Summary of the project Youth exchange 1. The principle of youth exchange What does youth exchange means (Action 1.1 of Youth in Action Programme)? This is a meeting with one or more countries which takes place outside school or university structures and vocational training. It is built around a common theme with specific objectives and activities coordinated by all the partners (youngsters, supervisors, etc.). It requires the involvement of youngsters at all stages of the project including, implementation and evaluation. 2. Project title: English: From their neighborhood to Europe, young video reporters committed in the issue of sports and citizenship! French : De leur quartier à l'europe, des jeunes vidéo reporters s'engagent autour du sport et de la citoyenneté! 3. Dates Project starts 27 th December 2012 and ends: 6 th January 2013 Total length of the activities, voyage excluded: 9 days Numbers of nights spend in France, during the exchange: 9 4. Participants: 7+ 1 the group leader (for every organization) 5. Age of the participants: 15 18 6. Partnership To be defined 7. Le projet This youth exchange project (Action 1.1 YiA) is carried by Ile de France Delegation of Concordia Association and Youth Service of Saint Denis City. The project aims to gather three different nationalities for 9 days in an intercultural exchange under the theme of European citizenship and short film making. Hosted by the Antenne Jeune of Saint Denis (the Youth Service of the city), a group of 24 European youngsters will gather to make a short film and participate in different workshops (video, Forum Theater and sports) about European citizenship and social integration through sports. A technical and educational support will ensure different audiovisual and artistic activities, so that youngsters will benefit of a space to speak out and participate in workshops for initiation to video tools. The youngsters will not only have the chance to improve their artistic skills but most of all they 1
will gain confidence in themselves and in their capacities. These workshops, doubled with time for dialogue, debates and cultural visits, will help creating a network of young people which will give them the opportunity to share their experiences and to cooperate in future projects. In the end of the exchange, the youngsters will present their video reports in a screening opened for all the residents of the neighborhood where the Youth Service of Saint Denis city is located. 8. Preparation The groups of youngsters who will participate will be decided by each NGO partner. They will disseminate the information in intern, to their youth leaders and educators who will relay their information to young people. The partners have known the youngsters of their neighborhood for couple of years and have developed special relationship with them. The partners will ensure that the groups of young people will be mixed and that they have a special interest in the theme of European citizenship and sports. Of course, the youngsters will join the project as a volunteer at upon their motivation. Before starting the projects, the youngsters should be associated in the creation of the project. Every group of participants should bring short videos & interviews made in their neighborhood, city, and country, based on European citizenship. Afterwards, each partner will be invited to engage participants in this research in order to present the results during the preliminary visit and at the start of the exchange. The partners commit to prepare this materials in free format. 9. Preliminary visit A two days meeting is scheduled in November so that the leaders of each group can meet Concordia NGO and all the partners involved in the youth exchange. This meeting will organize the exchange in general, discuss the theme; prepare the educational and technical content of the activities, modify and finalize the planning of the exchange. As a result, the planning of the activities will be refined based on the expectations and needs of each group of youngsters. The leaders will also have the chance to discover the all the equipment available during their stay (accommodation, logistics). Before the preliminary visit, each leader will have to consult with the youngsters, evaluate their expectations for this project and inform Concordia NGO of the results of this consultation. The leaders will also have to bring some videos and interviews made by the youngsters, in the theme of citizenship and social integration through sport in their neighborhood. Accomodation: the 2 leaders will be hosted at the hostel «Belushi's», 159 Rue Crimée, 75019, Paris. Dates: Novembre 2012 2
10. The activities Educational project It consists in proposing to youngsters activities which go from discovering the local citizenship (civic engagement in the neighborhood) to discovering the European citizenship and reflection upon sport as vector of social integration. Training staff : A leader of Concordia in charge of logistics and coordination. Technical leaders: to be defined; we are thinking of working with the NGO Par Hasard who is actively involved in working with youngster from Saint Denis, in the frame of Forum Theater Sports workshops This workshop will give place to a reflection about the importance of sport as an integration factor of young people in the society. The practice of sport creates a sens of belonging to a group, it is an excellent way of making friends; the youngsters together with a specialized sport educator will visit the Stadium of France the symbol of Saint Denis city, participate in debates and sport activities in order to break the barriers between youngster coming from different backgrounds. Duration: 4 half days 1 half day vitit of Saint Denis Video workshop The youngsters will realize together a short film within the theme of European citizenship. Short videos will be filmed by the youngsters in their neighborhood, on topics that will go from local citizenship to European citizenship. Activities : 1) Introduction to short film making, training made by a specialist of the Les Loges du possible NGO. The initiation and video editing workshops will guide the youngsters in creating the short film and empower them with technical skills. 2) Around a topic chosen and debated in advance, each group composed of 3 youngsters (one per nationality) will make a part of the final movie. In parallel, other small videos showing the other workshops, visits can be made by the youngsters. 3) After these workshops in small groups, a reunion with all the participants will take place to gather all the videos. The final phase of the project will be devoted to mix the smaller videos, make the final version of the short film and evaluation through debates. The final short film will be showed to the residents of the neighborhood, at the closing ceremony. Duration: 1 half day of media/video initiation and discussions about the film (concept, content, task division) 3
4 half days video reports in the neighborhood and in Paris about citizenship and sport 1 half day workshop of mixing the small videos, finishing the film with all the youngsters and the leaders Debate/ reflection workshop Realized in partnership with Par Hasard NGO, this workshop will take the shape of Forum Theater. The first part will be dedicated to reflection and sharing experiences related to cultural stereotypes and clichés. It s around this issue and inspiring themselves from problems present in the local community that the youngster will create the scenario for the Forum Theater, which will be put into scene at the Antenne Jeunes the Youth Service of Saint Denis. Duration : 1 half day reflection about cultural stereotypes and clichés and their impact in the daily life of European youngsters 3 half days preparation of the theater scene 2 half days realizing the scene and evaluation In addition to these workshops: Time for reflection and discussion will be held on the different approaches of the European citizenship, on the cultural differences and similitudes. The report of this discussion will be used to define the short film. Visits to Paris are planned for the whole group of participants. Between the workshops, the intercultural dimension: Through different meetings and cultural exchanges between the participants but also with the local population (daily tasks, games, workshops, visits), an important place will be given to the intercultural dimension. So, every country present in the project will prepare a thematic evening where they will present different aspects of their culture, through, food, games, films projections etc. Summary of the planning of the activities : 4 half days of sport workshop 6 half days of debate/reflection workshops Forum Theater 6 half days video workshop 1 half day visit to Paris: National Assembly and other cultural sites 1 half day visit of the Saint Denis City 1 day free 4
11. Practical organization (food, housing, transportation) The European youngsters will manage independently and collectivly their meals. They will have to make teams in charge of doing the grocery shopping, the preparation of lunch and dinner. The youngsters will learn this way to manage the budget for their entire stay. Luch and dinner will take place in the Antenne Jeune the Youth Service of Saint Denis, who disposes of all the necessairy cooking equipment. All the particiants will be hosted in an hostel. For transportation, the youngsters will recive RATP tickets (zones 1 2) for the entire stay. Thus, they will be able to get around Paris in their spare time. 12. Funding A grant from the YiA (Youth in Action) Programme will cover 70% of transport costs, 100% of the preliminary visit and it also includes a grant for the exchange (accommodation, food, preparation of the activities ). This grant can t cover all the activities and the making of the project. An additional amount can be attributed for activities related to the follow up, dissemination and exploitation of the results of preliminary studies. 5