Where does Europe start; Life along the Schengen border

Very soon we are going to meet for the youth exchange “Where does Europe start; Life along the Schengen border”. Before that we would like to inform you about the necessary details for this project and its programme. Please, have a few minutes and read the following.

About the Project

Project: " Where does Europe start; Life along the Schengen border " is a 1.1 youth exchange, an European event combining European citizenship, the importance of European awareness, creative thinking and ability to work in multicultural teams.

The project will be held in village Žetale, between 10. and 18. August 2010. Participants will come from the Netherlands, Portugal, Latvia, Bulgaria, Greece and Slovenia. The groups will be consisting of 2 men and 2 women + 1 youth leader per country. Divided into nationally mixed groups, the participants will be discussing the importance of the European citizenship and the meaning of borders. The participation in the activities of the exchange will provide an interesting and beneficial insight into the cultural preservation and hospitality of our countries, our differences and perception of the European union. Participants will be actively involved in the process of getting to know other's cultures, shattering stereotypes and prejudices about certain cultures, creating a desired European citizenship and involving awareness about ecological problems. During the event a simulation will also be held: "Žetale, a perfect village” , where the participants will be able to think creatively how to build an ideal village where all people would have jobs and ideal style of living. Our aim is to provide a platform where participants can meet, discuss topics, exchange ideas and build a basis for future cooperation.

Who organises:

The project is organized by association TD Žetale, Slovenia. TD Žetale is an organisaton which aim is to promote region Žetale, especially true Tourism. It was established in year 2000. Through the projects which we run, we would like to show that life in rural places as Žetale has a lot of positive sides. We base on youth members, we have over 60 members in age from 15-30 years. With projects on local base we want to show how young people can influence on many importat questions in everyday life, like equality, how to break the stereotypes, how to influence that policy make good decisions for youth.

We run montly 2-3 projects on local base, during the year we run at least one international project, for more days. Our projects base on conferences, seminars, workshops, trips etc. With our organisation over 2000 people have already visited Žetale.

Target group/Participants

Participants age between: 18-25 (exceptions possible for youth leader). The groups will be consisting of 2 men and 2 women + 1 youth leader per country.

Dates:

From 10th of August till 18th August 2010 (10th of August is arrival / 18th -departure day).



TD - Žetale

Participants

A list of all participants, grouped in countries.

  • Greece:
    1. Leader: Natasa Papapostolou
    2. Dimitra Papapostolou
    3. Vasiliki Koutla
    4. Dimitrios Fotiadis
    5. Georgios Thanos
    6.  
  • Bulgaria
    1. Leader: Milena Vankova
    2. Filip Djambov
    3. Yuliyan Demirev
    4. Yana Elenkova
    5. Georgi Yankov
    6.  
  • Latvia:
    1. Leader: Peteris Nalivaiko
    2. Maruta Rampanei
    3. Gunta Nalivaiko
    4. Liene Burkane
    5. Martins Barinskis
    6.  
  • Portugal:
    1. Leader: Margarida Narciso
    2. Pedro Lopes
    3. Claudia Duarte
    4. Ana Codeço
    5. Catarina Coelho
    6.  
  • The Netherlands:
    1. Leader: Ioanna Mouzaki
    2. Remco De Jong
    3. Gorka Fraga Gonzalez
    4. Alexandra Hoffmann
    5. Migle Purzelyte
    6.  
  • Slovenia:
    1. Leader: Natalija Furman
    2. Sabina Intiher
    3. Denis Žerak
    4. Klemen Butolen
    5. Boštjan Štajnberger
    6.  

Preparation

    • Be ready to present your organisation and your activities. Please prepare some interactive presentation for it.
    • Be ready to present your country in the Intercultural night. (food, drinks, any national things, your most important traditions).
    • For the Intercultural night you should teach other participants some traditional dances from your country. Don’t forget to bring as well some traditional music.

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    • We will have a lot of outdoor activities, bring sport clothes and shoes with you.
    • The common language of the youth exchange will be English. No translation services will be available.
    • Any relevant material which will help to present your organisation to us.

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    • Please prepare some presentations or materials about life in the villages in your country. During the programme there will be hold a simulation “Ideal European village”, please be prepared to bring good examples of villages from your countries (use of renewable sources of energy, interesting examples of tourist attractions, villages where you imagine yourself to live and work etc.). For the simulation you will need as well the cameras and laptops, so please bring it as well if possible.

