Infopack EU To be or not to be
- 1. Multinational youth exchange – “EU – to be or not to be” Dear partner, “EU – to be or not to be” will be a multinational youth exchange of 44 young people from 7 different EU countries – Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic, Romania, Netherlands, Greece and Germany. The project will last from 12-21 th of June 2017 and will be held near Bremen, Germany. Countries: 7 countries Age of participants: 18-25 (no limit for group leaders) Country group size – 5 participants + 1 group leader Place: a little village in the suburbs near Bremen, Germany Venue: A group house (something like hostel) Days of activity: 8 activity days (excluded traveling days) Time: 12-21 th of June 2017 Profile of participants: It should be young people that are interested about EU, discussing politics, sharing experiences with their peers from other countries, talking about the difficult issues in the EU such as immigration, refugees, shared policies, but also talking about the good things like sharing values, economic freedom, the freedom of movement and so on. The youngsters should speak good English since it will be a lot of workshops with debating, panels, talking, presentations and so on. It is preferable that at least 30% of the participants are youngsters with fewer opportunities. Short description about the youth exchange: After the Brexit a lot of Euro-skeptics have raised their voices of wanting to exit EU or highlighting the challenges that the EU is having: in float of refugees from all over the world, challenges with the borders, decreased economic growth in the EU because of the economic challenges and bailouts of some countries. EU has challenges and that’s clear. But also there are much bigger benefits of being in EU.
- 2. We want young people to discuss and learn about those challenges and those benefits. We want them to be aware of what being in the EU means. We want them to ask the difficult questions on the problems that the EU has, but also to be focused on figuring out solutions. Therefore we invited partner organizations from the most EU skeptic counties and the biggest EU believers. On the end we are expecting the youngsters to send a message to their politicians on what kind of Europe they want to see in the future and to ask them to work in that direction, because that is the mandate of the politicians – to represent our opinions and goals. We will also make political declaration with the conclusions from this youth exchange and we are going to send it to the relevant political and public factors – mayors, PMs, administration and so on. We want the young people to take leadership role in shaping the EU, and not just watching how the older generations make decisions in our name. We are going to use different methods of non-formal education: simulations, debates, world café, panel discussions, study visits, mixing with the locals, different presentations, workshops, task forces etc. Program Please keep in mind that this is draft program, which will be changed and developed until the start. Travel costs and reimbursement Travel costs limit: Be aware that Erasmus + is a co-financing program, so if you exceed the limit on your travel costs, each participant has to cover the difference themselves.
- 3. Netherlands = 80€ Hungary, Romania, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic = 170€ Germany = 20€ Reimbursement of travel costs: The travel costs reimbursements are going to be made after the project. We are going to transfer directly to the partner organization. Apart from flying or trains, participants can arrive traveling with a van, but only as a group. If you are interested to travel like that, please contact us since the rules are quite complicated. All costs for accommodation, food and program will be covered from the organizers. All youngsters need to have valid insurance for Germany. Partner responsibilities Expectations from the partner organizations concerning responsibilities: - Promotion of the youth exchange in front of young people that can be interested to participate - conducting application and selection process (in order to make sure that the youngsters come for the right reasons and they have right expectations) - Support and preparation of participants prior to arrival (flights, national evening, insurance etc) - Cultural preparation for the participants - Post exchange evaluation - Writing an article and promoting the project in the partner country. - Dissemination of the results with other partner organizations. https://www.facebook.com/naturkulturgermany/ Sincerely, NaturKultur e.V. , Germany Contacts: When you need more information about the project please contact: Darko - darkomitevski@naturkultur.eu