Name: ‘Mediateca of the Lands’
Location: Rome, Italy
Work starts: 10th of September, 2008
Work ends: 10th of December, 2008
Application deadline: 20th of July,2008
Decision date: 25th of July, 2008
Total number of volunteers: 2
Project language: Italian and English
Local language: Italian
Pocket money: 150 € per month
Accommodation and food: one double room in an apartment situated in the city of Rome. Food will be at charge of volunteers
Requirements:
Basic knowledge of Italian language and information skills appreciated.
Short description of the project:
The “Mediateca of the Lands”, an audiovisual archive containing more than 1600 videos from different parts of the world on biodiversity, is the most important information instrument of the Centro Internazionale Crocevia. It is a cultural Centre, opened to the public, where videos, documents and multimedia materials – concerning North/South and Development issues - will be available for consultation. Usually there are two people of CIC that work in Mediateca. Their main occupation is to present projects that have as principal objective the formation and information about biodiversity, food sovereignty and right of native people.
To the Mediateca are connected some educational development projects addressed to the local schools and local community, and the " Biodiversity Festival", a project aimed to raise consciousness and inform about the diverse cultures in the developing countries. This event, that will take place the second week of October, includes movie projections, debates, exhibitions and meetings related to the issue of the Biodiversity.
Work:
The daily activities will regard preparation of the ‘vernissage’ of the Mediateca and the Fifth Edition of the Biodiversity Audiovisual Festival, as well as setting up all the materials of the center.
Volunteers will be asked to work 20 hours per week from Monday to Friday (10.30-13.30) in the Center of Ecologic Culture (Centro di Cultura Ecologica), head office of the Mediateca.
They will have to take care of:
*Research and selection of the videos that will be part of the festival
+translation and subtitles of the films
*Communication with media, partners, local community
*Cataloguing videos and documentaries of the Mediateca
*front-office, library loan and assistance
*Contact local and international associations, schools and institutions, to involve them in the project
They will assist to an Italian Language Course 2 times a week in the evenings. Free weekends, except during the festival.