The organizers of the Eurovision festival, which will be held next year in the Dutch city of Rotterdam , have published this Wednesday an offer to work for free between May 1 and 18, 2020, full-time, with flexible hours and without cover Transportation and accommodation expenses.
"We are looking for volunteers to guide the participating delegations during their stay in Rotterdam. They speak English well, in addition to Dutch and another foreign language," says, on its website, the public broadcasting company NPO, responsible for organizing the next edition of Eurovision, which will need at least 600 people for the festival.
In addition, it requires "being available full time between May 1 and 18, 2020" and "being able to organize your own trip to and from Rotterdam during the event, or manage your own place of residence, taking into account that the expenses travel and stay are not refunded, "he continues.
Look for people over 20 years of age, with flexible hours, who are familiar with the city and its surroundings and who know the operation of public transport, restaurants and cultural places to be able to "supervise and help" foreign delegations.
The NPO does not offer any salary for the 18 days of work, which will be done as "volunteering" , and stresses that, in return, you get "a unique work experience for the curriculum", possibility of meeting new people and making contacts.
Network controversy
The offer has raised criticism in social networks and local media, who ask "how a festival with a budget of several million euros does not offer any money to its employees or at least an allocation for expenses," said television Dutch US
The director of the volunteer association (NVO), Joost van Alkemade , recalled that it is "important that volunteering is always complementary to paid employees, never replacing them" and warned that reimbursing expenses is "the minimum" that can do the festival, "given the commitment that is being requested".
An NPO spokesman, Danny Vormer , said "free food and drink" will be offered, adding that "people looking for this as an investment of time because of their love" for Eurovision are wanted.
It is estimated that the festival costs more than 26.5 million euros , of which 9.6 is disbursed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), sponsorship and ticket sales, about 2.5 million are put by the NPO and Another 2 million are paid by the Dutch public radio and television organization AVROTROS.
For the remaining 12.4 million, the NPO expects help from the Dutch Government, who, for the moment, has refused to fund the music festival and is debating the issue.
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