City Bound Prague Youth Exchange

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1 City Bound Prague 2016 Youth Exchange 31 July - 6 August 2016

2 Welcome, You are reading now Infopack for youth exchange City Bound Prague. You will find here all necessary information about the project: What is City Bound Europe Network, Place and date, Participants, Travel costs, Venue, Timetable, What to bring and prepare. About City Bound Europe Network City Bound Europe is a Network if the work of 8 partners dealing with adventure-based learning from around European Union. Through set of activities (PBA, Training Course, Seminar of Youth Policy and a set of many youth exchanges organized separately by partner organizations) we are: Raising awareness of common European culture and cultural heritage of Europe among young generation of Europeans from 8 countries, Building solidarity, understanding and cohesion among them by breaking up national divisions, language barriers and seeking universal values, Building skills and capacities of our youngsters (on social skills, resolution, self-development), our youth leaders (on leadership skills and team management) and our organizational staffs (organizational capacities, finances, network management), Consolidating non-formal learning on international level and raising its social, institutional and formal recognition. Thereby, we are raising the quality of non-formal learning activities, contributing to the professionalization of youth work all around Europe, developing the methodology of adventurebased learning, by building innovations, sharing ideas and sense of creativity in order to build big, international, influential and professional European Network.

3 City Bound Prague youth exchange will take place from 31st of July till 6th of August in capital of Czech Republic. A few words about Prague Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

4 Participants In youth exchange will participate 24 youngsters in age and 7 youth leaders from Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania and Czech Republic. Please, while choosing participants do not forget to care about gender balance. Also remember about Zero Tolerance Protocol that should be sign by all participants and their parents. Youth leaders are also obliged to obey Zero Tolerance Protocol and should sign it! Country Number of participants Number of leaders Total number of participants Germany Greece Poland Romania Czech Rep All information about participants, their special needs and food requirements should be send on citybound@fahrten-ferne-abenteuer.de till 1st of July 2016! Please, use for it special form that is attached to the with this Infopack. Participation fee fin amount of 25 euro will be charge during the exchange.

5 Travel Costs Travel costs will be reimbursed by bank transfer. Please send your tickets complete and all together by post (we recommend to do it by registered letters) within two weeks after the exchange to: Fahrten-Ferne-Abenteuer, City Bound Europe Network Eichhörnchensteig 3, Berlin, Germany. We need an invoice for flight tickets, boarding passes, bus/train tickets and all tickets for public transport. Each ticket should be sticked separately to an A4 paper. In case of travel tickets paid in a currency which is not, please attach a currency exchange print from Oanda Currency Conventer The national youth leader or sending organizations should send one letter of reimbursement per country. We cannot reimburse to single participants. 100% of travel costs will be reimbursed up to the limits given by the programme -please, find them in the table. Country Per participant Per group Germany 80 euro 560 euro Greece 170 euro 850 euro Poland 80 euro 560 euro Romania 170 euro 850 euro Czech Rep. 0 euro 0 euro

6 Venue Project will place in Strahov Dormitory, Vaníčkova 7, Praha 6. More information you can find here. It is a typical dormitory of the University, so conditions are little lower as in the hotel, but good enough to spend a great time together and have a lot of fun! Rooms will be nationally-mixed, and divided according to the gender.. Place is located on the hill, close to the centre with very beautiful view and surroundings. How to get to the venue: From Florenc Station: Take the metro yellow line B (you will find it on the first floor) and go to Karlovo náměstí Station Get out from the station direction Palackého náměstí and catch a bus number 176 to Stadion Strahov Walk around 10 minutes to the venue (look at the map on the next page)

7 From Vaclav Havel Prague Airport: take a bus number 191 to Stadion Strahov. and follow the map.

8 TIMETABLE Day 1, 31.07, Sunday Arrivals Introduction Getting to know each other Welcome Evening Day 2, 1.08, Monday Getting to know each other Team Building Activity Reflection groups Intercultural Evening Day 3, 2.08, Tuesday City Challenge part I City Challenge part II Reflection groups Free Evening Day 4, 3.08, Wednesday Presentation from City Challenge EU Quiz Language Animation Mirror Labyrinth Reflection groups Intercultural Evening Day 5, 4.08, Thursday European Citizenship City Game Reflection groups Prague by night Day 6, 5.08, Friday Youthpass Session Youthpass Ceremony Final Evaluation Farewell Party Day 7, 6.08, Saturday Collecting materials, sharing photos, cleaning Departures Timetable might be slightly changed during preparation!

9 What to bring and prepare: presentation of your country and some traditional snacks or sweets for intercultural evening (the way how the evening will look like is totally up to you, if you would like to share some traditional music or dances it s more than welcome!) European Health Insurance Card sport clothes and shoes, towel, slippers for the shower, and lots of motivation and smiles. Please, send information about participants and travel details till 1st of July to citybound@fahrten-ferne-abenteuer.de In case of any question or doubts do not hesitate to ask us!