Project dates: 06 – 16. 03. 2015

Project place: Samobor, Croatia

Deadline for application: URGENT CALL

 

 

Topics

  • promote dialogue among youth with different religions
  • to prepare youth leaders to deal with religious issues with a focus to empower youth through inter-religious awareness
  • dialogue while embracing and learning about EU Values.
  • sport as a tool of developing healthy lifestyles and behaviors

 

Methods:

  • We will use different non-formal education methods, peer-learning, sharing sessions, discussion groups, ice-breakers, debates, joint actions, sport and outdoor activities.

 

The project will involve 30 young people from 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Croatia. Each country will have a group of 5 people, 4 participants and 1 group leader. 

 

Youth exchange agenda:

Day 1:

  • Welcoming the participants
  • Activities, ice-breakers
  • Dinner & Welcoming party

Day 2:

  • Introduction to the youth exchange
  • ERASMUS+
  • Setting up learning goals and personal action plan
  • Get to know each other, team-building activities
  • Communication and team-work games, introducing the personal diary
  • Intercultural evening part 1.

Day 3:

  • Presentations about religions, discussions
  • Visits to different religious places
  • Learning in groups and discussions
  • Intercultural evening part 2.

Day 4:

  • National image and identity
  • Religion diversity and group work
  • Night in the town

Day 5:

  • Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination
  • Outdoor program
  • NGO Fair
  • Reflection evening

Day 6:

  • Sharing realities and problem of youth in each countries, developing possible solutions
  • Participant turn to organise the night together
  • Free afternoon
  • Peace building activities
  • Intercultural evening

Day 7:

  • Best Practice and Examples of Work with peace building
  • Planning peace building activities
  • Barbeque

Day 8:

  • European integration or How EU can help us
  • Non-Formal Learning YouthPass
  • Sharing the goals of our youth exchange with local community

Day 9:

  • Participants projects –presentations and discussions
  • Reflections about the Youth exchange
  • Evaluation
  • Closing session

Day 10:

  • Departure day

 

Participant profile:

  • Able to work in English
  • Highly motivated for the youth exchange
  • Interested in the topic of the project
  • Willing to actively participate during the whole youth exchange
  • Age of participants:18 – 30, group leader: 18+
  • Share what they have learned with their sending organization

Travel and Accommodation:

Participants will be staying in Samobor, a small town 25 kilometers from the capital Zagreb. They will be accommodated in a hostel „Samobor“ that you can check on the link given
http://www.hostel-samobor.hr/eng/gallery.html

Food and accommodation will be covered 100%.

Travel expenses will be covered up to 170 EUR

 

Sending fee: 300 MKD

Deadline for application: URGENT CALL

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