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With the Erasmus+ EVS project ‘HOPE 2018-2019’ the

Campus CIFOP promotes intercultural dialogue

between students and staff members coming from

different cultural or religious backgrounds.

The college is in a rural area of France (Angoulême is

a vibrant and cosmopolitan city of 40,000 but many

students come from the surrounding rural areas of

Charente), where stereotypes and racism against

minority groups can be a problem.

Given the background of the recent events happening

in France, we have an important role to play in order

to prevent any kind of radicalization and to promote

non-discrimination through education. The primary

purpose of education is not only to develop

knowledge and job related competences but also to

help young people to become active, responsible,

open-minded members of a diverse society of

tomorrow.

Our EVS project ‘HOPE 2018-2019’ will open up many

opportunities to encourage intercultural exchange,

travel for study and volunteering for the students at

CIFOP and EMCA. For our four European volunteers,

it will offer a great opportunity to build language,

cultural, social and organisational competences and

to participate in the big ‘family’ of CIFOP and EMCA.

EVS ‘HORIZONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN EUROPE’

The EVS Project

The EVS volunteers will have the opportunity to study French at the Campus CIFOP language school, and to obtain recognized qualifications in French language such as BULATS or DALF.

Language Support

An apartment on the campus with 3 bedrooms and shared kitchen and living space will be provided for the four EVS volunteers, with the possibility to have a fourth room with its own bathroom next door.

A bus pass for travel around Angoulême is provided.

A food allowance of 250€ per month

‘Pocket money’ of approximately 120 euros per month.

Volunteers will take holidays at the same time as CIFOP holidays: Christmas, February, Easter and mid-July.

Practical Information

• You will work with the Sending Organisation to set up insurance, Youthpass, online language tuition etc. If needed they will help with your travel arrangements.

• You will have a Skype meeting with a representative of the Coordinating Organisation, TERA Maison de l’Europe de la Charente.

Before arrival

• You will be picked up at Angoulême train station by a representative of the Hosting Organisation (Campus CIFOP / EMCA).

• You will spend a week familiarising yourself with the campus and the schools, as well as making practical arrangements with the Coordinating Organisation, such as opening a bank account.

• You will have an introduction to all the resources that are available to you in Angoulême, which is a lively city.

On arrival

Hosting organisation: CIFOP and EMCA further education colleges (EVS accreditation: 2016-1-FR02-KA110-012434)

Coordination Organisation: TERA Maison de l’Europe de la Charente (EVS accreditation : 2015-1-FR02-KA110-010433)

PROJECT ‘HOPE 2018 - 2019’, ANGOULÊME, FRANCE

Travel

• Angoulême is easy to travel to by train or bus. Bordeaux is the nearest major airport. A travel grant of up to 275€ is provided to cover one return journey.

TERA- Maison de l’Europe de la Charente 5 chemin de Halage, 16000 ANGOULÊME • +33(0)5.45.39.85.67 • [email protected] 1/6

There are three EVS roles at CIFOP professional college and one at EMCA, all starting on 1st September 2018 and continuing to the end of July 2019.

Following a period of adaptation and observation estimated at one week, where the volunteers will be able to get to know each other and the schools and departments on campus, each volunteer will be hosted in one of the following schools:

• Apprentice Training Centre

• Language Study Centre

• Professional School of Film Animation (EMCA)

• Management and Business School

EVS AT CIFOP AND EMCA, ANGOULÊME

The languages facilitator will support individual teachers and the organisation for the centre, which offers teaching in multiple languages to both students of CIFOP and the public.

• Oral language practice with students in support of staff teachers

• Conversation lessons with students

• Introduction to European culture and civilisation

• Participation in a variety of administrative activities in the Language Study Centre

• Individual support to students

• Organisation of a language club (café linguistique)

Support with the preparation of diplomas or certificates in French

This volunteer role would be most suitable for a person who is interested in languages and who has a good level of French.

