INFO PACK FOR PARTICIPANTS LET S COOPERATE PORONIN, POLAND 23.07.2016 31.07.2016
1. INTRODUCTION By organizing youth exchange we want to help young people in confrontation with actual challenges that await them in the selection of a future study, career paths. A particular aspect of our activities is to break barriers, especially interpersonal, mental, cultural and language barriers. Leading and combining workshops, and theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge and knowledge about cooperation in multicultural teams allow young people for a better, fresher and more confident start to their future professional life. During our exchange we allow them to establish close contacts with their peers. We will help them take their first steps in creating themselves, to develop their natural talents and predispositions, so in the future they will be successful in the professional and private life. Creating the conditions to explore their capabilities and giving a students tools to help themselves and the people around, it will grant them immeasurably greater benefits in their future life. The situation in which they can work, create a team, learn about the culture, traditions and customs of young people from other countries, we erase in them the possibility of prejudice formation, we will indicate that only knowledge, interest, empathy and willingness to understand the other person except racism, lack of a sense of unity, harassment in their environment or life. Our goals, objectives and methodologies will give participating organizations in the project and the schools that will take part in it, to establish an extremely important friendship, will help establish future cooperation on new projects and organizing of events with other topics. Among all participants in our exchange will broaden the horizons, technical knowledge, tolerance and self-awareness. Stimulate both students and leaders and representatives of organizations for innovative thinking, unconventional and unique problem solving methods, and a fresh look at everyday problems. Will ensure the development of skills in self-presentation, cooperation in groups, determining their goals, achieving those using methods that will increase the quality of their achievements and activities. With thematic blocks, discussions and workshops they will learn how to advantageously present self at the interviews, at internship interview, will be able to use the innate talents, increase self-confidence and faith in their own skills and abilities. Learn methods : entry into the role of employer, which someday they will be, the powers of skills appropriate self-assessment of their abilities and knowledge, broaden knowledge and develop implementation decision-making process, accelerate the pace of action, determining goals and achieving them, will increase the quality, the effects work. Using a combination of theoretical knowledge and
confront with the practice, will give the participants most optimum opportunities to learn and absorb new information. 2. ORGANIZATIONS "The Change is in You" Association - BULGARIA Civiltà 2.0 Onlus - ITALY Associação de Defesa do Património Cultural Natural de Soure - PORTUGAL Asociatia Be You- ROMANIA Educadaje - SPAIN Youth In - SWEDEN FRATERNITAS - POLAND 3. THE VENUE The exchange is going to take place in Poronin village. It s in south part of Poland, near border of Slovakia. Poronin is settled in Podhale region, near Tatra Mountains, it s very calm place, close to nature, with animals and with a lot of trees and plants. Weather is specific in this mountain region, so be a sure you have a sunglasses, raincoat and good shoes for walk. Participants will be in rooms with 3 or 4 beds. Mixed nationalities of the same gender will share rooms. The venue is equipped with a plenary room where all activities will be held, and a canteen where we will have all the meals.
Address: Tatrzańska 99a street 34-520 Poronin Website of our venue: http://austryjok.com GPS coordinates: 49.327831, 20.037145 4. PARTICIPANT PROFILE Participants need to be in age 18-25, and team leaders without age limit. They should be interested in self-development, unemployment topics and also intercultural learning. Your organization should send us filled participants form till 25 June. And before you buy tickets please contact us. Because we plan to pick all participants from airport in Krakow in same time.
5. JOURNEY TO POLAND We recommend to travel by plane to airport in Kraków (KRK) or Katowice (KTW). Our organization will provide transportation from Kraków or Katowice to venue in Poronin by bus(distance nearly 100 kilometers). Same we will provide bus to Krakow when You will go to airport [it will be charged from reimbursement money, about 15 euro per person]. Below You will find maximal travel costs per participant. The amount of money allowed doesn't mean that you should spend it all, but this is the maximum that can be reimbursed. All participants should try to find the cheapest travel route. The reimbursement of the travel costs will be done upon receiving all tickets and boarding passes. We recommend arriving to Poland before 16:00 of local time. Because we need to travel nearly 100 kilometers from airport to venue in mountains. Also try to book flights back after 10:00. Reimbursement will be done by cash on last day of project if you will provide all documents like invoices, tickets, boarding passes or other. Arrival day: 23 rd July before 4pm. Departure day: 31 st July after 8am [we will be in venue 100 km from Krakow airport] You are allowed to arrive one day before or leave one day later after project. But we don t provide accommodation for these additional days. NGO NAME - COUNTRY MAX AMOUNT OF MONEY The Change is in You" Association - BULGARIA 170 Educadaje - SPAIN 270 Asociatia Be You- ROMANIA 170 Youth In - SWEDEN 170 Civiltà 2.0 Onlus - ITALY 170 ADCPNS - PORTUGAL 270
6. INSURANCE Our organization is not covering insurance. Every participant should have valid health insurance (like European Health Card) and travel insurance during their stay on the project. Every participant should purchase their own insurance on time. 7. INTERNATIONAL EVENING Each country has a chance to present their culture, food, drinks, music, dances and traditions. So don t forget to prepare it before in home. Your team will prepare presentation of your country [we hope to see good interactive presentations, like quiz, games or other funny and interesting stuff], but its up to you what you will do. 8. YOUR ROLE Role of participants during the project will be a presentation of Your NGO. So don t forget to take brochures and some other material about your organization. Before project please to make a research on unemployment of youth people in Your country, we will share this knowledge between participants, to see the situation of young people in Europe.
9. WHAT TO TAKE? Guitar or other instruments if you play one, music from your country (not necessary). Practical clothes for different kinds of weather: chilly, rainy or hot. And shoes for walks. Personal things: hygiene, medicines you usually take, or other thing you need for your own well-being. Towels. Pocket money for your personal purchases. We advice to buy before local currency PLN. Because in village where is located our venue there is no currency exchange office. Be prepared for the organization market(brochures of Your NGO). National food, samples of your local cuisine and something typical for Your country or brochures from Your country. 10. WHAT ALSO PORONIN VILLAGE OFFER? Local shop/grocery 500 meters [open from 7am till 8pm] Church 2 kilometers [Sunday mass 9am and 11am] Calm forest 100 meters Lot of areas for jogging near venue
11. SCHEDULE DATE Morning Afternoon Evening 23.07 Saturday Arrival Arrival 24.07 Sunday Ice breaking games How to be a volunteer 25.07 Monday How it works - my start Who i can be? as employer Opening of project Ice breaking games Intercultural night of Sweden and Italy Intercultural night of Portugal and Romania 26.07 Tuesday City game City game Free night 27.07 Wednesday Basics of communication Autopresentation Intercultural night of Spain and Bulgaria 28.07 Thursday Volunteering I'am a volunteer Free night 29.07 Friday Green Initiatives & CSR part 1 Green Initiatives & CSR part 2 Intercultural night of Poland 30.07 Saturday My own bussines Evaluation Goodbye party 31.07 Sunday Departure Departure Departure Schedule could change during project. 12. CONTACT ŁUKASZ: 0048 510 896 930 GRZEGORZ: 0048 783 733 299 WOJCIECH: 0048 660 461 849
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