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SUMMARY:Shakesperience: Theatre and drama to increase intercultural competencies
DESCRIPTION:Participants: 8 per country (7 participants + 1 group leader)\nCountries: Austria\, North Macedonia\, Bulgaria\, Serbia\, Greece\, Türkiye and Italy \nProject Description\nThis youth exchange ‘Shakesperience: Theatre and drama to increase intercultural competencies’\naims to provide the newcomers their first opportunity to participate in the international activity\,\nto provide them a space to become self-confident\, to get the experience of working with people\nfrom other countries. Main tool of youth exchange will be a theatre because we believe that\ntheatre provides great opportunities to interact\, to cooperate\, to learn about each other.\nMoreover\, theatre can also be used without words. It means that people who do not feel\ncomfortable to talk in English can take part in theatre-based activities without having the extra\npressure of the communication\, especially at the start of YE.\nOverall\, youth exchange ’Shakesperience: Theatre and drama to increase intercultural\ncompetencies’ addresses following needs:\n• the need to develop the self-confidence of young people\, newcomers\, to encourage to\ninteract and communicate with their peers coming from other countries;\n• the need to develop intercultural competencies and intercultural understanding of young\npeople\, newcomers\, enabling them to effectively communicate and work with people\nfrom other cultures;\n• the need to break the circles of misunderstanding\, discrimination\, and negative\nstereotypes to contribute to building a more cohesive and tolerant society;\n• the need to advance creativity and communication competencies of young people and to\nempower them through theatre to address the issues of discrimination\, negative\nstereotyping\, and prejudices so present in our society.\nIn a way\, to address the stereotypes and prejudices we set the following objectives:\n• to bring together 56 participants\, including 28 young people to empower them by using\ntheatre as a tool of intercultural learning;\n• to include a minimum of 35 newcomers in the Erasmus + Programme from a total of 56\nyoung people who will take part in YE;\n• to provide the participants an opportunity to advance their intercultural competencies;\n• to increase the self-confidence of the participants and to enable them to effectively\ncommunicate and work with people coming from diverse cultural backgrounds:\n• to address the topic of stereotypes and prejudices and to provide the participants an\nopportunity to face their stereotypes and prejudices through theatre-based activities;\n• to raise knowledge of the participants on the Erasmus + Programme\, non-formal learning\,\nYouthPass and to empower them to be active in the field of international youth work;\n• to prepare theatre evenings for hosting local communities reflecting the experiences of\nthe participants in the field of intercultural learning\, addressing stereotypes and\nprejudices. \n  \n  \nParticipant profile\n● Young people age 18 to 30; Newcomers to the Erasmus+ Programme;\n● Strong interest in art and arts-based tools and methods\, be open to work on increasing\ntheir creativity;\n● Strong interest to explore the concept of non-formal education\, to increase knowledge\nand understanding of the YouthPass and the Erasmus+ Programme;\n● Motivation to work on new project ideas\, visibility\, and dissemination of products\nincluding videos. \n  \nGroup leaders profile\n● youth workers\, leaders with experiences in international youth field\, with non- formal\neducation based methodology;\n● with previous experiences in the field of youth engagement\, project management\, Erasmus\n+ Programme\, KA 1 – youth exchanges;\n● being able to support the participants during project: to organize and implement preparatory\nmeetings\, to communicate with other group leaders in the process of preparation of\nprogramme\, to assist participants with arranging practicalities for YE\, to support participants\nduring YE\, especially to support their learning process and active participation\, to organize\nand to implement evaluation meetings with participants\, to support development follow-up\nactivities.\n● There is no age limit set for group leaders. \n  \n  \nWorking method\n● Learning by doing method.\n● Ice-breakers and team building games to get to know each other.\n● Workshops will leave room for discussions and debates\n● Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education and\nshow possible measures that strengthen them.\n● These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented\nin their local communities\, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect. \n  \nAccomodation and food\n    \nAccommodation and food are 100% covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The participants will\nbe lodged in “Die Lams” Rettenegg\, Austria (Maps Link). Retteneg is a small\ntown located one and a half hour from Vienna and Graz\, surrounded by mountains and typical\nAustrian architecture. The facility is rented out to schools\, associations\, organizations and private\nindividuals\, primarily with a focus on children and youth. \nImportant information about the accommodation\n● During the activity participants will be accommodated in a room with 3-5 other people\nfrom different countries. \n● Each participant will have a room-mate from a different country and we can’t make\nexceptions to accommodate people from the same country in the same room. The\nrooms will be gender divided. \n● We can’t arrange separate rooms for couples or make additional changes in the room\nmatch. \n● The rooms have bunk beds. Mattress\, duvet and pillows are provided (bed linen\nincluded). The participants must bring their own TOWELS and toiletries. \n● Every room has its own bathroom. \nMeals\nFood: There will be 3 meals per day provided\, prepared by a cook. Participants will have a\nresponsibility to help with food preparation\, and learn more about international cuisine. Each\nparticipant will be responsible to wash their dishes and silverware after eating.