AIESEC in PORTUGAL Booklet 2017
Welcome! We have prepared this Booklet filled with very important information that will give you a hint of what you are going to see during your stay here. Enjoy it! This booklet was made for you to have the most exciting experience of your life: your exchange! We would be really proud to have you here!
Let’s act in PORTUGAL With its mild climate, 3.000 hours of sunshine per year and splendid landscapes, Portugal is the perfect destination to go on exchange all year round. This is a country that has the oldest borders in Europe, with lots of leisure activities and a unique cultural heritage, where tradition and modernity blend together in perfect harmony.
Capital city: Lisbon Currency: Euro (EUR)
Government: Republic Language: Portuguese Time Zone: GMT 0
Before arriving: Legalities We need to control and manage some information (passport, health insurance, visa ticket- arrival and departure) to ensure the legality of your permanency in Portugal. That said, it is your duty to provide and submit such documentation as quick as possible. Health insurance: Must contain all your personal information Must have coverage throughout the country and during all the exchange period. Visa: Please check the link bellow to see which nationalities need visa to come to Portugal: http://bit.ly/visatoCometoPortugal.
Weather Jan-Mar: 16ºC Apr- Jun: 22ºC Jul-Sept: 27ºC Oct-Dec: 16ºC Metro 1,40€– 35€ Month Hostel night: 11 € Aprox. Lunch From 5€ to 12€
Since the population of elder people in Portugal is constantly increasing, AIESEC in Portugal wants to provide them an energetic eld and stimulate their active participation in society. Main activities Deliver cultural, artistic or any kind of activities that engage elders without compromising their health.
Write at least 3 stories for the blog bout the elders and your experience in the nursing homes. Participate in the final event with cultural presentation (in case final event happens in the local office you will be part of).
Start: from December 12th to End: from 22nd of December
Main activities:
Tackling: Quality Education SDG #4 Start: January 31st End: March 12th About the project Interns deliver workshops in high-schools about social entrepreneurship in order to form groups of proactive students who create social projects that tackle a problematic associated with one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their community.
Prepare and deliver sessions and workshops about social entrepreneurship. Help students to design and implement their projects. Attend to the trainings, project events and report meetings. Create showcasing material of your experience (pictures, videos, or articles). Events Drawing Attention Outdoor event to raise awareness about the problems tackled by the students’ projects. Final Event Best students’ projects (in all the country) will be presented to be assessed by a jury panel with the delivery of a written portfolio and oral presentation.
Nowadays we live in an unequal society in many contexts and this is mainly due to the education we receive. Bearing this in mind, the Tolerate project was created to promote an egalitarian education, in a playful way, with the goal of, creating a better world with equal opportunities, where people can be free to live their differences and be respected in the same way.
The goal is to provide, in each week of the project, an educational environment that promote cultural acceptance, respect and tolerance. The intern will work with young kinds delivering dynamic activities and workshops for them to understand the message and acknowledge it
Host AIESEC in Portugal provides accommodation for every intern (not always for free). The intern can be in a hostel, with a host family or in the NGO he/she is working it. Our process for accepting host families just as careful as our process for accepting you into our program. We conduct an application process before each family is able to match with one of our candidates. Families are mostly Portuguese citizens, middle class, single, couple or family, it its possible they have pets. -Hosts are not paid to host you, they are volunteers as you. They want to practice a language and have a cultural exchange in
their home. -Hosts are not responsible for your alimentation, both of you should agree on terms of cooking/sharing spends of food. -AIESEC cannot ensure you will have amenities such own room, air conditioning or any other fancy treatment with your host. -AIESEC is not responsible of your personal belongings is your responsibility to keep and take care of them. -You must follow the rules of your host, such as keep order or ask before bringing some one in. Living with host is part of your experience and you are responsible to make the best out of it.
Expectations We expect from you
You can expect from us
-Be open to share your culture. -Be open minded towards cultural shock. -Act with commitment, ethical and proactivity in all performed actions. -Be patient, positive and resilient, answer e-mails on time to keep clear communication.
-Preparation before arrival: online meeting to answer questions and explain all what you need to know about the project and your stay in Portugal.
-Send us the documentation maximum 15 after get matched (in case you need visa, you need to send a prove you are already in the process). -Take your volunteer seriously, attend to every class assigned and prepare you presentations.
-IPS (Incoming Preparation seminar): Workshops to understand the value of projects, exchange policies and leadership development.
-Constant communication during your stay to ensure minimum standards are being fulfilled.
In case you have more doubts, here you will be able to find the contacts of each local office of AIESEC in PORTUGAL Head of social projects: socialprojects@aiesec.pt
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AIESEC in MINHO incomingexchange@minho.aiesec.pt
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AIESEC in Porto FEP externalrelations@fep.aiesec.pt
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AIESEC in Aveiro icx@aveiro.aiesec.pt AIESEC in Coimbra NEFE incomingexchange@coimbra.aiesec.pt AIESEC in ISEG development.projects@iseg.aiesec.pt AIESEC in ISCTE projects@iscte.aiesec.pt
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AIESEC in Coimbra NEFE
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AIESEC in NOVA projects@nova.aiesec.pt AIESEC in Lisboa Catolica incomingexchange@lisboacatolica.aiesec.pt
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AIESEC in ISEG AIESEC in ISCTE AIESEC in LISBOA CATÓLICA AIESEC in NOVA
Portugal is waiting for you