Here you can see our busy activities schedule, as planned during the APV.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
In August we got to know that our project was approved and we started planning…
1. APV
The 1st and 2nd of September an Advance Planning Visit took place in Norway. One month before the exchange we found it essential to explore the sites of realization of the exchange, to finish the programme together with all partners involved, to develop final methodological base and to distribute the tasks. (Kasia- the partner from Spain was missing, however she stayed in touch with the rest of the partners via e-mail and phone.)
APV programme:
1. Day
Group visit to the exchange venue.
Going over the project and day schedule
Socializing
2. Day
Task division
Go over all safety rules
Overview of the preparation
The final version of the group plan.
Here are some of the photos of fruitful days.
3. Only a few days left for the incredible experience…
The 1st and 2nd of September an Advance Planning Visit took place in Norway. One month before the exchange we found it essential to explore the sites of realization of the exchange, to finish the programme together with all partners involved, to develop final methodological base and to distribute the tasks. (Kasia- the partner from Spain was missing, however she stayed in touch with the rest of the partners via e-mail and phone.)
APV programme:
1. Day
Group visit to the exchange venue.
Going over the project and day schedule
Socializing
2. Day
Task division
Go over all safety rules
Overview of the preparation
The final version of the group plan.
Here are some of the photos of fruitful days.
3. Only a few days left for the incredible experience…
All the groups have had preparation meetings with the participants to talk about the rules of the exchange, prepare questions and presentations…
How did it all start???
The idea of “On a spaceship travel to democracy and European citizenship” project was born during European Citizenship Training Course in Mollina (Málaga) in Spain in February 2009. This training course was carried out thanks to Youth Partnership of the Council of Europe and the European Commission to encourage the development of a critical understanding of the concept of European Citizenship and in doing so, to support the implementation and quality of the «Youth in Action» Programme.
Five participants interested in common future project started to analyze what democracy and active participation mean in our countries. In some countries like Norway and Spain there are more opportunities for youth participation, but young people sometimes do not make use of them. In such countries like Belarus and Serbia young people constantly meet with the lack of opportunities but they still find the way to express themselves even if the society they live in may not be free and democratic as it is in Belarus.
But in order to reflect on what democracy means for youth and what it means to be an active citizen in Europe it is important for young person to see how it goes in different countries, to compare and to explore what can help a young person to become more active in the life of his\her own community.
So the idea of the youth exchange was to bring young people from very different cultural and social backgrounds from 5 countries (Norway, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro and Spain) together in order to reflect on the issue of democracy and possibilities for active participation in different societies and countries. By social background we mean that we want to include young people who are representatives of minority groups, who live in rural area or\and who have never been abroad.
So…we started thinking…thinking…thinking…we knew more or less the aim of the Exchange, the participant countries, we chose the dates and Tove-Laila offered to be a host to the rest of the groups.
Now…the application form. Thanks to hard work of Tove, Alex and Zoran and some help of the rest of the partners, the application form was submitted.
Five participants interested in common future project started to analyze what democracy and active participation mean in our countries. In some countries like Norway and Spain there are more opportunities for youth participation, but young people sometimes do not make use of them. In such countries like Belarus and Serbia young people constantly meet with the lack of opportunities but they still find the way to express themselves even if the society they live in may not be free and democratic as it is in Belarus.
But in order to reflect on what democracy means for youth and what it means to be an active citizen in Europe it is important for young person to see how it goes in different countries, to compare and to explore what can help a young person to become more active in the life of his\her own community.
So the idea of the youth exchange was to bring young people from very different cultural and social backgrounds from 5 countries (Norway, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro and Spain) together in order to reflect on the issue of democracy and possibilities for active participation in different societies and countries. By social background we mean that we want to include young people who are representatives of minority groups, who live in rural area or\and who have never been abroad.
So…we started thinking…thinking…thinking…we knew more or less the aim of the Exchange, the participant countries, we chose the dates and Tove-Laila offered to be a host to the rest of the groups.
Now…the application form. Thanks to hard work of Tove, Alex and Zoran and some help of the rest of the partners, the application form was submitted.
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