\nDuring the official part of the event\, and in the territory of the hotel alcohol and drugs are strictly\nforbidden! Smoking is not recommended and in case of urgency only permitted outdoors in a\ndesignated space.\nEveryone is welcome with these restrictions. Violation of this entitles the caretaker to\nimmediately dismiss the person(s) concerned. No refund on travel costs will be guaranteed in\ncase of dismissal.\nPlease\, inform us in the application form about your food needs (vegetarian\, vegan\, food\nallergies).\nThe accommodation is covered at Rettenegg in “Die Lams”\, only for the days of the activity (21.04 – 29.04.2023).\nIn case of a longer stay there is no chance of reimbursement of travel costs.\nYou are not allowed to arrive after 21st of April or leave earlier than 29th of April. Please keep\nin mind when booking the tickets. For any other questions consult with the group leaders form\nsending NGO. \nHOW TO REACH THE VENUE\nWe are not able to reimburse missing tickets!!!\nIMPORTANT: Travelling sometimes requires an additional day for catching a flight and\nstaying for an additional night at the city\, where the airport is situated. We are aware of\nsuch situations\, but organizers can’t cover this cost\, it is participants own cost. For that\nreason\, we recommend you to use hostels (http://www.hostelworld.com/) or friends\nhttps://www.couchsurfing.org/). \nAn invitation to try to travel mindfully – with no excess luggage and extra effort to store it.\nWelcome to use tips from EC: https://bit.ly/3r23I00\n1.Fly to Vienna Airport\nIt is the closest airport to the venue. Flying to Bratislava is an alternative if you are arriving\nearlier. If landing in these airports\, you will have to take a Bus\, Metro or a Train to Vienna City Centre\n2. At 20:00 Jump on a Private Bus to “Die Lams” – Rettenegg.\nThere will be an organized\, private bus waiting for you at HBF Wien – Vienna Train Station\n(https://goo.gl/maps/woF5oCxZJ1dJ6EEo7). The hosting organisation will provide the bus and\nshare with you the exact location (all partners will get info for the location). The same bus will\ndrop you off there at 09 am on the departure day. \nNOTE: The bus will leave at 20:00 sharp so make sure you are there on time. There is no other way\nto reach the venue. Same bus will drop you off at 09am. \nIf you are arriving from another place and not using the arranged transport please use the most\neconomical way of transport. \nSEE YOU IN AUSTRIA ☺
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/shakesperience-theatre-and-drama-to-increase-intercultural-competencies/
LOCATION:Die Lams\, Rettenegg 27\, Rettenegg\, Steiermark\, 8674\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Projects
ORGANIZER;CN="Neue Generation Austria":MAILTO:office@neuegeneration.at
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SUMMARY:European Human Library
DESCRIPTION:Participants: 8 per country (7 participants + 1 group leader)\nCountries: Austria\, North Macedonia\, Greece\, Romania\, Portugal\, Poland and Lithuania \nProject Description\nFighting discrimination\, social exclusion\, creating socially inclusive societies are one of the key\nEuropean priorities stated in strategic document Europe 2030 and reflected in various European\nProgrammes\, including Erasmus+.\nThe idea for the youth exchange ‘European Human Library’ came up from young people\ninvolved in local activities of the partners. This youth exchange is giving young people an\nopportunity to strengthen their knowledge on social exclusion\, discrimination\, hate speech and\nmoreover providing young people a chance to learn about ‘human libraries’\, way of addressing\nstereotypes\, prejudices and discrimination based on direct interaction among the visitors and\n‘living books’ representing groups that are being stereotyped\, discriminated and socially\nexcluded. Furthermore\, the participants will have an opportunity during the exchange to\nprepare and to realize ‘small’ human library-based event and they will be encouraged to share\ntheir experiences with their organizations and peers.\nObjectives of youth exchange ‘European Human Library’:\na) To develop participant’s competencies in the area of human rights education and the\nmethodology of human libraries;\nb) to raise participant’s knowledge on the process of realization of human library as a way of\naddressing stereotypes\, prejudices and fighting discrimination;\nc) to empower the participants to contribute to creating socially inclusive society through the\nprocess of organizing ‘human library’ during the youth exchange;\nd) to develop participants competences such as teamwork\, leadership\, communication\,\npresentation and to contribute to their personal and professional development;\ne) to raise intercultural competencies of the participants by giving them an opportunity to\ninteract and work with young people coming from different European countries and also local\ncommunity from the hosting country;\nf) to raise knowledge of the participants about Erasmus + Programme and its Key Action 1 and\nto encourage the participants to take active part in the Programme.