Ein Projekt der "4 Motoren für Europa" für Freiwillige aus Baden-Württemberg, Katalonien, der Lombardei (Italien) und Rhone-Alpes (Frankreich). Mit Fahrtkostenerstattung! 

Spanien / Katalonien: CAT20* The Iberian citadel of Calafell 04.07 - 18.07.2012 ARCH 20 vols 18-30 years old

Ciutadella Ibèrica de Calafell (Calafell Citadel) is an archaeological site which shows how was the life of a community of the Iron Age. During the year 2007-2008, the site has been closed to the public in order to reformulate a new museum project based on experimental archeology. This new project aims to place the archaeological site as a referent point in the European framework of this kind of outdoor museum and at the same time aims to make the Ciutadella a pioneer in the experimental investigation of the Iberian world.
The volunteers of the workcamp will get knowledge about Iberian history, architecture and antic ways of building with earth.
Partner organization: Fundació Pere Tarrés
WORK: volunteers will do different tasks in order to participate to the reconstruction of the archaeological site as restoring the roof, the ledges and more generally the indoor and outdoor rehabilitation of the site.
The organization will provide technical and historical content about antic construction with earth. Volunteers will put in practice these antic methodologies during the workcamp.
ACCOMMODATION: In the school of Calafell.
Free time activities: Games, trips to the beach, excursions to Tarragona (visiting the roman part) and Barcelona (the Gothic part), workshops (relaxation, handicrafts, etc.), intercultural evenings, activities with the youngsters of the town (sports, castellers, etc.). Patrimonito project: with special focus and activities related on Catalan World Heritage, as castellers (human towers) and excursion to the roman part of Tarragona.
LOCATION: Calafell. Nearest airport: El Prat, Barcelona.

Instandsetzungsarbeiten an einer Ruine für Freiwillige mit wenig Zeit in der Slowakei:

ISL 04 Cabrad Castle, Cabradsky Vrovok, Krupina 22.07 - 29.07 RENO/ENVI 7 volunteers
WORK: Work will focus on targeted interventions, improving the status of Cabrad castle ruins. Static defects in the masonry (holes, vaults holes ...) and work around it - the preparation of stone, sand, mortar, material transport to the castle. It will be masonry with the original technology, called hot mortar of quicklime, which is prepared just before use and has a temperature around the 50°C. Volunteers will help with cleaning the Castle from the vegetation.
Accommodation & Food: The Cabrad Castle is situated on the west slopes of Krupina Mountains. However it is 4 km far from the civilization so there is no electricity, no water-supply and no public transport. Accommodation is in the attic of the castle. There is a dry, wooden floor, mattresses are available. Heating is not there and the nights are cool. The building has 2 floors, you need to climb into it by a wooden ladder. In the castle is no electricity - only candles and own battery lamps. If you have your own tent, you can to build it in the courtyard of the castle. For cooking we use the field kitchen on solid fuel furnace, or open fire, or a small camping gas cooker.
Location: The castle is located near villages Čabradský Vrbotok and Konské. They are villages near Krupina (16 km far away) located in the Central part of Slovakia. From village Konske (4 km) you can get by feet to the ruins of the Cabrad Castle - the place of the workcamp. The meeting point will be in the village Cabradsky Vrbotok.
Terminal: Airport - Bratislava; then train or bus to Zvolen continuing to Krupina and than bus going to Cabradsky Vrbotok. Please keep in mind that the journey could take app. 6 hours. So please plan your journey to Bratislava with arrive in the morning.
Remarks: Bring sleeping bag and mat, working clothes and gloves, warm clothes, raincoat, strong boots, torch, bowl, spoon and a smile on your lips :) Also music instruments and something from your country.
Attention: The camp is for history and nature lovers and for those who are not afraid to rise to the challenge of living in difficult conditions for two weeks surrounded by beautiful nature! For more info about the project: http://rondel.sk/inex/index_inex.html

Ein einwöchiges Projekt in Frankreich für Freiwillige mit wenig Zeit:

CONC 072 Ecomusee de St. Degan Brec'h 2 (MORBIHAN) 22.08 - 29.08 ENVI/CULT 12 volunteers
PROJECT: This project aims at helping the eco-museum to harvest and threshing the rye. The Saint Degan museum owns several traditional houses from the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. This project will allow you to rediscover the traditional techniques of the rye work and its use for the thatched roofs in a convivial atmosphere. This workcamp focuses on the discovery of the region's culture and history.
WORK: You will participate in the threshing of the harvested rye. The rye straw will be combed and converted into sheaves to prepare the upcoming installation of the roofs. The grain will be winnowed and put into bags for the next sowings.
LANGUAGE: French & English.
LOCATION: The eco-museum is located in Brec'h, in the north of Auray, close to Vannes, in the Morbihan department.
ACCOMMODATION: In a guest house in Brec'h.
TERMINAL: At Auray SNCF train station. Airports: Rennes, Nantes or Paris.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Bring work gloves, hiking shoes, warm and working clothes, a good sleeping bag, a mattress, a backpack and a swimming suit.
SPECIAL REMARKS: More information on http://www.ecomusee-st-degan.fr/

Ein Jugendaustausch gefördert von der Europäischen Kommission:

Frankreich: SJ67 "Little Blue Hands Co" La Ferte sous Jouarre 28.08 - 17.09    FESTIVAL
20 volunteers 18-26 years old.
This project is a special project supported by the European Commission with volunteers from France, Finland, Italy and Germany.
PROJECT: From the Middle Ages to the first half of the 20th century, the city of la Ferté sous Jouarre has experienced prosperity through the extraction and manufacture of millstone that have been exported worldwide. The sudden decline of this industry has left a deep trauma. Throughout France, industrial wastelands witness these brutal economic and social changes and are sometimes converted into cultural places. Here in la Ferté sous Jouarre it is the memory of that hard work of these people, which is also our heritage, we want to honor with a festival of street arts. All of the elements are symbolic to the past, and it is this symbolism that is passed and reinterpreted in the spirit of the festival. The « blue hands » are those of the workers who were cutting the stone and stealing pieces of the flint which penetrated the flesh. The hand can be seen as the symbol of the work but also as the symbol of giving and sharing. On September 15th 2012, the city of la Ferté sous Jouarre renew for the 4 th consecutive year, the Festival of Blue Hands. With a partnership of the city of la Ferté sous Jouarre, Vir'Volt organizes a European exchange of the youth bringing together 15 to 20 participants from different countries including local youth people.
The aims of this project are :
-to discover and participate in the enhancement of the local cultural and environmental heritage
-encourage cross-cultural encounters between young Europeans and the inhabitants
-enable young people from various backgrounds to participate to a local
project through the creation of concrete work and community
To do this, the project provides :
-daily workshops of artistic creations (decors, performances)
-time for discovering the environment and local history
-time for meeting and doing exchange with the inhabitants
-time for meeting professional street-art companies
-a collective restitution in the Festival on September 15 th
Participants: 20 young people between 18 and 26 years, 5 participants per country from France, Finland (Allianssi), Italy (YAP Italia) and Germany (IBG).
70% of the travel costs will be reimbursed.
ACCOMMODATION: in the yurts on the camping site of the organization
LOCATION: La Ferte sous Jouarre 60km from Paris.Terminal: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

There is a small garden at Vaunières hosting center where the organization grows different varieties of plants. In autumn 2011, the international volunteer group built a wooden shelter and a greenhouse in order to develop farming activities over the year. As the number of people staying at the center is increasing over the years, the waste management and the parking organization has to be improved.
WORK: During this project, the volunteers will build a shelter to recycle the waste as well as a new parking area. This project offers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world, discover a rural way of life, walk in the mountains, visit some tourist areas of the region and share many festive moments with all the young people who stay at Vaunières.
Participants: 3 groups of 4 participants from Germany, France and the third country (to be defined)
ACCOMMODATION: in bedrooms of 5 to 6 people
LOCATION: Vaunières (7 km from the village of St Julien en Beauchêne, 40km from Gap). Terminal: Lus la Croix Haute.