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    • Please bring the sleeping bag (necessary) and mattress - turbo maximus if possible.
    • Prepare some energizers
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Activity program »Where does Europe start, Life along the Schengen border«

  • Day 1 – Tuesday, 10.8.2010


    • Arrival
    • Accommodation
    • Supper
    • Getting to know each other – First day is about accommodation and socializing between participants. Active cooperation will be stimulated during parlour games.

  • Day 2 – Wednesday, 11.8.2010


    • Breakfast

    • Beginning of program – It will start by greeting speech, where themes and goals of project will be presented. A presentation of the group leaders will follow. Also participants will introduce their expectations from the program for better atmosphere.

    • Workroom 1 – Presentation of organizations: Every organizations activities and achivements will be presented by participants.
    • Lunch
    • Workroom 2 – Anthropological analysis of Žetale presenting of traditional habit from your country.

    • ŽETALE: ideal village: Simulation goal is to prepare presentation on how they see ideal life in village Žetale: possibilities of occupation, care for nature, meaning of education, peoples assosiation… Emphasis will be on creativity, active collaboration and self-employment of young people within ideal village. Participants should get ready at home and come prepared.

    • Evaluation – Debate on themes of workshops and group comparison of results for the day.
    • Supper
    • National evening 1 (presentation of 2 countries-Portugal na Latvia). It is desirable for the presentation to be practical, including typical dances, songs, food and drink, teaching of language…

  • Day 3 – Thursday, 12.8.2010


    • Breakfast
    • Trip around Haloze region.
    • Supper
    • National evening 2 (presentation of 3 countries Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria)

  • Day 4 – Friday, 13.8.2010


    • Breakfast
    • Workroom 1: Influence of Schengen border on life of people next to it. Where does Europe start?
    • Eurpean citizenship
    • Presentation of Schengen Border by special Scengen police.
    • Lunch
    • Afternoon walk along Schengen border
    • Supper in Videm
    • Night out in Ptuj

  • Day 5 – Saturday, 14.8.2010


    • Breakfast
    • GREEN DAY
    • Walk on Ecological path – How to survive ecologically?
    • Supper
    • Evaluation
    • National evening 3: Slovenian night

  • Day 6 – Sunday, 15. 8. 2010


    • Breakfast
    • Workroom 1.: Influence of sport on everyday life, visiting Donačka gora, watching parachut jumpers.
    • Lunch
    • Sport games in park ŠD RIM; Cinema under stars
    • Evaluation

  • Day 7 – Monday, 16. 8. 2010


    • Breakfast
    • Trip to Ljubljana
    • Viewing of Ljubljana
    • Visit of Slovenian National agency
    • Evalvation - Debate on themes of workrooms and group comparison of results for the day.
    • Supper

  • Day 8 – Tuesday, 17. 8. 2010


    • Breakfast
    • ŽETALE, IDEAL VILLAGE: simulation
    • Lunch
    • Workroom: Stereotypes and human rights
    • Final workroom: final evaluation of exchange
    • Supper
    • Farewell evening
    • Goodbye and cryaing for moore

  • Day 9 – Wednesday, 18. 8. 2010


    • Departures

Conditions

Participants of the project will be reimbursed 70% of their travel expenses. Organizers will provide accommodation and food (3 meals) during the whole period of the project.

Travel reimbursement

(Very important! Read carefully!)

Participants of the project will be reimbursed 70% of their travel expenses after presenting all required originals of their travel documents.

The travel expenses will be reimbursed on presentation of the relevant receipts. Only the participants, who attend the entire youth exchange, can be reimbursed. Notice that there is some maximum travel cost for each person foreseen and participants must consult with the organisers (td.zetale@gmail.com) before buying the tickets.

    Only If all documentation is presented properly (see below), the payment will be done.
  • Your travel expenses will be reimbursed only upon presentation of documentary evidence of the sum actually paid: original invoice or/and a copy of credit card slip. We will do a photocopy of the tickets you still will need to return and will keep the originals of ones you have already used

  • Electronic tickets will only be reimbursed on receipt proof of payment (invoice, paper of booking/purchase printed from internet, copy of credit card-slip showing the transfer of the money for the ticket, payment confirmation from internet) and on presentation of the boarding pass for the outward journey.

  • Note, that the booking paper alone is not enough to prove your travel expenses. You should present as well a bill, a slip of payment or print-out from your bank account to confirm the sum paid for your ticket

  • Keep all travel documents you get during your trip: boarding passes, bills, slips, tickets etc.!

  • Taxi fares will not be reimbursed

You should aim to arrive to venue of the youth exchange during the day on the 10th of August and depart on the 18th of August after breakfast.