\ng) to support creating network and partnerships between participating organizations\, exchange\nof good practices among participating countries related to human rights education\, social\ninclusion. \n  \n  \nParticipant profile\n● Young people age 18 to 25; Newcomers to the Erasmus+ Programme;\n● strongly interested in the issues tackle by youth exchange – discrimination\, social\nexclusion\, hate speech and in exploring ways how to address;\n● motivated to learn about human libraries\, to transfer lessons learned in their\ncommunities and to their peers and to take part in fighting social exclusion\,\ndiscrimination\, hate speech;\n● open to work in intercultural learning environment\, to take part in individual\nassignment\, group works. \n  \nGroup leaders profile\n● youth workers\, leaders with experiences in international youth field\, with non- formal\neducation based methodology;\n● with previous experiences in the field of youth engagement\, project management\, Erasmus\n+ Programme\, KA 1 – youth exchanges;\n● being able to support the participants during project: to organize and implement\npreparatory meetings\, to communicate with other group leaders in the process of\npreparation of programme\, to assist participants with arranging practicalities for YE\, to\nsupport participants during YE\, especially to support their learning process and active\nparticipation\, to organize and to implement evaluation meetings with participants\, to\nsupport development follow-up activities.\n● There is no age limit set for group leaders. \n  \n  \nWorking method\n● Learning by doing method.\n● Ice-breakers and team building games to get to know each other.\n● Workshops will leave room for discussions and debates\n● Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education\nand show possible measures that strengthen them.\n● These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be\nimplemented in their local communities\, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect. \n  \nAccomodation and food\n    \nAccommodation and food are 100% covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The participants will\nbe lodged in “Die Lams” Rettenegg\, Austria (Maps Link). Retteneg is a small\ntown located one and a half hour from Vienna and Graz\, surrounded by mountains and typical\nAustrian architecture. The facility is rented out to schools\, associations\, organizations and private\nindividuals\, primarily with a focus on children and youth. \nImportant information about the accommodation\n● During the activity participants will be accommodated in a room with 3-5 other people\nfrom different countries. \n● Each participant will have a roommate from a different country and we can’t make\nexceptions to accommodate people from the same country in the same room. The\nrooms will be gender divided. \n● We can’t arrange separate rooms for couples or make additional changes in the room\nmatch. \n● The rooms have bunk beds. Mattress\, duvet and pillows are provided (bed linen\nincluded). The participants must bring their own TOWELS and toiletries. \n● Every room has its own bathroom. \nMeals\nFood: There will be 3 meals per day provided\, prepared by a cook. Participants will have a\nresponsibility to help with food preparation\, and learn more about international cuisine. Each\nparticipant will be responsible to wash their dishes and silverware after eating.\nDuring the official part of the event\, and in the territory of the hotel alcohol and drugs are strictly\nforbidden! Smoking is not recommended and in case of urgency only permitted outdoors in a\ndesignated space.\nEveryone is welcome with these restrictions. Violation of this entitles the caretaker to\nimmediately dismiss the person(s) concerned. No refund on travel costs will be guaranteed in\ncase of dismissal.\nPlease\, inform us in the application form about your food needs (vegetarian\, vegan\, food\nallergies).\nThe accommodation is covered at Rettenegg in “Die Lams”\, only for the days of the activity (21.04 – 29.04.2023).\nIn case of a longer stay there is no chance of reimbursement of travel costs.\nYou are not allowed to arrive after 21st of April or leave earlier than 29th of April. Please keep\nin mind when booking the tickets. For any other questions consult with the group leaders form\nsending NGO. \nHOW TO REACH THE VENUE\nWe are not able to reimburse missing tickets!!!\nIMPORTANT: Travelling sometimes requires an additional day for catching a flight and\nstaying for an additional night at the city\, where the airport is situated. We are aware of\nsuch situations\, but organizers can’t cover this cost\, it is participants own cost. For that\nreason\, we recommend you to use hostels (http://www.hostelworld.com/) or friends\nhttps://www.couchsurfing.org/). \nAn invitation to try to travel mindfully – with no excess luggage and extra effort to store it.\nWelcome to use tips from EC: https://bit.ly/3r23I00\n1.Fly to Vienna Airport\nIt is the closest airport to the venue. Flying to Bratislava is an alternative if you are arriving\nearlier. If landing in these airports\, you will have to take a Bus\, Metro or a Train to Vienna City Centre\n2. At 20:00 Jump on a Private Bus to “Die Lams” – Rettenegg.\nThere will be an organized\, private bus waiting for you at HBF Wien – Vienna Train Station\n(https://goo.gl/maps/woF5oCxZJ1dJ6EEo7). The hosting organisation will provide the bus and\nshare with you the exact location (all partners will get info for the location). The same bus will\ndrop you off there at 09 am on the departure day. \nNOTE: The bus will leave at 20:00 sharp so make sure you are there on time. There is no other way\nto reach the venue. Same bus will drop you off at 09am. \nIf you are arriving from another place and not using the arranged transport please use the most\neconomical way of transport. \nSEE YOU IN AUSTRIA ☺
