European Solidarity Corps – Individual Volunteering Project

YOU(TH) AND ME FROM AUGUST 2019 FOR 10 MONTHS

Youth centre | Mladinski center | Kotlovnica, Kamnik,

ABOUT KOTLOVNICA

Name Youth centre Kotlovnica (MCK) is a place produce festival Kamfest (festival of open where young people have been dictating culture) and youth festival Mesto mladih Zavod Mladinski center its program orientation since 2007. We (City of youth). Kotlovnica Kamnik (MCK) accept the initiatives and wishes of all MCK has other spaces for activities – Address young people throughout the year – that production rooms. They include a photo is why our main focus right now is on Fužine 10 studio, an art room with an oven for culture and entertainment. We include SI-1241 Kamnik making clay sculptures, a multimedia youth in the process of creating and Slovenija room, and a practice room for young implementing activities so that they musicians. The main room with a stage Phone number become active attendees. can accommodate up to 150 people. 00386 70 405 484 Among the regular activities are cultural We offer our facilities to autonomous events such as improvisational theatre, E-mail address groups of young artists and we are always cabaret in varieté shows, poetry evenings hosting a few volunteers through the [email protected] … – all events are organised by youth European Solidarity Corps. Website themselves – and concerts, designed especially for emerging bands. We We are involved with local organisations http://www.kotlovnica.si/slo/ organise computer and board game and institutions – primary and high Facebook evenings, exhibitions, clothing exchange, schools, Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik, creative workshops and workshops for the Municipality Kamnik, cultural NGOs, MC Kotlovnica Kamnik training of technicians – especially sound Business and Student club, Youth council, @kotlovnica and light. House of Culture, street theatre organisation KD Priden Možic … We help Our organisation is the producer of youth Skype youth set up their own organisations and festival Pozdrav iz Kotla, event Ognjena give advice to the existing ones on how to Mc Kotlovnica Veronika (festival of fire and lights) and manage them better. Festival of free video production. We co-

Top left: Kotlovnica's

staircase

Top right: Annual festival Pozdrav iz Kotla

Bottom left: Improvisational theatre by ESC

volunteers

Bottom right: Exhibition opening evening

PROJECT YOU(TH) AND ME WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Two main activities of this project are: You will go through a series of workshops Nationality – Two German participants where you will obtain a better knowledge and one Spanish participant. − to create a documentary film/s of filming, photography, editing, directing, about youth and youth sector, Age – Between 18 and 30 years of age. production, preparation of materials, − to help with the youth centre's scenarios, advertising, opening events ... Skills – You don't need any specific main activities. knowledge, but we need you to be

interested in cultural and artistic activities

WORKING AT THE YOUTH CENTRE and be motivated for learning new skills. A SET OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS You will help with the implementation of Previous ERASMUS+ or ESC activities – You will create one longer or few shorter old and with the design and We are looking for someone who has documentary films. By focusing on youth implementation of new content for our never participated in a long term and youth sector you will analyze the youth centre. European Voluntary Service or European current and past state of youth centres in Solidarity Corps activity. It's ok if you You will help with theatre events, Slovenia. participated in a short term activity that concerts, festivals, exhibitions, workshops lasted up to 59 days. You will create an archive of video and ... mainly preparing the venue, working at audio content and of documents on the the bar, working as a light technician, ESC – You need to be registered in the topic of the youth sector. helping backstage, performing or just European Solidarity Corps (ESC) before we participating in a workshop or playing select you. You will need The European You will make a research of the past, the video/board games. Commission's main authentication service present, and the future of youth centres in (ECAS) profile in order to register in ESC. Slovenia. You will do it with the help of You will prepare your own events with the To learn more about the whole process youth sector – mainly youth centres but help of mentors – organising workshops click here: also youth institutions, individuals and or social events where young people are https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en. young users (between 15 and 29 years of able to be active participants. age).

WHAT IS COVERED?

Insurance – Each participant must be sink, and three single rooms with bed, Temporary residence permit – You will health insured in their country of table, and wardrobe. be issued a Slovene temporary residence residence and have a valid European permit. In order to receive this card, you Training – You will attend on-arrival and Health Insurance Card. With this, you gain need an identification card or passport, mid-term trainings that are organised by the right to additional insurance by Cigna health insurance card and permanent Slovenian National agency Movit. Health Benefits – you will be insured for address (all three lined to the duration of the project and for two Certificates – You will receive ESC and Germany/Spain), bank account and you additional months. Youthpass certificates at the end of the can also bring a photo for documents that activity. You will have a chance to further is younger than 6 months if you have one. Traveling to Slovenia and back – We will develop your Youthpass certificate during reimburse your travel expences up to 275 Local transportation – When your the activity. EUR. It depends on the distance from your transportation inside Slovenia is done as residence to our organisation. Linguistic support – You will receive part of a project it's costs are covered by Online Linguistic Support for learning the the project. Individual support – You will receive 120 Slovene language. The first assessment of EUR of individual support per month. This Kamnik lies about 20 kilometers north your knowledge of Slovene language will will be transferred to your bank account. from Slovenia's capital city . be done before your arrival to Slovenia There are good bus and train connections Food money – You will receive 130 EUR of and you will complete the second between these two places. food money each month. This will be assessment at the end of your project. In transferred to your bank account. between, you'll be able to use an online built a network of language course. electric bicycles recently so you'll be able Accommodation – There is a recently to use them to travel around Kamnik. renovated apartment in the same building Working hours – You will work for six as our youth centre. It can host 3 hours per day, five times per week. This volunteers and consists of kitchen-dining- means you'll have two days off each week. living area, one shower, one toilet with You also get an additional two days off each month.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR APPLYING

Send an E-mail to [email protected] with Top photo: the subject »You(th) and me Youth centre Kotlovnica application«. and ESC apartment are both situated E-mail should include your CV and in the building motivational letter. of Kamnik's House of Culture We don't have an exact application (Dom kulture Kamnik). deadline but we would like you to arrive around the 1st of August – in time for festival Kamfest.. Bottom photo: Recently renovated aparment that can Write to us also if you have any further host up to three volunteers. questions.

Your German sending organisation is

Jugendwerk der AWO Württemberg e.V. from Stuttgart – https://www.jugendwerk24.de/.

Your Spanish organisation is Asociación

Las Niñas del Tul from Granada – http://lasdeltul.net/.

ABOUT KAMNIK

Kamnik, a town embraced by the Kamnik- Learn more about Kamnik by visiting: Photo below: Savinja Alps, is considered one of the https://www.slovenia.info/en/places-to- View over northern part most beautiful medieval towns in go/regions/ljubljana-central- of Kamnik from Mali grad Hill. Slovenia. It was once a flourishing trading slovenia/kamnik. town, where the counts of from

Bavaria had their seat. At that time, Kamnik was the capital of .

The first written sources about Kamnik go back to 1229. The two castles of Kamnik, Mali grad and Stari grad, were mentioned even earlier.

Mali grad Hill – Today, only two-storey

Romanesque chapel with a crypt has been preserved, which is also one of the main symbols of the city. The hill provides a magnificent view of the town and the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.

Stari grad Hill – The spot is popular among hikers and families.

Description from: https://www.visitkamnik.com/en/top- attractions/kamnik.