Muscovites over 18 years old will be able to join the volunteer team for the FIFA World Cup and the Confederations Cup. Applicants will be selected in several stages.
On June 1, recruitment of volunteers for years and , which will be held in 2017. They will help conduct ceremonies and protocol events, answer questions from athletes and fans, communicate with the media and work as translators.
The recruitment of volunteers will last until the end of 2016. People over 18 years old who speak English and know how to work in a team will be able to take part in the main football events. An additional plus for candidates will be volunteer experience.
In total, they plan to prepare at least(5.6 thousand sports and five thousand urban). Another 3.3 thousand people are involved in the Confederations Cup (1.8 thousand sports and one and a half thousand city volunteers).
Sports volunteers will work directly at stadiums and other competition venues, city volunteers will help tourists and fans navigate pedestrian zones and central streets of the capital, work at transport hubs and in the fan zone.
It is also planned to send them to internship at the largest international competitions: Olympic Games in South Korea, the Universiade in China, the European Football Championship in France, Russian sports competitions.
How to join the team
First of all, to become a volunteer at the World Cup, you need to fill out an online form on the fifa.com website.. This requires a passport and digital photo. The organizers note that it is advisable for applicants to be students not younger than the second course.
Then the selection will begin: first, the staff of the Russia-2018 organizing committee will check how much each person answered the questions, whether he is suitable in terms of age and education. Candidates will then be tested online for analytic skills, personality and knowledge in English... Its level must be Pre-Intermediate and higher, and proficiency in a second foreign language - Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic - is also encouraged.
The next stage is an interview at the volunteer center. It will be possible to pass it in person or online.
The results of the selection for the Confederations Cup will be announced by February 2017, and the volunteers of the FIFA World Cup will be named a year later - by February 2018.
Those who pass the selection will go to special courses. They will be organized in 15 volunteer centers that will open in universities across the country. In Moscow, such centers will appear at the Synergy University, MGIMO, Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov, RSSU and MADI. Their contacts can be found.
Here, future volunteers will be told about the history of the World Championship, instructed on the peculiarities of its organization and the rules of work at the tournament. Everyone will be able to choose a direction for themselves, which they will be able to do. For example, accreditation, medicine and doping control, ceremonies, teamwork, language services, media relations, catering (catering), ticket program, services for viewers and others.
The duration of training will depend on these areas. It usually takes one or two days, not counting the briefings at the championship facilities, which will take place before the competition itself.
The result of the volunteer for each training will be entered into the database of the organizing committee. Those who successfully complete the training will receive accreditation for the championship. Intermediate certificates will not be issued during preparation.
Volunteers in Moscow
Helping others for free and volunteering, not only during big sporting events... Volunteer movement in Moscow in last years is actively developing - first of all, they help those who urgently need it: lonely old people, homeless people, disabled people, dogs in shelters. It happens that volunteers are on duty at the donor call center, buy household supplies or take children in cars.
Anyone aged 16 and over can become such a volunteer. However, for minors, parental consent is required. To participate in some promotions, registration and passage of a small (two to three hours) training course is required. Although many arrange it according to the "Come and participate" principle.
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The 2018 World Cup Volunteer Center, created on the basis of MADI, has summed up the selection and preparation of volunteer candidates for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia ™
The 2018 World Cup Volunteer Center, created on the basis of MADI, has summed up the selection and preparation of volunteer candidates for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia ™
MADI hosted a meeting of the Director of the Department for Work with Volunteers of the ANO "Organizing Committee" Russia-2018 "T.V. Gomzyakova and acting rector of MADI V.F. Nitsevich with representatives of the 2018 World Cup volunteer center. In his speech, Viktor Frantsevich thanked all recruiters and volunteer candidates for the work done and noted that in Lately the volunteer movement in Russia is given great attention and it is important that 2018 has been declared the year of the volunteer and volunteer. Viktor Frantsevich also touched upon the bill on volunteering and volunteering, which was adopted in January this year, and proposed to create a museum of the history of volunteering at MADI. It is worth emphasizing that the history of volunteering at MADI goes back many years and begins with the 1980 Olympics.
Director of the 2018 World Cup Volunteer Center V.E. Redko summed up the selection and training of volunteer candidates. In total, 5641 people expressed their desire to become a volunteer in the functional areas that are supervised by the World Cup 2018 Exhibition Center in MADI in Moscow, of which 1303 candidates chose the direction “Television and Radio Broadcasting”, 1561 - “ Information Technology"And 2777 -" Transport ". 1,091 candidates successfully passed all stages of selection, of which 465 people became volunteers for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and 676 volunteers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup TM.
It is noteworthy that the oldest volunteer candidate V.I. Shaposhnikova turned 80 this year, and volunteer candidate V.O. Babenko has a rather rare equilibrist profession.
