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EUROCYCLE FOR ENVIRONMENT
AN YOUTH EXCHANGE ABOUT How to Treat he Natural
Environment Protection Areas In Europe in A Sustainable Way?
PÄRNU - ESTONIA
SUNDAY 22ND APRIL (ARRIVAL DAY) - WEDNESDAY 02NDMAY (DEPARTURE DAY) 2012
PARTNERS AND PARTICIPANTS GUIDE
TAKE ME WITH YOU AND DON’T LOSE ME!
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WELCOME
Congratulations! You are a partner in the Youth Exhcnage EuroCycle for
Environment and you are among the 35 participants that will take part at the
exchange. Groups from Estonia, Spain, Lithuania, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and
Slovenia will get together!
You are among these participants, because we believe that you will benefit
from the training course. As well we believe that you will be the one that can share
his/her experience with others and therefore be the source of enrichment for the
other participants.
We hope that those 10 days you will spend at “EuroCycle for Environment”
will be for you a vivid and useful intercultural experience. To achive this we need
to look at some practical needs as well and therefore we have prepared for you this
“participants survival guide”, which will help you to answer many questions and as
well to prepare for the project.
Read the guide carefully and keep it with you on your travels so you can
check the information whenever you need.
We are looking forward to meet you in Pärnu, Estonia.
THE TEAM
If you hoped to see our pictures in this part then we are sorry. You will have
to wait until you get to Estonia to find this out. However we can tell you that the
team of organisers and facilitators is from the Estonia and Brazil.
Marika
Triin
Marco
And how will we do it? It will be an exchange, but not like one where you
can sit back and relax. We will use active methods, based on experimental learning
in combination with practical theory. This means that you will work in workshops,
with role plays and exchange the experiences you have from your day to day work
and work on concrete future project plans.
WHAT LANGUAGE WILL WE USE
Despite many of you speak many different languages the official training language
will be English only.
THE ACTIVITIES
In short: Implemented activities:
- Teambuilding games, Ice breaking, traditional games,
- Non-formal learning, discussions, role play, reflection, simulation games
- Presentations (each country Power-point presentations – topic “recycle,
environmental and nature conservation in my country). We will learn in a pleasant
way the similarities between our countries and the common cultural heritage. This
will underline our similarities encourage dialogue, understanding the other’s
position and accept and create new perspectives.
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- Getting to know the hosting place - city orientation “St. George´ routine”
- study tours to nature (Tolkuse hiking trail, Soomaa National park, Paikre waste
Treatment
Centre and Pärnu Nature and Technology Building/ TUPC)
- National Culture evening with traditional foods and drinks, dancing, singing
customs, national games or particular traditions
- Participation in worldwide environmental protection project in Estonia called
“Let´s do it!”
- Creating of a Flashmob (with musical instruments and costumes made of recycled
materials)
INTERCULTURAL EVENING
During the Youth Exchange we plan to arrange an InterCultural Evening. You
will present your own cultures – national, regional, personal or any kind of culture
you feel you belong to.
These presentations, you will çasy one evening to each country, should not
be a “lecture” but should be done in the creative way. This means that all options
are possible. A culture may be presented by a song, a story, a poem, a dance, some
drink or food, etc. You may bring pictures, music or anything which you consider to
be most appropriate to present your culture. There be as well dvd/video/audio
player and data projector within the time limits. However we appreciate if you find
more creative way to present your culture.
We will not have a kitchen to prepare the meals for the intercultural
evening, so we suggest that you adapt your food and drinks to that reality (we can
arrange a refrigerator, if necessary).
Each country will have a budget of 20 euros for the Intercultural evening
products, that will be reimbursed under presentation of the invoice. Note that we
will not reimburse the products without and invoice.
Participants can bring alcoholic drinks to evening, but as we don’t encourage
any alcoholic behaviour we will NOT reimbruse any alcoholic drinks. (We prefer to
use the budget of the project in something more positive ☺ ).
So in short it should be actually presentation, it should be an activity or
something and it is up to you to replace the word something.
MARKET OF ORGANISATIONS
One of the nice side effects of international exchange is the opportunity to
meet new and nice and interesting people from different organizations all over
Europe. So let us know in which context you are recently active and present your
organization and their work. Bring you promo materials and use your chance to
meet future partners.
COSTS
There is NO participation fee. Board, lodging and programme costs will be
provided and paid 100% by grant from the the Estonian YOUTH IN ACTION National
Agency. But it is recommended to have a disposal for drinks, small shoppings, etc.
We have a budget for travel costs. According to the restrictions of the Youth
In Action Programme we can only refund up to 70% of the travel cost, if the
following points are fulfilled:
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Your travel route is from your home town to the venue in Estonia (Pärnu)
and back (if you are not travelling from your hometown, contact us
previously).
You have chosen reasonable and economic means of transportation (e.g.
APEX or student fares for flight tickets, cheap airlines, 2nd class trains).
