The project will be implemented in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. If you don't know anything about this amazing place, take a look below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cluj-Napoca
is the 2nd largest city in Romania and was the European Youth Capital of 2015. The multicultural  city is located in Transylvania and is the home for 324,576 people, without adding it's 80.000 students.

According to a 2012 research, Cluj-Napoca is the friendliest city for foreign people in Europe and also a city that well integrates the foreign people choosing to live here. Cluj-Napoca is also the most progressive European city.

In Cluj we love the arts! The city is hosting 2 national theatres, the Romanian National Theatre and Opera and The Hungarian National Theatre and Opera, the most important film festival of the country TIFF, Transylvania International Film Festival, the most loved festival - Electric Castle Festival (European Festival Awards finalist for medium sized festivals), the only major size festival in Romania - Untold Festival (1st edition in 2015 as the European Youth Capital), a loved cultural brand - Jazz in the Park festival (free entrance). TIMAF is one of the most important indoor festivals with events all the year. The city has even more festivals that you need to attend, as an EVS or as a tourist. Cluj deserves it all! That's why the city is a European Capital of Culture finalist for 2021.

If we think at nature, Cluj-Napoca is surrounded by forests and if you want to go in a quiet place the city is located  20-30 minutes away from beautiful mountains. The city benefits by a small sky resort and different fun parks, a beautiful botanical garden, a mystical full of legends forest (Hoia-Baciu forest) and a central park full of people reading or enjoying fresh air in their hammock or having a pick-nick outside.

In terms of sport the city has different small workout parks with sport fields. There are also places for swimming, basketball, skate parks, football, adventure parks and many others. 

The coffee and tea lovers will be happy in Cluj. The city has many great coffee shops and tea houses. Some of the bars and coffee shops are in the international tops, either for the taste, either for the original design of the places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Living and working conditions

 

Accommodation:
The volunteers will share a home. They will live in 3 beds shared room in a 3 rooms home (1 room for girls, 1 room for boys, 1 shared living room).

Facilities:
An EVS experience should provide the volunteers the same conditions as a normal family in Cluj-Napoca. So don't worry about having a washing machine, a Romanian phone and phone number with rechargeable credit (monthly),  good Internet connection and a TV. All the home expenses are assured by the hosting organization.

Budget:
Each volunteer will receive 60 euro as pocket money (fixed amount from the Programme) and a fixed food allowance that will cover all the food expenses for a month.

Prices in Romania:
Romania does not have euro. We have leu. One euro is 4.5 lei. 
Generally speaking Europeans consider Romania a country with small/ cheap prices. A 2l Coca Cola costs 5 lei.  A bread costs 3-5 lei. A beer costs 2-7 lei. A kilo of apples costs 2 lei. Going out in a bar may cost you either 5-10 lei, either 50 lei. There are places and prices for everyone.

Working places:
The volunteers will work in 2 places:

 

• the AIDA office (office activities, planning performances, theatre classes, rehearsals, preparation of costumes and materials, mentorship session, language classes, etc.);

• the theatre (rehearsals and performances)

• In the villages around Romania, the volunteers will work in schools.

 

Working language:

The language of the project is English.The national language is Romanian but most of the Romanians will not have a problem with understanding English.To make your living even more relevant, you have the possibility to learn Romanian so you will be able to communicate better outside of the project (or in the project when you work with small children).

 

Working hours:

The EVS volunteers will work 6 hours/ day, 5 days/ week. Each week the volunteers will have 2 free days (week-ends or week days - depending on the performances). The volunteers also have 2 other free days/ month.

 

Medical aspects:

Each volunteer will benefit by a EVS medical Insurance valid in Romania and in any other country of the world, on all the duration of the service (plus 2 months more, after the service). 

 

Learning experience:

All the volunteers will work on a learning plan or a personal development plan and will be supported in developing the skills, knowledge or attitudes needed by the volunteers for the project and for their career after the EVS project.

 

EVS Resource persons:

The volunteers will benefit of the support of a mentor that will have the role of helping the volunteer to adapt to the project, to integrate in the local community, to learn how to learn and to learn how to live and work in an international environment.The language teacher is also a resource person. The teacher will contribute to the language learning but also to the Romanian culture understanding.

 

Certification:

All the volunteers will obtain the YouthPass certificate at the end of the project (or earlier if needed).YouthPass is a Europe-wide validation instrument for non-formal learning in the youth field.

 

Volunteer profile

We are looking for:

All of them should be 18-30 years, living in the rural area in their country, spending a lot of time online/ on the phone, motivated to do volunteer work, creative, adaptable, willing to learn and to use the service as a learning experience motivated to work in the 3 domains: theatre, dance, circus.

 

Selection procedure

We have a 2 steps selection procedure:

• Application form and

• Interview

 

All the people willing to participate in the project must fill in this form by 26th April 2016. The applicants will be contacted on their email after their inscription for schedule a Skype meeting (a conversation in English, for 20-30 minutes) just to know them better and understand their needs, their wishes and how well they fit to the volunteer profile. We will evaluate both the form and the interview according to these criteria:

 

Eligibility criteria

• Living in rural areas of one of the countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain;

• Spending time on the phone & Internet;

• English level: able to communicate (the correctness is not important; we don't need specific certificates); 

• Intention to live (after EVS) in rural area;

• Intention to work (after EVS) in one of the fields/ professions: youth work, animator, school teacher/ education, animation, theatre, cultural events.

 

Quality criteria: we appreciate people that are see the EVS more as a volunteering experience than a personal development one; we appreciate creative, dedicated, adaptable, caring and compassionate, empathetic, joyful, patient, trustworthy, organized young people.

 

Evaluation procedure:

2 persons will evaluate each form and each Skype interview. The evaluation team will be an international one, not only formed by the members of the Romanian hosting organization. We want to highlight that we don't search for professionals actors or teachers. Will be lovely to have theatre passionate applicants but will be lovely to have as applicants people that never played in a theatre performance or never been to theatre.

 

This project is about giving something to the community through volunteering and about learning, changing and communication.