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/european-human-library/
LOCATION:Die Lams\, Rettenegg 27\, Rettenegg\, Steiermark\, 8674\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Projects
ORGANIZER;CN="Neue Generation Austria":MAILTO:office@neuegeneration.at
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230429T030000
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SUMMARY:One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Countering Hate Speech Through Art
DESCRIPTION:Participants: 8 per country (7 participants + 1 group leader)\nCountries: Austria\, North Macedonia\, Bulgaria\, Serbia\, Romania\, and Latvia \nProject Description\nWe decided to carry out the project because young people expressed strong interest in the topic\nof hate speech as one of the appealing issues that is strongly impacting them. In the process of\ncreating this application we discussed the topic and we agreed with our partners to use art as a\ntool to fight online and offline hate speech. Why? Art can provide counter narratives against hate\nspeech; Art provides young people an opportunity to get involved and fully express themselves.\nArt-based tools support the development of young people’s creativity and provide an\nopportunity for different types of expressions e.g.\, through photos\, theatre\, or creative writing.\nIt means that young people can experience a variety of tools. Moreover\, the tools can be based\neven on using non-verbal communities e.g.\, theatre. It means that even for young people who\ndo not feel comfortable to fully use English there is an opportunity to express themselves and\nwith others their perceptions and opinions. And it aims to meet the following objectives: \n● To encourage the participants to stand up against hate speech; \n● To develop skills of the participants to recognize and address online and offline hate\nspeech; \n● To raise participants intercultural competencies and make them aware of their own\nstereotypes and prejudices; \n● To increase competencies (knowledge\, skills\, attitude) of young people from participating\ncountries\, directly involved participants\, in the area of online and offline hate speech; \n● To increase participant’s creative competencies by using art-based methods and tools\nsupporting young people direct involvement and developing their competencies; \n● To raise knowledge of the participants on the Erasmus + Programme\, non-formal learning\,\nYouthPass and to empower them to continue to be active in the field of international\nyouth work; \n● To increase awareness of local communities of participating organizations on online and\noffline hate speech through follow up activities in the form of interactive presentations\nprepare and delivered by directly involved participants with the support of the group\nleaders; \n● To encourage young people who will be reached online through a series of 10 video\ninterviews with the participants of YE to fight online and offline hate speech and to get\ninvolved in the Erasmus + Programme. \n● To support creation of new project ideas\, with a special focus on the KA 1\, Erasmus +\nProgramme; \n  \nParticipant profile\n● Young people age 18 to 30;\n● Strongly interested in the topic of online and offline hate speech;\n● Looking for opportunities to increase their knowledge on the roots\, consequences of\nonline and offline hate;\n● To be able to increase their skills to recognize online and offline hate speech and to take\nsteps against it;\n● Strong interest in art and arts-based tools and methods\, be open to work on increasing\ntheir creativity;\n● Strong interest to explore the concept of non-formal education\, to increase knowledge\nand understanding of the YouthPass and the Erasmus + Programme;\n● Motivation to work on new project ideas\, visibility\, and dissemination of products\nincluding videos. \n  \nGroup leaders profile\n● Youth workers\, leaders with experiences in international youth field\, with non- formal\neducation based methodology; \n● With previous experiences in the field of youth engagement\, project management\, Erasmus\n+ Programme\, KA 1 – youth exchanges; \n● Being able to support the participants during project: to organize and implement preparatory\nmeetings\, to communicate with other group leaders in the process of preparation of\nprogramme\, to assist participants with arranging practicalities for YE\, to support participants\nduring YE\, especially to support their learning process and active participation\, to organize\nand to implement evaluation meetings with participants\, to support development follow-up\nactivities. \n● There is no age limit set for group leaders. \n  \nWorking method\n● Learning by doing method. \n● Ice-breakers and team building games to get to know each other. \n● Workshops will leave room for discussions and debates \n● Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education and show possible measures that strengthen them. \n● These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented in their local