Craiova cultural

Dominou Association, Craiova branch, Romania, is looking for accredited sending EVS organizations:
Project name: Craiova Cultural (under construction)
Dates:15.03.2016 - 15.03.2017
Total number of volunteers: 4 volunteers, 1/sending organisation, 4 countries represented
Content: The concept of the program is to develop a cultural / touristic presence of the town of Craiova in the digital world using several tools (sites, blogs, wiki, adding data in already existing platforms - google maps, wikipedia, sites of local partner institutions, possibly an app for mobile platforms) that would help and improve the experience of tourists in Craiova and the literacy of the local community about their own landmarks (through cultural events promoting local history and landmarks for example - theatre, art exhibits, cultural tours for partner schools etc.). The volunteers would be invited to assist in this project by helping the local volunteers responsible for collecting the information from the relevant locations and sharing it with the ones responsible for the app development. They will visit landmarks and public buildings like museums and parks, and will assist in gathering data and other information about them for later processing, This will include data about the locations, opinions, pictures, videos, etc.
No deep ICT knowledge is required, but basic ICT literacy is needed. More than basic will be a plus for better communication with the development team.
They will also be invited to produce a original presentation of their own creation to be added to the app, the end result will have to be in digital format, but they will have creative freedom in the content of this presentation.
Closer to the end of the mobility, they will revisit the locations, using the latest version of the app, to check the result of the project, and supply feedback of any changes and improvements they feel should be made before the final version is released.
ACCOMODATION: The volunteers will have accommodation in the city of Craiova(350.000 inhabitants, university city). We intend to mix the volunteers, to ensure the intercultural dialogue. They will be housed in an apartment, two per room. The housing will have all commodities. They will have internet access.
TRANSPORTATION: They will receive a transport card for the main lines of transportation. PREPARATION, MONITORING: They will have a project coordinator and a mentor, both speaking languages of international circulation. Before the mobility, we will communicate with the volunteers to learn their expectations, to inform them and to linguistically and culturally prepare them.
LANGUAGE PREPARATION: When arriving in Craiova they will learn basic Romanian (at least A1/A2). The number of hours of training will depend on various factors, as previous knowledge of the language, if the volunteers comes from a Latin(Romance) language speaking country, the initial assessment of the teacher (min. 40 hours ).
ADMINISTRATIVE: We will support them to obtain a resident permit. We have enough local projects to ensure full time service, according to European norms, respecting the wishes and interests of the volunteers. We will let the volunteers choose if they want to receive food or food money. We will give their allowance (pocket money) every month.
We will take into account the volunteers’ feedback and make changes where necessary.
Details about the hosting organization:
The Domino association from Romania ( non-governmental and not for profit) has been founded in 2004 and has 6 board members and 147 active members (teachers, trainers, volunteers, pedagogical advisers, young students).
Our goals include supporting formal, non-formal and informal education of children, youth and adult people in order to acquire the necessary skills and personal development skills for future employment and active citizenship, including promoting of human rights, cultural diversity, equal opportunities and non-discrimination.
It organizes accredited courses (by the National Council of Adult Development Training) in 32 fields. The educational related courses: project manager, competence evaluator, human resources inspector, mentor, trainer, quality assurance specialist, teacher trainer, school mediator, vocational counsellor, have attracted a number of approximate 6000 trainees, 1000 of them future trainers of adults.
The Domino Association and its trainers have learning, teaching and networking experience in international contexts. All our staff and other 6 active members have participated to several international learning experiences (LLP): Comenius, Grundtvig (Grundtvig workshops included), Transversal program, Pestalozzi, LdV and the majority are teacher trainers about European programs at county level, Youth in Action- TC and YE. They have also been trainers in international courses ( Grundtvig in service course and workshops, YA- TC and YE, POSDRU) with participants from more that 16 countries.
In the Youth department, our activities involves promoting volunteering as a personal and professional development activity, sports and recreation games, youth exchanges, debates about non-discrimination, seminars, diversity promotion, workshops, exhibitions, etc. on topics of general and European Community interest, establishing and maintaining ties of friendship and mobilization between youth for knowledge purposes and encouragement for their initiatives; activities in support of cultural diversity, development of activities that promote equality between women and men, respect for religion, to support disadvantaged children and youth (coming from orphanages, school dropouts, delinquent, disabled, Roma, poor socioeconomic status, unemployed, etc.,), activities that promote healthy lifestyles among young people, offering healthy alternatives for negative behaviours spread in our society. Our newest project is a POSDRU (Eu Social Fund) project on entrepreneurial competences for youth (we are preparing 1500 students in this area).