Τίτλος: Balkans vs. Baltics - How to deal with young volunteers
Ημερομηνίες: 27 Μαρτίου με 4 Απριλίου 2012.
Τόπος: Ρουμανία, Bușteni Συμμετέχοντες: 4 άτομα 18-25 και 1 άτομο 18-35 ετών.
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BALKANS
VS. BALTICS – HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUNG VOLUNTEERS
YOUTH
EXCHANGE
27
MARCH-
4
APRIL
2012
,
BUSTENI
Arrival
day :
27 march
2012 ;
Departure day
: 4
april 2012
Organizer
: FUNDATIA
PENTRU TINERET
BUZAU
Coordinators
:
Catalina
and Tolea
POSTOVEI
Partner
countries :
Estonia.Latvia,Lithuania,Finland,Bulgaria
, Greece,Turkey
,Romania – total
45 persons
Venue
: Busteni
, Romania
Accomodation
: Pensiunea
Cristina Busteni
– in rooms
of 2
,3 pax
with private
bathroom ,
Food
will be
served at
the restaurant
of the
pension and
there will
be 3
meals every
day and
some coffee
breaks.
Please
send us
your special
needs concerning
food :
no pork
, no
meat ,
vegetarian or
any allergies
.
Smoking
and alcohol
: We
do not
encourage drinking
and smoking
, but
if you
want to
do it
,do it
responable. It
is forbidden
to smoke
or drink
inside your
rooms and
activities places.
Drugs
As we
had some
bad experiences
with using
drugs ,
we aware
you that
is completely
forbidden to
use any
kind of
drugs.
Activities
: will
be in
the same
place in
different rooms
and on
the terrasse
if weather
is good.Some
of the
activities will
be outdoor.
Facilities
and visits:
pension is
15 minutes
waliking from
city center
where you
can find
almost everything
:
shops,pharmacy,banks,restaurants
etc.
We ‘ll
visit Sinaia
and Busteni
– see the
programe. Any
other optional
visits will
be discussed
on the
spot.
Weather
is nice
in march-april.Usually
temperature is
around 15-20
degrees, but
also can
rain,snow or
be warmer.We
suggest you
to have
some raincoats
but also
sunglasses.In the
last days
before arrival
we’ll
be back
with better
info about
weather.Bring also
sport shoes
for outdoors
activities and
hikings.
Transport
We still
don’t
have from
all of
you times
of arrival
and departure.
For those
arriving in
Bucharest Otopeni
there is
a bus
780 EXPRES
that runs
almost every
20 minutes
from 5
am till
11pm. You
can find
signs in
the airport
to reach
bus station.The
ticket is
8.6 lei
(2 euros
) a
round trip
card ,
that you
have to
validate when
you step
in the
bus.That bus
also stops
in Bucuresti
Baneasa airport.
The bus
goes directly
to train
station – GARA
DE NORD
and takes
depending on
the traffic
30-45 minutes
.There is
also train
from Otopeni
airport to
GARA DE
NORD every
hour.
In the
train station
GARA DE
NORD you
can easily
find the
ticket office
and buy
your tickets.Normally
you can
pay by
card in
train station
, but
anyway there
are bankomats.
We suggest
to ask
for round
trip ticket
BUCHAREST-BUSTENI –
BUCHAREST – there
is cheaper
and then
in Busteni
you’ll
have to
buy only
the seat
for return
to Bucharest.The
trip is
around 2
hours .We’ll
wait for
you in
Busteni train
station,inside.
As
you’ll
get in
the train
in Bucharest
we’ll
ask you
to send
us an
sms with
the time
of arrival.
ACTIVITIES
You
already have
the programme.
I attached
it again
to this
message.some additional
info will
come with
registration formas
soon.
What should you prepare :
-a
survey in
your community(
ask locals,friends,colleagues
) about
volunteerism situation
: statistics
, motivation,projects
and about
conflicts generated
in projects
by stereotypes
and intercultural
aspects.
- a
presentation about
your organizations
and your
projects and
also bring
leaflets or
promotional matherials
to share.
-for intercultural evening
you’ll have to make a creative presentation about culture and
stereotypes from another country ,can be a short play, a power point
, a quiz ,a game ,a dance , anything you consider relevant but please
made by you not taken from internet.
You have the list of who
will advertise who :
ESTONIA will promote
TURKEY
FINLAND will prmote
GREECE
LATVIA will promote
BULGARIA
LITHUANIA will promote
ROMANIA
TURKEY will promote
LATVIA
GREECE will promote
ESTONIA
BULGARIA will promote
LITUANIA
ROMANIA will prmote
FINLAND.
–for
intercultural evening
please bring
traditional products
from your
country or
region- food
and drinks
– and also
prepare to
show us
a dance
and to
sing a
song .any
other aspect
to promote
your culture
is welcome
: leaflets,photos.flag.videos
etc
-Please post announcements
about the project on your websites,blogs or any other platform and
send us some print screens or copies
-you can be prepared to
propose games , energizers,activities for free time or for our
workshops
-if you had projects
connected with the topic , bring with you good practice examples :
leaflets,videos ,photos.
-if anyone wants to create
a logo for the exchange do it and send us by e-mail.
Reimbursment :
In order to get the travel
costs back we need :
- All tickets and invoices in original
- The payment confirmation for flight tickets : receipt if you paid cash or bank document if you paid by bank transfer or credit card..
- BOARDING PASSES compulsory – keep them as without them you don’t have your money back
- Take only APEX flights ( no business class ) and only 2 nd class trains.Try to fit in the budget we gave you.
- We do not reimburse TAXI costs.
- Be sure to have price and data on bus and train tickets,also on airplane tickets.If not , ask for receipts or invoices.
The
reimbursement will
be done
after project
when we’ll
have all
the documents.There
will be
one transfer
for every
country .
The
rate is
the one
stipulated in
our contract
: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro
valid for
february 2012
Other practicalities :
Currency
: 1
euro =
4.30 lei
( RON
).There are
banks and
bankomats in
airports ,
in train
station,in Busteni.In
a lot
of locations
you can
pay by
credit card.
Prices : coffee,beer,juice
in shops are around 50 cents , in restaurants around 1 -1 ,5 euros.
The hour in Romania is GMT
+ 2.
For
persons that
want to
spend some
days in
Bucharest or
elsewhere we
can help
you recommended
hostels or
attractions.just ask
!!
Beware of pick pockets in
buses , metro and crowded places. Don’t accept gifts and don’t
talk to strangers that ask to sign something or to help them – most
of them are cheaters.
Don’y pay attention to
street dogs – they are everywhere but most of them are friendly.
For
any other
comments or
questions contact
our staff
Catalina – 0040744351166
– cpostovei@yahoo.com
