Call for World Heritage Volunteers – Viscri Action Camp 2023

The Mihai Eminescu Trust and its partners, “Heritage for the Future” Cultural Association and Alba Eglesia Foundation are pleased to call for World Heritage Volunteers for the Viscri 2023 Action Camp.

The Viscri Action Camp is at its second edition in 2023. Last year, the volunteers worked together to improve the visitors’ experience in Viscri by designing trekking trails around the village and marking them and by mending the path connecting the parking lot to the village center. Signs were also installed throughout the village and on the hills surrounding it. Curious how that translated into practice? Have a look at their experience and feedback here.

Interested in applying?
We invite all potential candidates to carefully read the information below.
The call for applications closes on March 22, 2023.

About the UNECO site: Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Date of Inscription: 1993
Criteria: (iv)
Property : 553 ha
Buffer zone: 3,727.87 ha

Objective of the action camp: This year’s volunteers will be entrusted with the rewarding task of transferring their love for heritage to the younger generation. Inside the recently opened Educational Center for children in Viscri, the 2023 team of World Heritage Volunteers will work on creating a dedicated space for heritage interpretation. As a result, the volunteers will develop educational materials and activities to help children better understand what heritage and their inheritance in Viscri are, but also the values and the responsibilities that accompany this cultural inheritance.

Location: Viscri Village, Brasov County, Romania

Dates: Arrival Day – May 8, 2023 / Departure Day – May 18, 2023

Ideal candidate: We are looking for young professionals and/or students in the cultural heritage sector, willing to gain practical knowledge on heritage management and protection, to extend their network of peers, and interested in community engagement and rural heritage.

Age group: 20 – 32.

Both national and international volunteers are welcome to apply.
How to apply: Please send your CV and motivation letter (in English) to cristian.radu@mihaieminescutrust.org, prietenii@patrimoniu-viitor.ro & laura@albaeglesia.org.

The call for applications closes on March 22, 2023.

Selected candidates will be notified around the end of March – beginning of April.