November and December in EJB

Mediterranean Neighbourhood

November and December were all about Med Nights, the first neighbourhood workshop for

this region. Last preparations, emails, time spent with family. Some JBers were quite busy

with exams, but all in all we were excited for the upcoming event. More details in the article

below! In the meantime there was a small competition going on between the Med countries:

who gets the most like on our neighbourhood facebook page. The deadline was 31st Decem-

ber and the winner was Algeria. But honestly saying, everyone did a great job, because in the

end we reached more than 600 likes and the EJB Team page might be in danger. Big thanks

to the Medhood for making this months exciting and full of surprises!

Wild West Neighbourhood

We have been the most active Neighbourhood in electing new NJRs for the years 2013 - 15. A huge

welcome to all of them and they are all apart of our amazing whatsapp group. If you are a Wild

West NJR email ryan.baum@gb.cisv.org to join the whatsapp group. Applications to be a Wild

West Facilitator have closed and congratulations to Louis (NL) & Joao (POR) who will be working

alongside Ryan at WWW’14. Applications are still open for delegations till December 31st, so

make sure that you get your delegation of 6 participants signed up before all the spots go into

Round 2! International participants can sign up here: http://www.cisv.nl/en/register. Follow all in-

structions and select WWW 2014 - international participants. There are limited places so sign up

ASAP! (Payment required upon sign up).

Central Eastern Neighbourhood

It’s still a lot of time until Go East, but every day we’re more and more excited.

Content staff is working hard to make this Go East the best ever, and we really think

they will be very successful. Stay tuned for Infopack 2, with a lot of cool information,

and finally an introduction of our lovely home staff. Also, you know that applica-

tions deadline is January 15th, so apply as soon as possible, or you might be late.

You already know the drill: if you’re from CEE coutries, talk to your NJR...if not, go

here: http://bit.ly/14bfPXI

Not to forget: we want to thank to all NJRs who finished their term in November,

and also welcome all new NJRs, we can’t wait to get to know you better.

Northern Neighbourhood

We organized the Baltic workshop in December that was quite a huge success.

We are hoping to continue with this tradition and have another Baltic hosted

next year. For now our focus is the NICE weekend only. Group of staff has been

formed in december and will be announced soon. We are still looking for partic-

ipants for this fabulous event. Some of the NJR have changed so we are chang-

ing all mailing lists and other channels to get the fresh young blood as involved as

possible. Otherwise December is of course the time to be spend with family and

friends and get some rest so that is what we did as well. We will be having our

next skype meeting in January in fresh and beautiful new year 2014. We hope it

will be juicy and successful for all!

EJB Team Update

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

EJBM Round 1 of applications closed on 31/12/13 and Round 2 application have opened!

We had our Mid May Meeting you can find the minutes here: bit.ly/1gpY4uT

Wild West Weekend, NICE and Go East applications are all still open, contact us for more

information.

blog link:http://europeanjb.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/30082013/

EJB Team Mid Way Meeting

From November 14—18 the EJB Team are go-

ing to be having our Mid Way Meeting. We will

use this time to discuss any important matters

that have arisen over the past 6 months, and we

will be planning for the future 6 months.

Agenda items will include: Evaluation of our

year plan, EJBM planning, Project planning,

and a lot of Skype meetings.

If you want to be involved you can follow our

Live minutes here: EJB Team Mid Way Meet-

ing live Minutes

The EJB Team skyping with the IJRs!

European Junior Branch Meeting is here!

Yes, that’s right! EJBM 2014 is here! EJBM’14

will be hosted by JB Greece in Athens, and it

will take place from 16-21st April. Places are

limited for each country in the first round, so if

you want to make sure you are in Greece you

should email your NJR right now!

You can join the facebook group here: https://

www.facebook.com/pages/EJBM-2014-

Greece/146706015507036?fref=ts This is

where all our updates will be posted so you can

keep upto date! Applications for the first round

close on 31/12/13 so make sure you apply

through your NJR before then!

JB Personnel changes

Looks like November is the month of most of the changes in your

JBs! Remember to notify us about your elections. Also if your

chapter elected new LJR(s), hit us with an email, since we are trying

to keep our local contacts list as up-to-date as possible. Thanks!

Med Nights!

