A new EVS vacancy will be available in the International Secretariat in the following months.
The post would be from early August 2008 - August 2009. We are now making the call for applicants for the Projects LTV position.
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Searching for 600 years old oak-tree…
We did not find it. We tried, but did not know the way (there even was a map), and we were close.
But our other searches resulted with bigger success.
We were searching for fresh ideas, experiences and inspiration how to improve long-term volunteer (LTV) and EVS (European Voluntary Service) exchanges in SCI through better prepared hosting projects for LTV during international training “Hosting projects – what we can do”, organized by LTEG working group of SCI and SVIT-Ukraine.
The event was organised with financial support of “Youth in Action” program of the European Union.
more…"Hosting projects - what can we do?" is title of the international seminar organized jointly by SCI International Secretariat (SCI - IS), Long Term Exchange Working Group (LTEG) and SVIT-Ukraine.
more… Technical Meeting (TEM) 2008
From 21st to 25th February more than 45 delegates from SCI branches and partner organisations will meet for the SCI Technical Meeting in Palermo to discuss the preparation details of the new workcamp season that will start this year on 17th March.
08/02/2008
"Peace Messengers and Intercultural Dialogue"
by VCV - Serbia
From 1st to 6th February 2008 Volunteers' Centre of Vojvodina (VCV) organized "Peace Messengers and Intercultural Dialogue" training course in Serbia.
The event prepared by Danijela Juric, VCZ Croatia – trainer, Dejan Acanski, VCV Serbia - trainer, David Gvineria, European Youth Forum Pool of Trainers - trainer, Jeroen Wils, SCI – speaker gathered 20 participants from SCI branches and partner organisations in Belgium, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, France, UK, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and it proved to be a great energy generator for many project initiatives.
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23/01/2008
SCI Bangladesh - second workcamp in the affected area
In November 2007 the Tropical Cyclone SIDR destroyed thousands of houses and killed many people in Southwest Bangladesh.
On 1st January 2008 SCI Bangladesh organised the first workcamp in the affected area. Volunteers from Europe and Asia helped distributing water, food, blankets, winter clothes, medicine and medical support. They helped also building new houses and sanitary latrines for the affected population.
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09/01/2008
SCI on Wikimedia and Wikipedia
Thanks to Philipp Rodriguez (SCI International Archives) and Swiss volunteers, there is now a page on Wikimedia Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Service_Civil_International
This page includes links to the language pages, and also a few recent pictures (thanks to Swiss volunteers who have accepted to put their pictures into the public domain).
Enjoy surfing!
28/12/2007
Call for Fundraiser
At The International Secretariat
The post is based at the International Secretariat in Antwerpen, Belgium.
The Fundraiser will be working as part of the team at the International Secretariat, currently consisting of the International Coordinator and Financial Officer and three Long Term Volunteers.
Some travel may be required to meetings elsewhere in Europe. The job involves communicating by email and otherwise with funders and SCI board members, staff and activists worldwide.
For more information, please check the vacancies section of the web site.
24/12/2007
LTV vacancies in the International Secretariat
There are now two Long Term Volunteering (LTV) positions available in the International Secretariat.
Please check our vacancies section to find out more about the Office LTV for Asia and the Office LTV for Europe.
We are looking forward to receiving your applications.
Seasons greeting,
The IS Team
07/12/2007
News from ICM !
Find out what is happening at the International Committee Meeting (ICM) in Bulgaria by visiting its blog at:
http://workcamps.info/blogs/icm2007/
The reporters are uploading every day fresh information.
29/11/2007
Oldest SCI Member Got 100 Years
This month the oldest member of SCI Switzerland, Emma Ott, become 100 year old. She lives in Bern in a home for elderly people.
Until few years ago Emma Ott came regularly to every annual assembly of SCI Switzerland. Not only the age is impressing but also the fact that Emma came to SCI, when there were no annual assemblies hold yet. A committee with the SCI founder Pierre Ceresole organised every year one or two services, what we call nowadays 'workcamps'.
Find more at the website of SCI's International Archives.
28/11/2007
Long Term Volunteering News
The latest Long Term Volunteering News is out!
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21/11/2007
Your help is needed!
There is more than 27 million people affected by the Cyclone in Bangladesh.
At the moment SCI Bangladesh is setting up an emergency relief program and any assistance from individuals or NGOs world wide will be highly appreciated.
You can also help so please contact SCI Bangladesh to find out how you can contribute.
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19/11/2007
25th anniversary of SCI Catalonia
November 24th
This year SCI Catalonia is also celebrating it's 25th anniversary. That's why they want to invite you for a big party on November 24th.
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16/11/2007
Happy anniversary, KVT Finland!
