Meetings about volunteers and ICL in EuropeEFIL (European Federation for Intercultural Learning) organized the meeting of organi-zational development coordinators of Euro-pean AFS organizations from 13 to 18 Janu-ary in Bratislava.

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Two teacher seminars were organized by Inter-kultura and the Ministry of Youth with the topic Global and intercultural education for young people in Serbia.

Building and strengthening the youth global education programmes on the local level

Informal AFS meeting in BelgradeLucia Metzbauer and Chris MaitzAFS AustriaDuring our trip to Belgrade, Chris and I had the opportunity to meet Vukica Karadžić again. We already had the pleasure to meet her during a theater workshop in the EFIL Summer Summit 2011 in Portugal...

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Нови ученици стигли су у Србију!

Авантура мини боравка

У периоду од 11. до 13. маја 2012. организација АФС Немачке, поред других међународних званица, угостила је и Србију.

У циркуској шатри

Крајем марта наши ученици на размени у Србији упутили су се у незаборавну пустоловину. Напустивши своје градове, кренули су у нове, неосвојене пределе Србије, неби ли видели ове непознате градове, упознали нове пријатеље и научили још понешто о српској култури.

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IN THIS ISSUEYear in Serbia the best in my life! page 3

I was a contact person page 6

I dreamt in German, but I didn’t understand a thing! page 4

Informal AFS meeting in Belgrade page 7

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New volunteers at Inter -kultura’s training page 8

Teacher seminars: Novi Bečej and Kruševac page 11

Cultural weekend in Belgradepage 10

Meetings about volunteers and ICL in Europe page 14

From hilly Užice to Mexico

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In some countries it is com-mon practice to make New Year resolutions. People look back on the year, think about what it is that they need to improve in their lives and decide, for ex-ample, to give up smoking, to take up a physical activity or to see their friends more often. In 2012, there were so many activi-ties in Interkultura that even a brief overview would take up most of this text. That is why I do not want to list them here; I will, however, point out that in 2012 Interkultura sent 23 Serbian students abroad on long-term exchange programmes, which is more than in 2010 and 2011 put together, and that we hosted 19 foreign students, which is also more than in 2010 and 2011 put together! What is it, then, that we could change or improve? What is ahead of us in 2013?We have every reason to be satisfied with our results so far, not only with the number of exchanges but also with the number of activities in which Interkultura volunteers took part both in Serbia and internation-ally. These results challenge us to work as hard and with equal enthusiasm in order to accomplish even more in 2013.

Naturally, with the increasing number of exchanges, our activi-ties spread out to an increasing number of partner countries and an increasing number of towns in Serbia and are supported by an increasing number of vol-unteers. In the first half of the year, there will be ample activi-ties for the exchange students, host families, new candidates and volunteers. There will be a new important event practically every other week.The end of January was the deadline for new candidates to submit their applications and the first major event is the selec-tion weekend which takes place in Belgrade on 9 February. We are looking forward to meeting many successful candidates! Also in February, Belgrade will be the venue for the mid-stay orientation. The students from Brazil, Chile, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Thailand and Venezuela, hosted throughout the country, will get together to reflect on their experiences so far, exchange their impressions and develop a strategy on how to make the most of the rest of their exchange year now that they have completely adapted. March is the month for the mini

exchange – the hosted students will get the opportunity to spend a week in a different town, be hosted by another family and at-tend a local school in order to get to know a different part of Serbia, make new friends and share with them the knowledge of his/her own country and culture.

The central event for Interkultura volunteers, the big volunteers’ camp, is scheduled for April. It will take place in the mountain resort of Divčibare. The volun-teers will gain new knowledge and skills through lectures, discussions and workshops. In addition to the Interkultura training team, two international trainers will join us. The topics will vary from the very practical ones, such as how to organise selection and orientation, how to do a presentation or how to run a local chapter, to those that are the core and aim or all our activities, such as intercultural learning and global education. Also in April, Interkultura will be represented by two teachers at the international conference Spectrum of Education – Geog-raphies, Cultures, Languages in Istanbul.In addition to the national ac-