communities\, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect. \nAccomodation and food\n    \nAccommodation and food are 100% covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The participants will\nbe lodged in “Die Lams” Rettenegg\, Austria (Maps Link). Retteneg is a small\ntown located one and a half hour from Vienna and Graz\, surrounded by mountains and typical\nAustrian architecture. The facility is rented out to schools\, associations\, organizations and private\nindividuals\, primarily with a focus on children and youth. \nImportant information about the accommodation\n● During the activity participants will be accommodated in a room with 3-5 other people\nfrom different countries. \n● Each participant will have a roommate from a different country and we can’t make\nexceptions to accommodate people from the same country in the same room. The\nrooms will be gender divided. \n● We can’t arrange separate rooms for couples or make additional changes in the room\nmatch. \n● The rooms have bunk beds. Mattress\, duvet and pillows are provided (bed linen\nincluded). The participants must bring their own TOWELS and toiletries. \n● Every room has its own bathroom. \nMeals\nFood: There will be 3 meals per day provided\, prepared by a cook. Participants will have a\nresponsibility to help with food preparation\, and learn more about international cuisine. Each\nparticipant will be responsible to wash their dishes and silverware after eating.\nDuring the official part of the event\, and in the territory of the hotel alcohol and drugs are strictly\nforbidden! Smoking is not recommended and in case of urgency only permitted outdoors in a\ndesignated space.\nEveryone is welcome with these restrictions. Violation of this entitles the caretaker to\nimmediately dismiss the person(s) concerned. No refund on travel costs will be guaranteed in\ncase of dismissal.\nPlease\, inform us in the application form about your food needs (vegetarian\, vegan\, food\nallergies).\nThe accommodation is covered at Rettenegg\, only for the days of the activity (21.04 – 29.04.2023).\nIn case of a longer stay there is no chance of reimbursement of travel costs.\nYou are not allowed to arrive after 21st of April or leave earlier than 29th of April. Please keep\nin mind when booking the tickets. For any other questions consult with the group leaders form\nsending NGO. \nHOW TO REACH THE VENUE\nWe are not able to reimburse missing tickets!!!\nIMPORTANT: Travelling sometimes requires an additional day for catching a flight and\nstaying for an additional night at the city\, where the airport is situated. We are aware of\nsuch situations\, but organizers can’t cover this cost\, it is participants own cost. For that\nreason\, we recommend you to use hostels (http://www.hostelworld.com/) or friends\nhttps://www.couchsurfing.org/). \nAn invitation to try to travel mindfully – with no excess luggage and extra effort to store it.\nWelcome to use tips from EC: https://bit.ly/3r23I00\n1.Fly to Vienna Airport\nIt is the closest airport to the venue. Flying to Bratislava is an alternative if you are arriving\nearlier. If landing in these airports\, you will have to take a Bus\, Metro or a Train to Vienna City Centre\n2. At 20:00 Jump on a Private Bus to Rettenegg.\nThere will be an organized\, private bus waiting for you at HBF Wien – Vienna Train Station\n(https://goo.gl/maps/woF5oCxZJ1dJ6EEo7). The hosting organisation will provide the bus and\nshare with you the exact location (all partners will get info for the location). The same bus will\ndrop you off there at 09 am on the departure day. \nNOTE: The bus will leave at 20:00 sharp so make sure you are there on time. There is no other way\nto reach the venue. Same bus will drop you off at 09am. \nIf you are arriving from another place and not using the arranged transport please use the most\neconomical way of transport. \nSEE YOU IN AUSTRIA ☺
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/one-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-countering-hate-speech-through-art/
LOCATION:Die Lams\, Rettenegg 27\, Rettenegg\, Steiermark\, 8674\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Projects
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ORGANIZER;CN="Neue Generation Austria":MAILTO:office@neuegeneration.at
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221119T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221127T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T193234
CREATED:20221014T114828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T112957Z
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SUMMARY:The Future is Digital
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nParticipants: 8 per country (7 participants + 1 group leader)\nCountries: Austria\, Italy\, Sweden\, Serbia\, Turkey and North Macedonia \n  \nProject Description\nThe main idea of this Youth exchange is to gather a young group of participants and to make them aware of the importance of technology\, to become aware of the most needed digital skills in today\, as well as to have the chance to learn how to be more competitive on the labor market\, to get a chance to see and practice the basics of some skills and to The main idea of this project is to boost digital skills and soft skills of young people by engaging them in digital activities through the use of digital content and digital tools\, which can only help one to grow and prosper in this world\, which whether we like it or not is becoming more digital every day. Equipping young people with digital skills\, in particular advanced