the official website of the EVS projects : "work in progess"

It is almost time to set up an official web-site for storing information about all the EVS projects being carried out in the Natural Reserve....so a new website is being built. Comments are welcome !

http://www.evs.site50.net/

Sections and contents are being filled during the month of November

Enjoy !

NEW EVS SELECTION: results

These are the results of our first round of selections for the EVS project starting on the 1st of April 2010 ( in case of project approval by the Italian National Agency):

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: "THE EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS' GREEN BELT"

Selected candidates for
12-months-service :
April 2009-April 2010

THE SELECTED CANDIDATES ARE:

Marta Peris Cabré - Spain
Elisabeth Navarrete Barranco – Spain
Stella Maris Nischik – Germany
Kata Bordács - Hungary

PLEASE,CONTACT IMMEDIATELY YOUR
SENDING ORGANIZATIONS !!!!

Second-Best list : please note: we will
contact the second-best list candidates
in case someone withdraws from the program
before its starting date and not later than
6 weeks before the starting dates of the activities ( 1st of April).

Maija Lindström – Finland
Francoise Oriol – France
Valentina Dumitrescu- Romania
Derv Huellou – France

The selected candidates ( first list)
should contact their sending organizations
immediately and send a document
called "part III" of the Application
form , signed , stamped and scanned ,
by email, not later than
tuesday 27th of October to
francescagreco.evs@gmail.com

In case the sending organizations fail
to do so, we will ask the candidates
from the "second best" list to
substitute the non complying
partner with their own sending
organizations.

The project application will be sent
to the Italian National Agency for
the 1st of November Deadline: results
will be given after 60 working days ( usually).

THE NEXT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE OPENED
IN MARCH 2010 and there will be 4 more placements
starting from August 2010 to August 2011.

Due to the high number of candidates, we regret we
were not able to give a placement to all the 145 candidates
who have applied since August 2009, and we thank them
all for their interest in our EVS project

NEW EVS SELECTION: first announcement

The selection of the new European Volunteers will be posted on this website

between the 16th and the 19th of October 2009.

The selected candidates will be requested to put us in contact with their EVS sending

organization and to send us "PART III " document, related to the EVS "Action 2" Application form.

The application will be submitted to the Italian National Agency for the 1st of November deadline.

If the project will be approved, the EVS service will start in April 2010 ( 4 volunteers) . THE NEXT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE OPENED IN MARCH 2010 and there will be 4 more placements from in August 2010 to August 2011.

HAVE A LOOK AT OUR NEW T-SHIRTS !!!!

We are showing in our back a WWF project

aimed at reinforcing the protection of the

BEAR who lives here in our forests, called

"Marsican Brown Bear"

If you are interested in this campaign,

also have a look at:

http://www.wwf.it/client/render.aspx?root=655&content=0

( in Italian), or if you want to know more about this bear in English, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsican_Brown_Bear

A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW
EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS ! !! ! !

Hey! Someone new has arrived in the village in the last
4 weeks !
Let's give a warm welcome to :
Benedikt, from Germany, arrived in July 2009, first on the right, standing
Ekaterina,from Russia, arrived in Augusto 2009, second on the right, standing
Taylan, from Turkey, arrived in August 2009,first on the left, standing
Susana, from Portugal, arrived in July 2009, the one sitting in the middle
Joana , from Portugal, arrived in July 2009,second on the left, standing
Marion, from France, arrived in July 2009, third on the left, standing

and...who else is in this picture?

Filomena, Director of the Natural Reserve, first sitting on the right
Erica, the Director's assistant and EVS mentor, first sitting on the left
Francesca, EVS contact point, third on the right, standing

We wish you a wonderful EVS service with us !

Next sunday at 10.00 am there will be the official inauguration of the

"Volunteers' Center" .

For this important occasion, some local and national authorities

will be present:

Gianni Di Cesare: Mayor of Anversa degli Abruzzi

Stefano Leoni: President of WWF Italy

Camilla Crisante: President of WWF Abruzzo

Annabella Pace: Regional Office for Natural Parks, Abruzzo Region

Massimo Pellegrini: President of the Abruzzo Institute for Protected Areas

Filomena Ricci: Director of the Natural Reserve "Gole del Sagittario", Anversa degli Abruzzi

for info:golesagittario@interfree.it tel.0039 347 4643834

Geographical, social and economical environment: The local community where the project takes place is the village of Anversa degli Abruzzi in the Abruzzo Region, Italy. Located within the Natural Reserve "Gole del Sagittario" ( Gorges of the Sagittario River), the City Council of Anversa degli Abruzzi, together with the patronage of the WWF ( World Wide Fund for Nature) , is managing the activities as required by Regional Law in order to protect this natural environment. Although the landscape and the location of the project is shaped within a canyon and ranges between 600 and 1500 meters above the sea-level, good communication and transportation is assured. In the village,trekking and bird watching are the main activities offered to the visitors . A project of restoring ancient houses of the village has been carried out, with the birth of an association that provides accommodation within old buildings of the village, newly restored, avoiding the construction of new buildings or big hotels in the respect of an eco-friendly local development. The social component of the village is made of a consistent part of aged people, another consistent part of inhabitants who moved to Rome but are coming back for the summer vacations and a strong wave of tourists ,concentrated between July and September. The attractions offered by the Natural Reserve and the overall quality of the life in Anversa degli Abruzzi makes the population raise up to 2000 units in August, that constitutes a high increase if compared to the wintertime stable population number, reaching less than 400 units. The Summer Programme of Anversa degli Abruzzi is full of cultural happenings , street festivals, and other activities proposed by the WWF, the City Council and the Natural Reserve Authority.

Environment for the voluntary activities: the environment where the volunteers will carry out their activities will be the Botanical Garden of the Natural Reserve, the Natural Reserve itself, the office of the Natural Reserve and the village itself as far as concerned the activities carried out by the Natural Reserve for the public, the tourists and the summer activities.