Open Volunteer Placement in Banja Luka

23 July 2007

RIVER SEE, the Regional Integration through Volunteer Exchanges for Reconciliation of South Eastern Europe Programme looks for an enthusiastic person to volunteer for the YOUTH PARTNERSHIP MOVEMENT � PARTNERSKI OMLADINSKI PROGRAM from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Partnerski Omladinski Program (POP) methodologically exists in combining a continuous Intercultural Exchange and Reconciliation Programme involving continuous (minimally two-monthly) singular exchanges, and half-yearly multiple exchanges, of youth from different entities within the former Yugoslavia through a network of grassroots youth self-organisations in Bosnia, Srpska, Croatia and Serbia, with a NGO Development and Counselling Service aimed at youth empowerment and structurally supporting the youth organisations involved.

More specifically the project aims at:

assisting young youth self-organisations in local staff and organisational development, and qualitatively and quantitatively strengthen young NGOs programme implementation and development
promoting intercultural and interethnic communication, cooperation and reconciliation by structuring continuous interaction and cooperation,
organisationally, morally and financially supporting rudimentary youth initiatives in becoming more structurally organised,
collecting, pooling and upgrading the various resources (material and immaterial) available in the network and its connected organisations, and making these available on demand to those in need of them,
supporting the deinstitutionalisation of youth care and a shift of emphasis from curative care to preventive action (drug abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence, hooliganism),
opening up, developing, maintaining and upgrading means and vehicles of channelling youth�s energy, ideals and creativity towards non-abusive and positive ends, and as such provide alternatives to drug abuse and escapism, while establishing a rudimentary structure of drug-abuse prevention through open youth work.
connecting local grassroots youth NGOs from different entities to each other in a network that -internally and externally- disseminates a positive image of a reintegrated, multi-ethnic youth culture, and the dawning of a new generation and a new era, inspired by and for intercultural tolerance and respect.
promoting the spreading of volunteerism and support initiatives reaching out to others without seeking personal gain,
supporting youth and more general socio-cultural life in the underdeveloped rural areas, and establish connections between rural and urban youth and developments by reinvigorating socio-cultural life in the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"intermediate\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" provincial towns.
supporting reintegration and development of youth culture by involving and combining both different ethnicities and youth subcultures in single local and international exchanges, enabling young bands and artists to connect outside of their own region or town, and both audience and NGOs involved to have a steady stream of positive, reintegrative and remunerating events and performances.

Volunteer responsibilities and job description:

Volunteer will take up responsibilities in the fields of local and institutional �overall and project specific- fundraising and project reporting; integrating the POP network structure and connecting new initiatives to the program; coaching and supporting rudimentary initiatives to the level of structured applications / organizations; upholding contacts with the donor community, national authorities and mass media; assuring maximum visibility for the project and its outcomes; overall mid-to-long term planning, and generally guarding the continuity, sustainability and relevance of the program and its components.

Requested skills
Fundraising
Project Management Cycle
PR
Clerical / Office assistance

Start of the placement:
September 1st 2007, Duration of the placement is 6 months.

Managerial support and reporting process

Volunteer is to participate at the staff meetings on bi-weekly basis, and he/she is to have working supervisor and mentor from organization�s staff provided.
If necessary, volunteer may pass some additional training on the topic covered by his/her placement.

Volunteer�s supervisor is going to evaluate his/her work on daily basis and volunteer should present monthly report as other organizational staff.

The placement is open for citizens of Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UNMIK Kosovo older than 18 years.

All applicants should send their CV and motivation letter to Milka Mimic at milka.mimic@okcbl.org and register to our database at www.riversee.org.