digital skills\, and providing them with entrepreneurship opportunities\, will contribute to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8: achieving decent work for all and inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Also\, 2 other reasons to develop this kind of project is:The EU market remains fragmented and insufficiently innovation-friendly. The demand for innovation exposes a critical gap: a lack of innovation skills\, knowledge and training across most organizations. \nBasic digital skills: These are skills required for nearly all jobs. They include web research\, online communication\, use of professional online platforms and digital financial services. Mid-level digital skills: These include digital graphic design and marketing\, desktop publishing and social media management\, both for job and entrepreneurship opportunities. Soft skills: These are skills necessary for effective collaboration in the digital economy. They include teamwork\, leadership\, communication and client focus\, among others. \nThe project’s objectives are set as follows: To motivate people to learn\, improve\, or upgrade their digital skills for educational\, job-seeking\, or career advancement purposes. to learn basic\, intermediate\, and advanced digital skills\, as well as soft skills To inspire participants to utilize digital technologies to express their creativity and to provide them room to transform their ideas into reality utilizing digital tools. To gain an understanding of the framework of digital competence and its relevance in today’s world. Encourage young people to accept change and learn how to adapt to it. To raise young people’s knowledge of the use of digital and social media as a tool for job recruitment. Develop practical WordPress abilities\, design skills\, and the ability to use a variety of online creative tools To develop materials to provide better motivation for young people through non-formal education\, To connect technology and education process. To create positive motivational outcomes to support engagement\, research\, writing editing\, and presentation of work. And give participants the opportunity to learn about diverse cultures and work in mixed cultural groups while improving their teamwork and leadership skills. Strengthen participants’ awareness of the Erasmus+ program and all its benefits\, through the non-formal education process\, and empower them to become engaged citizens and to explore other opportunities. \nParticipant profile\n● Motivated to take part in a youth exchange and are interested in the topic of the project;\n● Motivated to implement the experience gained in the YE in their communities;\n● Motivated to build and support international partnerships that will be created during the YE for future Erasmus+ projects;\n● Age limit 18 – 25 years old\, preferred;\n● People who are willing to learn more about other cultures by sharing rooms with 3-4 other people from different countries;\n● People who will be dedicated during the activities\, willing to take active participation and be part in creating the final project results \n  \nGroup leaders profile\n● youth workers\, leaders with experiences in international youth field\, with non- formal education based methodology;\n● with previous experiences in the field of youth engagement\, project management\, Erasmus + Programme\, KA 1 – youth exchanges;\n● being able to support the participants during project: to organize and implement\npreparatory meetings\, to communicate with other group leaders in the process of preparation of programme\, to assist participants with arranging practicalities for YE\, to support participants during YE\, especially to support their learning process and active participation\, to organize and to implement evaluation meetings with participants\, to support development follow-up activities.\nThere is no age limit set for group leaders. \n  \nWorking method\n● Learning by doing method.\n● Ice-breakers and team building games to get to know each other.\n● Workshops will leave room for discussions and debates\n● Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education and show possible measures that strengthen them.\n● These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented in their local communities\, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect. \nAccomodation and food\n \nAccommodation and food are 100% covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The participants\nwill be lodged in “Die Lams” in Rettenegg\, Austria. Rettenegg is a\nsmall town located one and a half hour from Vienna and Graz\, surrounded by mountains and\ntypical Austrian architecture. The facility is rented out to schools\, associations\, organizations\nand private individuals\, primarily with a focus on children and youth. \n  \n  \nImportant information about the accommodation\n● The project will be held in “Die Lams” in Rettenegg.\n● During the activity participants will be accommodated in a room with 3-4 other people\nfrom different countries.\n● Each participant will have a roommate from a different country and we can’t make\nexceptions to accommodate people from the same country in the same room. The\nrooms will be gender divided.\n● We can’t arrange separate rooms for couples or make additional changes in the room\nmatch.\n● The rooms have bunk beds. Mattress\, duvet and pillows are provided (bed linen\nincluded). The participants must bring their own TOWELS and toiletries.