For hosting activities, our organization takes into consideration local communities from all the regions of Romania, through developing its own capacity/infrastructure, or through some promoters or through protocols/ collaboration contracts with institutions / public authorities, or through developing some initiative in social corporatist responsibility area. Thus, we take into consideration ethno-cultural minorities community, religious minorities, as well as locations characterized by geographical isolation or social and economical difficulties. The environment where we want to host the volunteers to implement specific activities is regarded by our association as a resource and a learning frame, situation that encourage us to have a variety of options. For example, we think about locations from Arad county (Covasant commune, Moneasa commune, Sambateni commune, Siria commune, Arad county residence etc), Alba county (Rosia Montana commune, Ciuruleasa commune, Valea Ampoiului commune, Abrud town, Zlatna town, Campeni town etc), Hunedoara county (Harau commune, Criscior commune, Certez commune, Bucuresci commune, Brad county residence etc), Bihor county (Suplacu de Barcau commune, Marca commune, Balc commune, Marghita town, Oradea county residence etc), Gorj county (Albeni commune, Giurgita commune, Targu Jiu county residence etc), Galati county ( Schela commune, Independenta commune, Galati county residence etc), as well as other locations. It is to mention that in each location proposed, our organization is present by persons and activities, Millennium Center team having a very good knowledge of the environment and the local context. For example, our association has 16 socio-economical studies made by Romanian Academy in collaboration with different corporations. Local characteristics will be always taken into consideration regarding the preparation of the activities as well as the preparation of EVS volunteers with relevant informative kits and training courses.
In each of these locations the representatives of Millennium Center Association had or will have meetings with the Town Hall's deputies, with part of the local counsellors, with private sector representatives, teachers and youngsters. Even though these meetings imply a significant organizing and financial effort, we appreciate that their results will improve continuously the quality of the learning frame and of the implementation offered by future projects. In these locations the roles and responsibilities will be distributed to the actors of the project. Also, it is to mention that our association, in collaboration with other interested parts, started a series of initiatives of which the most important ones are the setting up of some Resource Centres in Suplacu de Barcau (Bihor County) and Schela (Galati county).
Our association pays attention to a series of other locations from rural area where there were not any kinds of events such as hosting EVS volunteers. We underline the fact that in the majority of the above-mentioned locations, there were not implemented any projects by non-governmental organizations until now and also there are very few organizations in these administrative - territorial units, except for the towns that are county residence.
The activities proposed for the future projects are in accordance with local stakeholder' s conclusions concerning the local priorities of youth involvement in voluntary activities, in agreement with the interests of the local groups of initiatives and with the priorities of Youth in Action Program. Also, our partner structures will organize the activities of our future projects around educational objectives, in correspondence with the real needs and expectations of the EVS volunteers. For these reasons, the youngsters that wish to participate in voluntary activities in/through Millennium Center Association will give us their presentation, including their expectations. After that, the information will be further analysed with considerable attention.
Our organization intends to host also youngsters that are coming from countries that are not members of European Union. For these youngsters, the bureaucracy process of obtaining the visa represents an important obstacle in their participation to the EVS programmes. These volunteers together with the ones from UE states and territories will leave a mark upon local communities. Also, we take into account the possibility that some fears and prejudices are possible to appear, but we are going to solve them through common activities. In the small communities from communes and villages, information, projects and activities enter really slowly and even when they exist, they are on short term and have not got the expected results. The youngsters from these communities haven't got very many opportunities of spending their free time. Through EVS projects we appreciate that more youngsters from these locations will have the chance to get involved more in their own communities, having also the positive example of the youngsters from other countries.
Our organization will offer to volunteers learning opportunities such as to develop / practice abilities, skills and to facilitate the attaining of various knowledge. Our organization also want that, the EVS volunteers who are going to be hosted within the future projects, to benefit of a series of courses and processing of learning experiences and of the activities' results as well as to gain experience among the volunteers.
Millennium Center Association will create the adequate frame for personal development according to EVS standards. Thus, our organization will deliver to volunteers a Romanian language/culture and civilization course, mentorship services, optional/facultative trainings and other specific services.