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tivities, Interkutura will host two international events in May. In cooperation with EFIL, we will host the international training for volunteers entitled Strength-ening Youth NGOs through in-tercultural exchange, funded by the Council of Europe’s Youth in Action Programme. Over thirty participants from European AFS organizations are expected to be present.From 9-12 May, Interkul-tura will have the honor to host

the EFIL General Assembly. The significance of this event by far surpasses our organisation and our country and is without doubt the most important event this year for AFS in Europe. It is ex-pected to be attended by over 70 distinguished representatives of European AFS partner organiza-tions, AFS Intercultural and sev-eral non-European AFS partners. We owe gratitude to EFIL for en-trusting us with the organisation

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of this event which we expect to be an excellent opportunity for the promotion of Interkultura and Serbia.The 2012-13 cycle ends with the end-of-stay orientation for the hosted students, which will take place in Šuplja stena camp near Belgrade.

Ivana Gazikalović-Pavlović, President

My year in Serbia is the best year in my life! I have never been so happy as here! I have found many friends! And I don’t want to go back to Russia!At school, I am so great! I think I am the only exchange student who does all the homework. I had all A’s except from Sports.

I don’t like Sports. I have a won-derful family- Jankov! They are all very good to me. I have two sis-ters and a brother: Olga goes to school with me, Sofija and Pavle study in Belgrade. My host-dad works in Ukraine, so when we are all together at home, it is like a holiday! I really like my host-mom, Stanimirka. She is very smart, we have conflicts some-times, of course, but that is nor-mal in every family. If I had the opportunity to change the fam-ily, I wouldn’t do it. I got used to my host-family. I don’t know how I am supposed to go home in 5 months!I found here my best friend! His name is Jovan, he lived in Rus-sia for twelve years, his Russian is very good. I think he helped me a lot in the beginning. I am very

grateful for that, he is a good per-son! I hope he will come to Russia to visit me.I live in Bočar, but I go to school in Kikinda, that is a town in northern Serbia. I need about 30 minutes to get to Kikinda. In Russia I needed two hours to get to school, so I am happy that ev-erything is so near here. I always travel with my family. I visited southern Serbia already.I have to say, since I am from Rus-sia, I need a visum to go to Hun-gary, Romania, Montenegro and Croatia, although these coun-tries are so near to Serbia! I am sorry I don’t have it. But I like that Serbia is in the center of Europe. Everything is near. I wish you all the best!

Valeria Vahitovaexchange student in Serbia

Year in Serbia the best in my life!

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Who would think that in two days four months will have passed since I first flew to the land of leather breeches… It’s like it was only yesterday…I live in a small town, which is an hour’s drive away from Stuttgart and Ulm. I travel first by bus and then by train. Luckily, the bus stop is right in front of my house, so I never have to wait for a long time.My family is a typical German family. They have rules for me and chores that I have to do. Ev-erything is planned a few weeks ahead and I like that a lot. I have another host-brother from Italy, so I’m not alone in this. Beside him, the family has three children of their own, but they don’t live at the house any more. The best and the most important thing for me is that I have a dog that I go running with every day in the nearby forest. I have grown to like him so much that I think be-ing separated from him is going to be the hardest thing when I go back to Serbia.It was extremely difficult at school during the first month, because I replied to everything with just a smile hoping that they didn’t aske me a question. But the next month already I wrote a test which I did just fine. Now it’s great. I have good students in my class who are always ready

to help me if there’s something I don’t understand. The only thing I still can’t believe is that we have to write a test in Physical Educa-tion! That was the only subject I was looking forward to… But nevermind, I’m getting used to everything.I really can’t complain about my friends. I found some great friends, both German and people of other nationalities who live in the area. Of course, a big plus is that I have a host brother, so I wasn’t alone in the beginning.I aced German. I’m kidding, but I really do speak and understand it very well, even some of the so-called Schwäbisch.A very unusual thing happened to me, and although I’ve heard about it, I didn’t think it would happen to me. Namely, in the second week of my exchange I dreamt in German for the first

time… the only problem was that I didn’t understand a thing!In my free time I go out with my host brother and friends, or play an instrument, sing, watch a film in German, walk the dog, go jog-ging… I even started to train a combination of Thai kick-box and karate – it’s fantastic!I would just like to say to all fu-ture exchange students, being probably the only one in this situ-ation – they told me at the begin-ning of my exchange: “You will have a host brother in the fam-ily, if it’s not a problem.” Having a host brother/sister is the best thing that can happen to you on your exchange, since you have someone who’s going through the same as you are, so you have a friend and someone to support you when it gets difficult…Greetings,

StrahinjaTijanic

I dreamt in German, but I didn’t understand a thing!

