The Yap-Ro activities are runing at the national level, developing projects in towns and in the rural areas as well, depending of the programs and the parteners.(ex: Bucharest, Alba region, Rosia Montana, Abrud,) The majority of YAP actions are being developed in Cluj Napoca, the headquarter of Romanian branch. Cluj-Napoca (Hungarian Kolozsvár; German Klausenburg), until 1974 Cluj, with a population of 311,400 inhabitants is the second largest city in Romania (as of 2007[1][2]) after Bucharest, and is the seat of Cluj County, in north-western Transylvania. It lies some 426 km north-west of Bucharest, in the valley of the Some?ul Mic river and it used to be the capital of the historical province of Transylvania. The population of the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, as proposed by the current project is estimated at 360,000. Finally the population of the influence area (periurban area) counts over 400 thousand residents.[3] The metropolitan area of Cluj-Napoca should be functional as early as June 2008.[4] According to an official in the City Hall, the total population of the city is high as 504,000, including students and other non-residents The ethnic composition, according to the 2002 census, is:252,433 Romanians (79.4%), 60,287 Hungarians (18.8%) , 1% Roma, 0.23% Germans and 0.06% Jews. Cluj-Napoca is today one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centers in Romania. Among others, it hosts the largest university in the country, Babe?-Bolyai University - with its famous botanical garden, state-renowned cultural institutions, as well as the largest Romanian-owned commercial bank.
Please explain:
" what you can offer to volunteers in terms of Service and learning opportunities,
" what will be the role of EVS volunteers in the Host Organisation,
" the activities in which the volunteers could be involved and the activities the volunteers could create in your organisation. Please give examples of typical activities for the volunteers.
Working and living in a local project in Europe the young people will learn about the diverse realities in this community.
The project foreseen for the volunteers is about exchanging different cultures: the volunteer bring with him his/her own culture but also learns a lot about Romania during the project
The volunteers will develop certain interpersonal, intercultural and social competences, they will have the chance to learn another language and they can compare their own experiences and knowledge from their home countries. The young people also learn about different ways of becoming active. Knowing tools and active people brings great motivation to the young people. This can translate into own initiatives in their community back home
All staff members will be included in this process, the mentor will have the responsibility to keep in touch more intensively with the volunteers and will meet regularly with the volunteer to check on his/her progress and help solve any problems. They will also ensure ongoing support for the volunteers. Leisure time programm and contacts with the other EVS volunteers in Romania will be provided.Volunteers will be given any training necessary for them to carry out their tasks and they will have the opportunity to take part at national and international trainings and seminars organized by YAP and its partenrs. Efforts will be made to help the volunteer integrate into the local community.
Yap Romania proceed its activity in five important departmens:Information and consiliation in the Information Center within Yap organisation,international volunteering in work-camps,youth exchanges,seminars,conferences,EVS,LTV,MTV(long and medium term voluntary sevice in collaboration with with our YAP partners from Europe,Affrica,Asia,USA), Anti- Raxi campaigns(March 15th-22nd, November 9th),communitary programs(festivals,social projects,environment)and CSR programs(in collaboration with private romanian companies).
The EVS volunteers will be implicated in YAP Romania's programs during the entire procedures,along with the projects teams within the organisation.Also the volunteers will be encouraged to develop new programs dealing with the organisation' mission and activity,being permanently helped by their mentor and the programs director of Yap Roamania.
Among the activities in which the EVS volunteers will be implicated in we are mentioning:the organisation of the ANTI-RAXI companies ,the organisation and the proceed ok the international volunteering work-camps(the agreement of foreign volunteers in the camps takng place in Romania,the identification of local partners,organisational activities dealing with the volunteer participants'food and accomodation,the registration the romanian volunteers in the camps'list and mentaining permanent contact with the international partners),the promotion capmaigns for the volunatary programs of the organisation among romanian and international partners(EVS programs and work-camps),the edition of the organisation's news letter and its transmition(sending)to the members and partners,the redaction of press materials and the permanent contact mantainance with local and national media partners,the up-dating of the organisation's site,the teaching of foreign languages as free courses within the organisation programs for persons with reduced possibilities.Inside YAP Information Center the volunteers will help the gathering of information, will contribute to spreading the information and updating the web page and database of the youth center (www.infocenter.ro), maitaing good relationships with the partners and contacting new possible sources of information; providing help to the specialists of the Center; contributing to the organisation of different events, such as employment faires, vocational training sessions, language courses; promoting the Center and its facilities among youth etc.
Within the YAP Programs, we invite all young people after ages 18 interested in the hosting placements to apply.We strives to offer all volunteers an integrated framework in which mentoring, leisure time programm, trouble shooting and non formal education is offered to the volunteers in order for them to develop and gain the most from their EVS experience, irrespective of their background.
All vacant placements will be sent to all partner organisations of YAP Romania and will be published on the 'evs works'-site as well. In this way the placement is open for all applications. An application should consist of a CV and a letter of motivation.
It is expected from a volunteer that he or she is generally interested in the activity of the hosting organisation and the projects are open to involve the specific interests of the volunteers in the activities, in order to adapt the project content to the individual volunteer.
The Sending Organization should be accreditated within the EVS program in that specific country.In case the volunteer identified the project in EVS database and has not a sending organisation,Yap Romania can recommend one of the partner organisations from that country or may lead the volunteer to contact the National Agencie from hi/her own country to find a recommended sending organisation,acredited within this program.
Our project is open to disadvantaged people as in the next categories: educational difficulties, geographical or economical obstacles and cultural differences.
Unfortunately our infrastructure does not allow us to host persons with disabilities for a long period of time.
YAP Romania hosted through centralized short term EVS programs a meaningful number of volunteers
with fewer opportunities so we have the required experience in this extend.
The following needs are foreseen:
o Each sending organization and/or social worker will ensure a first step in the preparation process before having the volunteer applying;
o Trained and experienced leaders will help the volunteers' during the project;
o On-going mentoring and counselling will be provided during the project;
o Assistance and facilitation for travel arrangements of the volunteers (i.e. being accompanied, being welcomed and received at the airport/train station)
o Regular evaluation and reflection meetings will be arranged.

