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I finished school and as there is no work, I'm out of European voluntary.

Such confidence shown Conesa Marina, one of the young cartageneras this year travel to another EU country to work as a volunteer.

Marina will depart on October 1 to Sofia (Bulgaria), where he will work for ten months in the Youth Inclusion in Schools (Educational inclusion for young people) thanks to EVS, the European Voluntary Service which is part of the Youth in Action program that the International Association action "in space coordinates N Young of the Department of Youth council.

Marine and other volunteers have participated in a training session taught at the Youth Space on cultural diversity, conflict resolution and non-formal education, among others.

These small workshops are prepared for what they will find when they are abroad.

This service helps many young people to complete their training.

This service has its fixed users, but in recent years there has been a greater number of people, said the Councillor for Youth, Ruth Collado.

This year, according to the City Council that coordinates technical program, Mari Angeles Ortiz, have received more than 200 applications from young to work a few months abroad.

In addition, the profile of applicants has changed seven years ago young people without advanced degrees came and people now come very formed, Ortiz hits.

Countries that receive more applications are Germany, France, UK and Italy and Portugal, some of them stand out for the similarity in language and culture, since the only requirement to be EVS is to have between 18 and 30 years .

In addition, the program takes care of all the travel expenses, room and board and is responsible for providing intercultural training and Linguistic.

With ten months to go to work in Bulgaria, the young Marina Conesa is clear what lies this experience: I'm going to learn, to get more experience in my work and experience new cultures.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena