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OPEN WINDOWS Zagarolo/Rome, Italy 1-8 November 2014

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY

Key Action 1: Mobility of learners and staff

Project “OPEN WINDOWS”/ 2014-1-IT03-KA105-000175

1st – 8th NOVEMBER 2014, Zagarolo (Rome)/ITALY

(1 November arrival and 8 November departure)

ORGANISERS:

Association Incredere is a volunteering association established in 2011 during the European Year of

Volunteering. It has as main aim to foster the integration of the immigrant communities in Italy. The members

of the association are all volunteers with an immigrant background.

The association has the following objectives :

• To promote social, economic, and employment integration of foreigners in Italy;

• To promote cooperation and social well-being of foreigners and foreign communities in Italy;

• To facilitate mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity, cultural exchanges between Italian citizens and

foreign nationals;

• To raise awareness among foreign communities in Italy and the Italian population on issues of interest, such

as the access to employment and vocational training, local sustainable development, interculturalism, access

to social and health care services, etc;

• To promote cooperation and solidarity for the social, cultural and local sustainable development.

For more information about our activities please visit our web page: http://incredere.weebly.com/

Or you can follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredere/389619607780443

PROJECT SUMMARY (We kindly ask all partners to publish this info in your organization web page/

Facebook etc. and send us the link after you published it. Also, we will very much appreciate your support to

publish project info in your local/regional/national media - please send us the link or a copy of the newspaper

The project “Open windows”, will take place in Zagarolo (Rome), Italy from 1 to 8 November 2014 and will

be hosted by the Volunteering Association INCREDERE with 8 partner organizations from Portugal, Spain,

Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The Project is implemented with financial support

from the European Commission through the ERASMUS + Program. During the project the participants

representing volunteers, trainers and youth workers, being a mixed group of youth and youth with fewer

opportunities, will meet to learn and share their knowledge about intercultural communication, how to use IT

in social work, how to build partnerships, develop leadership skills and new projects.

The project objectives:

1. Develop the ability of youth workers to turn ideas into projects by acquiring a deeper understanding of (the

backgrounds of) the project life cycle

2. Share best practices and promote the cooperation in the youth field, through developing common projects,

actions and initiatives

3. Develop skills and competence of youth workers in the field of intercultural communication

4. Share and introduce new approaches in youth work

5. Promote quality and innovation in the area of youth work

OPEN WINDOWS’ AGENDA

1.11.2014 2.11.2014 3.11.2014 4.11.2014 5.11.2014 6.11.2014 7.11.2014 8.11.2014

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8

8:00-9:30

Arrival and registration of participants

Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

9:30-11:00

Getting started, hopes /fears

/contributions

Intercultural communication

Leadership skills

Visits

Partnerships Ideas Hub Evaluation, Award of youth

passes 11:00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

Departure of

participants

11:30-13:00

Project objectives and presentation of

agenda

Intercultural communication

Leadership skills

Partnerships Ideas Hub

13:00-15:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

15:00-16:30

Orientation of participants

Team exercise Use of IT technologies in

social work

Digital/IT skills Building Partnerships

Erasmus plus program & follow up

16:30-17:00 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

17:00-18:00

Team exercise Use of IT technologies in

social work

Digital/IT skills Building Partnerships

Erasmus plus program & follow up

18:30-19:00

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass

Reflection space Focus on Youth

pass 19:00-20:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner

20:00

Welcome Multicultural evening

Multicultural evening

Multicultural evening

Free evening Multicultural evening

Farewell evening

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE:

- Resident of the partner country (volunteers, youth workers, youngsters etc)

- Speaking, writing and understanding English

- Interested in the topic of the project

- Capable and willing to develop new projects

- Able to attend the full duration of the training course (1-8 November 2014)

Country Nr. of participants

Greece 3

Croatia 3

Bulgaria 4

Portugal 3

Spain 3

Romania 3

Slovakia 3

Turkey 4

COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT

The Project is implemented with financial support from the European Commission and the

ERASMUS + Program.

Accommodation, food, as well as activities costs will be covered from the project budget.

Travel expenses will be covered after collecting all travel documents, and with the condition that the

participants use the cheapest ways of transportation and have submitted original invoices of

plane/bus/train tickets. Private cars, Taxi and first class tickets will not be reimbursed.

Reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and

receipt/invoice. Please note if you bought your ticket in your local currency, we will calculate your

travel costs according to the exchange rates of the official European Commission web-site :

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/index.cfm?Language=en

Please make copies of your tickets and invoices before you will come to our Project. E-mail

those copies to us at incredere2011@yahoo.it as soon as you buy them.

After we received all the tickets and original boarding passes we will make the reimbursement.

TRAVEL COST

The travel costs were calculated according with the new EU rule. Here is the link to the distance

calculator we used: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm.The

reimbursement will be made according with the maximum amount mentioned below and not more.

Country Distance in kilometers € per participant

Croatia 500-1999 km 275

Spain 500-1999 km 275

Romania 500-1999 km 275

Slovakia 500-1999 km 275

Greece 500-1999 km 275

Portugal 500-1999 km 275

Bulgaria 500-1999 km 275

Turkey 500-1999 km 275

ARRIVAL & VENUE :

Our project will take place in Zagarolo which is a small town in mountains at cca 30 min away from

Rome.

Venue: Wiki Hostel Zagarolo, Address: Colle delle Casette, 34, 00039 Zagarolo/Roma, Italia

The rooms are for 4, 5 & 6 persons.

The closest airport is in Rome. There are two airports in Rome: Fiumicino and Ciampino both are well

connected with Rome city center.

For more info about the venue as well as on how you to rich the place check here:

http://wikihostel.it/home/

DEADLINES

Please send us by mail (at incredere2011@yahoo.it ) :

- Filled in applications by August 20th

- Copies of your tickets by 31th August 2014

HEALTH AND TRAVEL INSURANCE

Health insurance is not provided and will not be reimbursed by the organizers. All participants are

strongly advised to purchase private travel insurance.

PREPARATION

For the workshops:

- For IT workshops please bring with you lap tops and cameras ( one per country should be ok)

- For the partnerships workshop please prepare a presentation about your organization, work

sphere, field of activities etc. In case you plan new project applications this will be a perfect

place for you to look for partners

- For intercultural activity – each participant should bring a product from your country that means

something for you or represent you in some way (For example, for Italy I can bring pasta that

means Italy for me) Or it can be a spice or something that represent you and your country,

culture, history etc.

Multicultural nights – presentation of the countries. Please prepare for this night and bring any items

from your country with you (traditional music, food, drinks and other stuff representing your country

and culture).

CONTACT INFO

If you need any help, have questions or need any further information please contact us:

e-mail: incredere2011@yahoo.it

cel.: 00393207112269

Looking forward to welcome you in Italy

OPEN WINDOWS TEAM