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From hilly Užice to Mexico

until the end of the year my name was Ana de Serbia (Ana from Serbia) Mišević (my last name) Gual (the last name of my host family). Mexicans are a very cheerful nation. One of the first words you learn is fiesta. They have a party for everything. End of the week, church and state holidays, birthday of mum, grandmother, aunt, distant cousin, remodeling your gar-den, buying a new door, chang-ing water in a house pool are always reasons for celebration. I thought we, Serbs, hug and kiss a lot, but In Mexico people greet each other with a kiss on the cheek and a hug even if you see the person for the first time, which was a thing I needed to get used to in the begining. They get their drivers license at the age of 16 so most of my friends had their own car which made going out with them a lot easier. Sunday is a family day when the whole family goes to church and after that, we usu-ally take a road trip or just go to the beach. The school and the school system were quite differ-ent from the one I was used to back home. Uniform and an ID of the school was necessary for you to enter the school ground. Piercings and tattoos were for-bidden and no boy could have his hair long or wear an earring. Teachers value creativity and practice work so for the first time after elementary school I went to buy markers. Mexicans have really slow rhythm of life with a lot of time dedicated to their family, food and culture. In Mexico you need to learn to perceive time

in a different way. It is quite nor-mal, and even expected, to meet someone one or two hours after the time you agreed. One of the biggest chal-lenges was adjustment to the food. There is a lot of spicy food there. For me to avoid crying and choking I had to begin eat-ing chilly peppers by the level of their spiciness. When you get to the point where you eat Chile Habanero you can proudly say that you are a real Mexican. After all, I can definetely say that this was a year where I was given the opportunity to see a new world, visit places that never seemed real, meet different people, change the way of thinking and get a com-pletely unique experience in my life.

This was a year of laughter, tears, new friends, new places

and therefore, this was the year of my life. Thank you, AFS

Ana Mišević

Some of the most important experiences of our lives were first only chances. You come across them and decide if you are going to make the most of them or not. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don’t, but either way you are never completely sure how it will end. Some of the things depend on luck, but most of the things depend on your desire, dedication and open-mindedness. For me, the opportunity to spend a year living, grow-ing up, learning and changing in a different country was the chance not to be missed. An European country would have been too small of a challenge for me so I headed to a 25-hour flight across the ocean to spend the school year 2011/2012 with over 100 exchange students in Mexico. Landing on the hot Mexican ground with over 40 degrees, I knew that a hot year was ahead of me. I was fortu-nate to live in a city witch was the dream of every exchange student. Merida is the capital of Yucatan state, well known for its rich history, Mayan culture and the most famous and most significant archeological monu-ments of Mexico. Living in a big city, 30km from the sea, was much different from my hilly hometown Užice in Serbia. Me-rida is at the same time a cos-mopolitan and old-fashioned city with a strong influence of Mayan civilization wherever you go. Mexican families are usually as big as their names. They all wondered how it was possible to have only one broth-er and one first and last name. That was so unacceptable that

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I was a contact person

When I opened my e-mail to check on the news, on this one very usual morning, I was taken aback by a very interesting of-fer. I got the honor to be a con-tact person to a girl from Russia. Reading the e-mail, at one point I got scared, thinking I wasn’t prepared for such a responsible assignment, but my will for new experiences won and I took the challenge!At first, I would like to acquaint you with the role of a contact person, since at the beginning I didn’t know either which respon-sibilities I would actually have. Contact person is a volunteer who is there to help both the family and the exchange student to get to know each other bet-ter and to overcome any posible

