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Antwerpen rockt.

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Agenda   Antwerp   Accommodation

  Ineke & Jenny   Sophie

  Living in Belgium   Money   Public Transport   Travels   Airport Bus Express   Shopping   Specialities   Spare Time Activities

  Preparation   Language

  Internships   Safmarine (Sophie & Jenny)   Stad Antwerpen

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Antwerp

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Accommodation

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Ineke & Jenny

  Organized by the city administration staff / Xarxa-contact

  Fully equipped   Approx. 350,00 € per month

  150,00 € down payment   Cleaning lady every two weeks   Internet included

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Sophie

  Studio with small kitchen and bathroom   Very basically equipped   550 € each month   Weekly cleaning   Internet included

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Living in Belgium

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Money

  Leonardo da Vinci grant:   335,00 € for preparation (Dutch lessons and other activities)   1.850,00 € grant in advance   439,00 € grant afterwards

  Telekom salary

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Public Transport

  Fietshaven http://www.fietshaven.be/Welkom.643.0.html   Bike for two month 45 € + 100 € deposit

  DeLijn (http://www.delijn.be/index.htm)   BuzzyPass 21,50 € per month   For people between 6 and 24 years   Valid in all belgian cities where DeLijn operates   Buy tickets upfront! It‘s cheaper

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Travels

  Go-pass (http://www.b-rail.be/nat/D/tarifs/passes/go/)   10 rides for 50 € (transferable not personalized)   For inner Belgian journeys (Gent, Oostende)

  Book your „international“ journeys in advance (Paris, London etc.)

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Airport Bus Express

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Shopping

  Groceries   Colruyt (super store)   Delhaize (little more expensive)

Food and cosmetics are more expensive than in

Germany!!!

  Everything else:   Meir

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Specialities

  Waffles   Fries (not French Fries!!!)   Smoetbollen   Chocolate   Belgium Beer (be aware )

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Spare Time Activities

  Cafe Local   Diamond Museum   MAS   Fashion Museum   Pool   Bioscop   Tunnel underneath the

Schelde   (only wodden escalator in the

world)   Zoo   boat trips   Strandwerpen   China Town   Middelheim Park, Park Spoor

Nord   Rubenshuis

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Preparation

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Language

  18 Dutch lessons in Berlin at the AZ 19   Intercultural workshop in Berlin   Presentation about Antwerp before leaving   Visiting the Flemish representative office of the

Belgium Embassy

  Dutch lessons in Antwerp

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Internships

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Safmarine Container Lines N. V. The Company

  Shipping company within Maersk

  Main business in India, Middle East and Africa   Flat hierarchies

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My Workplace

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My Team

Larisa

Victor

Kathleen

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My Tasks

Sustainability related topics   Research on Sustainability related

topics   Setup a intranet page   Collect material for the

Sustainability charter   Branding of meeting rooms   Travel expenses accounting   General assistance

PR & Comms and Legal   Registration of the change of

ownership of the trademark   Prepare documents for signature,

notarization, legalization   Work together with cooperating

attorney agencies   Check invoices, instruct payments   Arrange meetings   Pursue and improve the filing system

for trademark related documents

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Safmarine Container Lines N. V.

  Global Sales Department: Rudi Labeau (Senior Sales Manager)   organising Hercules Trophy 2011   supported by CCO‘s assistant Nadine Poppe   general tasks:   editing Saftrophy mailbox   collecting general team details   booking flights for European participants   creating different budget overviews   developing hotel room sharing plans   monitoring whole planing for Hercules weekend: Welcome Dinner,

event, BBQ party

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Safmarine Hercules Trophy 2011

  650 people from 80 countries traveling to Mechelen (03/06 – 05/06/2011)   72 teams (57 Safmarine teams, 15 customer teams)   12 labours   Friday, 03/06/11:   arrivals of almost every participant coming from abroad   bus transfer to hotels   Welcome Dinner at Lamotte

  Saturday, 04/06/2011:   Safmarine Hercules Trophy 2011   BBQ Party

  Sunday, 05/06/2011:   flying back home   transfer to Antwerp (meetings at Head Office)

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Internship at Stad Antwerpen

  Department: General Education policy in the City of Antwerp (Algemeen onderwijsbeleid)

  Marleen Baillieul, Koen Bastiaens   38 hours per week

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My Tasks

  Administrative support for a European project:   Creation of a financial final report   Support in finalizing a book as one of the

end products of a project   Finalizing a website   Communication with project partners

  Logistical support at different events   Creating a statistics in excel   Participation in project meetings   Translation between German and English   Creating and giving presentations

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Evidence Based Policy and Practice

  Education policy at a local level in Europe   Networking and evidence-based policy in

medium-sized European cities for tackling local education challenges.   Book   Website

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Dank u voor uw aandacht! Thank you for your attention!

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