Volunteers Without Borders: International Youth Association "Quant"

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Volunteers Without Borders

TRAINING COURSE

Kobuleti, Black Sea, Georgia 21-29 September 2013

International Youth Association "QUANT"


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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Info-pack for participants


In this information pack you will get the necessary details about this training course: its content, venue, cost and travel information.

Do you want to
Deepen the knowledge of intercultural and non-formal learning Explore the values of and attitudes towards non-formal intercultural learning as achieved through cross-border volunteering Develop skills in project planning and facilitation skills during development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination while making an action plan for a visible volunteering project Increase self esteem in interpersonal communication and information sharing with the local community and press

Aims and Objectives


AIM AND OBJECTIVES AND MAIN THEME In order to reach the projects objectives we have planned several activities (training sessions, intercultural evening and intercultural programs) that will guide the participants through the process of getting specific competences. These will enable them to create their own self-development process but also to support other youngsters that are facing difficult economic and social exclusion situations to start a self and social development process, in order to overcome them. The activities will be implemented with the support of non-formal education methods and tools (games and exercises, group presentations, workshops, debates, role plays, forum theatre, open space, open caf, outdoor activities, team building)..

Target Group
The target group is representatives of youth organizations (youth leaders, youth workers, trainers, multipliers) that focus on intercultural education through youth work. 28 participants (2 per org) coming from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom. Participants must be at least 18 years old. The training will be held in English

Dates
WHEN, WHERE AND HOW MUCH? The training course will be held in Kobuleti Black Sea Georgia 21-29 September 2013. Arrival day is the 21th of September. The end of the training course will be in the evening of the 28th of September. Departure day is the 29th. Early arrivals or late departures will be the own responsibility of the participants. According to the guidelines of YIA program the travel back must be realized by participants on direct way within maximum of 2 days. In case of longer stays or indirect travel (holiday travel, etc) there is no chance of reimbursement.

Venue
The training course will be held in Kobuleti, Georgia. (Black Sea seaside) The hotel located in 50m from the beach. You will have possibility to swim in good weather. So, bring swimming suits and towels 2 or 3 participants will sleep per room with all facilities. 3 meals for day will be covered as well as 2 coffee breaks.

How to arrange your travels


Once you have been accepted as a participant in this training course we will give you the green light to arrange your travels. Below you can find information about travel and participation cost and how to best arrange your travels.

Travel cost
70% of your travel expenses will be covered by the organizers with the support of Youth in Action Programme. In order to receive the money for the transportation, please keep your original invoices, receipts, tickets, boarding-passes or any other transport document so you can give us all these documents. Without all these documents will no reimbursement. The reimbursement will be done after getting all original documents at the end of the training course or via bank transfer. There is participation fee of 30 euro per participant which will be cut from reimbursement. Below, there is a list with the budget with the travel costs for 1 person for each country in euro:

Country

Total travel cost costs (100%)

Maximum reimbursed (70%)

Armenia Italy Moldova Romania Azerbaijan Latvia Poland Turkey Czech republic Greece UK Hungary Bulgaria

50 500 400 350 80 400 300 300 350 350 600 400 450

35 350 280 245 56 280 210 210 245 245 420 280 315

Visa costs will be reimbursed 100% after presentation of original invoice.

How to get to the venue


Participants need to fly to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), Batumi International Airport (BUS) or Kutaisi International Airport (KUT). And we will organize local transportation to the training course venue Kobuleti.

How to prepare for the TC: International nights


For the Intercultural evening: We kindly ask you to prepare interactive presentation of your country (you can present here your food and drinks, music, traditional dances, some story etc.). Creativity is the basic requirement.

NGO Bazaar
In one of the evenings participants will have opportunity to present their organization and the work it does. For that purpose you can bring some materials (brochures, posters, power point presentation, films, photos).

Please do not hesitate to contact us before arriving if you have any more questions! See you in Georgia!!!!! Contacts Mamuka: [email protected]

mobile 995599414181

Beka: [email protected] mobile 995555696864

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