problem or conflict. At least, that is how I understood it at first, but the story got more serious, be-cause I grew to love little Julia as if she were a memeber of my own family.Our friendship began when I wel-comed her at the airport, togeth-er with her host-family. We were waiting for quite some time and when the door finally opened, this blonde, cheerful and smil-ing girl came running, giving us all warm hugs and kisses. After that, we went to her new house, where we went through all the rules Julia had to stick with dur-ing her stay with the new family.Her stay in Serbia was at first maybe a little different from what she expected; some problems occured and even though the

family, Julia and I really wanted to overcome them, we decided that it was for the best, that we find a new family for her.Having changed the family, she also changed the school, where she felt a lot better in. Her knowl-edge of the Serbian language also reached a really high level and I was especially surprised when I saw her after a two-week break and when we spent the whole 3 hours talking only in Ser-bian.Julia and I were meeting quite often, we spent hours walking, talking and drinking coffee in her favorite coffee shop on the Re-public Square. The meeting point was usually the famous Horse, and we also often went out to eat palačinki, as Julia used to call

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pancakes. Her stay came to an end, because her program lasted only for three months, but she’s already making plans to come back to Serbia.She told me, she will bring home the feeling of love, acceptance, friendship, the image of the cheerful people, but also the knowledge that every crisis can be dealt with.

With her I realised once again, how important the role of Inter-kultura is in my life, how many people I’ve met this way and how much every minute of volunteer-ing enriches me.I’m sorry that Julia came here for such a short period of time, but I am glad that I had the chance to get to know a new culture and a person who is full of will

for a change and joy in life. For a friendship it is not important how long you have known some-one, but how you met them and how you spent your time with them.

Julia, thank you for enriching my life.

Jelena Petrović

During our trip to Belgrade, Chris and I had the op-portunity to meet Vukica Karadžić again. We already had the pleasure to meet her during a theater work-shop in the EFIL Summer Summit 2011 in Portugal. Additionally we got to know Bojana Ilić and enjoy delicious Serbian food and coffee with them. We

were very interested in their stories about current challenges of Interkultura Srbija. Coming from AFS Austria, which recently celebrated its 60’s anniver-

sary, it’s fascinating for us to hear about the first years of your young organisation.

Thanks to your hospitality and your insight knowl-edge of Serbian history, culture and language, we could make the most out of our short trip, which

lasted only for three days. Considering that, we see how you make both exchange students and host

families feel very well taken care of and we hope that you can keep up your level of enthusiasm and also infect many more volunteers to keep AFS Interkul-tura Srbija growing and blossoming in the future.

Informal AFS meeting in BelgradeLucia Metzbauer and Chris MaitzAFS Austria

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Interkultura’s volunteers’ training took place on 20 October 2012. That was the opportunity for re-turnees to share their experience from the exchange, but also for us new volunteers to hear about all those fascinating stories and learn something more about what Interkultura actually does.We started the day with an en-ergizer, so that we could be sure that everyone is fully awake and get a little extra energy before doing the tasks that stood be-fore us. And so the actual train-ing began. First we talked about the history and goals of Interkul-tura, and then we heard some-thing more from the students who had returned from their exchanges. They shared all those wonderful moments from the

exchange with us talking about the host countries, families and people they met, friends they’ve made for life.After the lunch break and anoth-er energizer, we slowly came to the second part of the training. It was hosted by volunteers who took part in the summit and volunteer trainings abroad, this time in Latvia and Hungary. Lis-tening to their experiences was equally interesting and inspir-ing. Latvia gathered volunteers from all over the world, where every team presented their AFS, but also found out more about the functioning of other AFS organizations in the world. The Serbian team who spent time in Hungary worked on the inclusion of young people with

disabilities. Everything they have heard, seen and done sounded simply unbelievable. Inspired by this topic they also came up with a few tasks for us, new volun-teers, which really made us think more about this topic and it only enhanced our desire for making the world a better place.Soon the training came to an end, but of course only for a little while – since this day brought us all together and these unfor-gettable moments mean a lot to each and every one of us. On this day we became a part of this wonderful community and we will tend to work together in or-der to help Interkultura achieve all of its goals in the future.

