Youth Exchange 24

Organized by : ADTRE
“Photo Life”
Youth Exchange
Venue : Moieciu de Jos, Brasov, ROMANIA
24-31.03.2014
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
Summary of project
The project is designed to create a base where young people from different backgrounds, cultures and
countries, are able to share their experiences, opinions and learn new things from each other.
We will create a platform to develop an intercultural dialogue that will helps us appreciate the diversity
and the strengthening of social cohesion.
Experience exchanged between the youngsters will promote people's ability to get along with others by
respecting individual desires, opinions, diversity, dignity, tolerance and solidarity. The project’s theme is
designed to support the mutual understanding in the actual context , which is tense in some pars of the
world.
"Photo Life" brings together a mixed ability group of young people, including young people with fewer
opportunities, from Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia (5 participants and a team
leader from each participating country, we also need 3 person from Romania in order to achieve
technical requirements of photo-shooting) for a week that will change the idea, skills and activities all
centered around the art of photography to overcome barriers of culture by looking us to 4 different
buildings with special significance and we can admire both internal and external arhitecture.
These buildings will be: The Church of Moeciu de Jos, Bran Castle, Rasnov, Black Church - Brasov. The
project will provide the opportunity to understand different cultures and to create the right atmosphere
for personal development. So the participants will be able to overcome their barriers, and become more
proud of their European identity and European citizenship. We will promote tolerance among our youth,
the latter will combine with mutual understanding between people from different countries.
During these four visits, the participants will be able to think in depth about each denomination, the
impact it has on people's culture, about values and beliefs, about cohesion’s community. Also they will
have two days of photography that they will capture photos using photo cameras. During the visit they
will make photos to emphasize cultures, values, respect.
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
Venue of the project
Moieciu is a commune
in Braşov
County, Romania. It is
located
29 km
south
of Braşov, within the Bran
Pass.
The commune is composed
of six villages: Cheia,
Drumul Carului, Măgura,
Moieciu de Jos (the
commune center- the place
of the project), Moieciu de
Sus and Peştera. Măgura
and Peştera are on the
eastern side of the Piatra
Craiului Mountains.
The last years brought to
Moieciu a lot of tourists
eager to spend their free
time in an environment
with
fresh
air
and
tranquility at an altitude of 1100 metres. The landscape surrounding the area is wonderful and in
the winter tourists from all over come to spend their holidays here. The entire area is full of
history and legends. At only 3 km, you can visit the one of the most famous castles in the world
Bran Castle the residence of Dracula. This Castle was built in the 14th century, but nevertheless
this amazing construction retains even today the authenticity of those days and attracts millions
of tourists each year.
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
The resort can offer tourists a lot of sights like "La Chisatoarea" one of the most beautiful
waterfalls, two spectacular caves; "Valea Cetatii" and "Dambovicioarei", The Medieval Border
Bran, The Mausoleum from Mateias and not least the Sub-Carpathians landscapes.
For the winter sports lovers there are opportunities for skiing in Moeciu, for example "Cheile
Gradistei" ski slope has a length 470 metres and equipped with a ski lift and night lighting
system. Moieciu can offer all the conditions for you to enjoy a perfect vacation.
Accomodation and venue
Amid the picturesque Transylvanian nature, The Pension is located in the quiet town of Moieciu
de Jos. Dracula’s Bran Castle is only 2,5 km away.All heated rooms of pension Maria have a
balcony and a private bathroom. Also available is a desk and cable TV.The Maria’s lobby has a
seating area looking out onto a garden with a terrrace. Table tennis is available for guests who
want to enjoy some leisure sports activity.
- 2/3 people in one room (some of the beds are double but there are 2 separate matrices and bed
sheets);
- Rooms have their own bathrooms
- The restaurant will serve all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and in some days we will have
lunch packs;
- The area is very beautiful and surrounded by nature
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
Moieciu
Brasov
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
Bran Castle
Transport:
Arrival in Bucharest will be at the Henri Coanda Airport (OTP)
(http://www.bucharestairports.ro/index.php?lang=en) .
Use the buses 783 (main square) and 780 (main train station) to go to the city (you have ticket
vendors in the station) or the train that will take you to Gara de Nord – main train station (via a
shuttle bus). At the airport everything is quite easy to figure out and buses to the city are functioning
non-stop even through the night. As a piece of advice, don’t change too much money inside the
airport (5-10 euro is more than enough to get your whole group to the city!) and don’t take any taxis,
especially if the taxi driver approaches you in the Arrivals Hall!
The arrival day to Bucharest must be 24.03.2014, until 16:00 in the afternoon! If, for some reasons
you cannot manage to find tickets with arrival in the morning or at noon, please email us and we will
find a solution for you! The arrival hour is like this because we need to leave for Moieciu de Jos,in
the evening around 18:00-19:00. The meeting point will be in Henri Coanda Airport ( we can
manage the travel for you).
The departure back to Bucharest will be on31 July in the morning, so make sure you have flights
that leave around 12:00 at the earliest!
Please bring with you all original receipts, invoices, e-tickets, proof of payment and boarding
passes! We strongly encourage you to buy flights that have the possibility to do online check-in
and in this way you will be able to give us the return boarding passes as well, without having to
send its to us by post when you return home! Of course, if for your airline is not possible, you still
need to send us the boarding passes by post after the project.
