Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme

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Day 1
AM
Arrivals of participants in Banja Luka and registration in hostel - until 2PM 5/15/2014 5/15/2014 1.0
PM Lunch
Ice breaking games
Stimulation of cooperation and participation will be carried out at the beginning of
TC through the following ice-breaking games: "My Name Is?", "Sit Down If...", "Tall
Stories", "Around the World" and "One Minute Please". Every single mentioned
game should allow the participants to present themselves briefly and to integrate in
the group environment.
5/15/2014 5/15/2014 1.0
Presentation of TC's Schedule
Participants will be introduced with the main aspects and goals of the project,
activities they should perform and work methodology in order for them to
understand the focal points of BOOM and to prepare themselves for the
upcomming tasks. Printed version of the timetable will be provided for the entire TC
group thus the project's activities can be realised right on time.
Team building activities
In addition to the icebreakers, team building games will be included as a stronger
and more interactive stimulator of the group's spirit and bonding, whose usage
shall break social barriers and secure the positive atmosphere in the TC's working
area, as well as in the Free Time zone.
Dinner
Intercultural evening "One Europe.No Borders."
Intercultural evening is ought to be the final and the liveliest point of the TC's first
day as it will allow the participants to present the historical and contemporary
values of their countires through national symbols, customs and traditional goods.
Whichever method of presenting goods and values participants find the most
appropriate, the outcome of the evening will result in improving the intercultural
knowledge and breakage of stereotypes and international barriers. Therefore, the
evening will be designed and managed by the participants themselves, but
coordinated by the trainers. Apart from the TC group, coordinator will invite his or
her partners and supporting local organizations and institutions as guests of the
evening in order to furtherly promote the project and make it more visible to the
local community.
Day 2
AM
Breakfast
Opening plenary
The host will welcome all the participants by giving them a brief audio-visual
presentation of its organization and an introduction into the world of "Youth in
Action" vision. After the official introduction moment, opening plenary shall be
continued in an informal manner with the participants being involved in a reflection
discussion, which will be applied often throughout the entire TC and whose roll will
be to create a comfort zone for free expressing and summing up of the impressions
and thoughts of the previous day.
5/16/2014 5/16/2014 1.0
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Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme
Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
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start date
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end date
AM-PM Panel discussions
Panel discussion is designed to set a firm base for the performance of participants'
activities and to provide them with a closer insight of the project's topics.
Participants will get an opportunity to hear professional lecturers, holding
knowledge and experience in the work of resolving issues of the affected social
categories, which should enable them to understand the existing problems
concerning the social-economical issues of the young with fewer opportunities.
First two panel disucssions will revolve around two project's topics: national
minorites and children of fallen and disabled veterns. Lecturers will not only share
their personal experience and the general view towards the topic, but include the
participants, as well, through opening a vivid disucssion and allowing questions
and remarks.
PM
Lunch
Panel discussions
Above mentioned idea and plan of the panel disucssion will be applied to this set,
as well. However, the difference lies in the topics as these two will be aimed toward
discussing the issues and status of children with no parents and children with
special needs. Once again, the audience will get the chance to hear and react to
the exposed knowledge, which will be of crucical value for the rest of TC's work,
based on the same principle of hearing and reacting, of gathering knowledge and
using the power of it to make a change.
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banjaluka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banjaluka.They will be
guided and followed by the organizer team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the city
in all its beauty.
Day 3
AM
Breakfast
Opening plenary "Starting Off With the Blog and Social Network Profiles"
As blog and social network profiles are the means for insuring project's visibility ,
this plenary shall be used as an interactive group session aimed toward designing
the image of these highly influential networking materials. Once the blog and
profiles are officially started and first posts are published, plenary will be closed and
participants will enter the TC's reacting part.
5/17/2014 5/17/2014 1.0
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Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme
Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
Activity
start date
Activity
end date
AM-PM Session "The Situation Back Home - Problems & Solutions Comparison"
Coming from various national, historical and cultural backrgrounds, participants
will share their personal views and the experience along with the current situation
and resolution of the issues, concerning the project's topics, in their own countries.
Therefore, each and every TC member will be enriched with a deeper
understanding, a solid knowledge and different visions and solutions of the global
problems, that will make them capable to be an active part of the change not only
within the project itself, but in their own communities, as well. At this session, two
countries' delegates will present and discuss the topics in a manner they find the
most suitable for portraying the image of the issue of concern in their environment.
PM
Team building activities
Through a new set of games of exercises, participants will once again be reminded
of the value of group coopearation and unity in resolving certain problems. By
getting to know each other better in fullfilling these activities, their TC tasks and
experiences will be highly improved.
Lunch
Session "The Situation Back Home - Problems & Solutions Comparison"
At this session, another two countries' delegates will present their national situation
and plans for resolving the issues of concern along with their personal vision and
view of the problems.
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banja Luka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banja Luka.They will be
guided and followed by the organizer's team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the
town in all its beauty.
Day 4
AM
Breakfast
AM-PM Session "The Situation Back Home - Problems & Solutions Comparison"
At this session, two countries' delegates will present their national situation and
plans for resolving the issues of concern along with their personal vision and view
of the problems.
5/18/2014 5/18/2014 1.0
PM
Dividing participants into groups, preperations for the following TC's activities
Participants will be divided into three groups in accordance to the project's topics,
as a way of ensuring quality coverage of the issues and efficient team work. Group
A will focus on issues of national minorities, group B on children of fallen and
disabled veterans and group C on children with special needs and children with no
parents. Every group will be instructed by the trainers and provided for with all the
neccessary information and materials by the organizers. Considering that the field
research is set as the focal point of the particapants' activites, groups will be
appointed to certain institutions, organizations and national bodies where they will
discover and gather needed knowledge.
Lunch
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Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme
Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
Activity
start date
Activity
end date
Session "The Situation Back Home - Problems & Solutions Comparison"
The final session of countries' presentation will include one group of delegates and
the principle will be equal to the above mentioned.
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banja Luka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banja Luka.They will be
guided and followed by the organizer's team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the
town in all its beauty.
Day 5
AM
Breakfast
AM-PM Field research
From this point on, participants, divided into three groups, will start with their field
research. Visiting and getting to know the work of institutions and organizations
who deal with the issues and solutions of the affected categories, and through the
direct contacts and interviews with young people with fewer opportunities,
participants will get a wider image of the project's themes as well as expand
knowledges gained during the panel discussions. On the first day of active work,
particpiants will visit national minorities association (group A) agencies for rights of
fallen (group B) and disabled veterans and orphanage (gruop C).
5/19/2014 5/19/2014 1.0
PM
Lunch
Open workshop "Writing CV"
Participants will not only gain knowledge and improve their leadership qualitites,
but also get a chance of being a lecturer to young people with fewer opportunities
and transfer knowlegde and skills crucial for improving their socioeconomic
position and employment perspectives. First in the set of workshops, directly
managed by the participants, will be the most basic one - writing a modern high-
quality CV for various employment possibilities.
Open workshop "Business Etiquette"
Next in line of interactive workshops is one providing youth affected categories
with basic knowledge of necessary business etiquette skills that should help them
create a more professional image for themselves and handle correctly delicate
business situations in order to be more successful in the business market.
Group workshop "The Stories of the Day"
As a summary, at the end of each day of field researches and open workshops, the
last workshop will be devoted to participants and their personal impressions. This
workshop will start with reflection discussions, giving participants the space and
time to share their thoughts on what they have seen, heard, experienced and
learned during the day, while their comments will also serve as guidelines for the
trainers in coordinating the following activities. After the oral part of the workshop,
participants will turn their own impressions and conclusions into multimedia
materials, publishing posts on TC blog and social network profiles, adding also the
materials and stories collected from the young people with fewer opportunities
during the forementioned daily activities.
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Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme
Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
Activity
start date
Activity
end date
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banja Luka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banja Luka. They will be
guided and followed by the organizer's team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the
town in all its beauty.
Day 6
AM
Breakfast
AM-PM Field research
On the second day, in the same pace, participants will continue researching and
gathering material concerning the position and possible solution of the affected
categories by visiting religious objects (group A), fallen and disabled veterans
NGOs (group B) and center for children with special needs (group C).
5/20/2014 5/20/2014 1.0
PM
Lunch
Open workshop "Public Speaking and Body Language Skills"
This workshop is intended to develop skills of articulating thoughts and delivering
the message through adequate speaking oratory and body language. Workshop
attendants will discover useful little secrets of high-level eloquence, a very
important element for making the first steps in the business world.
Open workshop "Road to Activism"
Youth leaders and activists, the participants of this TC, will discuss all opportunities
and benefits of being a young engaged individual. They will present a wide range of
possibilities of activism and volunteerism on European level as well as existing
youth mobility programmes adding their own stories and experiences thus
motivating young people with fewer opportunities to become an active part of
changing their position in social reality.
Group workshop "The Stories of the Day"
A new day of field researches and open workshops will end in another set of
reflection discussions and publishing of multimedia materials, nurturing the idea of
constant internal sharing and public awareness raising.
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banjaluka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banjaluka.They will be
guided and followed by the organizer's team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the
town in all its beauty.
Day 7
AM
Breakfast
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Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
Activity
start date
Activity
end date
AM-PM Field research
The last day of research will end in group visits to natioanl minorities Cultural
Artistic Societies (group A), organizations of tallen and disabled veterans (group B),
center for children found on the street (group C).
