SOW- SEEDS OF VOLUNTEERING ACTIONS

SEMINAR ON DESIGN AND COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEERING CAMPS

08.07 – 16.07.2024

Buccino (Campania, Italy)

 

Aims and Objectives

  • Sharing practices and experiences between activists, partners and staff from different branches. In particular about:
    • how to enhance the impact of workcamps
    • how to communicate our impact
    • how to find local partners and collaborate with them;
    • how to prepare camp leaders
  • Understanding the “glocal” nature of workcamps
  • Learn how to build and sustain new alliances at the local level through voluntary workcamps
  • Updating existing materials about camp coordination
  • Facilitate the preparation of the post-training workcamp for the local partner

 

As SCI movement, part of our effort goes into the organization of international volunteering camps aimed at fostering solidarity between local communities, to engage in learning and practicing activities connected to topics like global solidarity, sustainable development and peace education. A volunteering camp is a learning experience aimed at connecting global volunteers with local communities worldwide and at discussing pressing global issues while cooperating for a good cause. These words may seem simple, but anyone who has participated in a work camp knows their meaning well.

Each camp is unique but the challenges to organize and conduct them are not. As SCI branches, partners and activists we usually experience different problems in the organization of camps:

  • It is difficult to communicate what a camp is, in what it consists and what is its impact;
  • Camps are the most useful to local communities and they are the most needed exactly where they are the most difficult to organised, communicate and coordinated;
  • Camps require committed and prepared local partners, local activists and camp leaders in order to be successfully delivered;
  • Camp leaders need effective preparation for coordination and management of activities during volunteering camps;

To discuss all these issues and to deliver practical solutions for our needs, SCI Austria has decided to organize together with SCI Italy and a local partner Mòvesi, a hands-on seminar on volunteering camps directed to SCI staff, volunteers, future camp leaders and any community/local activist or leader willing to understand how workcamps can be useful tools for fostering and implementing impactful actions at local level and with a global perspective.

The participants will also be the pioneers of a new collaboration in Buccino, this will allow us to interface directly with some of the challenges and understand them together.

 

Participants’ profile:

  • Being 18+
  • Being resident in an Erasmus+ Programme or Partner Country (in general any country that is part of Erasmus+ Programme);
  • Being part (or having been) part of SCI network as a volunteer, staff, camp
    coordinator, activist, etc.
  • Being part of a volunteering organisation or informal group willing to organise volunteering activities at local level;
  • Being a member (coordinator, activist, staff) of a local partner of a SCI branch involved in the organisations of voluntary camps;
  • Being interested in the coordination, design or coordination of a local voluntary activity.

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities and nationalities as well as cultural backgrounds, religions and social statuses to apply. There will be a space to share any inclusion needs before the training, and the team will be in touch in case there is a need to organise any special arrangements.

 

Practical Information

Finances and Travel

Food and accommodation during the training will be fully provided;

Reimbursement of the travel tickets will be 100% up to the maximum amounts indicated in the rules of the Erasmus+ programme after the receipt of original documents. Check Erasmus Guide 2023.

Distances can be calculated with the Erasmus+ Distance Calculator. Here you can find the amounts that we can reimburse in relation to the distance.

  • 10 – 99 km 23 EUR
  • 100 – 499 km 180 EUR (for non-green travel) 210 EUR (for green travel)
  • 500 – 1999 km 275 EUR (for non-green travel) 320 EUR (for green travel)
  • 2000 – 2999 km 360 EUR (for non-green travel) 410 EUR (for green travel)
  • 3000 – 3999 km 530 EUR (for non-green travel) 610 EUR (for green travel)
  • 4000 – 7999 km 820 EUR

We strongly encourage green travel (i.e. avoid travel by plane, if possible; instead travel by train and bus). We are available to give you advice on this and offer a higher travel budget for eco-friendly options.

Other necessary expenses, such as visa fees will be reimbursed after approval by organisers.

Any difficulties or expensive travel situations can be discussed with coordinators. Do not hesitate to write us if you have difficulties.

 

Participation Fee

The participation in this project is subject to a fee of 30€ in order to cover the administrative and logistic costs of our local partner.

 

Ready to apply?
If you’ve read all the information in this call and feel ready to apply… amazing! You are ready to fill in the application form. Find it here: LINK application form

For more information or questions, please write to: coordination.sciaustria@gmail.com

The first deadline for applications is May 1 2024. All those accepted will later receive a detailed info sheet with information on the venue, detailed timetable, and preparation tasks before the training.

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