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Eurodyssey in Valencia

8 January, 2018 By Editor

Hello Four New Interns!

Ayuntamiento de Alzira, offering creative and practical solutions to many of citizen´s demands has been hosting volunteers and interns for several years. As we said goodbye to our two interns from France and Madeira, we recently welcomed four new interns entering via program Eurodyssey.

Their projects include European Projects Management, Local Development and since this year our interns will also help out with Tourism Promotion and Arboriculture.

Program Eurodyssey consists of five months of practical experience and one month of intensive language training in Valencia in the beginning of their stay. That helps interns to understand more about local culture and lifestyle and to integrate more easily.

Altogether 35 participants from ten different European regions have a chance to enter the program in one call and to take the opportunity to elevate their skills in international environment and learn more about local history, culture and people.

Let’s meet them! Left to right:

Fabio (Madeira, Portugal), Aurélie (Franche-Comté, France), Sara and Coraline (Belgium)

 

The original publication can be found here. Visit Eurodyssey website for internship opportunities!

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A Eurodyssey story!

20 December, 2017 By Editor

El vecino de Ronaldo (Ronaldo’s neighbour)

Hello there! (probably one of my favourite expressions)

My name is Fábio, I am a 26-year-old Madeiran young man and currently taking part in the Eurodyssey programme here in IDEA.

As to what makes me apply for it, simply by change. As I applied to an EVS (European Voluntary Service) I got to know about Eurodyssey and found it to be more appealing than the previous mentioned one.

I will be here until the 31st of March (I hope) working in the European projects department of IDEA and I hope to gain more experience in an area I have no idea how it works. I can deal with administration and management since both were quite a big part of my job, it’s the European projects part that gets me a bit nervous. Being from Portugal, and born in the early 90s, I did not learn that much about the marvellous thing that the European Union is. The problem is that my ignorance is still there, and I always feel some reluctance and even boredom to get to know it. Fortunately, nowadays young people from my country have a better grasp about the community that my generation had (and probably has).

For these two weeks, it has been quite a journey. I am always terrified of looking like an idiot for not knowing something that should be obvious. On the other hand, I am very direct and sometimes shameless, so I just end up asking the most silly and simple questions. In the end, I just underestimate my ability and as a very important friend of mine once told me: “You cannot take a compliment, it is annoying sometimes.”

All in all, I give and will keep giving my best to be of any use and help, and through this adventure try as hard as possible to keep learning and gain skills and knowledge that will, without a doubt enrich my capabilities as well as clear a way for a better future, both personal and professional. Needless to say, I am profoundly grateful to have been chosen to take part in the Eurodyssey program here in the Valencian community, namely Alzira.

Fábio

 

The original publication can be found here. Visit Eurodyssey website for internship opportunities!

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