Galiev Denis, interviewer of the volunteer center:
“I would like to tell you my story related to the interview. Several years ago, while studying exchange in the UK, I met a girl who was a classmate of mine. After graduation, we went to our countries and stopped maintaining contact. I went to Moscow, and she went to Berlin. One of the beautiful days I came to the volunteer center, as usual, to conduct several interviews with foreign candidates. The first candidate who got in touch turned out to be my old friend, with whom we once studied together in England. I was very surprised at this incredible coincidence. After the interview, we talked for a very long time and remembered how we studied together and would never have thought that we would ever be united by volunteering. "
During the meeting, gratitude was expressed for the contribution to the implementation of the program for attracting, selecting and preparing candidates for volunteers for the events of the head of the department "Foreign languages" T.Yu. Polyakova, associate professor L.A. Sokolova, as well as volunteer candidates and recruiters, who conducted interviews for a total of 1,437 hours.
The Football Championship is one of the most significant events in the world of sports. Its organization requires huge material costs and human resources. Volunteers are the most important link in the competition, because they solve basic social issues.
Community volunteers are subject to strict requirements and are rigorously selected to undergo serious training. The main organizational functions will fall on the volunteer shoulders:
- meeting with guests;
- issuance of accreditation;
- registration of delegations;
- providing the participants of the World Cup with meals;
- assistance in organizing medical care;
- work of a translator.
FIFA Volunteers
Volunteers are recruited to help the organization. There are no particular age restrictions, with the exception of reaching the age of majority. The most responsible areas are preferred by those who speak a foreign language or have already taken part in such activities.
Anyone can write an application for participation in the volunteer program. It is not even necessary to leave home to determine suitability.
Citizens of any country can be volunteers. To organize the Confederations Cup (CC), 5.5 thousand volunteers will be needed, the FIFA World Cup will require 15 thousand volunteers. More than 60 thousand potential volunteers have already been registered, although the acceptance of applications began quite recently - 06/01/16.
- Volunteers can be between 18 and 60 years old;
- The assistant must reach the age of majority by 05/10/17 for CC, and for the FIFA World Cup - by 05/10/18
- The applicant must know English or another foreign language, and not necessarily perfectly. A good knowledge of languages will be required in exceptional cases.
Based on the applications that have already been received, it is possible to judge what kind of volunteers will be at the FIFA World Cup:
| Total number of applications: | 62500 |
| Number of countries where applications came from: | 175 |
| Applicants' gender: | Men - 41%, Women - 59% |
| Age of candidates: | Up to 25 years old - 79%, up to 40 years old - 18%, up to 60 years old - 1%, after 60 years old - 2% |
| Services for teams: | 9610 applications |
| Language services: | 4002 applications |
| Ceremonies: | 5210 applications |
Volunteer functions
The assistance program includes twenty directions. They require a wide variety of skills, so the requirements will differ. Those who will be working in stadiums, accreditation or information centers need native English skills. Specialists are also needed who can translate oral speech from other languages. Volunteers who will help in public catering do not need to know foreign language in excellence.
All functions of the volunteers can be found out by looking at the official website of the football federation. This must be done before deciding to write an application for participation in assistance in a certain direction. The site also provides information on the requirements for each specialist. The selection of candidates takes into account their skills and abilities, as well as possible experience of participation in the volunteer movement.
How to volunteer for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Applications are accepted at volunteer centers open in the cities where the World Cup matches are held. Five such centers have been opened in Moscow, which operate on the basis of universities and have special certificates received from the organizing committee. They select and prepare future candidates.
Registration is carried out by filling out an online form. Its location is the official FIFA website. In addition, the volunteer movement has its own website, welcome2018.com, where you can find a lot of additional information.
Despite the fact that the registration of volunteers began on 06/01/16, the selection results will become known:
- for CC no later than 02.2017;
- for the World Cup no later than 02.! 8
The selection is made in this way:
- first, the application is considered by a special commission;
- after that, an online interview is scheduled.
Selected candidates are trained in the centers in accordance with the chosen direction. This could be:
- transport assistance;
- guarding adjacent to sports facilities territories;
- assistance in the field of security and search;
- preparation of premises, changing rooms, halls of ceremonies;
- participation in the transportation of teams;
- assistance to transport logisticians;
- service at food points;
- provision of medical services;
- participation in IT services;
- assistance in organizing entertainment events, etc.
The training includes safety briefings in the workplace, as well as various trainings on mastering the required specialty. At the end of the training, everyone who has successfully passed the exams is issued an accreditation and a special form. Volunteers will start volunteering from 10.05.17 and 18. This is done so that by the beginning of the event, all assistants have fully mastered all the functionality.
