Leipzig, Germany

18 – 26 August 2017

Project summary Since 2015 the migration of refugees became a focus topic of medial and political attention all over

Europe. As a result of (civil) war, social and economic inequality and discrimination people are

forced to escape from their home countries in search of a better and safe life.

This process leads to different challenges in society, education and youth work as a part of

education. In our training we would like to invite youth workers to develop their capacity in a work

with young people of migrants or refugee background.

Young migrants and refugees on their journey to safety are going through many different

challenging situations. That entire situation if properly assessed and reflected on can be great base

for learning and development. With understanding of situation that young migrant and refugees are

going through youth workers can better empathize with struggles that young migrants and refugees

goes through on daily base. Ability to understand complicity of situation and journey undertaken

will help youth workers to better design their youth work activities and adopt it to the learning

needs of young migrants and refugees.

During this course, the participants will explore various issues related to the topic using creative

tools and methodologies. How to reflect and take lessons learned from past experience? How can

we establish a culture of diversity, acceptance and pluralism? How to deal with fears that exist in

our society?

The main aim of the project is to increase the quality of youth work services for migrants and

refugees by equipping youth workers (coordinators, facilitators, mentors) with competencies in

facilitating experiential learning.

“Re: START Project” is connected to several main objectives and features of both Erasmus+ program

and its KA1. First of all, it supports professional development of youth workers and it provides them

with tools to facilitate learning and development of young migrants and refugees in different

contexts. Through its practical part, it stimulates their creative and innovative thinking in designing

experiential learning activities, based on young migrants and refugee’s needs and requirements for

their social inclusion.

Personal development, creativity and well-being have the potential of becoming the key outcomes

of a learning system that follows the right track. This “right track” involves the use of innovative

pedagogical methods, enjoyable and inspirational environments, collaborative learning that rests

on a competence-based and learner-centred approach. And because we are all different, education

needs to take into account the rich diversity of individuals. Only by being open to and accepting our

differences will we manage to reach out to disadvantaged groups, will we succeed in keeping

learners in the learning pathway and encourage a positive attitude towards learning throughout life.

Participants

Re: START Project' is designed for youth workers that:

• are dedicated to working with young people in their local reality (working with refugees and

migrants young people is desirable);

• have the basic knowledge of facilitation of non- formal learning processes;

• have a desire to apply their competences in developing new non-formal education tools that

would increase the social inclusion of refugees and migrant young people;

• are supported by their respective organizations in applying their competencies and newly

developed tools in working with refugees and migrant young people.

Country Organisation Number of participants

Travel Reimbursement

Germany Lucky Punch Jugendhilfe gGmbH 5 0

Cyprus Youth Power 3 360

Romania Asociatia EUVOLUME ROMANIA 3 275

Macedonia Humanost 3 275

Turkey DUZCE IL MEM 4 275

Sweden European Centre for Integration & Development

4 180

Italy AIM NETWORK 3 275

BIH PRONI CENTER FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

2 275

Greece Greek Acting Youth 3 275

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Venue

Lucky Punch Jugendhilfe gGmbH

Eduard-von-Hartmann-Str. 31

04157 Leipzig

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Accommodation

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We encourage participants to buy all the tickets online (do not use travel agencies, cash payments are not allowed!) and always make online check-in where possible. This will speed up the reimbursement process and is more environmentally friendly. All tickets should be sent before the project to lazar_friends@hotmail.com

BEFORE BUYING THE TICKETS SEND THEM TO US FOR APPROVAL Participants are allowed to stay up to 5 days longer in Germany if they want, but they need to pay for their own accommodation/food.

Reimbursement:

Reimbursement of travel costs can be done as soon as we have all original documents from participant and participant has carried out follow-up activities and posted about it in the blog. We will make bank transfer. Documents which are needed:

Original invoice of the flight ticket, it should be in English and amounts in euros (if possible). Please book your tickets in travel site where you can get the documents in English and in Latin alphabet!

Bank statement of the payment or credit card slip.

Boarding passes (very important) from your journey to Germany and from your journey back electronic versions – make online check-in! )

Flight tickets with travel times (English! Latin alphabet!)

Bus/train tickets

In some cases we will need some statement if you travelled by uncommon routes

If luggage is not included in plane tickets, try to add it right away while buying the tickets online separate luggage receipts are not subject to reimbursement)

Use of taxi / personal car will not be reimbursed

Travel insurance:

If you are European Union citizen, please make sure that you have the European Health Insurance Card (http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=653&langId=en) or temporary certificate. Additionally it’s obligatory to make travel insurance (for people coming outside Germany ), this is your own contribution and will not be reimbursed. Travel insurance should include medical insurance, trip protection and luggage insurance.

What to bring:

Summer clothes, but something warmer for the evening

Rain jacket / coat

Personal medicine, cosmetics, sun cream, mosquito repellent

Some materials/flayers/contact sheets from your organization to share with others,

Some food, drinks or other things of your country you would like to present/show to others... (for intercultural evenings)

You can prepare some energizer or bring some games, as you like

Positive energy and open-minded attitude

Leipzig Leipzig is the largest city in the federal

state of Saxony, Germany. With a

population of 570,087 inhabitants

(1.1 million residents in the larger

urban zone) it is Germany's tenth

most populous city. Leipzig is located

about 160 kilometres (99 mi)

southwest of Berlin at the confluence

of the White Elster, Pleisse, and

Parthe rivers at the southern end of

the North German Plain.

Leipzig has been a trade city since at

least the time of the Holy Roman

Empire. The city sits at the

intersection of the Via Regia and Via

Imperii, two important medieval

trade routes. Leipzig was once one of

the major European centers of

learning and culture in fields such as

music and publishing. Leipzig became

a major urban center within the

German Democratic Republic (East

Germany) after the Second World

War, but its cultural and economic

importance declined.

Contact

Lazar Gjorgjevski – contact person for the project

Lazar_friends@hotmail.com

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