\n● Every room has its own bathroom. \n  \nMeals\nFood: There will be 3 meals per day provided\, prepared by a cook. Participants will have a responsibility to help with food preparation and learn more about international cuisine. Each participant will be responsible to wash their dishes and silverware after eating.\nDuring the official part of the event\, and in the territory of the hotel alcohol and drugs are strictly forbidden! Smoking is not recommended and in case of urgency only permitted outdoors in a designated space.\nEveryone is welcome with these restrictions. Violation of this entitles the caretaker to immediately dismiss the person(s) concerned. No refund on travel costs will be guaranteed in case of dismissal.\nPlease\, inform us in the application form about your food needs (vegetarian\, vegan\, food allergies).\nThe accommodation is covered at Retteneg\, only for the days of the activity (19.11 – 27.11.2022). In case of a longer stay there is no chance of reimbursement of travel costs.\nYou are not allowed to arrive after 19th of November or leave earlier than 27th of November. Please keep in mind when booking the tickets. For any other questions consult with the group leaders form sending NGO. \nTo apply\, please fill in the application form on this LINK. \nThe deadline for selecting participants is 17th of October . The deadline for buying tickets is 21st of October. \nTo download the complete project Infopack\, click HERE. \nHOW TO REACH THE VENUE\nAn invitation to try to travel mindfully – with no excess luggage and extra effort to store it. You’re welcome to use tips from EC: LINK\n1. Fly to Vienna Airport\nIt is the closest airport to the venue. Flying to Bratislava is an alternative if you are arriving earlier. If landing in these airports\, you will have to take a Bus\, Metro or a Train to Vienna City Center\n2. AT 20:00 Jump on a Private Bus to Rettenegg.\nThere will be an organized\, private bus waiting for you at HBF Wien – Vienna Train Station (Maps location). The hosting organisation will provide the bus and share with you the exact location (all partners will get info for the location). The same bus will drop you off there at 09:00 am on the departure day.\nNOTE: bus will leave at 20:00 sharp so make sure you are there on time. There is no other way to reach the venue. Same bus will drop you off at 09am.\nIf you are arriving from another place. \n  \nSEE YOU IN AUSTRIA ☺
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/the-future-is-digital/
LOCATION:Die Lams\, Rettenegg 27\, Rettenegg\, Steiermark\, 8674\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Projects
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ORGANIZER;CN="Neue Generation Austria":MAILTO:office@neuegeneration.at
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SUMMARY:Youth 4 Active Society
DESCRIPTION:Participants: 7 per country (6 participants + 1 group\nleader)\nCountries: Austria\, Poland\, Greece\, Spain\, Serbia\,\nRomania\, Turkey\, and North Macedonia \n  \nProject Description\nAlmost 30 years ago\, Roger Hart developed a model to describe the different forms of youth\nparticipation. He argued that participation was the process of sharing decisions that affect\npeople’s lives and the communities they live in. He believed that participation is the\nfundamental right of citizenship and an integral part of democracy. Thus\, at the center of Hart’s\ndefinition is decision-making. He describes participation as a ladder\, with levels of youth\ninvolvement ranging from nonparticipation to full participation. In that regard\, the European\nUnion’s youth strategy aims to ensure full participation of youth in society both as an overall\ngoal and as the main objective in its 5th field of action—participation—and puts its focus on\nparticipation in representative democracy\, supporting youth organisations and strengthening\nopportunities for learning to participate.\nGiven that\, with the Youth Exchange ‘Youth 4 Active Society’ We seek to gather 56 young people\nacross Europe and show them different ways of actively participating in the decision-making\nprocesses\, as well as the benefits from it on a personal and societal level. Therefore\, during this\nYouth exchange\, the participants will present and put into practice various non-formal\naddressing youth participation used in their countries. In that way\, we want to allow the\nexchange of methods and practices between young people and organisations coming from\ndifferent parts of Europe. \n  \nThe project’s objectives are set as follows:\n– to enable an exchange of different methods used in participants’ counties that contribute to\nactive involvement of young people in the decision-making processes\,\n– To increase young people’s understanding of the challenges of current Europe and to debate\npossible solutions and responses\,\n– To promote European values\, such as human rights and the rule of law\, active participation and\nsocial responsibility\,\n– To allow improving/acquiring presentation and public speaking skills\, communication skills\,\nteamwork\, leadership\, etc.