Your travel dates are according to the programme (one day plus or minus is
O.K., if you can prove that this transfer is cheeper, in other cases please
contact Marco Santos [email protected]
You have a receipt or invoice for the cost of your plane ticket and the
boarding cards or the train tickets.
If you go by plane and book an e-ticket please send us a copy by email
[email protected]
The travel details needed is the following:
- Name of the Traveller (Participant)
- Date and Time of the Arrival and Departure
- Price of the ticket
CONTACT DETAILS YOU MAY NEED
If you have any questions concerning the organization or the programme of
the course, please contact Marco Santos [email protected]
PREPARING FOR THE CONTENTS
In this section you can find web-links which will help to broaden your
understanding of the youth in action programme, non-civic and intercultural
education in the European context. These links will be useful for you before the
exchange (in terms of introduction) and after the event (in terms of future project
implementations as well as training opportunities).
General information on European Youth Program
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm
Information on the European Youth in Action Program. User’s guide is
available.
Non-formal education and intercultural learning
http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-nonfor.htm
Formal/Non-Formal/informal Education background
http://www.efc.be/ftp/public/cpi/TCFF%20Intercultural%20Learning.pdf
Intercultural learning
http://www.youth-partnership.net/youth-partnership/publications/Tkits/T_kits
T-kit publications connected with european youth work
European Citizenship Resources
http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/index.htm
...small overview on historical details
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/edc/
website of the Council of Europe on citizenship education
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ABOUT THE VENUE
The training course will take place in Pärnu, Estonia. The arrival day is Sunday
afternoon 22nd April 2012 and departure day will be Wednesday morning 02nd May
2012.
We will be hosted in the following place:
REIU PUHKEKESKUS (http://www.reiupuhkekeskus.ee/)
The place will be booked only for our group and we will be accomodated in shared
rooms from 2 to 4 people. We will share the nationalities among the rooms. Each
room have own bathroom and shower. Towels and bed linen will be provided by
hotel, of course you are free to take your own with you ☺.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Coffee break will be done in the hotel during the
whole project.
As you can check in the website, the place offers different activities and
possibilities and it can be enjoyed by the participants. We will have a sauna
evening included already in the programme! ☺
As the biggest part (almost all) of you will arrive to Tallinn International Airport or
Riga International Airport (check both possibilities) so you will have a bus to Pärnu.
Each group will be instructed separately in the best way to reach Pärnu by e-mail
after confirming the arrival time. All the groups will be picked up by the
organisation team in Pärnu bus station to the accomodation place.
Information about Pärnu you can find under http://www.parnu.ee/lang/eng/
Clothes: we don`t have any dressing code at our exchange. So feel free to take
whatever clothes make you feel comfortable and able to participate in all
activities. Remember that Estonia is a cold country and we advice you to check the
weather forecast because we will have some outdoors activities, such as hiking,
during the programme.
PARTICIPANTS AND PREPARATION OF THE GROUPS
Each country will select the leader and 4 participants from 18 to 25 years old.
We will need the following information about each one:
- Full Name
- Gender
- Birthdate / Age
- Passport Number or ID number with issue and expiration date
- Phone number and e-mail
- Special Needs (Allergy,Food restriction, Health restrictions)
We will make an extra Health INSURANCE for all participants, so it’s very
important that the information would be accurate!
All the preparation costs will be made by Edela Eesti Arenduskesus and we will be
able to reimburse the Intercultural Evening costs (like mentioned before) and we
will make the insurance ourselves. The preparation costs for the partners will be
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used in the project (better accomodation, food, materials, local transport, etc)
and it will not be given to the partners without any costs proven and agreement
with Edela Eesti Arenduskeskus.
DEADLINE: All partners have to give information about their group and the flight
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details before 1 March 2012!
The failing of the partner to accomplish this deadline will give to Edela Eesti
Arenduskeskus the right to replace the partnership in accordance of the Youth in
Action Programme rules!
TRAVEL BUDGET
According the rules of Youth in Action Programme and the budget that was applied
in the Estonian National Agency, here is the maximum amount that each group can
use for the travel to Estonia and back:
Partners
Organisations
Asociación Juvenil
“Inter”
Sudota Village
Community
Associazione culturale
Arcistrauss
Društvo PI – društvo za
promocijo in razvoj
podjetništva
National Libary for the
blind “Louis Braille
1928”
Internationaler
kultureller JugendAustausch e.V.
Country
Maximum Budget per
participant (100%)
Spain
490 Euros
Lithuania
100 Euros
Italy
500 Euros
Slovenia
350 Euros
Bulgaria
350 Euros
Germany
300 Euros
We intend to make the reimbursement in cash to all particpants who bring the
necessary documents already mentioned before.
We will NOT reimburse the amounts that get over the maximum budget for each
participants. So please book your tickets as soon as possible (After 1st February).
SEE YOU IN PÄRNU SOON
THE TEAM
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