT
Place: Bhubaneswar, capital of the federate state of Orissa, situated in the Khordha district.
Number of volunteers: 6
Duration: 12 months (one-month training in Palermo and 11 months in Bhubaneswar)
N.E.P.A.L. New Experiences – Promoting Active Learning
Download the information file and the abstract of the project.
Intervention areas: CULTURAL EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
Place: the urban area of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
Number of volunteers: 6
Duration: 12 months (one-month training in Palermo and 11 months in Kathmandu)
Young people from Italy, aged 18-28, who are interested in the project can ask for any information by sending a mail to serviziocivile@cesie.org, and visit our website that will be updated with the detailed files of the projects.
No information will be provided by telephone or in our offices. Any request for information or explanation must be sent by email.
How to apply:
Click here to download the call for proposal
The request must be:
written in unstamped card, according to the model “Attachment 2” of the call for proposal, in compliance with the instructions found at the bottom of the model;
signed in full by the applicant, who must sign in manuscript, and accompanied by the photocopy of a valid identity document, which needs no authentication;
accompanied by the form in “Attachment 3”, which contains the data concerning qualifications;
accompanied by the CV in European format, the copies of the qualifications achieved and any other relevant document.
The application, along with the CV in European format, the motivation letter and any other relevant document in printed format, must be personally sent to the office of CESIE, from 9.00am to 1.00pm, or mailed by 2.00pm of 21 October 2011 (the postmark won’t serve as proof of the date of posting) to the following address:
CESIE, via Roma 94
90133, Palermo
Any request received after the deadline won’t be taken into consideration.
After having received the request for participation, applicants will have an interview at the office of CESIE. The date of the interview will be arranged and later told.
Convocations and any communication will be sent by email; therefore, you must give us a valid email address that is frequently checked.
Young people from Italy, aged 18-28, who are interested in the project can ask for any information by sending a mail to serviziocivile@cesie.org, and visit our website that will be updated with the detailed files of the projects.
No information will be provided by telephone or in our offices. Every request for information or explanation must be sent by email.
Any attempt of recommendation will be reported to the appropriate authorities.