Many faces of the bicycle

Recruitment call for volunteers “Many faces of the bicycle”

Dear potential partners!

Multisport Experience Sports Club from Arad/Romania invites young and dynamic persons to participate in new EVS project with sport theme entitled:
“Many faces of the bicycle”
We intend to apply with it at the deadline of 01.10.2014 therefore please send us your application as soon as possible, but no later than 20th August 2014. If You are interested in participation please read the following message:
Project type: European Voluntary Service from Erasmus plus programme
Title: “Many faces of the bicycle”.
Duration: 9 (nine) months with stages starting in 01.11.2015
Venue: Arad / Romania
Activities: The major idea of the MFOTB project is promotion of bicycle as a tool in many dimensions and cycling as activity in local neighbourhood of Arad.
EVS volunteers will have a target of involving 150 new persons to cycling activity with 9 months of stage duration. Those 150 persons, together with local CSEM volunteers, coordinating team and EVS volunteers themselves, will create local community of cyclists gathered around CSEM organisation.
Projects activities will concentrate around identifying the needs of local community of Arad in 3 basic areas, using bicycles as a tool:
• Bike and its role in sport (promoting sport activities)
• Bike and its practical role in society (cheap transport, ecology, road safety)
• Bike and its positive influence on human health (recreation activities with the use of bike)

The target of the project will be for the volunteers to gain at 5 solid partnerships with a local authority or NGO or private company to deal with a problem found in the process of identification of needs of local neighbourhood regarding using bikes as tools in chosen areas.
MFOTB project will focus on close cooperation between EVS and local CSEM volunteers.
MFOTB project is a second froma trilogy of 3 EVS projects planned by CSEM organization to promote 3 major sport activities in our club: running, cycling and swimming. You are taking part in history!
In connection to these activities major tasks and objectives of “Many faces of the bicycle” are:
1. Developing the necessary competences for cycling, in 9 months of the stage duration;
2. Gaining the competences of planning, realizing and evaluating of a cycling event in 9 months of the stage duration;
3. Developing the knowledge, abilities and attitudes regarding cycling road safety in 9 months of the stage duration;
4. Implementing raising awareness campaign by organizing at least 18 workshops for public regarding cycling road safety and promotion of bicycle as a tool in 3 dimensions in 9 months of the stage duration;
5. Updating, managing and moderating the virtual community of cyclists gathered around the activities of CSEM organisation

Methods: non formal way of education (learning by doing) and learning through sport
All You need to be a volunteer is:
• strong motivation to spend 9 months in multicultural environment of Romania
• strong devotion to cycling as major sport activity of the project
• strong believe in non-formal way of education and learning through sport
• ability to focus and do full time voluntary work
Other conditions: are determined by Erasmus plus programme. We provide food, accommodation, training cycle and travel costs (up to the limits of Erasmus +).
If You are interested and If You are:
1. Future EVS volunteer please send us following documents:
- Curriculum vitae;
- Letter of motivation in which You specify the way of engagement in activities,

2. Sending Organisation – contact us at: experientam@gmail.com for more information
Thank You!
CSEM team