Role 1 Language Study Centre

on the CIFOP Campus

Role 2 Management and Business School

on the CIFOP Campus

The educational facilitator will assist teaching staff with educational support to students.

• Giving individual support to students and methodological approaches to support students in taught programmes

• Administrative support, organisation of documentation library (correcting exercises etc)

• Participation in finding ways to put forward students’ work at the European level

• Organising and running extra-curricular activities

• Participation in the organisation of the start of term, e.g. signing up students for tests

• Planning and running risk prevention activities with students

• Preparing activity reports (class supervision, discipline etc); files, projects, financing applications, European partnerships.

This role would be most suitable for a person who enjoys organising and communicating with others. Basic French would be helpful too.

Descriptions of the different roles

EMCA

CIFOP


The volunteer will assist teaching staff with educational support to students.

Tasks:

Giving individual support to students and methodological approaches to support students in taught programmes

Administrative support, organisation of documentation library (correcting exercises etc)

Participation in finding ways to put forward students’ work and films at the European level

Organising and running extra-curricular activities

Participation in the organisation of the start of term, e.g. signing up students for tests

Planning and running risk prevention activities with students

Preparing activity reports (class supervision, discipline etc); files, projects, financing applications, European partnerships.

This role would suit a person who enjoys organising and communicating with others. Basic French would be helpful too.

Role 3

Professional School of Animation Film on the EMCA site, Angoulême

Role 4 Apprentice Training Centre

on the CIFOP Campus

The volunteer will support the educational team. The sociocultural coordinator will organise intercultural activities with the apprentices to encourage them to socialise and to enrich their experience.

Tasks

Planning, organisation and animation of socio-educational activities (with boarders and day students) and responsibility for follow-up.

Facilitate access to learning and practicing new disciplines.

Create materials and activity sessions

Creation and development of cooperative project working.

Creation of communications about the programme of socio-educational activities for students and public

Organisation and running of exchange sessions with apprentices (health prevention, Europe, citizenship, health, debt…)

This role would be suitable for a person who is enthusiastic about developing socio-educational activities. Basic French would be helpful too.

Descriptions of the different roles

• HOW TO APPLY •

SPANISH, ITALIAN, POLISH AND GERMAN VOLUNTEERS ONLY

Register your details in the European Solidarity Corps and get your individual reference number at this adress: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en (your sending organisation can help with this)

Complete the application form and send it with your CV in English or French to: [email protected]

Deadline for applications is Friday 13th July. Skype interviews in English or French will be during the week of 23th July.

Selection will be completed by the end of July 2018.

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PRESENTATION OF THE CIFOP AND EMCA (HOSTING ORGANISATION)

Campus CIFOP is a vocational training centre which welcomes more than 4000 students in the area of Angoulême. We provide various quality training services for a wide public: young people, employees, job seekers. We are convinced that everyone can find a suitable training to develop their professional skills in the best manner.

Our Campus includes several schools and institutes in various training fields, at the main CIFOP campus and also in Angoulême city center:

• Commerce Department & Services: initial training up to bachelor’s degree in the areas of trade, management, accounting, catering industry, etc.

• Industry department: initial training up to engineering degree in the fields of industry, printing, packaging, automobile etc.

• Media department, EMCA: initial and ongoing training in the field of animation.

• Department Enterprise & Skills: continuing adult education and language training centre.

The campus CIFOP has 30,000 m² of meeting and workshops rooms, a documentation centre and Resources (CDR), a gymnasium of 3000 m² and 200 single rooms. We also offer additional services such as a cafeteria, a boarding school and sports centre.

Our staff is composed of 140 persons, both teachers and technical staff. All our educators and students have the support of the social workers of our school who animate additional informal learning activities. We are used to working closely with young people and we therefore know their concerns and problems.

For many years now, Campus CIFOP has been welcoming foreign students for language classes and internships at our center. We are very familiar with hosting young students from abroad who do not speak the French language yet and we know how to integrate them into our daily school life.