THERE IS NO additional INSURANCE PROVIDED BY THE ORGANISERS!



Please, purchase a private insurance or get the free of charge formulary E-111 from your national social security that covers medical costs around EU member states.

Arrivals

Please, book the tickets as soon as possible (do not forget to consult us about the price before buying your tickets) and inform us about your travel schedule. We will pick you up at the railway station (or bus station) of Maribor. Maribor is going to be our meeting point on 10th of August 2010. We will provide for you the transport to Žetale from Maribor.

Contacts

For any question or more information don’t hesitate to contact us! 


		Location (google maps): Žetale, Slovenia	
		

		Yours faithfully,
		Project coordinator 
		Roman Medved
		

		
	   
		E-mail: td.zetale@gmail.com

Organizers

Roman Medved EVENT COORDINATOR
Marko Kojc MAIN ORGANIZER
Tomaž Gajser MAIN ORGANIZER
Darko Medved MAIN ORGANIZER
Nina Jazbec MAIN ORGANIZER
Mirjana Kidrič MAIN ORGANIZER
Vanja Vukalič ASSISTANT ORGANIZER
Rok Vodušek ASSISTANT ORGANIZER

Event location

Youth exchange is going to take part in Žetale, it is a village in region Haloze. You can see more details about region here:

www.haloze-zagorje.eu/gallery?id=000006628

www.td-zetale.net

You can reach Maribor in several ways.

By air:

Maribor is best served by Graz International airport (Austria), 40 km Northwest of the city. Airlines flying from/to there: Austrian Airlines, Ryan Air, InterSky, WelcomeAir, RheinAir, Lufthansa and others.


Tranfer from Graz airport to Maribor is the best by train (5-7 trains per day).

There are additional air services via Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (Brnik), 100 km west of Maribor:

  • Aerodrom Ljubljana
  • Zg. Brnik 130a
  • 4210 Brnik
  • tel.: ++386 4 206 19 81
  • fax: ++386 4 202 12 20
  • e-mail: info@lju-airport.si

Airlines: Adria Airways, WizzAir, easyJet, Malev, Austrian Airlines, Turkish airlines, JAT Airways, CSA Czech Airlines, Air France, Finnair, Brussels Airlines


There are frequent bus connections between Ljubljana Airport and the City of Ljubljana. The journey time is approximately 45 minutes. Tickets are purchased on the bus.

Check also other close airports as Klagenfurt (Austria) 90 km north of Maribor and Zagreb (Croatia) 100 km Southeast of Maribor. There is also possible to fly to Vienna (4h by train from Maribor). We recomend Graz, Ljubljana and Zagreb

By train:

Maribor may also be reached by train from major European cities through bordering countries (Italy, Austria, Hungary, ...)

  • Berlin - München - Salzburg - Beljak - Ljubljana - Zagreb (Eurocity Mimara)
  • Wien - Graz - Maribor (Emona)
  • Geneve - Venezia - Ljubljana - Zagreb (Simplon exspres)
  • Budapest - Ljubljana - Venezia (Drava)
  • Maribor - Zidani most – Zagreb

Slovenian rail

Railway station Maribor - information tel.: +386-2-292 21 64; or +386-2-292 21 60

Call centre from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. tel.: +386-1-291 33 32 or e-mail: potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si

Timetables with prices for train routes in Slovenia can be found here:

www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/


Some special international railway links:

www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/international_transport/international_links/

Very good site for european railway routes:

reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

By Bus:

Maribor is directly connected with towns in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Italy. More information you can find in Maribor bus station.

There are some international bus lines going through Maribor:

  • LJUBLJANA - BEOGRAD - LJUBLJANA
  • LJUTOMER - ORMOŽ - MARIBOR - MUNCHEN
  • ORMOŽ - MARIBOR - MUNCHEN - STUTTGART
  • MARIBOR - SARAJEVO - NEUM
  • MARIBOR - WIEN
  • MARIBOR - TUZLA

Prices: www.veolia-transport.si


Information for bus traffic:

  • Brdnikova 44
  • 1000 Ljubljana
  • Phone: +386-1-24 45 640

Sponsors



Jus Ervin s.p. Skledar Venčeslav s.p. Izletniška kmetija Bedenik
AVTOPREVOZNIŠTVO VEN ZAVAROVALNO ZASTOPANJE SPREJEM ZAKLJUČENE DRUŽBE
Dobrina 25, 2287 Žetale Kočice 69 B, 2287 Žetale Žetale 24, 2287 Žetale
tel: 02 769 15 31 tel: 02 771 08 86 tel: 02 769 22 41