Peace Conference in Reykjavík

WORK/PROJECT:

This project gives SEEDS volunteers the opportunity to assist at the Reykjavík PeaceÞing (Peace Conference) hosted by the Icelandic Girl and Boy Scout Association.

The Þing will take place in Reykjavík‘s new music hall Harpa between October 12^th and 14^th,2012. Before the PeaceÞing there will be an international PeaceCamp with participants from all over Europe. During the first week volunteers will assist in preparing and running the PeaceCamp. They will help set up workshops for peace projects that will be introduced at the PeaceÞing later on. Some volunteers will be trained to supervise workshops alongside teachers. Volunteers will also assist the Scouts preparing food for the participants.

During the PeaceÞing in Harpa volunteers will set up and take down booths as well as prepare for lectures. Furthermore they will receive guests and guard entrances.

Volunteers will be given the chance to attend some of the lectures at the PeaceÞing. They will also take part in free time activities organized by the Scouts.

The Reykjavík PeaceÞing is a conference held in Reykjavík 12th-14th of October 2012, where pacifists of all kinds and ages gather.  The Þing will be held in the name of the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association in collaboration with other humanitarian organizations. The goal of the PeaceÞing is to encourage individuals to actively participate in creating peace.

There will be 25 lectures offering focus on the idea of peace in its most diverse form. Further information on the PeaceÞing: http://peacething.is and www.facebook.com/peacething.

ACCOMMODATION:

SEEDS volunteers will stay in a youth center, sleeping on mattresses on the floor in a sleeping bag accommodation.  Please bring your own sleeping bag.

Volunteers will receive food supplies and be in charge of the cooking and cleaning activities. Equipped kitchen is available.

There are no showers at the location, volunteers will receive a pass to the neighbourhood thermal swimming pool which has excellent facilities and is a 10 minute walk away.

Do not forget some traditional/typical food from your home country for the international evening.

LOCATION:

Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, often called “the nightlife capital of the north”. But there is more to Reykjavík than pubs and clubs. Reykjavík also gathers the most interesting of Icelandic culture. It is an incubator of new ideas and styles which often indicates new global trends. It is an International city with a lively Cosmopolitan cultural scene.

The population of the city is over 200,000 including the metropolitan area, so two thirds of Iceland’s inhabitants live here. Reykjavík is a dynamic, modern city which lives in harmony with beautiful nature, using renewable energy sources - geothermal power and glacial rivers.

In the area closer than 100 Km from Reykjavík, there are several spectacular waterfalls, geysers, impressive coastline and the well-known geothermal Blue Lagoon spa to visit.

LANGUAGE:

English will be the language in the camp; good conversational skills are needed.

TERMINAL:

Closest international Airport: Keflavík/Reykjavík (KEF). Bus station: Central Reykjavík (BSÍ).

EXTRAS / SPECIAL REMARKS:

Participation fee EUR 150(Euros).

Volunteers have to bring warm clothes, part of the project may take place outside and as winter is approaching it can be cold outside. 

Tours and excursions (Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon or South Shore) will be arranged for SEEDS volunteers at discount fares.