If necessary, candidates take free advanced training courses. Volunteers' meals are also free.
Who else can volunteer
This can be clearly seen from the following table:
| V | EYELY |
| O | Squeaky |
| L | YOUNG |
| O | TVETESTVENNY |
| N | SUSTAINABLE |
| T | Ore lover |
| E | MKI |
| R | Nasty |
What's next
As a result of the training, volunteers will gain universal knowledge without spending a penny of their money. The experience gained at sporting events cannot be compared to anything else. All this opens up great opportunities for a person, because he already knows how to establish communication and work in a team. In addition, the participants acquire a lot of new acquaintances, which in the future can play a positive role for career growth and even destiny.
The work of volunteers is invaluable, because the overall impression of the guests from the event depends on them. The positive, positive energy and enthusiasm of volunteers can transform sport's event on a real celebration of the unity of the people of our planet.
Yes, that's right. The American athlete was threatened not only to apologize to the man who declared himself a woman, but also to urge her supporters to humble themselves and submit.
World has gone mad. Or not?
Transgender Lesbian Triumph
In mid-October, Los Angeles hosted the World Track Cycling Championship in the Masters category. It is unlikely that the world media would have paid attention to the veteran competition, if not for the victory in the sprint of Canada's Rachel McKinnon. The fact is that the champion, who respectably calls herself a professor of feminist philosophy at the University of Charleston, was a man until the age of 29.
Then this same man said that from childhood he felt like a woman and ... made a gender reassignment. Whether this procedure involved surgery is not known for certain, but outwardly McKinnon cannot be mistaken for a lady. See for yourself.
Against her background, even the poor one looks like a feminine representative of the weaker sex.
Not only that, Rachel not only changed sex, but immediately became a lesbian. Do you also think it definitely smells like a scam? Okay, let the Canadian LGBT morality department deal with this, and we'll get back to sports.
Threats and insults
The participation of yesterday's men in women's competitions is not yet the norm, but it is no longer a super sensation. So the incident in cycling turned into a scandal not because of the very fact of the performance and even the victory of the transgender lesbian McKinnon, but thanks to the cry of despair of the defeated American Jen Wagner. She wrote under the photo from the pedestal: “I took third place. This is definitely not fair. "
Thousands of insults and threats from fighters for tolerance immediately rained down against Wagner, and after three days the unfortunate American woman was forced to apologize to McKinnon and urge her supporters to "stop humiliating Rachel." The case when feminism was severely beaten by tolerance. Tolerantly and delicately summarize: the toad won the viper.
“I may not agree with the rules, but if I put on the starting number, then I agree to play by the existing rules,” - these are the keywords from Wagner's explanatory note.
No matter how ridiculous the victory in the women's competition of a man with anthropometry and male DNA may seem to us, McKinnon herself acted in strict accordance with the rules, and therefore cannot be condemned. Questions only to those who are responsible for the regulations.
Transgender people are already at the Olympics. For a long time
It is easy to imagine the horror in the eyes of those who see the signs of the approaching apocalypse in everything: soon such MacKinnons will tear ordinary athletes not only at amateur veteran competitions, but also at Olympic Games... But what about Russia, where there are very few sex reassignment surgeries? And it's almost impossible to imagine a transgender person in the Russian national team in any sport. At least for now.
McGregor is a woman. How to beat a poor jockey for $ 1,500
The only place for this fight was the American "hole", and permission for it was given by the driver's license department.
In fact, it's too early to panic. Major international sports organizations they respect athletes who have changed their gender, however, they do not refuse the protection of ordinary men and women. international Olympic Committee for the first time he allowed transgender people to the Olympics back in 2004, but then the mandatory requirements were an operation to confirm gender reassignment and a two-year course of hormonal therapy.
But already in 2015, the rules were relaxed. Surgical intervention was no longer necessary, and for admission to the competition, it was enough to maintain a certain level of the male hormone testosterone for a year before going to the start. By the way, before the Tokyo Games, the maximum acceptable level testosterone levels dropped by half. Obviously, the IOC gives a clear signal: it is only important to adhere to the principles fair fight and nothing else.
He called himself a woman - go for gold?
Of course, in addition to hormones, there are also anthropometric data, which, on average, are much higher in men. But this issue will also be settled. Now several research groups at large universities are conducting relevant research. In any case, it will not be possible to simply call yourself a woman and go for Olympic gold, because this will hit not only Russian athletes, but also their rivals from other countries.
The IOC and other sports organizations have a responsibility to ensure that true women have a level playing field to fight former men... But surely many in this case will also be against the participation of transgender people in competitions, simply because they do not like their very existence, and even more so that they have any rights.
There were similar stories with women, African Americans, and Paralympians. And this has nothing to do with sports.