University volunteering in development cooperation: PCR Vanessa Míguez Martín and Lorena Rilo Pérez Volunteering technicians of UDC "Networking on the role of volunteering in local welfare and integration policies"- VOLWE A Coruña th january 2012

Cooperation and volunteering office (OCV) Service for managing, coordinating and promoving volunteering themes and development cooperation in the university community. Located at A Coruña (Elviña) and Ferrol (Esteiro). Born in 1996.

Development education (EpD) Instrument of development cooperation (1974) 4 dimensions: –Sensitization –Development training –Development research –Social mobilization (Enhancing cooperation agents) Promotes knowledge and understanding of the realities of poverty and its causes from a critical perspective Enpower and trains to the citizens for the social participation and change.

Areas of EpD Formal education (from primary school to University) No formal education Informal education

The role of University… Privileged space for research, reflection and training in and for EpD. PCR objectives Stays in development countries for 1/3 months of university students. Practical application of the work carried out as PFC, a obligatory subject or practicum. Sensitize students and general society.

PROFILE UDC students Cooperation training Teamwork skills and in Capacidade traballo en equipo and in different cultural ambients. Previous Volunteering experience, labor camps, social and associative movements. Specific training if it is required (languages for example)

GRANT PRIORITIES Academic record Cooperation and volunteering courses. Labor camps experience, volunteering and associations. Personal interview

OBLIGATIONS ACQUIRED Letter of acceptance or waiver Participate in awareness activities Presentation of visual documentation of participation. Presentation of the project report developed Ethical commitment to appropriate and respectful behavior in the country. Satisfaction survey.

PCR history 5 Calls ( ). To Calls in Total requested PCR : 44 –Grantes: 33 –Developed: 31

YearAplicationsAcceptedSex StudiesONGDSector CountriesContinent man 1 woman Civil engineering ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-Galicia Water and sanitation El SalvadorCentral America men 4 women Sociology, ETS, Civil engineering, Psychopedagogy, Social Education Labañou Solidaria, International Solidarity, Indian university of Veenzuela, ISF Enviroment, education, engineering, gender Ecuador, Venezuela, Perú, Honduras and El Salvador (2) Central and South America men 2 women Tourism, Architecture, Sociology, Social education Alga, ISF, Without borders Architecture, Labañou Solidaria Engineering, gender, refugees, rural development Timor Leste, Honduras, Ecuador, Perú and Guatemala Asia and Central and South america women Architecture, Civil engineering, Occupational therapy, Sociology ISF, Alga, Cooperatour Engeneering, town planning, dissability, gender Honduras, East Timor, Perú, Honduras and Brasil Asia and Central and South america man 5 women Informatic, Architecture, Civil engineering, Social education ILLS, ASF, ISF TIC´s, water and sanitation, architecture and gender Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala Central America men 4 women Informatic, Architecture, Civil engineering, International migration Master Action Aid, Without borders Architecture, International Solidarity, Amarante Setem, Engineers without borders Water and sanitation, architecture, rural development Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Marrocos Central America and África

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