roverway – facts event offered by wagggs and wosm europe for young people age 16-22. hosted by the...
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Roverway – facts
• Event offered by WAGGGS and WOSM Europe for young people age 16-22.
• Hosted by the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association
• We are following the great success of Roverway in Portugal 2003 and Italy 2006
www.roverway.is
Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
President of Iceland is a patron of Roverway 2009
Roverway is an opportunity to:• Experience true international event• Meet others• Accept a challenge• Do your duty • Intake and experience Iceland’s unique
nature• Establish new friendships• Try something new
Educational Goals• Develop their understanding and experience of belonging to a world
wide movement of Scouts and Guides in a European Context
• Be challenged by new perspectives of culture, origin, ideas, behavior and experience
• Experience the influence and power of nature and the environment on everyday life
• Be challenged to think about their lifestyle and its impact on the environment and on their individual health.
• Think about their place as a European citizen and the rights and responsibilities that go with it.
Roverway – Who
• Participants: Rovers, Scouts and Guides, Ventures, Explorers, and young people between 16 and 22 years old (born 1987 to 1993).
• IST: 23 years and older (1986 and older).
www.roverway.is
Symbolic framework
Open Up!• Open up your mind
• Open up your heart
• Open up to challenges
• Open up to culture
• Open up to creativity
• Open up to environment
The programme
• Phase 1 Getting to know each other via internet
• Phase 2 The Journey traveling around in Iceland
• Phase 3 AlthingiProgramme at Lake Ulfljotsvatn
• Phase 4 Follow up…via internet
Teams and Tribes
• Participants register in teams of 5-15 people
• The teams choose a Journey from our list
• Teams from different countries form a tribe of 50 participants including Leaders.
• The tribe takes a Journey together and camp together at Althingi
Timeframe
• 20.July at 10am Opening ceremony in Reykjavik first meal at 12am
• 20.July the Journey starts right after the Opening ceremony
• 24.July tribes arrive to Althingi • 28.July Closing ceremony at 10am last
meal at 12am– After lunch - Everyone cleaning up, packing
and heading home
Timeframe - Before and after
• From 17.July we provide accommodation at low cost and assist you with planning sightseeing tours in Reykjavik area.
• After Roverway you can stay free of charge at Lake Ulfljotsvatn till 31.July
• We can also provide accommodation at low cost in Reykjavik area till 31.July and help you plan sightseeing tours in Reykjavik area
The Journey
• All around Iceland, north, east, south, west,
• Cycling, rafting, flying, hiking, skiing, crawling ...
• Skaftafell, Thorsmork, Reykjavik, Akureyri, Isafjordur…
The Journey may for example feature river rafting, hiking, glacier
tours, fishing, horseback riding and boat tours.
Úlfljótsvatn Scout Centre
Althingi
Althingi programme
• Walk in activities• Round table • Sailing, hiking• Craft work• Share culture• Carnival • Make new friends, but
keep the old…• Good ideas and
programs accepted
IST members 23 years and older
• IST will start to work at Lake Ulfljotsvatn during the Journey period (Ground staff)
• Some of the IST members will be signed to a Journey (Journey staff)
• IST starts working when Roverway starts and stays 2 days after Roverway ends
IST programme will be organized for all staff both duty and fun!
Much of Iceland is still taking shape before your very eyes — raw, dramatic
landscapes born from volcanic eruptions and carved out by glaciers.
ROVERWAY 20.-28. JULY 2009
www.roverway.is
The weather…
Be prepared!
You can expect all kinds
of weather in Iceland
Equipment
• You will need warm clothes, waterproofs and good boots
• Each team need to bring (or hire) a sleeping tent
• Each person to bring their own sleeping bag and sleeping mattress
The food…
• First meal will be packed lunch 20.July
• The tribes will be cooking together during Roverway.
• Information about special needs i.e. Food allergy has to be notified before arrival
• Last meal offered will be lunch 28.July
Registration
• Open from October 2008
• Closes 1.February 2009
• After 1.February 2009 – higher fee
• Onlinewww.roverway.is
Roverway – fee
• How much?– EUR 449,--
• (First level)
– EUR 339.--• (Intermediate)
– EUR 295,--• (Last level)
IST fee– EUR 280.--
Jambassadors
• From all associations
• Official representative of Roverway 2009
• Introduce and promote Roverway 2009
• Encourage individuals to form a team and participate in RW09
• Promote RW09 in associations magazine and internet sites
• Distribute promotional material