NEWS
MUNICIPALITY OF HAVÍŘOV WILL KEEP SUPPORTING OUR ACTIVITIES!
In the year of 2024 the municipality of Havířov will support our activities, summer Erasmus+ youth exchange "Shards of Mosaic" and our involvement in the final meeting of the XXII Premio Internazionale in Genova! The total financial support from the municipality will be 60,000 CZK. Thank you very much!
PROJECT "DIGITAL TOOLS IN YOUTH WORK" IN HRÁDEK
Our next "home" project for youth workers was called "Digital Tools in Youth Work", shortly DIGITO. Seven-day meeting in Hrádek was attended by 22 youth workers, teachers and volunteers from 10 countries of Europe - Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Greece and Romania. The project was organized in the framework of our accreditation in Erasmus+ youth and was financially supported by a grant from European Commission. More about the project can be found on the project webpage: https://digito-2024.webnode.cz
CONNECT ACT YOUTH
A new issue of the project magazine within the "Connect Act Youth" has been just released. Enjoy reading!
V4 PROJECT "THEY SAY..." - DISSEMINATION EVENT IN BOJNICE
The last meeting of this year for us was the Dissemination event of the "They say..." project in Bojnice, Slovakia. Sixteen participants from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland first shared the results of November meeting in Hrádek with high school students in Prievidza, then they met the mayor of Bojnice and visited the local feast called Bojnický kračún. The second day included besides working part when the leaders and youngsters evaluated the whole project, also a sightseeing part with a visit of chateau and the local spa. This project has been supported from International Visegrad Fund (www.visegradfund.org).
PROJECT "DIÁLOGO COMO SOLUCIÓN DE CONFLICTOS" IN MADRID
At the same time as our project in Sardegna there was also a project meeting in Madrid, in which three our participants, Tereza, Albert a Tomáš too part. The project focused on conflict management was our third cooperation with the hosting organization and was supported with a grant from the European Commission.
PROJECT "FARM TO FORK" IN SARDEGNA
Another common project with our partners from Associazione Malik took place in a small village of Seulo in Sardegna. The project was called "Farm to fork" and it dealt with healthy lifestyle and healthy food. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
V4 PROJECT "THEY SAY..." IN HRÁDEK
After two Visegrad fund projects in Hungary and Georgia where we took part in as partner organizations, this time we hosted such a project meeting for the first time. The main topics of the "They say..." project was media literacy and fake news. Together with teams from Lódź in Poland and Bojnice in Slovakia we spent very nice five days in Hrádek. This project has been financially supported with a grant from International Visegrad Fund. More about the project on the webpage www.they-say.webnode.cz
TRAINING COURSE IN LEFKAS
Our third project in Lefkada this year. Tereza, who participated in the project meeting together with other patrticipants from different countries, shared some photos from the training course called "Video Tutorial Engineering for Youth: Solve problem: Be an Engineer". This project has been financially supported with a grant from European Commission.
"EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE AMONG V4 AND GEORGIAN YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES" - FELLOWSHIP - FINAL OUTPUT - PUBLICATION
We are pleased to present a compilation of analytical articles authored by Fellows from RSDI and our partner organizations from Visegrad countries. These articles reflect the efforts of five young individuals who undertook an exploration of the sustainable development challenges in their respective local communities and formulated valuable recommendations for stakeholders. These insightful articles are a testament to their effective utilization of the knowledge and experience acquired during the international summer school that we organized in Kutaisi.
The Gathering of Analytical Articles was developed as a part of the second phase of the Fellowship program under the project "Experience Exchange among V4 and Georgian Youth for Building Sustainable Communities" with a support from International Visegrad Fund
YOUTH EXCHANGE "YES, YOU CAN!" IN HRÁDEK
The next "home" project is successfully over, together with our partners from Basque country, Sardegna and Romania we worked on the topic of entrepreneurship and fictive firms. The project took place in Hrádek in the days of October 21-27 and 24 youngsters aged 15-18 accompanied by 2 leaders from each organization took part in it. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission and the outputs from the project will be continuously uploaded on the project webpage: www.yes-you-can-2023.webnode.cz
APV "FARM TO FORK IN SARDEGNA
At the beginning of October we participated at the advanced preparatory meeting of the "Farm to fork" project in Seulo, Sardegna. The participants of the APV agreed on most important details of the youth exchange that will take place in Seulo in mid-November. The project is supported by a grant from European Commission.
"EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE AMONG V4 AND GEORGIAN YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES" - FELLOWSHIP
After the summer meeting in Georgia our V4 project continues with its second part. Martina, who won a two-month fellowship in our organization completed both tasks - a video and a research. Here you can see her video on Sustainable development goals and read her article. The project has been financially supported from Visegrad funds.
https://youtu.be/0vuZujO9hAM
"TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR ETHICAL NUTRITION" - SOLAIOLO ALTO (ITALY)
The last part of the project trilogy took place in nice environment of the Alps mountains, in a small village of Solaiolo Alto in the North of Italy. Participants from Germany, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia and the Czech Republic worked on the topic of healthy food and ethical nutrition. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
ANOTHER TRAINING COURSE IN LEFKAS
After the June training course which was focused on evaluation in nonformal education the Greek coordinators welcomed participants of another training course including one our participant, Ilona. This time the main topic was "youth spaces" and the project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
TRAINING COURSE "reACTion" IN SPAIN
At the beginning of September another training course focused on improvisation took place in Pujalt in Catalania and we sent four participants to this project. And based on their reflexions the project was very nice and they enjoyed activities connected with improvisation and theatre techniques. This project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
V4 PROJECT IN GEORGIA
In the second half of August our team took part in a V4 project called "Experience exchange among V4 and Georgia" which was held in Kutaisi, Georgia. Together with our partners from Georgia, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland we were dealing with the topic of sustainable development. Seminars and workshops were followed by a short city tour and meetings with ambassadors from the partner countries. This project was supported from Visegrad funds.
"TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY" - FRANKOLOVO (SLOVENIA)
The second Training Course of the series "TransFORMATION for a better future" took place at the ecological farm Metta, in Slovenia from the 31st of July to the 6th of August 2023. Twenty four participants from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Germany have gathered in Frankolovo, near Celje, taking part in the Erasmus+ "TransFORMATIVE education for Ecological Sustainability" organized by CAMBIO e.V in partnership with Euroteam Czech Republic, Sustainable Vibes, InfoEck, European Center for Innovation, Education, Science and Culture, and ZAVOD NEFIKS.
During the week spent together, the participants learned more about Global Citizenship Education (GCED) approaches, discovering new educational methods and widening their perception of global ecological problems and possible solutions at institutional as well as personal level. The participants had the opportunity to learn by doing and improving their facilitation skills by leading GCED workshops for the other participants in small groups. Participants experienced and elaborated their workshops on topics like the carbon footprint, the three strategies for sustainability (efficiency, consistency and sufficinecy), virtual water, biodiversity and pollinating insects, cliamte change and its connection with privileges, peak oil and the socio-ecological problems related to his extraction and usage around the world.
The training course was also an important moment of intercultural dialogue, where differences of opinion were not lacking. In this regard, participants reflected on how to communicate effectively in a multicultural context through a card game called Barnga. There was also a wonderful sharing of folk dances, traditions as well as typical foodfrom the different countries involved.
As a result of this training, participants created four graphic stop motion videos to report their experience and share the approaches brought about by GCED, especially in relation to the ecological footprint and how to reduce it and the importance of bees to preserve the biodiversity. Additionally, the youth workers involved, learned about examples of how to bring the workshops' content to their local contexts, in their personal and professional life as well as with their relatives and friends.
