Zagarolo/Rome, Italy 1-8 November 2014 - INCREDERE

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OPEN WINDOWS
Zagarolo/Rome, Italy 1-8 November 2014
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY
Key Action 1: Mobility of learners and staff
Project “OPEN WINDOWS”/ 2014-1-IT03-KA105-000175
1st – 8th NOVEMBER 2014, Zagarolo (Rome)/ITALY
(1 November arrival and 8 November departure)
ORGANISERS:
Association Incredere is a volunteering association established in 2011 during the European Year of
Volunteering. It has as main aim to foster the integration of the immigrant communities in Italy. The members
of the association are all volunteers with an immigrant background.
The association has the following objectives :
• To promote social, economic, and employment integration of foreigners in Italy;
• To promote cooperation and social well-being of foreigners and foreign communities in Italy;
• To facilitate mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity, cultural exchanges between Italian citizens and
foreign nationals;
• To raise awareness among foreign communities in Italy and the Italian population on issues of interest, such
as the access to employment and vocational training, local sustainable development, interculturalism, access
to social and health care services, etc;
• To promote cooperation and solidarity for the social, cultural and local sustainable development.
For more information about our activities please visit our web page: http://incredere.weebly.com/
Or you can follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredere/389619607780443
PROJECT SUMMARY (We kindly ask all partners to publish this info in your organization web page/
Facebook etc. and send us the link after you published it. Also, we will very much appreciate your support to
publish project info in your local/regional/national media - please send us the link or a copy of the newspaper
The project “Open windows”, will take place in Zagarolo (Rome), Italy from 1 to 8 November 2014 and will
be hosted by the Volunteering Association INCREDERE with 8 partner organizations from Portugal, Spain,
Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The Project is implemented with financial support
from the European Commission through the ERASMUS + Program. During the project the participants
representing volunteers, trainers and youth workers, being a mixed group of youth and youth with fewer
opportunities, will meet to learn and share their knowledge about intercultural communication, how to use IT
in social work, how to build partnerships, develop leadership skills and new projects.
The project objectives:
1. Develop the ability of youth workers to turn ideas into projects by acquiring a deeper understanding of (the
backgrounds of) the project life cycle
2. Share best practices and promote the cooperation in the youth field, through developing common projects,
actions and initiatives
3. Develop skills and competence of youth workers in the field of intercultural communication
4. Share and introduce new approaches in youth work
5. Promote quality and innovation in the area of youth work
OPEN WINDOWS’ AGENDA
1.11.2014
2.11.2014
3.11.2014
4.11.2014
5.11.2014
6.11.2014
7.11.2014
8.11.2014
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Getting started,
hopes /fears
/contributions
Coffee break
Project
objectives and
presentation of
agenda
Lunch
Team exercise
Intercultural
communication
Leadership
skills
Partnerships
Ideas Hub
Evaluation,
Award of youth
passes
Coffee break
Intercultural
communication
Coffee break
Leadership
skills
Coffee break
Partnerships
Coffee break
Ideas Hub
8:00-9:30
9:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
Arrival and
registration of
participants
11:30-13:00
13:00-15:00
15:00-16:30
Orientation of
participants
16:30-17:00
17:00-18:00
18:30-19:00
19:00-20:00
20:00
Dinner
Welcome 
Visits
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Use of IT
Digital/IT skills
Building
Erasmus plus
technologies in
Partnerships
program &
social work
follow up
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
Team exercise
Use of IT
Digital/IT skills
Building
Erasmus plus
technologies in
Partnerships
program &
social work
follow up
Reflection space Reflection space Reflection space Reflection space Reflection space Reflection space
Focus on Youth Focus on Youth Focus on Youth Focus on Youth Focus on Youth Focus on Youth
pass
pass
pass
pass
pass
pass
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Multicultural
Multicultural
Multicultural
Free evening
Multicultural
Farewell
evening
evening
evening
evening
evening
Departure of
participants

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE:
- Resident of the partner country (volunteers, youth workers, youngsters etc)
- Speaking, writing and understanding English
- Interested in the topic of the project
- Capable and willing to develop new projects
- Able to attend the full duration of the training course (1-8 November 2014)
Country
Greece
Croatia
Bulgaria
Portugal
Spain
Romania
Slovakia
Turkey
Nr. of participants
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT
The Project is implemented with financial support from the European Commission and the
ERASMUS + Program.
Accommodation, food, as well as activities costs will be covered from the project budget.
Travel expenses will be covered after collecting all travel documents, and with the condition that the
participants use the cheapest ways of transportation and have submitted original invoices of
plane/bus/train tickets. Private cars, Taxi and first class tickets will not be reimbursed.
Reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and
receipt/invoice. Please note if you bought your ticket in your local currency, we will calculate your
travel costs according to the exchange rates of the official European Commission web-site :
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/index.cfm?Language=en
Please make copies of your tickets and invoices before you will come to our Project. E-mail
those copies to us at [email protected] as soon as you buy them.
After we received all the tickets and original boarding passes we will make the reimbursement.
TRAVEL COST
The travel costs were calculated according with the new EU rule. Here is the link to the distance
calculator
we
used:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm.The
reimbursement will be made according with the maximum amount mentioned below and not more.
Distance in kilometers
€ per participant
Croatia
Spain
500-1999 km
500-1999 km
275
275
Romania
500-1999 km
275
Slovakia
500-1999 km
275
Greece
500-1999 km
275
Portugal
500-1999 km
275
Bulgaria
500-1999 km
275
Turkey
500-1999 km
275
Country
ARRIVAL & VENUE :
Our project will take place in Zagarolo which is a small town in mountains at cca 30 min away from
Rome.
Venue: Wiki Hostel Zagarolo, Address: Colle delle Casette, 34, 00039 Zagarolo/Roma, Italia
The rooms are for 4, 5 & 6 persons.
The closest airport is in Rome. There are two airports in Rome: Fiumicino and Ciampino both are well
connected with Rome city center.
For more info about the venue as well as on how you to rich the place check here:
http://wikihostel.it/home/
DEADLINES
Please send us by mail (at [email protected] ) :
- Filled in applications by August 20th
- Copies of your tickets by 31th August 2014
HEALTH AND TRAVEL INSURANCE
Health insurance is not provided and will not be reimbursed by the organizers. All participants are
strongly advised to purchase private travel insurance.
PREPARATION
For the workshops:
- For IT workshops please bring with you lap tops and cameras ( one per country should be ok)
- For the partnerships workshop please prepare a presentation about your organization, work
sphere, field of activities etc. In case you plan new project applications this will be a perfect
place for you to look for partners
- For intercultural activity – each participant should bring a product from your country that means
something for you or represent you in some way (For example, for Italy I can bring pasta that
means Italy for me) Or it can be a spice or something that represent you and your country,
culture, history etc.
Multicultural nights – presentation of the countries. Please prepare for this night and bring any items
from your country with you (traditional music, food, drinks and other stuff representing your country
and culture).
CONTACT INFO
If you need any help, have questions or need any further information please contact us:
e-mail: [email protected]
cel.: 00393207112269
Looking forward to welcome you in Italy 
OPEN WINDOWS TEAM