European Solidarity Corps
Previously known as EVS. Do you want to volunteer with financial support? Are you 18-30 years old? You can apply for a volunteering project under the European Solidarity Corps!
The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) offers you the opportunity to spend 2-12 months abroad working as a volunteer in a non-profit or in a state organization.
There are two types of activities – Individual Volunteering and Volunteering Teams. In total, you can spend up to 12 months on ESC projects – that means you can for example join a Volunteering Team in summer and later join a long-term project abroad.
Individual volunteering
You can join a short-term (2 weeks – 2 months) or long-term project (2 – 12 months).You will be volunteering full-time (30-38 hours/weekly) in your chosen organisation. The volunteering projects are either cross-border or national. You can join only one long-term project abroad in your life.
Volunteering teams
Volunteering Teams are groups of 5 to 40 young people coming from at least 2 countries. Volunteering Teams last from 2 weeks to 2 months. Volunteers Teams are very similar to regular workcamps. You can join Volunteering Teams repeatedly.
INEX has been a sending, hosting and coordinating organization of the European Solidarity Corps (previously European Voluntary Service) since 2001. Thanks to our experience we have successfully sent more than 300 volunteers abroad and hosted more than 37 volunteers in our office.
INEX as a sending/supporting organisation
… that means that we are sending volunteers from the Czech Republic to ESC projects abroad. Our role is to prepare and support volunteers before and during the project.
Key conditions:
- 18-30 years,
- permanent residence in the Czech Republic,
- communicative level of English.
Projects types: Working with youth (leisure time clubs, nurseries, supporting centres), environmental protection, theatre, voluntary organisations. Hosting organizations are mostly non-profit organisations.
Locality: programme countries of the ESC (mostly EU countries).
Requirements: You should be able to communicate on a basic level of English or in the language of the hosting country. ESC projects offer the possibility to learn new things and to develop new skills. You should have strong motivation and willingness to learn.
Costs
The ESC project covers the expenses related to your stay abroad. To get the financial support you must however fulfill all administrative requirements (for example sign the Volunteering Agreement, etc.)
The ESC project covers these expenses:
- accommodation and boarding
- travel costs (up to certain amount, depends on distance)
- complementary insurance – Here is a list of procedures covered by this insurance.
- pocket money
- language course – Online Linguistic Support
- inclusion support – in case volunteer has special needs
INEX as a host organisation
INEX also hosts volunteers from other countries. Every year we host 3 volunteers on long term projects (for 12 months) and several volunteering teams on short term ESC projects. Long term volunteers live in Prague and join our team – as an incoming officer, PR and marketing assistant or assistant to educational projects.
Key conditions:
- 18-30 years,
- residence in the programme countries,
- availability for the duration of the activity (15 days for short term ESC, one year for long term ESC),
- communicative (for short term projects) or advanced (for long term projects) level of English.
Locality: Prague, Czech Republic
The ESC project covers these expenses:
- Accommodation and boarding,
- travel costs (up to certain amount, depends on distance),
- insurance – Here is a list of procedures covered by this insurance,
- pocket money,
- language course,
- inclusion support – in case volunteer has special needs.
Do you want to hear more about the experience from ESC volunteers?
If you are thinking of embarking on a volunteering adventure in the Czech Republic with us and you want to know more about local culture, lifestyle and useful tips, check out our article:
How to apply
- Think about your motivation. Why do you want to work as a volunteer and in which area? What do you like to do? What are your interests? Where would you like to go?
- Find interesting projects and hosting organizations on our website in the section “currently available ESC positions” or in ESC database of all projects (you can search according the country or the theme).
- Reply to chosen projects (contact more organizations, as not everyone will reply; you can call as well). If you are looking in the database.
- Write a motivation letter and send it to the hosting organization together with your CV.
- Fill in all the necessary application forms. (It is possible that organisation will invite you for an online interview – get ready to answer questions about your motivation, your background, your goals etc.)
- Don’t hesitate to contact us as soon as you are accepted by your hosting organization or in case you have any kind of problem.
Check out FAQ about ESC volunteering
Contact
Renáta Míchalová
esc@inexsda.cz
+420 222 362 715
The activity is part of the annual programme of the informal network IGnet funded by the European Union.
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