Volunteering opportunity in Slovenia May to October

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The type of project:
European Voluntary Service, Action 2.0

“Bike friendly city“

From 1st May to 31st October 2012, Maribor, Slovenia

Project is about promotion of ecological sustainable development through cycling in urban areas.

The host organization is Maribor Cyclist Network (MKM). MKM is committed to
improving the systematic conditions for bicycle and pedestrian transportation. We are
a non-profit and partly voluntary non-governmental organization. Our work is directed
towards the development of cycling and sustainable transport and, consequently, also the
other segments of society (economy, culture, social, health, environment, etc.). (http://
www.kolesarji.org)

About the Project

Project is about promotion of ecological sustainable development through cycling in urban
areas with social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities.

        The main goal of our project “Bike friendly city” is to offer to participants new 

techniques and learning methods for improving sustainable development issue of transport.

Participants will help working in non-goverment organization which main occupation is
advocacy of cycling in the city. Therefore we want to establish healthier enviroment in our
local community. For this goal volunteers will work on diffirent topics of the project: help in
community repair shop (Bike kitchen), in the office and some fieldwork. The volunteers will
be in frequent interaction with local people and this will give them oportunity to develop their
social and technical skills. The volunteers will also gain computer and communication skills,
with work on newsletters, updating homepage, organisation of events, etc. We are also open
for new ideas, so we will gladly give oportunity to volunteers to develop something new.

The project will start on 1st May and will last till 31st October 2012. The project is open for two
volunteers.

Target group on our project are young people from age of 16 to 30.

• To promote cycling and inclusion as a most significant value working with
  youth with fewer opportunities

• To increase awareness of the value and importance of volunteering as a
  form of active engagement and as a tool to develop and improve competences for
  personal, social and professional development.

• To encourage young people with fewer opportunities to play an active role in
  their communities

• To contribute participants development of creative capabilities and skills in
  work in non-government organization using learning and creative methods

• To promote voluntarism as a way of active social participation, and a way to
  acquire knowledge and skills useful for persons' professional development.

Period of realization:
Volunteers will live in Maribor from 1st May to 31st October 2012 as project is going.

Location: Maribor, Slovenia.
http://www.maribor.si/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribor

Partners:
All interested Program countries (more on: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-
programme/programme-guide_en.htm, page 17).

Funding:
100% for accommodation and food will be covered and up to 100% of travel cost (airplane
ticket: economy class, train ticket: 2. class) will be reimbursed after receiving original
receipts. Volunteer will be given some pocket money, but this is the case of pre-agreement
(more
on:
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/programme-
guide_en.htm, page 63).

Please: As we are applying on 1st February deadline, be as fast as possible in contact
us and your sending organization that we can fulfil documents in right time. Your closest
sending organization you can find on: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm.

Deadline for receiving preliminary agreement and partnership identification is 20th of January
2012.

Further Information:
e-mail:
Our

Please
Mariborska kolesarska mreža (Maribor Cyclist Network)
Partizanska cesta 30 (office)
2000 Maribor
Slovenia
phone:
e-mail:

If anyone is thinking about this take my recommendation that slovenia is one of the most underrated countries in the EU for beautiful landscape, amazing people and riding quality. I would love an opportunity like this if only my circumstances were different.

PS also wine there is smashing!

Maribor is really nice, they have a WC down hill track there and the food has always been great when I've been too.

Great Opportunity for someone!

Yeah I wish I were under 30 I know some of the people involved and it would be a fantastic 5 months

two
old
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Sounds very interesting. Have you got the email address?

Maribor gotta be one of the coolest places on the planet, jazz history right there

Worth reading Emily's blog where she's in Slovenija, it makes excellent reading. +1 on Slovenija's beauty, totally outdoorsy country - it's a right of passage for tge youth to climb a massive mountain called Triglav.

And they eat bear. Some might not like that detail, but it does make them hard.

youngsters of between 18-30 hope you can go (jealous)