Volunteering in The United Nations Association of Bulgaria (UNA)

Activity description

The United Nations Association of Bulgaria (UNA) is a non-profit association working to educate young people in the spirit of UN values and universal respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms and to stimulate youth volunteering as well as the desire of young people to work for the benefit of society. The mission of the Association is to work to inform and unite the Bulgarian public in support of the goals and principles of the Organization of The United Nations aims to strengthen international peace and security, development of understanding and cooperation between people and respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Accommodation for the 360-day mobility period, monthly food allowance, pocket money and local transport are provided. Funds for plane tickets are covered within the projected project budget.

Training during the activity

The volunteers will be included in the cycle of training organised by the National Agency and will receive introductory training related to the performance of the tasks, as well as all necessary additional training to evaluate the learning outcomes. The participants will get access to the OLS platform for training in the Bulgarian language.

Participant profile

We are looking for 1 motivated volunteer for 12 months mission. Tasks related to the development of articles for the youth media Una News; maintaining Twitter (X) and LinkedIn; Engagement with the National Network of UNA clubs in the country by giving workshops in schools, and organizing events; International cooperation - maintaining communication with the World Federation of the United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and the UN associations in other countries with the aim of better cooperation; Organization of international events - international model UN for students and ect.

Activity dates

A total of 51 week(s) during the period 10/05/2024 to 04/05/2025

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Activity location

67 "Knyaz Alexander Dondukov" bul., 1000 Sofia Bulgaria

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden

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Activity topics

Citizenship and democratic participation

Education and training

Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 26/04/2024

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