InfoPack Youth Exchange

KA1 –Youth Exchange, 11-20/08/ 2017* 10-21August beeing Arrival and Departure,

Milcoveni & Teregova, Caras-Severin County, Romania

Learn about our Traditions!

Project number: 2017-1-RO01-KA105-035712

About the project

The aim of our project is to create awareness within our youth regarding their civic responsibility to research, capitalize and promote folk traditions for the inclusion of disadvantaged young people in the country and to develop a continuous dialogue between generations and nations, to assert the rural communities in the European space for their economical, cultural and touristic development.

The main objectives of this project are:

1. Involving the 48 young people as active citizens in their relationship with the community, with their local traditions and habits;

2. Developing the skills of the 48 young people of preserving and capitalizing traditions in rural communities;

3. Raise awareness of the 48 participants in order to promote the cultural diversity of rural communities.

Our project contributes to the objectives of the Erasmus + program by:

•active participation of rural people in this rural youth project;

• Inclusion of rural youth by increasing the level of civic involvement in activities appropriate to their level of understanding and affirmation in the community;

• diversifying non-formal education strategies to motivate young people to get involved in preserving and promoting local traditions;

• developing skills and knowledge of young people in rural areas;

• increasing the number of learning mobility for young people in rural areas and certifying the learning process through Youthpass certificates.

Participation:

This youth exchange will involve 7 participants(aged 16-30) and 1 team leader (aged 18+) per country.

Participating organization

The coordinator of the project is Educatie pentru comunitate Teregova ( http://www.educom.ro )

Partners:

1. Czech Republik- Dum deti a mladeze "Ostrov" Slany, (http:// www.ostrov-svc.cz )

2. Estonia -Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (http://www.nyheaks.blogspot.com)

3. Slovakia-Slovak Youth for Traveling, Education and Volunteering (http://www.sytev.com)

4. Turkey- Kasif Youth and Sport Club Association, (http://www.kasifiz.biz)

5. Italy- Futuro Digitale Association, (http://www.futurodigitale.org)

Accommodation

For this youth exchange, the participants will be accommodated in Marabu Camp, in 3-4bunkbed rooms international mixed , but NOT GENDER to avoid possible miss-understandings. Each room has its own bathroom.

(https://www.facebook.com/Tabara-Marabu-676107549160137/?fref=ts)

The camp has internet, video projector, conference room, own dining room and a big green yard to enjoy the free time. You should bring your own hygienic products, flip flops, house shoes, including towels, insect rappeler, sun lotion .Bed sheets and blankets are provided by Marabu Camp.

Financial Conditions

Accommodation, food and materials during activity days are fully covered by the project.

Travel costs for the meeting will be reimbursed when invoices, e-tickets, boarding passes and other tickets are delivered to the host NGO according to Erasmus + rules.

Country of

Origin

Country of

Destination

Distance Band

Travel Grant

per

Participant

No. of

Participants

(1 leader+7Pax)

Total Travel

Grant

Requested

Visas

Czech Republic

Romania 500 - 1999 km

275 8 2200

Estonia Romania 500 - 1999 km

275 8 2200

Slovakia Romania 500 - 1999 km

275 8 2200

Turkey Romania 500 - 1999 km

275 8 2200 8 x 60 euro

Italy Romania 500 - 1999 km

275 8 2200

How to get there? ....

If you travel by plane

…The nearest airport is Timisoara, from where we will pick you up and bring you to the venue (around 150 Km);Please take into consideration that picking you up from Belgrade is not free, we need to contract the transport company to pick you up and, usually it cost around 20 Euro/person, depending on the group it can be cheaper.

...Another option is Belgrade – we can also arrange pickups but is easier and cheaper if you group yourselves to be picked up all together. Please take into consideration that picking you up from Belgrade is not free, we need to contract the transport company to pick you up and, usually it cost around 20 Euro/person, depending on the group it can be cheaper.

If you travel by train

If you travel by train the final stop should be Timisoara Nord or Resita Nord, from where we will pick you up! Timisoara has direct trains from most of the European cities. (Link to check out the connections https://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml )

If you travel by car

If you travel by car, have in mind that now we have highways from Hungary and Serbia directly to Timisoara. From Timisoara you will have to drive 150 more km to arrive at Marabu Camp. Please be aware of the ROVIGNETA, the fee which you must pay at the border. (For 1 week is around 6 Euro. Is mandatory and the fines are very high if you do not buy it)

The National Legislation regarding car transport refers to reimburse 7.5l / 100 KM and that’s the rule we will use.

