Project environment:

Imagina, the Youth House of Alcobendas, promotes and organises training and information activities for youth in the town aged between 14 and 30 years. As part of our policy of providing opportunities of participation in international programmes, we have been hosting EVS volunteers who support us in our work for several years. This project includes hosting 6 volunteers for 9 months (October/2008 - June2009). Volunteers will mainly participate in activities in the Youth House, but also in related institutions (Library, Refugee Hosting Centre) in Alcobendas. This gives us the opportunity of giving organistions and youth collectives and individuals first hand information and a living model of the virtues of such a training and vital experience as this one. Volunteers will, therefore, integrate in the day-to-day activities of the Youth House to collaborate in the promotion, diffusion and organisation of activities, directed mainly to youth.

Alcobendas is located to about 15 km to the north of Madrid, counts on a population of 100,000 inhabitants and a very dynamic social and economic structure. It has an important industrial and business centre which employs a lot of people of Alcobendas. Regarding services, the City Council of Alcobendas is one of most outstanding ones of the Community of Madrid, with over 1,000 public employees and a large number of social, cultural and sport services for the citizens.

The youth population of Alcobendas is undergoing a fast transformation since the past years. When we began to receive volunteers EVS, in 1997, there were very few young immigrants, and therefore, their impact upon the local population was very little. Nowadays that situation has changed. The presence of immigrants is important among youth. It is important to have this into consideration when planning intervention activities for youth. We want to take advantage of the presence in Alcobendas of EVS volunteers to promote the integration of young immigrants.

PROJECT’S DESCRIPTION

His/Her main task will be to plan the exibitions in the “Cubo”, a free space dedicated to be used by the young artists of the town, and to take part in planning and organizing exhibitions in other cultural spaces.
OBJECTIVES
  •   Give to the young artists of the town a chance to express themselves
  •   Promote art among the youngsters
  •   Help to the management of the Youth Animation programs
MAIN ACTIVITIES
  •   Take part in the planification of the activities
  •   Be in contact with local young artist and deal with them for each exhibition.
  •   Be in charge of all the task realted to the preparation of exhibitions.
  •   Support the managment of the programs held by the sector
  •   Comunicate and spread activitie’s information among the youngters of the city
  •   Be involved in Imagina’s working process, meetings, evaluations...
  •   Bring creativity and new ideas to the programs of the Youth Animation sector.