EVS project Centre Europa Jove /European Youth Center Long term EVS: 10 months (October 2016-July 2017) Deadline for sending your CV and specific motivation letter: 15th of February EVS no: 2012-ES-160 (in renovation)

Background: The Centre Europa Jove is a youth information centre about international mobility. We are working in the Barcelonès County, which means and the four surrounding cities. This centre forms part of the Barcelonès city council and is working in cooperation with the town halls of Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Adrià del Besòs, and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.

The goals of the centre: - to inform young people about their possibilities to go abroad and about European mobility programs - to give young people all the necessary tools to be able to go abroad, from information to language training - to promote youth mobility and to encourage to take part in mobility projects as a resource for youth empowerment - to raise youth employability - to cooperate with different public and private agents that are active in the field of youth emancipation and work for and with young people

Tasks of the volunteer: - participate in all activities of the Centre Europa Jove - participate and develop workshops about youth mobility programs - support the team in the online job tool - prepare and give language courses (English and native language) - support other local agents that are active in the field of youth information and youth emancipation, such as taking part in the development of intercultural days, organizing activities for young people etc. - help the Center Europa Jove to create youth mobility projects - the volunteer will be encouraged to propose other activities and will develop together with an other European volunteer a personal project.

Number of volunteers hosted: 1

Profile of the volunteer: The volunteer must be an open person with interest in working with young people and in international mobility projects. The volunteer should feel comfortable taking part in and giving workshops. We welcome people with interest in organizing non formal training activities about their own culture and language. Some basic knowledge of Spanish or Catalan is needed.

Practical information: Place: The EVS takes place mainly in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs (cities close by Barcelona and that are by metro easily reachable from Barcelona, where the volunteer will be living). The project involves local mobility which means that the workplace will be in a different youth centre on different days of the week. Duration: 10 months (beginning of October 2016 until the end of July 2017) Hours: The volunteer will be expected to work 30 hours/week. The working hours will be starting at noon until the evening (20h)

Language training: The volunteer will receive Spanish classes and has the possibility to learn Catalan. Please be aware that the local language is Catalan.

How to apply: If you are interested in this project, please send your CV, specific motivation letter and questionnaire until the 15th of February to: [email protected] We kindly ask you to write in the subject of your email “Centre Europa Jove EVS project”.

CONTACTS: Coordinating organization: Nexes intercultural de Joves per Europa Mail EVS: [email protected] www.nexescat.org

Hosting organization : Centre Europa Jove www.barcelonesjove.net/europa Mail : [email protected]