INFOPACK CONTACT MAKING EVENT FOR YOUTH WORKERS & YOUTH LEADERS .. BACKGROUND The "Moving on" project is an international project - Contact Making Event in the frameworkoftheErasmus+programme.AftertheendoftheYouthinAction programme we would like to continue in youth activities together with partners fromothercountries,weneedtoexchangeexperiencewithotherorganisersof youth projects, establish a long-term cooperation and find new topics for future projects. One of the aims of the project si also our need to recognise the level of ourworkthroughcomparisonwithotherpartnersandincooperationwiththe partners to learn new methods of work with youth so that we could move forward in our work, to get on a higher level, therefore the title of the project "Moving on". In the project we want to focus on extending cooperation with other organisations fromthecountrieswehavenotcooperatedwithyetoronlyrarely,wewantto focus on our needs to improve the level of our work with youth, the competeces and methods of work with young people. PARTICIPANTS 22participantsfrom11countriesCzechRepublic,Slovakia,Italy,Romania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Estonia, Croatia, Poland, Macedonia, each country will be represented by 2 participants (gender balanced) Theparticipantswillbeteamleadersandyouthworkerswhohaveexperience with organising youth projects and with participation in them. IMPORTANT !!! EACHPARTICIPATINGORGANISATIONMUSTINVOLVE AT LEAST 1 PARTICIPANT WITH FEWER OPPORTUNITIES (Prefarably - cultural differences, economical obstacles or geographical obstacles ) Intheapprovalletterournationalagencypointedoutandemphasizedthe necessity to involve 12 participants with fewer opportunities as it was mentioned intheapplicationform.TheyalsomentionedtheguideoftheErasmus+ programme which describes such participants: - disability (i.e. participants with special needs): people with mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities; - educational difficulties: young people with learning difficulties; early school-leavers; lower qualified persons; young people with poor school performance; -economicobstacles:peoplewithalowstandardofliving,lowincome, dependence on social welfare system; young people in long-term unemployment or poverty; people who are homeless, people in debt or with financial problems; - cultural differences: immigrants or refugees or descendants from immigrant or refugee families; people belonging to a national or ethnic minority; people with linguistic adaptation and cultural inclusion difficulties; -healthproblems:peoplewithchronichealthproblems,severeillnessesor psychiatric conditions; - social obstacles: people facing discrimination because of gender, age, ethnicity, religion,sexualorientation,disability,etc.;peoplewithlimitedsocialskillsor anti-social orriskybehaviours; people in aprecarioussituation;(ex-)offenders, (ex-)drug or alcohol abusers; young and/or single parents; orphans; -geographicalobstacles:peoplefromremoteorruralareas;peoplelivingin smallislandsorperipheralregions;peoplefromurbanproblemzones;people from less serviced areas (limited public transport, poor facilities). PLEASE, BE CAREFUL WHEN CHOOSING THE PARTICIPANTS ! AIMS - to recognise the level of our work through comparison with other partners- to learn new methods of work - to meet partners from countries we have not cooperated with yet - to exchange our experience with organising youth projects - to share the ideas and methods used during organisation of youth projects- to create together new project plans and intentions for common future projects.- to present the miniprojects created during the project meeting to young people - to improve our skills and competences OUTPUTS - 4-5 miniprojects worked out by the minigroups of participants.- minibrochure of energizers both in printed and electronic form- SWOT analysis of the Erasmus+ programme made by the participants- web page, blog for dissemination of results of the project The webpage has already been opened: www.moving-on-2015.webnode.cz PROJECT DATES The official start of the project is 01.04.2015 !!This is also the first possible date for buying your flight tickets. We will not be able to coverany expenses made before this date. BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR FLIGHT TICKETS, PLEASE WRITE US AND WE WILL CONFIRM YOU CAN BUY THEM. MEETING DATES Arrival date:MAY 28th, 2015 (Thursday Programme dates:MAY 29th JUNE 2nd, 2015(5 days, Fri - Tue) Departure date:JUNE 3rd, 2015(Wed) THINGS TO BRING WITH YOU Please, bring with you: -anyinformationmaterials(leaflets,photos,stickers,posters,etc.)aboutyour organizationorgrouptosharewithotherparticipants.Please,bringalsosome digital presentations of your organisation (cd, dvd, powerpoint presentation etc.) - any example of the youth project you organised in your country - prepare some energizers you use at work with youth - food and drinks, national flag and anything else for presentation of your country during the Intercultural evenings" - medicine if you have any specific illness or medicalcondition; we will have a first aid kit but it doesnt have specialized medicine - if you have any allergies or medical conditions that you think we should know about please inform us before hand to avoid any complications. We will keep it confidential! - a lot of good mood and energy :-) PARTICIPATION FEE, TRAVEL AND FINANCES - The project is funded by the Erasmus+ programme and there is no participation fee. - Travel costs will be reimbursed by hosting organization. - Each participant has to provide for him/herself to pay the tourism-tax of 0,50 per night, the tourism-tax should be paid directly at the spot to the provider of the place. Travel costs will be reimbursed according to the Erasmus+ programme rules in the following maximum amount: SLOVAKIA(100 - 499 km) 180 per participant