Volunteer work Cultural & free time Learning activities Accommodation & food In country staff Volunteer work An important fact to mention is that the education offered by the civil society is not seen as an opportunity yet. Working as a volunteer in an organization is still something new for the youngsters in Craiova. Most of them are not aware of the opportunities to learn and to gain experience by working as a volunteer. Most of them are not aware of the opportunities that a diversity of European programmes can offer. ARDR is the first association and the only one that hosted foreign volunteers through EVS in Craiova in 2009 and started spreading the information about this programme. Therefore part of the volunteer’s work will be to inform the youngsters and to raise the awareness on the benefits that volunteering brings at personal and professional level. Working on non-formal education with youngsters and children in schools. Working with disadvantaged groups like Roma people to help them integrate in the Romanian society. Organizing campaigns, seminars, debates on a diverse range of subjects concerning the youngsters like environment, human rights, labor market, health, antidiscrimination, free time and leisure, etc. Providing language classes for children and youngsters in schools. Information campaigns on the of the opportunities that a diversity of European programmes can offer to youngsters to improve their education. Researches on community development in general and community youth development in particular, etc. Cultural & free time Being a big city it has a rich cultural life sustained by institutions with tradition. Youngsters can find here museums; a university; libraries; theatres; cinemas; parks – the landmark of Craiova is Romanescu park, one of the largest and most beautiful in Europe; clubs, bars and other places for leisure; big commercial centers. The Days of the town are recently part of the most known celebrations in Craiova. During three days at the end of October the local administration organizes festivities to celebrate the Days of Craiova: concerts, parades, fairs, visits of some personalities from politics and cultural world, etc. The volunteers can also travel in their free time to all big cities as there is safe transportation by train or by bus. Learning activities On arrival, the volunteers will enter in a Capacity Building programme for minimum 7 days and maximum 10 days. During the Capacity Building programme they will receive trainings to build their competences on animation, conflict management, project management, group dynamics, community youth development. They will also be provided with Romanian language classes to have a minimum of language skills that will help them to carry out better their activities and to cope with the community. Throughout the whole project, every single volunteer is to benefit from a personal development plan being coached by trainers and experts to reach his/her personal potential. Accomodation & food In Craiova the volunteers are hosted in rented apartments of three, four rooms close to the office. Each volunteer has it’s own room and access to the bathroom with hot and cold water, access to a kitchen. The living conditions respect the minimum of standards, and the volunteers should not expect luxury. They are responsible for maintaining cleanliness and not to damage the things inside the apartment. The accommodation expenses will be covered from the project budget. For the food, the volunteers will receive a monthly allowance for food and pocket money which they can spend as they want. They are responsible for buying and preparing their food. In county staff Carmen Tufagiu EVS county manager   .