KVT turns today 60 years old.
In 1946 the first work camps took place in Finland. In the next year, on 16th November 1947 KVT was founded in Helsinki and 34 years later became an SCI branch.
Long live, KVT!
15/11/2007
International Secretariat Newsletter
Check out the latest IS newsletter.
It is designed as an insight to the work and personal experences of the staff and long term volunteers in the International Secretariat of SCI.
What you can find inside...
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22/10/2007
North - South Working Groups' Meeting
Hosted by IAL Sweden, the annual SCI North-South Working Groups' meeting just happened from 10th to 14th October, in the cold and wonderful place called Barnens O, in the Swedish countryside.
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21/09/2007
The International Day of Peace
Dear Friends,
We would like to wish you Happy Peace Day today and encourage you to join people all over the world in making a change on a big or small scale.
We want to ask you if you dare to make a difference today and try something you didn’t do before.
Please make an attempt to create peace in your own environment and/or within yourself.
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06/09/2007
The Autumn Meeting of IVS Scotland
Last yeas, during Summer University 2006, ISV Scotland, who was the host of the training, organised as a final event, the Ceilidih night. It was a great opportunity for the participants at the training, who were coming from more than 10 different countries to learn about the Scottish dances and to meet the IVS activists in a less formal atmosphere.
04/09/2007
Second PVP camp in Malaysia
In the period 5th - 19th July - 2007 SCI Malaysia successfully organized their second PVP (Pacifist Voluntary Project). The project held on two sites, Penang and Taiping, gathered 11 international participants from 6 countries.
They participated and helped organizing the Penang 18th Peace Run where 1800 people joined, including more than 350 people with disabilities.
29/08/2007
Call for participants: Peace Education Seminar in Poland
SCI’s Annual Advanced Peace Education Skills Training in Europe: Non Violent Communication
25th November - 2nd December 2007
A training for experienced activists: volunteers and staff.
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19/08/2007
Call for a new Tech Team Member
The SCI International Tech Team is looking for one or more new members...
The Tech Team have recently launched the new website, and are now working on finalising and improving many features, including the technical aspects of hosting. They also monitor and develop the functioning of the admin site and camp search engine.
Now a small team- Thomas Splettstoesser, Mihai Crisan and Morgana Thomas, and the IS Office LTV Adina Basarim - they are searching for people to volunteer to support them in the technical elements of their work.
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15/08/2007
Fundraiser Vacancy at the International Secretariat
Service Civil International (SCI) is looking to hire a fundraiser at its International Secretariat in Belgium for 30 hours per week.The fundraising officer will further develop and coordinate the implementation of the SCI fundraising strategy in the framework of SCI’s Strategic Plan.
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10/08/2007
Peace March in Bangalore
On 8th August SCI India organized the Peace March to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragic events.
There were facilitated discussions with lecturers, students from High schools, Colleges, children from the local orphanages, SCI members and general public.
The Awareness Campaign started with a talk at the College campus by various organisations working for Peace & Harmony in Society.
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30/07/2007
LTV Vacancy in the International Secretariat
Exchange Support 2007 - 2008
A Long Term Volunteer is needed for the International Secretariat of SCI (Service Civil International). The office is based in Antwerp, Belgium.
The period of service will be for 10-12 months and start on 12th of December 2007. (However it might be considered that the volunteer would start already 22nd of October, if the volunteer could be available, if possible visa procedures would be finished, and if the international budget would allow for this.) The volunteer would finish at the end of October 2008 (with may be a possibility to be prolonged for one or two more months).
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12/07/2007
SCI Videos
It was about time that SCI starts broadcasting videos. Five short movies can be seen on this YouTube channel:
http://youtube.com/workcamps
If you have relevant SCI movies that could be uploaded to YouTube or similar services, write to the Tech Team: tech@workcamps.info
10/07/2007
Open letter to the European Commission
Service Civil International has taken the initiative to send a letter to the European Commission, related to the insurance company AXA and some of its investments for military purposes. Up till now, AXA has been insuring European Voluntary Service (EVS). Soon the Commission will select an insurance company for the next period to insure EVS volunteers.
As you can see in the letter below, SCI and likeminded organizations have asked the European Commission not to select any insurance company that would be involved with such and other unethical investments.
(For any correspondence on this topic, you can contact Johan Westra, SCI – International Coordinator, at johan@sciint.org)
10/07/2007
Sri Lanka Documentary Project
During July and August 2007 Wouter Lismont, a volunteer of VIA Belgium - the Flemish branch of SCI, will make a movie documentary about several international voluntary projects in Sri Lanka. Two of those projects are organised by SCI. The participants of the SCI projects/work camps are a group of international and local volunteers working together on a social or ecological project.