Nevena SićevićNew Interkulturas volunteer

New volunteers at Interkultura’s training

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At the end of September, Novi Bečej was the host city for the exchange students who came to Serbia this year, but it also host-ed their host siblings. Teacher Biljana Banjac, who is also host mother of Juan from Mexico, organized this AFS weekend, which was the on-arrival orien-tation at the same time. The stu-dents were hosted by families from Novi Bečej, with whom they went out talked about their host-ing experience.

On Thursday, 27 September, we celebrated the Intercultural Dia-logue Day, and on Friday there was a picnic organized for the students and their hosts, where

they had the opportunity to learn about Novi Bečej, to take a look around it and see some of its historic monuments. The stu-dents attended a school class af-ter which a few of them gave an interview for the media, where they talked about their experi-ence, as well as about their mo-tivation to go on exchange to Serbia.

Saturday was a work day for vol-unteers, students and hosts be-cause two parallel orientations were held that day- one of them for the exchange students, and another one for the host siblings, in order to compare their expe-riences, problems and positive

impressions. In the afternoon, the students held a presentation about their home countries to their hosts and to the teachers who were at the seminar orga-nized by Interkultura at the same time.

The time spent in Novi Bečej will remain as a nice memory to vol-unteers, students and their hosts, and we are all looking forward to the next meeting.

Tamara MiloševićKatarina Vasiljković

Marija Kolundžija

Novi Bečej upon arrival to Serbia

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At the beginning of November, the exchange students in Serbia, together with their host broth-ers, sisters and Interkultura’s volunteers, had an opportunity to explore the capital and par-ticipate in its rich cultural life.

The weekend started with a visit to the National Assembly of Serbia, inside of which they were able to see the conference rooms and get some informa-tion about the functioning and its history. After that, they visited Ethnographic museum where they saw folk costumes and heard something about the his-tory of our people. Next was city rally, a group activity in which our students had to do certain tasks which included discover-

ing different monuments, build-ings, and important marks of the city. This activity also served for them to prove their resource-fulness by finding a way to do some interesting tasks- like boil-ing an egg! In the evening they were taken to the cinema, to see the last James Bond movie- Sky-fall.

Saturday was also a busy day, filled with cultural activities. Af-ter a great tour in the Nikola Tes-la museum, where the students were able to actively participate in some of Teslas experiments, the volunteers took them to see the exhibition of Gustav Klimt’s paintings. After that, they were given some free time- for tak-ing a walk, shopping or resting.

During that time, some of them were guests on the Serbian National Television, where they presented themselves and told something about their experi-ence in Serbia. In the evening they went to the National The-atre to see the opera Carmen.

Interkultura celebrated its fourth birthday on Sunday, together with its volunteers, exchange students, their host families and returnees. We spent almost en-tire afternoon together, we sang, ate, drank and had a great time! Everyone left the celebration with a big smile on their face, which was the proof of a fun and high-quality weekend!

Tamara Milošević

Cultural weekend in Belgrade

Two teacher seminars were or-ganized by Interkultura and the Ministry of Youth with the topic Global and intercultural educa-tion for young people in Serbia: building and strengthening the youth global education pro-grammes on the local level.These seminars were a part of the project supported by the Ministry of Youth and sports and

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Putting the AFS Mission into PracticeThe goal of our work as AFSers is to provide intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. But how do we make this happen? The AFS Orientation Framework guides our work by combining experiential intercultural experiences for all our audiences with structured and planned learning opportunities to support cultural adaptation and increase comfort with difference. A recent study by Thomas F. Pettigrew and others (Recent Advances in Intercultural Contact Theory, published March 2011 in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations) has once again proven why our work in AFS – particularly when following the deliberate approach of the Framework – really makes a difference.

In this study, Pettigrew and his colleagues show how contact between individuals from different cultural groups can improve the relationship between the individuals involved, as well as improving their feelings toward the groups to which

they belong. This includes national, religious, gender, age, sexual orientation, and disability culture groups. Intercultural contact usually reduces prejudice and leads to greater trust and forgiveness for past mistakes of members of the relevant groups.

These positive effects can evenbe passed on to friends of the person who had an intensive experience with those from other groups. The Contact HypothesisThis is a powerful argument in favor of the so-called Contact Hypothesis, which Gordon W. Allport introduced in his book “The Nature of Prejudice,” in 1954. Allport indicated that increased inter-group contact reduces prejudice – however, not in all situations.