I arrived as last to the campsite in Koprivnica, Croatia. A bit nervous on what to expect there, if everyone got here and how will the first mediterranean neighbourhood

workshop go, I entered the activity room. And then I saw some old friends faces and some new smiling. It reassured me that the next few days full with activities and

bonding will turn out great. I put aside different expectations floating in my head and let it flow. We explored different points where diversity meets human rights, starting

with gender stereotypes in our languages and finishing on a great session with a guest speaker that showed us what are the best manners when you interact with people

with different types of disability. In the meantime we worked on what JB means to us personally and where do we want to see each other, why do we have neighbour-

hoods and trying to find out Med identity. We also had time to start working on projects and have a skills&knowledge market. All that in a diverse environment, with 41

participants from 11 countries in atmosphere of bonding, laughs and jokes around. Last night also didn’t disappoint me: Pirates of Mediterranean are ready to explore

new oceans and grow stronger as a neighbourhood! Big thanks, gracias, hvala and dziękuję goes to home staff, content staff, IJRs and especially the participants for mak-

ing this workshop so unique. We know now that there is another valuable workshop to attend during the year with its special flavour. See you at Med Nights in 2014!

The group photo from Med Nights!

New NJRs

Within the month of October we have said ‘goodbye’ to some amazing people we have

worked with for the past two years, but we do say ‘hello’ to some new faces to join the

amazing work of EJB.

Thanks to Noemi Iaia and Silvia and welcome Giulia La Cava and Silvia Erba (ITA)

Thanks to Marie Schratzer and welcome Lukas Heizinger (AUT)

Thanks to Natalia Blicharska welcome Paulina Jakubowska (POL)

Thanks to Malak Makar, welcome Ali Sarwat (EGY)

Thanks to My Starbrink welcome Andreas Nord (SWE)

Thanks to Emilie Hellesøe, welcome Frederikke Blemings (DEN)

Spain - Thanks to Nicolas Cardenal and welcome to Julia Muniz (ESP)

Thanks to Wouter Segers and welcome Emi Bels (BEL)

Thanks to Roxanne Grisard and welcome to Juliette Dupuis (FRA)

Thanks to Marina de Raemy and welcome to Ramona Habib and Rachel Levivier (SUI)

Welcome to Alicia Iguertsira, who is joining Mido Djeddia and Hakim Cherifi for the next

year (ALG)

Thanks to Petra Komel and welcome to Hana Klaut (SLO)

Welcome to Ana Ozmec (CRO)

Welcome to Gordan Jordanov (FYR)

Welcome to Patrik Lamberg and Matias Jaako (FIN)

If you have any news you would like to share with us, or if you

have any questions please do not hesitate to email us at:

ejbteam@ijb.cisv.org

Past months in EJB

Do you want to see what European Junior

Branch has been working on for the year 2012-

13. Then you can find all of our Previous

months in EJB on our blog! http://

europeanjb.wordpress.com/ejb-teams-work/

All the participants from Iberico!

Iberico

‘’Ibérico was my first and, I'm sure, not last CISV experience like that. I

didn't really know what to expect so I decided to completely get rid of any

expectations. It was the best idea. I trusted the combination of the Spanish

and Portuguese spirit and it was worth it. Each day was different. Through

those 5 days, I've learned many new things about CISV itself and just about

myself. I've met many new CISV people that literally became my good friends

and I can say it again, CISV didn't disappoint me. Well, it never does.’’

- Iza Jablonowska (Poland), at Ibérico 2013 in Barcelona

NaJuWo

It was early December and in Hamburg that only meant one thing, it was time for

NaJuWo! But in Hamburg the days were cold and there was storm brewing,

planes were grounded, trains were delayed and German efficiency was nowhere to

be seen. Even with this disruption it didn’t stop the determined NaJuWo partici-

pants from arriving, though with a few people a little behind schedule, that’s 84

participants from 19 chapters from 9 countries!

The anticlimactic storm (a bit of wind and rain) had passed, everyone had arrived

and NaJuWo was in full swing with some brilliant activities based on the theme of

Heimat (there is no English translation, but it means home, but not just birthplace.

The word Heimat contains more dimensions; It is also about identity, self-

perception and acceptance; society, language and culture. So a bit like ‘home is

where the heart is’). We got to know each other through our own personal

Heimats, and also touched upon the topic of asylum and if your Heimat can

change, through discussions and an activity based in a fantasy world, where you

collide with new cultures and overcome challenges that change your environment

and culture, we questioned if it can also change your Heimat. We also had an in-

troduction and a first look at some of the projects going on in CISV for next year’s

theme, as well as many other great activities.

There was a fairy tale ending to the weekend, well… there was a fairy tale themed

party, but that’s close enough. This was a great way to end and amazing NaJuWo

that included; great sessions, great fun and great food with a lot of tzatziki and 84

wonderful participants. Thank you to the staff and everyone involved and hopeful-

ly we will see as many people as possible at the always brilliant NaJuWo in 2014.