POLAND(100 - 499 km)180 per participant ITALY (500 - 1999 km)270 per participant ROMANIA (500 - 1999 km)270 per participant GREECE(500 - 1999 km)270 per participant TURKEY (500 - 1999 km)270 per participant ESTONIA (500 - 1999 km)270 per participant CROATIA (500 - 1999 km)270 per participant MACEDONIA(500 - 1999 km)270 per participant CYPRUS(2000 - 2999 km)360 per participant IMPORTANT: For the reimbursement you have to bring: flight tickets, invoices, boarding passes, bus/train tickets for national transportation in your country and Spain. Taxi tickets are not eligible expenses so they wont be reimbursed. NO EXPENSES made before April 1st can be reimbursed! Don't lose any travel documents and tickets otherwise we can't reimburse you! Accommodation, meals, programme etc. will be covered by the organisers. HEALTH INSURANCE Please do not forget to arrange your travel insurance including the responsibility insurance (in case of causing some damage). Health insurance is not provided by the organizers, the citizens of the European Unionare entitled to the European HealthCard.Alltheparticipantsarestronglyadvisedtobringwiththemthe European Health Card, not to be forced, in case of an emergency, to pay the costs of health care in the Czech Republic. TARGET GROUP - Team leaders, youth workers or decision makers in the organisations - Experience with Youth in Action and Erasmus+ programmes necessary - Good communication skills (English) - No age limit - Gender balanced highly recommended VENUE The project meeting will take place in eka, a small village under the Beskydy mountains about 20 kilometres from Havov. The village of eka is situated in the eastern part of the Czech Republic near the borders to Poland and Slovakia. Here are the distances from other bigger towns: Ostrava(30 km),Brno(180 km),Praha(350 km) all have airports Katowice (100 km), Krakow(150 km) both in Poland, with airports The project place in eka belongs to the Youth Centre Juventus in Karvin and they helped us with arrangements also during our youth exchange in 2008. The place is used for various youth activities organised not only by the Youth Centre Juventus. We will have the whole building for ourselves! We suppose to organise some activities also in the building of the Town hall which is just few minutes from there. HOW TO REACH THE VENUE FROM THE AIRPORT Those who will travel by plane can choose from the following airports: Prague, Brno, Ostrava Katowice, Krakow or Vienna. The nearest airports are in Ostrava or Katowice (PL), you can check whether you havesomegoodconnectionfromyourcountry.However,whilethetrain connection from Prague, Brno or Vienna is rather easy, sometimes i tis difficult to find a good connection from Katowice or Krakow. To check the connections, you can search the following websites: www.idos.cz(train connections in the Czech Republic) www.pkp.pl (train connections in Poland) www.regiojet.cz(privat railway company) www.le.cz(private railway company) As eka is just a village and it would be hard for you to get straight to the place, we can pick you at railway stations in Havov, Karvin, Bohumn or esk Tn depending on your connections. We are ready to help you with finding the best connection. ABOUT US TheMovingonprojectisorganisedbyanon-formalgroupofyoungpeople called EUROTEAM. EUROTEAM was officially founded in 2007 during a youth project in Madrid in Spain and the members are mostly universities and secondary school students, teachersandyouthworkerswhoworkinthefieldofinternationalprojectsof various kinds and organise events for other young people and public. Since 2006 the members of Euroteam have taken part in various youth projects and training courses in Turkey, Poland, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Norway, France, Greece and Georgia. Euroteam together with fundation Educa also organised two youth projects in June 2008 under the name Breaking Stereotypes 2008 and Tutti frutti explore all thr fruits of Europe in 2010. ThemaingoalofEuroteamistoallowyoungpeoplemeettheirpeersfrom different European countries, use foreign languages in a real life, combat racism andxenophobia,andencouragethefeelingsoftheEuropeancitizenship, tolerance, friendship and international co-operation. Besides youth projects Euroteam organised several trips abroad for its members- 11 sightseeing trips to England, 1 short trip to Ireland, 3 sightseeing trips to the U.S.A. and1 summer sightseeing trip to Japan. Euroteam also helped to establish partner Euroteam teams in Turkey, Italy and Latvia. Euroteam cooperates with many partner organisations, NGOs, non-formal teams and fundations all over Europe. More information about EUROTEAM can be found on the following websites: www.euroteam.webnode.cz www.facebook.com/euroteamCZ www.euroteamhavirov.blogspot.com CONTACT Martin Frolk:email: froma@seznam.cz tel.number:+420 737 177 021 PROGRAMME

May 28MAY 29MAY 30MAY 31JUNE 1JUNE 2June 3 8:00- 9:00 breakfastbreakfastbreakfastbreakfastbreakfastD 9:00 - 10:30 Ice-breaking gamesErasmus+ Good practice examplesCreating miniprojectsMeeting youthE 10:30 - 11:00 coffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakP 11:00 - 12:30 Ice-breaking gamesSWOT Erasmus+ Good practice examples Meeting at the town hallDiscussion with youthA 12:30 - 14:30 lunchlunchlunchlunchlunchR 14:30 - 16:00AKnowing the placeReady steady goCreating miniprojectsPresenting miniprojectsEvaluationT R presentations of the teams 2 U 16:00 - 16:30Rcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakR 16:30 - 18:00IReady steady go DebateCreating miniprojectsPresenting miniprojectsEvaluationE Vpresentations of the teams 1S 18:00 - 19:00Afree timefree timefree timefree timefree time19:00 - 21:00Ldinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinner21:00S Intercultural evening 1BarbecueIntercultural evening 2Farewell party