The Address of the camp is:

Milcoveni Village (Exactly at the entrance in the village)

Berliste Town,

Caras-Severin County

Romania

IMPORTANT!!!! From whatever country, you are coming, BUCHAREST IS NOT AN OPTION!! Is 600 km away from the venue and about 14 hours travel by train!!!!

!!! Please take into consideration that for the pickupswe will need to save some money from the travel budget. For this we recommend you to contact the other groups to meet each other and being picked up together!!!

Please let us know about your travel plan before booking any tickets and we will find the best solution together. (educomteregova@yahoo.fr)

Other information…

The currency - In Romania the currency is RON, we do not use Euro. The exchange rate can change but usually is like this 1 Euro = 4.4 Lei. Do not exchange for less than 4.3 Lei. We will assist you in exchanging the Euro. Life in Romania is usually cheaper than other European Countries.

Health insurance - all partners have the responsibility in assisting the participants for obtaining the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) which is free, or the participants will take care of this aspect by themselves. In Romania the Emergency services in Hospitals are free but let’s hope it doesn’t come to this

Clothing and weather - as the weather can change from one day to another, we suggest you to havecomfortable clothes and shoes for both situations. In general, the weather in June is very hot but in the nights it can get a bit chilly For which we suggest you to bring sun lotion and mosquito protection to ensure your comfort while staying in Romania. You can even bring your swimming suit; we can never know what opportunities for relaxing in our free time can come

!!!!!If you have allergy to dust, pollen and other plants, please take the appropriate medicine with you!!!!!!

About Youthpass certificate…

All participants in the youth exchange have the option of receiving a Youthpass certificate which proves their participation in the exchange. Youthpass is a tool to document and recognize learning outcomes from youth work activities. It is available for projects funded by Erasmus+: Youth in Action (2014-2020). It is a part of the European Commission’s strategy to foster the recognition of non-formal learning, putting policy into practice and practice into policy:

While creating their Youthpass certificate together with a support person, project participants are given the possibility to describe what they have done in their project and which competences they have acquired. Thus, Youthpass supports the reflection upon the personal non-formal learning process and outcomes.

As a Europe-wide recognition instrument for non-formal learning in the youth field, Youthpass strengthens the social recognition of youth work.

Youthpass supports active European citizenship of young people and of youth workers by describing the added value of their project.

Youthpass also aims at supporting the employability of young people and of youth workers by raising their awareness of and helping to describe their competences, and by documenting their acquisition of key competences on a certificate.

Your sending NGO should provide all relevant information about the Youthpass certificate and you can also check it yourself on the official website https://www.youthpass.eu/en/,

Contact:

If you still have any questions, please contact us on the official e-mail of the project:

educomteregova@yahoo.fr

Contact persons for this project are Nistor Iorga +40727875623 nistoriorga@yahoo.fr and Alex Buza +40774670478 Alex.buza@yahoo.com

See the daily schedule of our APV below!!!!Right after you check out this cool pictures of people riding a carriage just because RURAL :D

Day 0- Arrival of the participants

Day1- Project opening/getting to know each other, Objectives/Methodologies,

Expectations/Contributions/Fears, Group Guidlines. Welcome Evening

Day 2- Erasmus +/Youth Pass Certificate, My Community, Civic Engagement in Milcoveni. Czech Night.

Day3- Active Citizens( general notion and forms of active citizenship), Mobilizing & Motivating the

Volunteers, Active citizenship in my community. Estonia Night.

Day 4- Representing youth at local community, Local public policies for including youth of rural areas, Meeting

the village Folk, CIvic involvement Oravita. Slovakia Night.

Day 5- Techniques of mobilizing the local communities, Methods of motivation and involvement of rural youth,

Research techniques. Turkey's night.

Day 6- Travelling to Teregova Village, Visiting Teregova, Romanian evening.

Day 7- Involving the youth in local actions for the environment, Meeting the youth of Teregova, Italian evening.

Day 8- Research campaign of Traditions in Teregova, Local Traditions, Ways to promote and cherish local

traditions, Campside/Story Telling( here all participants are required to get a book about the legends of the

country.)

Day 9- Information Campaign, Preparing the SHow, Legendary Show, Free Evening.

Day 10- Creating a DVD with good practices, Promoting the project and its results, LLP, Youth pass

certificate, Follow up activities, Fare well Party.

Day 11- Departure of the Participants.

The workshops start at 10:00 Am and Finish at 18:30 PM.

There will be 4 workshops a day of1:30 min each session and 2 coffee breaks between them.