Europa Begegnen / Meeting Europe
Stiftung Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar
Weimar, Germany
Description
The volunteers are mostly work in the pedagogical department. We offer the opportunity to get to know the pedagogical work of the EJBW, especially in terms of national & international projects, with all aspects and to participate in it. The volunteers are involved in the daily processes in order to get to know and to shape the EJBW and its structures. • Working in the pedagogical department: includes contents, leading seminars include. development of concepts and its implementation (online, hybrid or offline), gaining knowledge about informal, non-formal and inter/transcultural learning within civic youth education; • Project management: includes development of ideas, finding partners, development of concepts & project applications (content, finances, resources, applications to youth offices, foundations, Erasmus+), finding participants, press work, organizational work, reports, documentation, publications etc.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
• Your travel expenses from where you live to Weimar and back (return ticket); • Fees for visa and residence permission (if needed); • Comprehensive insurance (health, accident and liability insurance via CIGNA); • Free accommodation (a room in an apartment) and food (daily breakfast, lunch and dinner and/or lunch money); • Pocket money
Training during the activity
• Participation in an On-Arrival Training as well as a Mid-term Seminar in Germany.
Participant profile
The ideal profile of an applicant should consist from the following skills: • Proven interest (by combination of school\university subjects or experiences outside, for example in international youth work) in the work and the content focus of EJBW (civic education, European politics and culture, democratic culture, human rights education, historical education, international encounters); • Commitment and experience in international, inter/transcultural or European policy context; • Interest in working with media (PC, video, photography, music, etc.); • Good computer skills (Windows, Outlook, Excel) and interest / willingness to gain additional knowledge (Internet Content Management, data management); • Social skills in dealing with the target groups of EJBW (e.g. empathic behavior towards participants of events, sensibility for group dynamics, etc.); • Responsibility and awareness; • Independence; • Flexibility and readiness in time-consuming projects (being eager to invest your energy and time); • Basic knowledge of German language and motivation to acquire the necessary working language skills in a language course.
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2026
Activity location
Jenaer Str. 2/4, Weimar, Germany
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 28/04/2025 00:00