Theme 2: Anti-discrimination

2018 EVS volunteers in Marche-en-Famenne: José (Portugal), Katya (Ukraine), Djordje (Serbia) and Alejandro (Spain)

Project period

ESC activities will start on 01/02/2019 for a duration of 12 months

The Hosting Organization

 

The Association of Compagnons Bâ tisseurs, aka CBB, is a non-profit, non-political youth organisation recognised by the French Community of Belgium. The organisation proposes different kinds of activities, mainly based on volunteering and non-formal education: local and international work camps, medium and long term voluntary service, week-end workcamps, leisure time activities for and with disabled people, youth exchanges and local and international trainings.

All these activities would not be possible without a network of 420 Belgian volunteers, almost 200 international volunteers during the summer and a team of 11 employees. 

We are a Youth Organisation and most of our public is aged between 16 and 25 years, even if there is not upper age limit to integrate our groups of volunteers.

CBB especially promote an inclusive approach of the public; we strongly believe in the richness of diversity and we take action to favour the heterogeneous character of our groups of volunteers. Therefore, the members of the association (+- 420 people) are from diverse origins and capacities.

EVS (Erasmus+) and now European Solidarity Corps experience

 

We have participated in the EVS Program both as sending and hosting Organization since 1997. We are accredited as coordinating organization since 2007. In the frame of the new program, the European Solidarity Corps, we will be accredited until 2020.  

We believe that this program perfectly fits with our organization goals and methods: non-formal education, active citizenship promotion, volunteering and multiculturalism are keywords in our daily action.

We also particularly appreciate the learning opportunities that the volunteering program financed by the European Commission offers to all young people, regardless to their origins, background and economical means. 

CBB is member of the ALLIANCE of European Volunteer Service Organisations.

 

 

Location of the project

 

Compagnons Bâ tisseurs asbl presents the specificity to develop a lot of international exchanges and to be located in a small town of the south-French speaking part of Belgium. From our office, by the square of Marche-en-Famenne, a 17 000 inhabitants town of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, we organize projects all over the French Community of Belgium (Brussels and Wallonia) and maintain close partnerships with non-profit organizations from all over the world. This unique situation will permit the volunteer to share the semi-rural life style of the area, but also to meet young people from different places of the country as well as to be in contact with people from the other side of the world.

During his/her ESC volunteering activity, the volunteer will live and mostly work in Marche-en-Famenne.

The town offers all modern facilities (shops, supermarkets, sport center, cinema).

For the urban-life-style-lovers, it is however IMPORTANT to know that our town is located in a semi-rural area. Even if it is not far away from the biggest Belgian cities (57 km from Liè ge, 106 km from Brussels, 47 km from Namur) and well connected by train, Marche-en-Famenne can sometimes look remote and very quiet.

 

 

The project

 

The volunteer will be mainly involved in the promotion, preparation, implementation and follow-up of our voluntary projects (work camps, youth exchanges….). S/he will also work sometimes in partnership with other local youth and social organisations. As part of CBB team, we will expect from him/her to attend collective activities such as staff meeting, GA, team building day…

 

1) Promotion of CBB activities:

- To prepare and to hold information stands and raising awareness activities in the, youth centers or in fairs in order to present our activities and increase young people awareness about volunteering, non-formal education and intercultural exchanges;

- According to his/her knowledge, to take care of the virtual promotion of the organisation activities (Facebook, Flickr, website updating, support to the communication officer in general);

 

2 ) Preparation of weekend projects, international work camps and youth exchanges:

- To visit organizations that would like to host an international camp organized by CBB;

- To maintain the contact with our partner organisations through Internet communication and to send them regular updates about our projects (mainly about workcamps);

- To receive and answer to the application requests of foreigner volunteers who’d like to participate in our projects in Belgium and to follow-up their registration process (this is an important task from April to July that permits to develop a lot of contacts, but can also be considered as very administrative);

- To give a support in the preparation of the activities: preparation of material, participants list, info sheet, food… 

 

3) Co-facilitation of weekend and international work camps

International work camps are short-term voluntary projects gathering young people from different countries. During two or three weeks, these young people work on a voluntary basis for a non-profit organizations or a local community. The tasks to realize during an international work camp can be very varied: renovation, construction, environment protection, summer camps for children... 

In collaboration with the camp leader, the ESC volunteer will help to maintain a good group dynamic and to favour the learning experiences within the participants.

 

IMPORTANT: CBB promotes social inclusion and openness forward all kinds of diversities. When a person with a special profile or facing any difficulty (social, cultural, educational…) will participate in a project, the ESC volunteer will be especially in charge to help him/her to integrate the group.

 

4) Activities according to the personality of the volunteer and to his/her desires:

We really hope that the volunteer will bring us innovation and creativity. Depending of his/her preferences, of his/her desires and his/her capacities, s/he may make a short film or a photo report presenting the organisation, create posters or write texts about its activities, to organize raising awareness activities about intercultural learning, equal opportunities, mobility...

Our ESC volunteer will be encouraged to develop a personal project as long as it complies with the values defended by our organisation! We are ready to support him/her in its implementation!

 

5) Collective activities with other ESC volunteers:  

The European Solidary Corps volunteering activities within Compagnons Bâ tisseurs is part of an ESC group project that aims to increase European awareness among youth in the town of Marche-en-Famenne and to maintain a close collaboration among the local youth services. For that reason, some activities will be run with other ESC volunteers (hosted by other local youth organizations).

The volunteers will work together especially during special events organized once a year in Marche-en-Famenne: intergenerational events, youth services opening day…. The volunteers will help to prepare and follow-up these events. In some occasions, they could hold an information stand presenting ESC program and youth exchange opportunities. They could organize a “European night” in the local youth house and to present therefore their country and traditions.

 

Profile of the volunteer

Our project is open to anybody motivated by volunteering and who wishes to be involved in our organization and be in touch with people regardless of their nationality, religion, believes, diploma, professional experience. We expect the volunteer to be interested in international volunteering projects, be ready to build an atmosphere of confidence; ready to involve him/herself in the several activities we do; be able to work together with the staff; agree with our philosophy of equality and openness to the differences.

 

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