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27/06/2007
International Secretariat Newsletter
Check out the last edition of the International Secretariat Newsletter!
In the menu:
- Idealism all the way...
- Space for Peace?
- Move Conference in Brussels
- Only that which changes remains true...
- A time of leaving...
Download it and enjoy reading...
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25/06/2007
Malindo Unity Swim
SCI Malaysia together with partner organisations created a special event where a team of 24 Malaysians including 5 females, 4 physically challenged, representatives from 11 states, all the major ethnic groups (truly Malaysian) swam non-stop in a relay format from Malaysia to Indonesia and back. This was never done before, ~ 90 km and took them 27 hrs 21 minutes.
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05/06/2007
News from Community Activists Network in Kosovo
The Community Activists Network project in Kosovo is nearing completion of the training month. There are nine volunteers. This month they have three hours of various themes weekdays, and have traveled weekends. The first weekend was in a village that retains many old stone fort houses, staying in one converted to be a guest house, with traditional food and music; also a visit to UNESCO world heritage site Decani Monaster; the second week was a trip to historic Prizren; this weekend the volunteers were camping high in the mountains bordering Montenegro for the weekend. This week they will finish the training, have a few days off, and then they will continue with their various projects.
04/06/2007
Vacancy for Finance Officer in the International Secretariat
We are looking for someone who:
-Supports the aims of Service Civil International.
-Has knowledge and preferably at least 3 years experience of financial management, preferably in a similar international or trans-national NGO.
-Has accountancy and bookkeeping qualifications, skills and experience.
-Is capable of communication both verbally and in written form.
-The Finance Officer will need to know Dutch (for all the texts and correspondence related to legal and financial requirements) and in addition have a good working knowledge of English (organisation’s working language).
-Has preferably a good working knowledge of Excel for making and using Microsoft Excel sheets.
-Is willing to work long and flexible hours, when necessary.
-Is able to work independently, to take initiatives and to work well in a team.
The deadline for sending the applications is 13th June.
Please download the detailed version of the call in the Vacancy section.
01/06/2007
Call for trainers Summer University 3
“Strategic and Organisational Management Skills”
Finally we received the good news of the grant approval for Summer University 3, a project that has already a lot of fans within SCI branches.
Summer University 3 follows the already very famous Summer University – Madrid 2005 and Advanced Organisational Skills – Edinburgh 2006 (Summer University 2) and it will take place from 15 - 22nd September 2007. This time the hosting branch will be SCI – Romania (the exact location is still to be confirmed).
This year’s event will approach two very important topics as Strategic thinking and planning and Organisational management and it is meant to assist the continuation of SCI’s Strategic Plan to support capacity building in SCI in the long term.
We are now making a call for trainers for this event. You can download the full call here.
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15/05/2007
Annual Report 2006 now on line
You can now find online the 2006 Annual Report which covers the international activities for the past year including working groups, external representation and international coordination. You can find it in the Annual Report section. Check it out now!
14/05/2007
New Camp Videos section!
You can now view videos from SCI workcamps and seminars online! You can currently find a video from a workcamp in Austria last year, where volunteers worked with NGO OeAV and Alpine farmers to assist them in their battle to survive in the modern and competitive world. The video shows not only the characters of the volunteers but the daily life of the workcamp. You can find the video in the Camp Videos section.
If you would like to see one of your videos here, send it to SCI International Secretariat.
19/04/2007
Placement Season Begins!
The SCI Placement season began on the 16th of April. This means all camps for summer 2007 are now open for applications. You can search for this seasons camps in the camp database. To apply, you will need to contact your local branch, which you can find here.
05/04/2007
NEW International Secretariat Newsletter
The IS newsletter is prepared as an insight into both the work and personal experiences of the volunteers and staff in the International Secretariat. It is designed for activists within SCI to learn more about the real lives of the people behind all those emails... Here you can download the April edition... Enjoy!
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30/03/2007
Peer Motivation Seminar in Buryatia
From the 1st till 6th of May 2007 a Peer Motivation Training will take place in Ulan Ude, Buryatia. The training course is hosted by Siberian Creative Group (scg@hotbox.ru). The course will be led by a professional trainer(s) and will focus on methods of educating peers (or how people can sensitise, motivate & teach others of a similar age to become active volunteers). There is space for 4 participants from Moldova, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, 1 participant from OWA Poland and 5 from SCI/EU branches & groups!! You can find out more at the Youth Transcending New Fontiers webpage www.ytnf.org or by contacting SCG.