The various partners and stakeholders of this project will be involved in the different phases including project design and implementation. An experienced team of trainers and facilitators will provide special support before, during and after the project.

The volunteers will be integrated in the young people team and will have permanent access to communication means and also they will beneficiate of the permanent suppot from the organisation's mentor and staff.
Also in cases of volunteers with psychological and emotional difficulties a contact with a counselling institution is established to provide on going support. In addition, the person in charge in the resident country will be contacted.
Some of the possible risk during the activity

· Volunteers leaving the project.
· Psychological crisis.
· Conflicts with other volunteers or with mentors/other leaders
· Volunteers not able to cope in a new environment
Through the application process the selection panel will try to ensure a detailed and deep description of the motivation of the volunteer.
We'll have discussions and exchange of information with the sending organisation about the methodologies and training techniques, the level of support provided by us as a hosting organization through mentors, coordinators, team, facilitators, accommodation, programme, health and psychological support, activities, etc.

In cases of volunteers with psychological and emotional difficulties a contact with a counselling institution is established to provide on going support. In addition, the person in charge in the resident country will be contacted.
The volunteers mentor will have the responsibility to keep in touch more intensively with the volunteers and will meet regularly with the volunteer to check on his/her progress and help solve any problems dar si alti leaderi ai asociatie vor fi implicati in acest proces.
Also the volunteers will receive phone cards for local phone numbers in order to be easier for them to contact anytime their mentors or other leaders of the organisation depending on their needs and personal or occasional problems .There is also going to be a list with the contact persons that will be available 24h/day

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