5/21/2014 5/21/2014 1.0
PM
Lunch
Open workshop "Creative Entrepreneurship"
The final and most inovative workshop of the TC will be based on developing
creative entreprenuership among the attendants. Through a simulation of project
designing and planning, business negotiation and event menagement they willl
discover their personal business potential and creative side of business world. This
workshop will complete theoretical and practical ensamble of this non-formal
education programme which will serve as a base for empowering and encouraging
young people to lead the change of their faith.
Group workshop "The Stories of the Day"
After ending the process of educating both themselves and the young people with
fewer opportunities, the participants will have the opportunity to once again share
their thoughts on the knowledge and experience aquired during the daily activities.
They will also publish new materials on TC blog and share them via TC social
network profiles, thus tranfering their own messages and messages of the affected
groups to the public.
Dinner
Free time
Participants will get a chance to explore the colorful content of Banja Luka's social
life and to feel on their own skin the town's atmosphere and the spirit of the locals.
By tasting the traditional meals in the comfort of national restaurants, watching
acclaimed performances on the national theatre's scene and dancing to the rhytm
of local folklor, participants will sense the true nature of Banja Luka.They will be
guided and followed by the organizer's team that will make an effort in directing free
time activities in agreement with the guests and presenting the hospitality of the
town in all its beauty.
Day 8
AM
Breakfast
AM-PM Preparations for the final public event
Participants, along with their group trainers, will prepare the materials and
speeches for the final TC's public event and to discuss the ways of presenting their
entire TC experience and the infromation gathered throughout it.
5/22/2014 5/22/2014 1.0
Sightseeing - discovering Banja Luka
Participants will explore the historical and culturalal values and treasures and the
national heritage of the town seen in the life of museums and monuments. Guided
by the organizer's hospitality team, guests will be secured and comfortable in
discovering Banja Luka's traditional artistic wealth.
Lunch
Preparations for the final public event
Participants, along with their group trainers, will get to prepare the materials and
speeches for the final TC's public event and to discuss the ways of presenting their
entire TC experience and the infromation gathered throughout it.
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Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
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Activity
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Public event
he final TC's event, open for public and media, will be the crown of the
participants' activities and presentation of the project's accomplishments. The
event is designed as a combination of an exhibition and an interactive presentation.
Participants will be presenting the audio-visual material collected in their research,
but the event will also feature speeches from the participants themselves, the
attendants of the open workshops and representatives of the institutions and
organizations who are dealing with the project's issues. This high-profile end of
project's activities will be essential for raising public awareness for the issues TC
focused on, as well as for the begining of the dissemination of project's results.
Dinner
Day 9
AM
Breakfast
Group workshop "The Stories of the Final Day"
The last workshop of this kind will be, just like all the previous, divided in two
phases. The first one will be a set of reflection discussions revolving around the
project's final event, where the participants will a chance of stating thei views on
the event's preparation, realization and effects. After closing of this phase, the
participants will publish the last pieces of multimedia materials, articulating their
final messages.
5/23/2014 5/23/2014 1.0
Debriefing and future plans
During this session, participants will get an opportunity to express their opinions
about the whole TC learning process, all the experience and knowledge they
gained. There will be another set of discussions on creating a base for further
cooperation among the partners, expansion of the project's lifecycle, multiplying
effects and dissemination. This is one of the most vital parts of the TC, because it
will provide a better base for future projects under the new framework of the Youth
in Action Programme and outside of it. Youthpass Certificates will be handed out to
the participants.
Team Building activities
The final set of team building games and activities is planned for the last day, as a
deserved entertaining element after the days of busy schedule. The goal is also to
deepen the bonding before participants' departure, thus ensuring the continuation
of their cooperation and communication after the formal end of this Training
Course.
PM
Final evaluation
The final evaluation will be realized in a separate session using the round table
form and a different dynamic. Participants will get a chance to speak freely, give
their comments or remarks on the practical and fundamental part of the TC, such
as accommodation, group/field work, equipment, themes, expectations, results,
planned activities, intercultural dimension, both human and technical competences
and follow up.
Sightseeing - discovering Banja Luka
Participants will explore the historical and cultural values and treasures and the
national heritage of the town seen in the life of museums and monuments. Guided
by the organizer's hospitality team, guests will be secured and comfortable in
discovering Banja Luka's traditional artistic wealth.
Dinner
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Y31_Training + Networking (1-7) - Activity programme
Venue Country Town
(excluding
travel days)
(ISO code
country)
BA
(dd/mm/yyyy) (dd/mm/yyyy) (days) (days)
n # Description of foreseen activities Working method
Type of Training and Networking project with Neighbouring Partner Countries (Activities 1-7)
Activity
duration Travel
duration
Activity
start date
Activity
end date
Farewell party
Participants will have a chance to say goodbye to each other and spend some
more time together during a small celebration of successful ending of the project.
Day 10
Departure of the participants 5/24/2014 5/24/2014 1.0
TOTAL 9.0 2.0
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