The above-mentioned abilities and knowledge have an exemplifying character, during each project the volunteers are following a personal developing process.
The role of the EVS volunteers in hosting projects is an active one. They are directly involved in planned activities in its different stages (preparation, development, monitoring and implementation). Also, a strong accent is being put on stimulating the EVS volunteers' own initiative and on the importance of personalizing their actions within host communities.
For example, EVS volunteers will be involved in activities such as:
Web-design and web administration;
Campaigns in local communities and in electronic space (of promoting a healthy life, protecting the environment, preventing drug consumption, becoming conscious of the risks of extremist attitudes etc.);
Making some documentary video clips regarding host community (customs, traditions, opportunities of spending free time, working methods with ethnic minority groups);
Consultancy in youth centers;
Raising people's awareness through campaigns about the importance of blood donation
Children activity in dedicated centers;
Activities in the kinder gardens;
Activities of social reintegration of the persons that are in risk situations;
Stakeholder engagement;
Animation activities;
Dance workshops, music workshops, aero-modeling, photographic and cinematographic art;
Photo exhibitions and plastic art exhibitions;
Specific actions in social corporatist responsibility area;
Trainings and study visits organizing
Realizing some promotion materials of the objectives with historical and cultural rich value etc.
Besides these examples, EVS volunteers can create/develop a series of activities. Our organization is going to offer them the necessary assistance (in planning and in further phases). To sustain all these, we can enumerate the following activities: organizing some evening events and presentation sessions where the volunteer can present the culture and traditions of their state/region/ locality; organizing activities in local resource centers or in youth centers; organizing some cultural events or summer theatres; coordinating actions inside youth camps; presentation/dissemination of myths and local legends; making or disseminating of some publications concerning the implemented activities; other opportunities from non-formal education for youngsters.
In Millennium Center Association, the human resources recruitment and selection process represents an aspect upon the implementing teams are giving a lot of attention.
There are some aspects to underline:
Priority given to the applicants that come from disadvantaged category such us: difficult situations from social point of view, difficulties in participation to educational process, geographical and economical difficulties, disabilities and health problems, cultural differences, all of which representing marginality and even social exclusion.
Geographical and sexual balance;
The existence of an agreement between EVS volunteers' expectations and project's offer;
The recruitment and the EVS selection in this multicultural context represent one of the most important challenges of Millennium Center Association. The factors with a significant impact upon this activity were the cultural particularities of a large diversity of partners' organizations area of action.


The partner organizations will be consulted for the recruitment of the volunteers, trying to consider the volunteers that are suitable for indicated activities and paying attention especially to disadvantaged volunteers.
Regarding the activities that are going to be implemented, our association will develop a permanent consulting process between volunteers, promoters and coordinating organization for the volunteers to have the opportunity to get more involved in those activities where they find themselves and where their educational objectives are best fulfilled. Moreover, the volunteers will have the possibility of choosing to attend courses from a wide variety that it will be presented to them.
Because future projects will have as an aim to propose innovating activity, we appreciate that it is not the case of replacing paid work. In previous activities, there are already persons with jobs in the domain, but we want to bring plus value in our future projects through European Voluntary Service.
Volunteers are not required some certain skills, maybe the possibility (recommended) of a minimum speaking level of English Language. Also, concerning the recruitment process, our organization is going to fully valorize the previous experience.
Regarding the local communities and places planned to host EVS volunteers with fewer opportunities, our organization stipulated a series of measures, resources, minimum required competences as well as the adequate infrastructure for these situations. According to the particular aspect that our organization is going to cope with, considering the type and the level of difficulty, the teams of the implementation project will take the adequate measures valorizing, of course, the rich experience of the organization in EVS project implementation and in facing numerous groups of EVS and local volunteers.
Thus, our organization takes into accounts situations such us:
- Offering some special diets (vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian, without pork diet and others according to the medical observations and volunteers' requests);
Offering the assistance cadre (consolidated mentorship, special courses, medical assistance, psychological assistance, nutritional assistance as well as other specialized consultations in different domains, according to the specific situation that it is going to be faced);
Putting at their disposal or facilitating the access to devices for special situations (hearing aid devices, locomotors handcarts, mobile ramps, protection garment, IT&C equipment adaptors according to the type and the level of the disability etc.);
Specialized trainings delivered to implementation team as well as to local and EVS volunteers and also linguistics supplementary speeches.
Other measures that are necessary to cope with very difficult situations and that are facing some special needs.

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