EVS (DEOR) Diffusing ERASMUS+ in the province of Jaén

EVS (DEOR) Diffusing ERASMUS+ in the province of Jaén

Context:
The youth in the province of Jaén has a low participation rate in the youth mobility projects under Erasmus+ program. Thus, the promotion of Erasmus+ program has been implemented where 4 EVS volunteers from different countries (Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Georgia) have been incorporated to increase the rate of youth participation in the province. However, there is a need to continue with such dimension, though this time to diffuse the result of best practices of promotion of Erasmus+ which is what the current volunteers working on at the association Colectivo Gentes.

The project aims:
- to diffuse the results of the previous EVS project which is promoting Erasmus+ in Jaén;
- to raise awareness among young people and youth workers about best youth mobility practices;
-to create Volunteer’s Life Testimonials from previous mobility projects under ERASMUS+
-to provide volunteers with an experience of multicultural and intercultural learning and European citizenship.

The main themes
-Erasmus + opportunities
- Non-formal education and active participation
-Cooperation between associations and public bodies in the province of Jaén and Europe

What the volunteers will learn:
- Will learn to run face to face interviews and video conferences
- Will learn how to analyze and define the communication strategy of the project
- Will learn how to write articles and organize press conference
- Will explore the tools of social media communication
- Will learn non-formal education methods and techniques for effective diffusion of the Erasmus+
- Will explore design, video making and photo making programs
- Will explore linguistic skills (Spanish-English) for newsletter, journal and testimonial writing
- Will develop leadership skills

Tasks to be performed by volunteers:
- To practice the planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation of visibility and DEOR strategies
- To prepare training session, workshops based on non-formal education learning methods in order to develop the tools and techniques of self assessment
- To organize social events with the aim to diffuse the previous volunteering experiences and the Erasmus+ projects in general
- To collect, create and represent life testimonials
- To make monthly newsletter and volunteer journal (for example including volunteers calendar, events, cooking recipes from different culture, volunteers Decalogue)
- To learn leadership and mentoring techniques in a non-formal education environment
- To continue cooperating with local public bodies in the province of Jaén
- To implement Erasmus+ KA3 within the structure of the association Colectivo Gentes
- To share and acknowledge the best practices and strategies of transformation which were of value to both EVS projects (promotion and diffusion).

Dates: November 2015 – November 2016
Place: Jaén, Andalucía, Spain

Participants: 4 participants with knowledge of English and Spanish
- 1st participant: to have linguistic skills in Spanish and English in order to remove linguistic barriers for participants; to have knowledge to lead the dimension of impact on equal opportunities in particular to gender and disability
- 2nd participant: to have skills which would enable to lead the dimension of participation and visibility of the project and its impact; to have interest in new social media technologies and to have visual thinking how these technologies could be used for the diffusion of Erasmus+.
- 3rd participant: to have artistic skills in order to deliver a non-formal learning; to be good in artistic communication and design in order to lead the dimension of visibility.
- 4th participant: to have knowledge about the collaboration between public bodies – associations and European Union; good communicative skills to carry out public activities (meetings, events, press conferences).

If you want to apply as a partner organization, please send to us the mandate and the partner page file, before 10th April, .
Please check the Activity Agreement draft (that we will sign in case the project will be approved) - you can find in the right side of this page.

Timetable is available on the right side of this page (look for attached file).