We hosted EVS volunteers in 2015, 2016 and 2017. This positive experiences has encouraged us to continue with the EVS programme and to extend our offer to four EVS positions in 2018-2019.

You can take a virtual visit of the CIFOP Campus here:

http://www.360jv.fr/visites_virtuelles/CCI_Charente/V2/Campus_CIFOP.html

The EMCA is located near the river Charente, just at the foot of the city center of Angoulême. The aim of EMCA is preparing students for professions in animation films. The students learn how to use digital and traditional tools in the best way in order to create great cartoons. They direct short movies and develop their creativity and sensitivity : the training encourages them to find their own way of expression. In this way, EMCA offers students the best conditions to access the professional environment.

(École des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation)


http://www.360jv.fr/visites_virtuelles/CCI_Charente/V2/Campus_CIFOP.html

Angoulême is a lovely city of 40.000 inhabitants, in southwestern France. Located on a rocky spur, the city is overlooking a meander of the Charente, a beautiful and natural river. The town’s nickname is the "balcony of the southwest".

Angoulême was a fortified and important town for a long time, and it inherited from its tumultuous past a large historical, religious and urban heritage which attracts a lot of tourists.

Nowadays, Angoulême is at the centre of an agglomeration of 140 000 inhabitants. It has a vibrant cultural life, dominated by the Angoulême International Comics Festival, which is a very big event happening at the end of January every year. Angoulême is also famous for its walls painted with images from comics and graphic novels.

Angoulême city center is 25-30 minutes by bus from the Campus CIFOP, with departure every 10-15 minutes. There, you will be able to find everything you need, and it’s also a very nice place to hang around and have a drink.

If you want to travel a little more, Bordeaux, one of the most beautiful cities in France, is only 40 minutes by train. The Atlantic Ocean is not far away : you can reach Royan in less than 2 hours by car.

PRESENTATION OF ANGOULÊME AND ITS SURROUNDINGS

To go a little further…

COGNAC BORDEAUX ROYAN

The countryside around Angoulême is pleasant and peaceful, and offers a lot of paths for hiking. From there, you can visit Cognac, an interesting city in Charente for art and history.

ANGOULÊME


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TERA MAISON DE L’EUROPE DE LA CHARENTE COORDINATION ORGANISATION

TERA Maison de l’Europe de la Charente (TERA-MDE16) is a

non-profit organisation, created in 2004 by youth workers and

volunteers who wanted to involve more young people in

European and international projects. It works across the

Charente Department of France, a rural area with the urban

population concentrated in Angoulême.

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After over 13 years of activity and a lot of European projects,

TERA-Maison de l’Europe de la Charente has a network of

around 30 partners in Europe. Through its international and

local projects, the organisation focuses on its main goals: to

reinforce participative citizenship, autonomy and creativity in

European citizens, especially among young people in European

society.

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The association has been an active sending, hosting and

coordinating organisation for European Voluntary Service since

2009. It is recognised as an experienced organization by the

French Erasmus+ programme.

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The staff member who will coordinate this project is Hannah

Durrant, European Projects Manager. She has extended

knowledge in the coordination of European and international

partner projects. She is an experienced mentor and coordinator

for both interns and volunteers, with a sensitive and

motivational approach to supporting young people within their

youth exchange and volunteering projects.

Contact us for an

application form for EVS at

CIFOP and EMCA!

Coordinating organisation:

TERA - Maison de l’Europe de la Charente 5 chemin de Halage

16000 ANGOULÊME

+33(0)5.45.39.85.67

[email protected]

Sending organisations:

AGORA Cultural, Valencia, Spain

Vicolocorto, Pesaro, Italy

Fundacja Roberta Schumana, Warsaw,

Poland

Bezirksjugendwerk der AWO Hessen-Süd e.V., Frankfurt, Germany

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