BACK TO REALITY

Youth Exchange

INFO-PACK

INTRODUCTION

Dear participants,

we present to you the info-pack for upcoming youth exchange in Czech republic, which should help you

clarify what will be the event about. Please read the information carefully so you don't catch yourself

during the project asking yourself – What I'm doing here? In the following pages you will find

information about the main activities, venue and also this document can help you how to prepare to

this youth exchange.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Back to Reality is a youth exchnge developed by group of youngsters on the topic of promoting active

citizenship among youngsters in Europe for participants from 18 to 25 years old who want to learn

more about active citizenship, opportunities which are offered to them by European Union and who

want to gain basics of video making (script writing, video shooting, post-production etc.). In our opinion

youngsters nowadays tend to be lax about their lifestyle and things happening around them. We'd like

to change that by using creativity of participants to create short awareness raising spots, which will be

the key task for the participants. The aim of this project is to raise active citizenship (healthy lifestyle,

etc.) among youngsters in Europe (as well as among participants) throughout awareness raising spots.

In the first part of this project participants will discuss bad habits of todays youngsters, ways how to

make active citizenship atractive for todays youngsters and will also get to know the possibilities

which European Union is offering to them, so that they can promote these possibilities in their videos

as well.

Second part of this project will be mainly focused on workshops on video making, to gain the needed

knowledge to project their main ideas into the final product. After these workshops and after

agreeing which sub-topics are most relevant to our main topic (participants will discuss about

different kind of sub-topics in the first part of this project, such as bad habits of youngsters, drug

usage among youngsters, promoting healthy lifestyle, promoting active citizenship, alcohol abuse,

opportunities offered by EU, etc.), participants will be devided into 5 different international teams

and each team will pick one sub-topic, for which they will create short movie.

After all movies are done, we will upload them on the internet and discuss with participants

possibilities how to make their awareness spots visible, how to promote them and how to get as

many youngsters as possible to see their short spots (such us guerilla marketing, trying to make these

videos go viral through social medias, etc.), so that these videos find their way to european

youngsters and so that the messages participants want to share with others reach as many people as

possible.

During this project we'll use different kinds of Non Formal methods of learning. Participants will have

the chance to present their personal views on the topic and share with everyone how they think this

topic is affecting youngsters in their country or hometown. All this will be made through different

kind of activities, such as discussion, simulation or role-play. Each day will be based on active work of

participants, who will create the programme together with the help of their national leaders. The

official language of the project is English.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF PROJECT

This project is financed by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme. Food,

accommodation and training are fully covered. The travel costs are reimbursed up to limits.

These limits are described in the table below. The project will cover only expenses during the

project days (2. 7. – 13. 7. 2015). Health insurance is not provided. We strongly advised to have

a travel insurance.

Please note that to be able to reimburse your travel costs we need all your original travel

documents (tickets, boarding passes, invoices…)!!!

The reimbursement can be done both:

1) In cash during the project – however only for already received originals of travel documents and

with announcement done at least one week before the project – will be controlled!

2) Via bank transfer after project

NOTE: PLEASE INFORM US BEFORE BUYING TICKETS ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL DETAILS!

Country Distance (km) Maximum amount of money

(EUR)

Slovakia 500 – 1999 80

Italy 500 – 1999 170

Turkey 2000 – 2999 270

Lithuania 500 – 1999 170

Romania 500 – 1999 170

Czech 100 – 499 80

Only the group leader (1 person from each national group) will be arranging on behalf of all other

participants their reimbursement and all the communication and administration around it.

Please use Excel chart available on Google drive of the project to provide us detailed information about every single ticket, which you want to reimburse.

For any queries concerning the travel costs, reimbursement and other financial issues do not

hesitate to contact us (e-mail address: BTRproject2015@gmail.com)

Reimbursement will be done after receiving the original tickets and invoices.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Transport: The project will take place in Malá Morávka pod Pradědem. Please consult the way of

your travel with your national leader and try to come together. We propose to fly to Brno, Prague,

Krakow, Katowice or Wroclav airports.

As you probably already realized, the project will take place in a mountain region. In that case, you

should arrival to Ostrava and we will pick you up there. If you will have problems to get to the

Jeseníky area, let us know in advance and we will try to find the solution with transportation .

Your arrival to the place should not be later than on 2.7.2015 at 18:00! However if your travel

options for this day are too expensive or you’d like to spent some time in Czech republic, you can

come one or two days earlier. We’ll help you to find cheap and nice accommodation.

Your departure should not be earlier than on 13.7.2015 at 10:00 from the venue! However if the

same issues as mentioned above will appear, you can leave one or two days later. We’ll help you

to find cheap and nice accommodation in the centre and also provide the city tour.

Meeting point: Ostrava

Number of participants: 5 (18 – 25 years old) + 1 group leader (no age limit)

Different currency: Change rate: 1 Euro – 27, 85 CZK (please pay attention where you change your

money – some of these services have commissions or bad rates – ask before you change)

Application form: please fill our application form to provide your contact information, special needs

etc.: http://goo.gl/forms/33HBS0YDDl

What you should bring with you?

• Travel insurance and ID/passport!!!

• Warm clothes - please keep in mind that the weather in Czech Republic is still changing

+ we will stay in mountain area, so the nights might be cold

• If it’s possible bring your camera to be able to work on your final output

• Pocket money – we’ll go for a trip (so if you want buy postcards or taste great Czech

beer, take a pocket money with you)

• We will have international evenings where every country will present their traditions,

food etc. Bring some food and drinks typical for your country or region. Or anything

else to represent your roots, just release your creativity. You can discuss this with your

national team leader.

• Little presents - please bring two mini-presents for another participants (needed for

one of the activity) the value of the presents should be not higher than 3 Euros – just

something small/funny/original/handmade…

• Very old t-shirt you will not need anymore, for one special activity

• Ideas and good mood - If you know some games, energizers or activities you'd like to

share with the others, this will be the right time!

• Regarding to the topic, be ready to discuss about active citizenship and mainly to

represent your community, city or country with the basic knowledge of the current

opportunities for youngsters within them.

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT

The Jeseníky mountains with the foothills are a mountain paradise with a lot of natural, historical and

technical treasures. In summer, you can find hundreds of well-marked trails for both hiking and

biking. In addition to the renowned winter sports centres, also spas, sights and cultural events are the

reasons why to visit the Jeseniky even in winter.

Venue, where the project will be held is in Educational and recreational centre Mendel University,

that offers accommodation in the picturesque valley of the highest Moravian mountains - Jeseníky.

Located in the largest recreational, tourist and ski resort in Moravia, which is part of the village of

Malá Morávka pod Pradědem. The guesthouse is located close to the forest. The location is ideal for

both summer and winter recreation, the first lift is located 200 m from the cottage.

http://rekreace.mendelu.cz/24951-karlov

CONTACTS:

ORGANIZATIONAL TEAM: BTRproject2015@gmail.com

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