\,\n– To create and disseminate a digital Toolkit with methods and tools addressing active\nparticipation of young people the decision making processes in society\,\n– To promote the Erasmus+ Programme\, Non-Formal Education (NFE) and Youthpass Certificate\,\n– To encourage intercultural learning and to promote cultural diversity. \n  \nProject programme\n \n  \nParticipant profile\n● Motivated to take part in a youth exchange and are interested in the topic of the project;\n● Motivated to implement the experience gained in the YE in their communities;\n● Motivated to build and support international partnerships that will be created during the\nYE for future Erasmus+ projects;\n● Age limit 18 – 25 years old\, preferred;\n● People who are willing to learn more about other cultures by sharing rooms with 3-54\nother people from different countries;\n● People who will be dedicated during the activities\, willing to take active participation\nand be part in creating the final project results \n  \nGroup leaders profile\n● youth workers\, leaders with experiences in international youth field\, with non- formal\neducation based methodology;\n● with previous experiences in the field of youth engagement\, project management\, Erasmus\n+ Programme\, KA 1 – youth exchanges;\n● being able to support the participants during project: to organize and implement\npreparatory meetings\, to communicate with other group leaders in the process of\npreparation of programme\, to assist participants with arranging practicalities for YE\, to\nsupport participants during YE\, especially to support their learning process and active\nparticipation\, to organize and to implement evaluation meetings with participants\, to\nsupport development follow-up activities.\n● There is no age limit set for group leaders. \n  \nWorking method\n● Learning by doing method.\n● Ice-breakers and team building games to get to know each other.\n● Workshops will leave room for discussions and debates\n● Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education\nand show possible measures that strengthen them.\n● These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented in their local communities\, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect. \nAccomodation and food\n \nAccommodation and food are 100% covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The participants\nwill be lodged in “Die Lams” in Rettenegg\, Austria. Rettenegg is a\nsmall town located one and a half hour from Vienna and Graz\, surrounded by mountains and\ntypical Austrian architecture. The facility is rented out to schools\, associations\, organizations\nand private individuals\, primarily with a focus on children and youth. \n  \n  \nImportant information about the accommodation\n● During the activity participants will be accommodated in a room with 3-4 other people\nfrom different countries.\n● Each participant will have a roommate from a different country and we can’t make\nexceptions to accommodate people from the same country in the same room. The\nrooms will be gender divided.\n● We can’t arrange separate rooms for couples or make additional changes in the room\nmatch.\n● The rooms have bunk beds. Mattress\, duvet and pillows are provided (bed linen\nincluded). The participants must bring their own TOWELS and toiletries.\n● Every room has its own bathroom. \n  \nMeals\nFood: There will be 3 meals per day provided\, prepared by a cook. Participants will have a\nresponsibility to help with food preparation\, and learn more about international cuisine. Each\nparticipant will be responsible to wash their dishes and silverware after eating.\nDuring the official part of the event\, and in the territory of the hotel alcohol and drugs are\nstrictly forbidden! Smoking is not recommended and in case of urgency only permitted\noutdoors in a designated space.\nEveryone is welcome with these restrictions. Violation of this entitles the caretaker to\nimmediately dismiss the person(s) concerned. No refund on travel costs will be guaranteed in\ncase of dismissal.\nPlease\, inform us in the application form about your food needs (vegetarian\, vegan\, food\nallergies).\nThe accommodation is covered at Retteneg\, only for the days of the activity (11.11 –\n19.11.2022). In case of a longer stay there is no chance of reimbursement of travel costs.\nYou are not allowed to arrive after 11th of November or leave earlier than 19th of November.\nPlease keep in mind when booking the tickets. For any other questions consult with the group\nleaders form sending NGO. \nTo apply\, please fill in the application form on this LINK. \nTo download the complete project Infopack\, click HERE. \n  \nSEE YOU IN AUSTRIA ☺
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/youth-4-active-society/
LOCATION:Die Lams\, Rettenegg 27\, Rettenegg\, Steiermark\, 8674\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Projects
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ORGANIZER;CN="Neue Generation Austria":MAILTO:office@neuegeneration.at
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220708
DTSTAMP:20260415T193234
CREATED:20210527T065120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220801T190139Z
UID:400-1656453600-1657231199@neuegeneration.at
SUMMARY:Breaking the Glass Ceiling Through Media and Social Media
DESCRIPTION:This project has been co-founded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ Action KA1 programme. This communication reflects the views only of the authors\, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. \nThe main aim of the youth exchange ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling through Media and Social Media’ is to raise the interest of young people in exploring the ways how media and social media are shaping the perception of gender\, gender roles and encourage them to question the media and social media presence of gender.
URL:https://neuegeneration.at/event/breaking-the-glass-ceiling-through-media-and-social-media/
LOCATION:A&O\, Eggenberger Str. 7\, Graz\, Steiermark\, 8020
CATEGORIES:Projects
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