It is very important to have all your travel and financial documents with you for each person,
otherwise the reimbursement is not possible!
The amounts of money for travel, per person, per country are as following:
Country
Cehia
Croatia
70% of travel costs (max)
140 €
220 €
Estonia
Lituania
230 €
226 €
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
No Visa is required for EU citizens, participants will need to have only valid ID card or international
passport.
The group:
We need 6 participants (5+1 leader) from each of the countries Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania,
Croatia, Estonia. Age limits for the participants are 18-25 years old. In exceptional cases the age of
some participants can be between 26 and 30, but please contact us before to make sure we are
allowed by our National Agency to receive them! We will be a total of 33 because the Romanian
team will be composed of 9 participants due to logistical reasons.
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
Rules:
You are expected to participate fully in all activities, unless you are ill. Unauthorized absence from
activities and workshops won’t be allowed. We would really appreciate energetic and active
participation.
Smoking is prohibited inside of the buildings, so all smokers will have to leave the building in case
they want to smoke a cigarette.
What to bring:
- All your travel documents and financial statements/proofs of payment;
- Typical food and drinks from your countries! We will have traditional evenings during the
project and basically every evening will belong to a different country. Unfortunately we don’t have
budget to reimburse you the expenses made for the things that you are bringing, but try to be creative
and funny! You can bring typical costumes, ornaments, leaflets, posters, flyers, food, sweets,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks… and so on!
Also, you can show videos, photos, sing music and dance traditional dances from your
countries! We are counting on you to make these evenings as interesting as possible and
promise to help you in any way that we can!!!
- Research about photography and social cohesion in your countries. It would be wise to look into the
matter before coming to Romania and during the work sessions explain and give practical examples
from your countries about good photography and social cohesion practices.
Fee : 20 euro / person .
Bring with you photo and video camera !!!
About Romania:
With a surface area of 238,391 square kilometres (92,043 sq mi), Romania is the largest country in
southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe. Romania's terrain is distributed roughly
equally between mountainous, hilly and lowland territories. The Carpathian Mountains dominate the
centre of Romania, with 14 mountain ranges reaching above 2,000 m/6,600 ft, and the highest point
at Moldoveanu Peak (2,544 m/8,346 ft). These are surrounded by the Moldavian and Transylvanian
plateaus and Pannonian and Wallachian plains. Romania's geographical diversity has led to an
accompanying diversity of flora and fauna.
The Danube flows into the Black Sea within Romania's territory forming the Danube Delta, the
second largest and best preserved delta in Europe, and also a biosphere reserve and a biodiversity
World Heritage Site.
Owing to its distance from the open sea and position on the southeastern portion of the European
continent, Romania has a climate that is transitional between temperate and continental, with four
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) in the south and 8 °C (46 °F) in the
north.
A high percentage (47% of the land area) of the country is covered with natural and semi-natural
ecosystems. Since almost half of all forests in Romania (13% of the country) have been managed for
watershed conservation rather than production, Romania has one of the largest areas of undisturbed
forest in Europe.The integrity of Romanian forest ecosystems is indicated by the presence of the full
range of European forest fauna, including 60% and 40% of all European brown bears and wolves,
respectively. There are also almost 400 unique species of mammals (of which Carpathian chamois
are best known), birds, reptiles and amphibians in Romania. The fauna consists of 33,792 species of
animals, 33,085 invertebrate and 707 vertebrate. There are almost 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) (about
5% of the total area) of protected areas in Romania covering 13 national parks and three biosphere
reserves: the Danube Delta, Retezat National Park, and Rodna National Park. The Danube Delta
Reserve Biosphere is the largest and least damaged wetland complex in Europe, covering a total area
of 5,800 km2 (2,200 sq mi).
For more details you can check out the following links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania
- http://www.romaniatourism.com/
Our currency is the Romanian Leu (RON): 1 Euro = 4.45 RON
If you have any questions for us please contact Madalina HINCU ([email protected]),
President.
Facebook : Madalina HINCU
Fb ADTRE : https://www.facebook.com/pages/ADTRE/485275028203548?ref=hl
(ADTRE ROMANIA
We are young team optimistic and we are a NGO that we are founded at a initiative of young people
that have experience in writing and implementing projects funded by European Union.)
We are looking forward to see you in Romania!
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
PLAN OF ACTIVITIES!
Day
24th March
25th March
26th March
27th March
08:00
Energizer
08:15
Breakfast
Rules of the
project
09:10
Cultural visit
to
Bran Castle
The method of
open space
28th March
29th March
30th March
Cultural visit to
Rasnov
Group
presentations
TiA
31th
March
Arrivals
11:00
Break
Break
Break
Break
11:30
Meetings games
Workshop
Debates
Youth in
action
Team
building
Games and
outdoor
activities
Evaluation
13:00
Lunch
15:00
Photovoice
Living library
Cultural visit
to Moeciu
Church
The socioeducational
animation
Cultural visit
to Black
Church
19:00
Relation Groups
19:30
Free time
20:30
21:45
Dinner
Accommod
ation and
registratio
n to the
project
Intercultural
night
Free time
Intercultural night
Movie & photo
Intercultural
night
Photo
contest
This project is funded with support from the European Commission through the „Youth in Action”
Programme
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