Support for sport

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:

“Support for sport”

We intend to apply with it at the deadline of 16.03.2014 therefore please send us your application as soon as possible but no later than 14th of March 2014. If you are interested in participation please read the following message:
Project type: European Voluntary Service
Title: “Support for sport”.
Duration: 9 (nine) months starting with the period: 01.02.2015 – 31.10.2015
Venue: Arad / Romania
Number of volunteers: 10
Activities: The core of the activities is associated with running which is major sport activity of our association as you can see at www.experientamultisport.ro, www.maratonarad.ro.

Confucius: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
The main idea of the project is that the volunteers will take an active role in supporting the teams which organize sport activities:
1. First they will be trained so that the theory will be exposed
2. Secondly, they will be a part of the organizing sport activities so that they can apply what they have learnt
3. Thirdly, they will coordinate sport activities so that they can finish the full circle of learning
4. Fourthly, they can teach others what they know so that the things they know will be used and cemented (dissemination tools, preparing others etc)
Volunteers who will accompany us will have a chance to work on organizing sport events for amateurs in order to promote a healthy lifestyle among citizens.

Tasks and objectives of the volunteers:

1) Practice at least one sport for at least 3 hours every week.
The volunteers will have the possibility to choose what to practice from the following 3 sports which the organization promotes:
• Running
• Cycling
• Swimming
Also, they will be supported to be involved in at least 2 sports events but this time as participants.

2) Participate in intensive training courses focused on:
• Romanian language
• Organizing events from outside to inside
• Identifying, mapping the stakeholders
• Promoting the events
• Benefits of sports
• Running, cycling – basics
• How to film, how to take proper photos
• Leadership, how to lead people

3) Organizing sport events for amateurs

A) Support in organizing the planned events

After the training course, once they are ready, they start to apply what they learnt so far in at least 3 events of EMS from the ones listed below:
• Marathon, half marathon and road running of Arad -13th of June 2015
• Tomato festival on bikes – July 2015
• Casoaia Bike Race – September 2015
• The Green Duathlon –September/ October 2015
The following activities can be followed by the volunteers, they can choose at least 3, up to their preferences and future plans for their careers.
Work packages for the volunteers will be split in sections:
I. Fundraising
II. Photo and video
III. Logistic
IV. Preparing the sport routes
V. Managing the groups of local volunteers
VI. Preparation of partnerships:
a. Local partnerships
b. National partnerships
c. International partnerships
VII. Promotion the events
a. Local promotion
b. National promotion
c. International promotion

B) Organize an own, small sport event
On this step the volunteers can make a desired small event where they can apply everything they got in terms of competences useful to organize sport events.

4) Teach others what they accomplished from organizing sport events, prepare the future local teams which can continue their work
It is time to share with the others the knowledge, abilities and attitudes, to celebrate the all process, to prepare the local teams which will act on the ground in 2016 when they will no longer be there but their work will be continued!

By completing activities EVS volunteers will have a chance to achieve competences in at least the following areas:
- preparing the routes;
- sports marketing;
- promoting the events using non formal methods;
- spreading the news using the social media;
- promoting the events on Internet;
- preparing the materials for the event;
- being supporters for the runners in the event day;
- creating special music for the event;
- translating the content of the web-site in their native language;
- promoting the event in their country of origin;
- being city guides for the quests from other locations;
- making a small research on the sport subjects;
- flow of materials, procedures, area coordination;
- management of localvolunteers;
- make the proper photos and videos

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 running as major sport activity of the project;
• strong believe in non-formal way of education and learning through sport;
• ability to focus and work 7 hours per day, 5 days per week;
This EVS project is addressed also to persons with fewer opportunities.Please see document attached.

Other conditions: are determined by EVS programme. We provide food, accommodation, training cycle and travel costs refund within Erasmus+ programme rules and budget for EVS.

If You are interested in the project please contact us at experientam@gmail.com as soon as possible but no later than 14th of March.

If you are:
1. Future EVS volunteer please send us following documents:
Obligatory:
- Curriculum vitae in EURO format;
- Letter of motivation in which You specify the way of engagement in activities and possible experience already as local volunteer back home

You can send later:
- Proposed activities if desired (not obligatory);
- Medical certificate certifying that allowed participation in sport activities;

2. Sending Organisation
- Please fill in the attachment for the sending organization.
Based on the information you provide, we will make the selection and inform you to send the partnership form (mandate).