He wrote that it is common for human beings to think in terms of their own group (“in-group”) versus all other

groups (“out-groups”) they don’t identify with. When there is limited contact with members of out-groups, attitudes towards them are often negative and shaped by stereotypes and prejudice. Sometimes, members of out-groups are even seen as less human.

Allport believed that inter-group contact would significantly improve the relations between different cultural groups. He thought if

members of both groups had enough personal contact, prejudice and stereotyping would decline and intergroup friendships would develop. Necessary FactorsHowever, Allport warned that intergroup contact would not always lead to this result. He suggested that contact can only successfully reduce prejudice in inter-group contact situations when the following conditions are met:

possibility to get to know each other as persons, not only superficial interactions)

or customsIn their recent study, Pettigrew and colleagues showed that Allport’s four

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“when an intergroup-friendship is established, prejudice and stereotypes are

reduced dramatically”

“after building opportunities for contact, the next step toward increasing intercultural

competence is to provide structured intercultural learning opportunities”

Teacher seminars: Novi Bečej and Kruševac

were held in two towns in Serbia in September and October (Novi Bečej and Kruševac). The seminars were designed for high-school teachers who are interested in the topics of global education, youth mobility, EU educational goals, intercultural exchange programmes, as well as the preparation of young people for the life in contem-

porary Europe.As a follow-up to the seminar, many participants organized activities to mark the global education week. Teachers from towns all over Serbia held international days, presentations and discussions for their stu-dents and spread the spirit of global education.

Milena Miladonović

In December 2012 Interkultura organized the first selection of students interested in going on an exchange in the school year 2013-14. Like in the previous years, In-terkultura offers the exchange programmes in over 20 coun-tries of Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, both for self-paying students and scholar-ship-seekers. This possibility attracted a lot of students to apply, so Inter-kultura’s volunteers organized workshops, general knowledge tests and interviews in order to determine their preparedness for the exchange. The next selection is planned for February, after which the final list of students going on the exchange will be made.

cuss the inclusion of people with dissabilities, but also to meet their peers from other AFS or-ganisations across Europe.Eight days in Hungary were thor-oughly prepared by the prep-team, which consisted of two volunteers from each country. During the chapter exchange, volunteers first spent four days on Balaton on a horse farm, and then four days in Budapest. Pro-gram and workshops were a great part of every day, but there was still enough time for having fun and learning about Hungar-

Eight Interkultura volunteers participated in a chapter ex-change with five European coun-tries in October 2012 as part of the project of chapter exchang-es between Hungary, Portugal, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It should always con-tinue after half a year in another of the participants’ countries. Hungary was the first one, Portu-gal is planned to be the next one, followed by Serbia.Hungary was the first one in Oc-tober last year. Volunteers from five countries gathered to dis-

ian culture. The hosts presented us with their food, culture and landmarks, but also left space for each country to show their typi-cal food, on International dinner.Days on Balaton passed quick-ly in meeting each other, long workshops and developing follow-up projects which were supposed to be completed af-ter all of the volunteers returned to their countries. The next four days in Budapest, volunteers had a chance to discover the city on their own through city-rally. They also visited a Spa and an Invis-

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ible Museum, where they spent 45 minutes in complete darkness while being lead through differ-ent rooms, street and woods. The expert workshop helped every-one to finalize their follow-up projects, so a goodbye followed soon with everyone wishing to meet again as soon as possible in Portugal.

Interkultura has special words of thanks for AFS Hungary for start-ing this chain of exchanges, but also for our new volunteers who have become more active volun-teers since this chap-ex. If you also lack motivation, you know where to come, we are expecting trip to Portugal next!

Bojana Ilić

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EFIL (European Federation for Intercultural Learning) organized the meeting of organizational devel-opment coordinators of European AFS organizations from 13 to 18 January in Bratislava. They dis-cussed volunteer development strategies, project management and the integration of intercultural learning (ICL) in AFS, as well as the mutual support and cooperation among organizations. Milena Miladinovic participated in this meeting, representing Interkultura.

Meetings about volunteers and ICL in Europe

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