07/02/2007
URGENT - Volunteers needed! CAN Kosovo
The Community Activists Network is a project of the Balkan Sunflowers. They are beginning a new project 1 May 2007 (depending on securing some more funding).
The project will bring 2 groups of EVS volunteers to Kosovo for 9 month periods. They will work together to involve young activists in developing and implementing activities in their communities. They are currently recruiting volunteers for this next phase of CAN. For more information visit the Balkan Sunflowers website.
07/02/2007
Group Leadership Training in Moldova
In the period 2nd to 7th of March, AVI-Moldova will organise a Group Leadership Training for volunteers who will learn about the concepts of leadership. This training will take place within the framework of the Youth Transcending New Frontiers project (YTNF) - sponsored by the European Commission.
04/02/2007
Discussion forum
One of the latest features offered by this website is a discussion forum. Such forums have some great advantages over mailing lists, e.g.: messages are not filling up our mailboxes but stay archived online, are better structured according to topics, are easy to search according to keywords.
You can also propose topics! And you can also volunteer to become a moderator!
We hereby invite you to join it!
The Tech Team
08/01/2007
New International Secretariat Newsletter!
The new IS newsletter has arrived! This newsletter is an insight into both the work and personal experiences of the people working in the International Secretariat in Antwerpen. You can download it here.
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08/01/2007
International Volunteer Management Document
Here you can find the International Volunteer Management objectives, a document that was presented at the ICM in Nepal in December 2006.
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24/12/2006
ICM 2006 Short Summary
The International Committee Meeting (ICM) 2006 was held at the Dhulikhel Lodge Resort in Nepal. The atmosphere however was very exciting with the view of the mountains peeking below the clouds and with the great spaces for interaction on different levels. The hall with adequate facilities and the standard rooms created on a whole an enjoyable experience before, during and after the daily ICM sessions. The participants included 28 delegates and observers from 21 countries along with the IEC and the IS, who made big contributions in order to make decisions on various key issues that were discussed widely throughout the program. The volunteers of SCI Nepal worked tirelessly in order to coordinate various events and to ensure the smooth running of the overall event.
Here is a short summary of the decisions taken. For a more detailed report please visit The Members Area (login required - ask your branch for it).
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15/12/2006
News from the ICM
Thursday 14th December
Today was a day full of surprises, announcements and late night work!
The awards to the PVP projects were handed out the winners, which are the following:
- Media Award to SCI-Catalunya
- Peace Education Award to SCI-Catalunya
- Working for Peace Award to Sri-Lanka
There was also another award handed out to the branches that had filled in the form sent out by the Evaluation Committee. We were happy to see that the voting tools were traditional Nepalese hats with the SCI logo. But there were also some work to be done, so the 66th annual ICM was opened and there were some interesting debates and work done on amendments to recommendations and resolutions. This work was carried out in smaller groups after dinner, followed by evening entertainment.
15/12/2006
News from the ICM
Wednesday 13th December
We had a very exciting seminar about the Nepal peace process and conflict Management. There was a formal program where SCI Nepal invited guests from political parties and civil society, Sher Bahadur Deuba former Prime Minister as a chief guest, Krishna Pahadi civil society leader and human right activist, Manmohan Bhattrai and others that had some interesting experiences and in depth knowledge on the peace process and conflict management. The guests were kind to share with the ICM participants and interested locals. The speeches were followed by an equally interesting debate with the participants.
Big thanks to SCI-Nepal for organising the seminar!
11/12/2006
Blue Rose School Greeting Cards
The Blue Rose School, one of the long term projects of SCI Sri Lanka is glad to show you these pictures of the greeting cards the children have made to raise some much needed funds for their school. The cards are priced at 4 cards for €1 (without postage costs). The cards are blank inside so that they can be used for any occasion. If you or your branch are interested in buying some of these cards please contact scisl@sltnet.lk.
06/12/2006
Pacifist Voluntary Projects Seminar
The Pacifist Voluntary Projects (PVP) Seminar was recently held in Sofia, Bulgaria from the 7 - 12th November. There was 22 participants (plus prep team and trainers) from 17 different countries. The seminar focused on understanding and evaluating the criteria for PVP's in SCI, developing evaluation methods and giving the participants the necessary skills to create and promote PVP's in their local branch.
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28/09/2006
Latest IS Newsletter
The September edition of the IS Newsletter is hot off the press! Download it here to read more about the highs and lows of international co-ordination and see some pictures of our smiling faces.
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13/09/2006
PVP Awards
Share your Experience! Get Recognised!
In November SCI will organise a seminar to evaluate all special Peace camps (PVP camps) that SCI and partners have been organising over the last 2 years. The PVP seminar will set criteria for and select the recipients of the PVP Awards
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