A.V.E.C. professional grant:
In order to facilitate
the integration of its new members, the AVEC
association proposes each year to some of its members,
travel in France thanks to a grant given by the French
ministry for Culture and Communication.
This grant ensures to the new members the possibility of
being able to examine on the spot operation and local
activity developed by some of the older members of the
network, and to exchange with them experiments concerning
the valorization and the animation of local heritage, and
more largely the work of the institutions, and practices of
sustainable development of the historical cities and
territories.
If you wish to beneficiate
from the AVEC professional grant, please contact the
European secretariat: amandineavec(at)yahoo.fr
Conditions of elligibility:
The candidate must:
- speak French at a fluent level
- have an education of higher level related to the
sustainable management of the heritage (ex.: historian of
art, architect, manager of tourism, teacher of heritage,
historian, town planner...)
- have a professional activity in the field of local
animation of the AVEC network and linked to the sustainable
development of cultural / natural heritage within the
community of a municipal organism.
- have a precise research topic, which can be defined
according to his/her profile and of his/her needs, and
which will be the object of a
small report resulting from the stay sent to the AVEC
association and to the French Ministry of Culture.
The candidate will be a person who is or will be committed
in the co-operation of his/her local community with the
AVEC network (correspondence, preparation of the
participation in the full sessions of association,
coordination of the participation of the city or territory
in the preparation of European Union projects …)
The grant ensures
- A stay to share experience during four weeks, and
participate in the local team work of the French cities of
the AVEC network (Arles, Tours, Rennes, Vienna, Pézenas,
Limoges).
- 1 210 euros of subsistence expenses (housing and food) +
the refunding of the price of the return ticket of
international transport for France (train or plane) or the
provision of the plane ticket to the airport or in an
agency + tickets necessary in France.
The preparation of the stay will be ensured by the general
delegation of the network in collaboration with the French
Ministry of Culture and Communication.
