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Intercultural Communication in Youth Work June 11-18
Intercultural Communication in Youth Work June 11-18
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Intercultural Communication in Youth Work
June 11-18
This document contains some practical
information about the training course and your arrival.
Please, remember to keep all
boarding passes, tickets and receipts, as we will need them for financial purposes.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
THE COURSE:
This training course, designed for youth workers
from different European youth organizations, focuses on communication skills in
inter-cultural environments. The course is an educational journey through
styles and methods of communication with young people coming from different
ethnic, national and cultural backgrounds aiming at equipping participants with
competences in inter-cultural communication.
The programme of the course is based on non-formal
educational methodologies and composed of of a range of mixed working methods,
including team-building activities, creative workshops, power-point
presentations, discussions and simulation games.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES:
• To foster participants’ skills in facilitating intercultural communication
• To foster participants’ skills in facilitating intercultural communication
• To analyse intercultural communication
processes on various levels: from individual
to social
• To raise participants’ awareness on how
culture affects communication
• To improve the participants’ understanding
of the balance between culture and language skills and the role language plays
in ensuring effective communication
• To provide an insight into various aspects
of communication – verbal, non-verbal, language, culture, symbols and
contextualize of messages
• To promote the Youth in Action Programme
as a tool for intercultural learning
The course also aims
to foster partnerships between countries while explaining how participants can
continue activity with their new partners.
INTERCULTURAL EVENING
During the training,
one evening will be set aside as an intercultural evening where participants are encouraged to share their culture, beliefs and traditions.
Each country will be
allocated a space to give a presentation, show
pictures or videos of the area/country they live in. It would also be nice if you could share materials
about your project and the things you do.
There is also an
opportunity to share food and drink, so please bring with you some traditional
food and drinks which are typical of your area, for people to try,
it is also possible to share your music or material culture if possible.
BAKU
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Baku is
the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian
Sea and of the Caucasus region.
Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in
the world.
Baku
is also the largest city in the world located below sea level. It is located on
the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal parts: the down town area and the
old Inner City (21.5 ha).
At the beginning of 2009, Baku's urban population was estimated at just over two million people.
Officially,
about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in
Baku's metropolitan area.
YOUR ACCOMMODATION
You will stay in the International Student House in
Baku, the house is run by the Azerbaijan Students Union, the training room is
also located here. For pictures and information please visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/asustudenthouse/
There will be wifi
provided at the house but the signal strength changes due to the number of
users during training courses.
CURRENCY
The domestic currency is the AZN (Azerbaijani New
Manat), which is about 1.15 to the Euro. There are many ATM’s and
money-changers throughout the town, most will accept Visa and Master Card.
WEATHER
The weather in Baku is currently very warm but
expect this to rise as we move into June, weather will be hot but please
prepare some warm clothes just in case.
ELIGIBLE TRANSPORT
You are entitled for
the reimbursement of up to 70% of your travel
costs. However, in order to receive this, there are few rules you need to
follow:
- Travel must be economy/2nd
class for a plane, train or bus ticket. No taxi costs will be refunded
unless there is no public transport that covers your journey.
- You must travel
the most economic way available.
- You must present all
the travel documents and receipts.
- You must present a completed the
Reimbursement form.
Even though up to
70% travel costs can be reimbursed, the actual amount that participants can recover
from each of the different participating countries may vary. For more details please contact the person in charge in your organization.
Please note that you
can only claim 70% of the travel cost. If this exceeds our budgeted amount, you
will have to cover these costs yourself
MAXIMUM TRAVEL COSTS PER PERSON
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Country
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100% (max. budget)
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70% (max. reimbursement)
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Austria
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500 €
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350 €
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Greece
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500 €
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350 €
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Portugal
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700 €
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490 €
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Italy
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600 €
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420 €
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Georgia
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60 €
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42 €
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Moldova
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500 €
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350 €
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Ukraine
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450 €
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315 €
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Azerbaijan
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-
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-
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REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS
In order to claim
the reimbursement, you will need to provide all your tickets including boarding
cards so please try to get the online
tickets and boarding
passes, as without these we will not be able
to reimburse your travel costs on the spot (PLEASE PROVIDE TICKETS IN
ENGLISH). Before arriving, you need to send us the travel claim form, explaining your travel details.
If you can only provide one-way travel tickets for the
10th/11th you will
be asked to send all your complete travel expenses and receipts to us after the
course with the mentioned reimbursement.
Please also remember to add reference note:
Intercultural Comms so we can identify your claim.
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The scanned and
signed reimbursement form with the scanned receipt.
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The Excel version
of the form in Excel format
Please note this
process may take a while. You should receive your money within maximum 1 month of the reimbursement forms being delivered to our office. If possible, please try
to get all tickets and boarding passes in electronic format.
INSURANCE
Participants MUST arrange their own travel
insurance. If you are EU resident, you can use the free European Health
Insurance Card (EHIC). For more information, please check: ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=509&langId=en.
Please note that
citizens from outside the EU will not be eligible for EHIC and must take
private insurance which is not reimbursable by the project.
If possible, please
kindly provide us with the details of your insurance before you go.
DIETARY/SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS
Please inform us ASAP if you have any dietary
requirements or special dietary requests. If you have any allergies, please also
let us know and don’t forget to bring your own medicines.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We are on Facebook and Twitter and will update our activities on the
social media. We have set up a Facebook group at . There we can share all the
resources, links to interesting websites, stories and photos of the activities.
Intercultural Communication in Youth Work 2014
4Youth.Ukraine
Intercultural
Communication in Youth Work
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Hours
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Day 1
June 11
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Day 2
June 12
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Day 3
June 13
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Day 4
June 14
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Day 5
June 15
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Day 6
June 16
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Day 7
June 17
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Departure
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08:00 to 09:30
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Arrivals
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BREAKFAST
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10:00 to 12:00
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Official Opening
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Intercultural Learning
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Humour and Intercultural Communication
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Visiting
Multicultural Baku
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Youth in Real
Action:
Participant-led
workshops
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Erasmus+ Introduction
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Departures
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12:00 to 12:30
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12:30 to 14:00
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Getting to know each other
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Intercultural Learning
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Humour and Intercultural Communication
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Visiting
Multicultural Baku
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Youth in Real
Action:
Participant-led
workshops
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Developing Follow-Up projects
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14:00 to 15:30
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LUNCH
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15:30 to 17:00
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City Game
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Language and
verbal communication
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Youth Trainer Competences
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Free Afternoon
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Youth in Real
Action:
Participant-led
workshops
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Presentation of
the Project Ideas
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17:00 to 17:30
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COFFEE BREAK
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COFFEE BREAK
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17:30 to 19:00
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Ice-breaking and
introduction
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City Game
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Non-Verbal
Communication
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Youth Trainer Competences – support and resources
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Free Afternoon
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Youth in Real
Action:
Participant-led
workshops
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Evaluation and Closing
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19:00 to 19:30
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Ice-breaking
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Reflection Time
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Reflection Time
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Reflection Time
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19:30
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DINNER
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Evening
Programme
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Welcome Evening
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Global Village
Evening
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Azeri Night
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Free Evening
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Baku by Night
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Free Evening
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Bye Bye Event
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