FPD was founded in 2009, thanks the Regional Governament which granted its foundation on the basis of the activities planned for the social development of the regional rural areas. It is a non-profit regional civil organization, made by young and senior people. It's mission is to promote and facilitate the development of rural areas of the Puglia Region, thanks to the implementation of projects concerning volunteering, youth, social inclusion, environment protection, sustainable development, promotion of the importance of biodiversity, organic farming, nature and sport and outdoor activities. FPD focuses its attention on European mobility, both for the personal development of its single members and for the growth of local partner organizations at International level. The main target group is youth under 35 y.o., but the organization also works with senior people. Both the categories have in common the fact they are made of disadvantaged people from rural areas. The young people are mainly NEET, which means FPD offers them several opportunities to learn, be trained and educated at local and European level in order to enrich their curricula and get more chances for their job-placement or self-employment. FPD cooperates with several Public and Private entities at all levels, such as: a) Municipality of Taurisano (IT) - FPD cooperates in the organization of local events in several fields (waste collection, Music festivals, youth participation in decision making processes, cultural activities, music events, photo exhibitions....); b) Province of Lecce (IT) – FPD had a project concerning young people's involvement in local initiatives concerning ecology and biological food, re-use of different materials and recycle of waste; c) Region of Puglia (IT) – FPD cooperates with its Region on projects concerning promotion of natural resources of rural areas; d) Several EU NGOs are partners in the implementation of Youth Exchanges, Youth and Democracy projects, Training Courses, seminars, workshops, volunteering activties in different fields. What is more, FPD is member of numerous European Networks financed by the Europe for Citizens Programme, for the valorization of the EU Cultural Heritage (tangible, intangible, digital and natural), the promotion of Youth Mobility for learning, training, working, studying and volunteering abroad, the active participation (mainly digital participation) at EU level of youth and seniors.

Ecology 3 is an ESC project. The period of volunteer traineeships is of 9 months (273 days), in which the days spent in Romania represents the activities. The activities will take place between 01 September 2025 – 31 May 2026. Through this project, we wish to bring together a number of 6 volunteers: 1 from Romania and 5 from Europe. The young people who will take part in our activities together with the ESC volunteers will be able to exchange opinions and learn from the practice that ESC volunteers have in their home countries and learn new ways of projecting the environment and recycling waste. The impact on the long term will be that young people will impose the ecological lifestyle on the community. Measuring the progress in achieving the objective by the young people from the rural environment to become active citizens in the protection of the environment and the selective collection of waste will be done by questioning and evaluating the progress made by them.

The participants will be accommodated in Ilfov County and will be provided by a youth student’s dormitory with 2 bed placements in one room. Each participant will have at least 1 roommate. The participants may be placed in the same room with participants from other countries so that they will interact and bond with their fellow roommates. The division will be by gender. The bathrooms will be on the corridor and not in the rooms. Participants are asked to bring personal things such as hairdryer, towels, flip-flops. Volunteers will receive a cost of 300 euros/month for all monthly cost.

1. The morning session between 09.30 - 12.30: from Tuesday to Friday, the volunteers work with young people and high school teachers from Ilfov County with whom we have collaboration. On Monday morning, the volunteers are at the office, where they evaluate the weekly activity, together with the project coordinator, and set the activities for the following week's objectives. 2. The afternoon session between 14.00 - 16.00: a series of courses / activities are held in order to prepare volunteers on the following topics: media literacy, group communication.

The Participant profile: Candidate must be between 18 and 25 years of age. The volunteer must study the accommodation section of this Info Pack to learn new information that is not provided in this section. Please send your CV + to the email address: [email protected].
Deadline: 01/09/2025 12:00

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

• Training before and after the project
• Health insurance during your project
• round-trip travel reimbursement
• accommodation and food
• pocket money
• language course
• Return Week-end
• Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.