Bona Fides Association and Asociación Juvenil Intercambia are looking for Polish participant for a long-term ESC project in Málaga, Spain!
Place: Málaga Spain
Dates: from 25 May to December 2026
Duration: 7 months
General information
Asociación Juvenil Intercambia began to work as a local youth initiative in 2004, based on the needs and interests of local youth in Málaga and Mijas. Since then, the organisation has been working as a stable, official association with the mission to inspire youth to take action, realise their goals and act according to their needs and aspirations. The aim of the organisation is to support and empower youth groups, young people and individuals to be active citizens of their communities, locally and in a European setting. Intercambia is a youth organisation created by young people for young people, that promotes initiatives, provides information and action tools.
Our main activities are based on intercultural learning through non-formal education, aiming to promote the participation of young people, in order to reduce racism and to encourage tolerance, respect and solidarity.
Our other aim is to promote the knowledge of other European regions and cultures, through direct contact with other young people. Our slogan is «All equal, all different».
Our organisation can offer to the volunteer different learning elements, like how a youth organisation works in Spain and the different working methodologies in relation to the people we are working with. We also offer the opportunity to teach the volunteers new cultures and new situations, as well as to have the possibility to contribute creatively to our work through the exposition of new ideas. A key learning element is to promote youth information.
In fact, one of the pillars of Intercambia is to be an information network; we analyse several sources of local, regional, national and international information as well as promote programmes and opportunities for young people. We also give the possibility to develop social and cultural skills: the volunteer has the opportunity to interact with young people from various backgrounds and origins, providing a real insight into how young people live in Spain.
Intercambia has a special interest in the field of new technologies as a tool to promote the integration of young people with difficulties, to facilitate information and to raise the direct participation of youth in the development and dissemination of information.
The volunteer will have the opportunity to develop skills in new technologies and media: website, graphic design, edit/shoot videos, control of video cameras, etc.
Our working language is Spanish, so the volunteer will experience the Spanish language as a tool for working. On the other hand, due to our international activities, the volunteers could improve and develop other languages such as English, if they have prior knowledge, through the communication with other European/International organisations.
The volunteer will join our daily workday with the supervision of a mentor/coordinator.
Expected learning outcomes
• Broader understanding about different cultures and nations, nurturing tolerance and open mindedness of the volunteer.
• New organisational and better abilities in operating a wide range of activities and facilities for the target group of the activity.
•Work with certain target group.
• Language and cultural skills. The format, duration and frequency of linguistic support depend greatly on volunteers’ needs and abilities.
• Experiences working in an intercultural team, development of teamwork, cooperation and communication skills.
• Knowledge about Erasmus+ programme and international projects.
• Certification of learning acquired, through the Youthpass
Expected Activities
Our organisation can offer to volunteers different learning elements: how a youth organisation works in Spain, different working methodologies with the youth.
Another learning element is related with the search and diffusion of youth information, one of our mainstays, as they will study local, regional, national and international information sources and diffuse it among youth, as we see that many information does not reach the youth.
Another important aspect: the development of social and cultural skills, as volunteers will have the opportunity of relating with an enormous number of youth from very different backgrounds and this will provide volunteers with a real view of youth in Spain.
Another learning aim: related with the use of new technologies, as we work with web platforms, graphic supports, videos, etc. in our different campaigns and activities, so volunteers may also develop this field.
Volunteers will also learn Spanish language, as this is our working language. Furthermore, they can also learn English (if they have some basic knowledge of them), as we have contact with international organisations.
Volunteers will participate in the normal working hours, with the mentor or responsible of the activity.
Volunteers will participate in different activities
• Promotion of intercultural participation and learning. We manage an information desk in Malaga (Europa Más Cerca), and Mijas, Located ay 35 km from málaga (90 minutes one way in local transport) in which local youth are informed about European mobility programmes. Volunteers may help giving information and counselling.
• Promotion of intercultural participation and learning. We manage an information desk in Las Lagunas de Mijas in which local youth are informed about European mobility programmes. Volunteers may help giving information and counselling.
• We help and advise other organisations to develop European programmes. Volunteers also participate.
• We also organise seminars and information sessions related with Europe, European Citizenship, as well as other more informal activities (cinema forum, multicultural meetings, etc.) in which we diffuse information about the EU, intercultural values and participation. In this campaigns, volunteers may present their European citizenship experience.
• We also participate in and organise other Youth Exchanges and Training Courses actions, so the groups receive pre-departure training with the aim of giving more value to their multicultural experience, so in this training process, ESC volunteers may talk about their experience of living in another culture and country.
• Campaigns of promotion of volunteering. We organise workshops and training seminars together with the Andalusian volunteering agency and citizen participation area, at a local and regional scale. Volunteers may collaborate with these activities with the training team in the whole process: contact with organisations, planning training sessions, development and evaluation of sessions and they may also form active part of them if they want to talk about their experience as a volunteer.
• Youth Information. Volunteers will search, select and diffuse local, regional and national youth information with the mentor through the organisation’s web site and electronic bulletins.
• We form part of Eurodesk, so volunteers may have access to the information site and help youth using this service to solve their questions about Europe.
• We work on YOUTH INFORMATION FIELD on
– WEBSITE
– FACEBOOK
– INSTAGRAM
Volunteers will have a mentor for all these activities and will never be their responsibility.
Application
Please send your CV and a motivation letter (in English) to: mariachiara@bonafides.pl with a title: ‘Long-term project in Málaga, Spain’
Also fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
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