EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS (ESC)

WHAT IS ESC (European Solidarity Corps)

The ESC (European Solidarity Corps) is a free international volunteer programme, funded by the European Commission, which allows all young people legally resident in Europe, aged between 17 and 30, to carry out an international volunteer experience in an organisation (private or a public) in Europe and in the Euro-Mediterranean and Caucasus countries, for a period ranging from 3 weeks to 12 months.

WHAT ARE THE COSTS?

ESC provides for reimbursement of travel expenses (up to a ceiling to be verified according to the country of destination) and full coverage of board and lodging costs, provided by the course host organisation. There is also a monthly pocket-money quota reserved for each volunteer and expressly indicated by the programme on the basis of the country of service.

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH AN EXPERIENCE?

Thanks to its intercultural dimension and non-formal approach, it is a unique opportunity to come into contact with cultures other than one’s own and to acquire new skills and abilities useful for one’s personal and professional growth.

SOME OPPORTUNITIES

Visit the European Youth Portal an access the project platform. Here you will find all available projects for ECS!

IN AUSTRIA WITH AHA

Thanks to the Austrian organisation AHA – Jugendinfo Vorarlberg, with which we have collaborated in the past years, we offer 2 different experiences (addressed to two young people) with the European Volunteer Corps in Austria, which will take place from 6/9/21 to 31/8/22.

COSTS: Food, accommodation and transport (+ travel expenses) are covered by the project; there is also a monthly pocket money calculated according to the days of stay and according to the provisions of the Erasmus+ programme.

The projects cover these areas:

  • Sunnahof Tufers: social-agricultural centre hosting people with various types of (dis-)abilities: we are looking for 1 volunteer to be employed in gardening/agriculture and socialisation activities (info: Sunnahof-Tufers_Description-voluntary-project)
  • Offene Jugend- und Kulturarbeit Bregenz: outdoor work in the capital of Vorarlberg for youth involvement: streetart, activities, anti-racism, gender work, inclusion; we are looking for 1 volunteer (info: OJKA-Bregenz_Description-voluntary-project)
    Would you like to know more about the host organisation and how volunteers are received?
    Download the Vorarlberg volunteer guide

ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Send your application by Monday 21 June to these two addresses: europe@jonathancoop.com
susanne.sparr@aha.or.at

VIDEO-TESTIMONY: 9 MONTHS IN CYPRUS

Here is the testimony of Luca, sent by us for 9 months in Cyprus.

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PROJECT TITLE: ‘Youth in Action
It foresees actions to support event organisation, workshop development and animation in cooperation with the Cyprus Youth Centre and other volunteers from Greece, United Kingdom and Italy.
WHEN: From 3 January to 30 September 2019
WHERE: In Nicosia (capital of Cyprus)

For more info on the project, read Infopack – Youth in Action