It was a meaningful and enriching experience also and especially because of the involvement
and contributions given by the participants. Last but not least, many thanks are due to the Metta
farm for the great hospitality, despite the bad weather circumstances, as well as to Kruno, our
chef, for providing us with such a delicious vegan food able to win also the most convinced
meat eaters hearths
"TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE" - TAUCHEN (AUSTRIA)
From the 17th to the 23rd of July 2023, twenty-four youth workers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Germany have gathered in Tauchen, near Wien, taking part in the Erasmus+ Training Course "TransFORMATIVE education for Social Justice" organized by CAMBIO e.V in partnership with Euroteam Czech Republic, Sustainable Vibes, InfoEck, European Center for Innovation, Education, Science and Culture, and ZAVOD NEFIKS.
During the week spent together, they became familiar with the concept of Global Citizenship Education (GCED), discovering new educational methods and widening their perception of global problems and possible solutions. The participants had the opportunity to learn by doing and improving their facilitation skills by leading GCED workshops for the other participants in small groups. Participants experienced and elaborated their workshops on topics like world inequalities, Human Rights, privileges, stereotypes and prejudices, the concept of justice and equity, the causes of displacement, critical feminism theories on care work, and our opportunities for action for changing the world.
The Training course has also been a stage for intercultural exchange and critical thinking on the mechanisms that shape our societies at the national and international levels. In this regard, an intercultural evening has been hosted, during which the participants shared traditional food, objects, dances, and interesting facts related to their home country. As a result of this training, participants created a graphic recorded video to report their experience and share the approaches brought about by GCED, especially in relation to Social Justice. Additionally, the youth workers involved, learned about examples of how to bring the workshops' content to their local contexts, using the GCED methods as a possible and easily applicable means of strengthening values such as tolerance, freedom, and human rights.
It was a very enriching exchange also and above all thanks to the active and enthusiastic
involvement of all participants. Last but not least, many thanks are due to the Blue Whale
Education Center for the great hospitality, as well as to Mike, our chef, for providing us with
delicious vegan food.
The project has been supported with a grant from European Commission.
And here is one of the outputs from the project meeting created by the participants.
"FOR BETTER EVALUATION IN NONFORMAL EDUCATION" - LEFKAS (GREECE)
Another training course organized by our partners from Greece took place in the second half of June on the Lefkada island. More than 30 youth workers from Greece, Spain, France, Portugal, Estonia, Armenia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, caribbean islands of Sint Maarten and Guadeloupe, Ecuador, Poland and the Czech Republic took part in this 10-day project which was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"Youth for Building Sustainable Communities" - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
This summer our organization will take part, besides three Erasmus+ meetings also in a Visegrad fund project which involves also a four-day meeting called "Youth for Building Sustainable Communities". Our team for this short meeting (Summer school) will consist of 4 young participants aged 18-29. The dates of the meeting are August 19-22 and our partners come from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Georgia. More information about the project can be found in the section of Programs and heree you can also find the application form.
https://forms.gle/dHWaEEV1joKz9AYD8
"YES, YOU CAN!" - APV, YOUTH EXCHANGE
Quite soon, at the second weekend in June, we will meet leaders of our partner teams from Sardegna, Basque country and Romania in Havířov in our preparatory meeting of the "Yes, you can!" project. During our working programme we will also visit Hrádek to see the venue of the youth exchange which will take place at the end of October. This project is supported with a grant from European Commission.
TWO VISEGRAD FUND PROJECTS APPROVED!!
Great news came this week from Visegrad fund, our project of a youth meeting on media literacy and fake news called "They say..." was approved! In mid-November we will welcome our partners from Poland and Slovakia in Hrádek for a five-day meeting and in mid-December we will shortly meet also in Bojnice in Slovakia.
And in Visegrad funds programme we will be involved also as partners, in the project called "Empowering Eastern European Youth for Building Sustainable Communities", which will take place in summer in Georgia in Kutaisi!
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Our project calendar is getting richer and richer and currently we already have 7 approved training courses from Spain to Croatia together with at least 2 meetings in Czech Republic and we suppose that after announcing results from the February deadline our project offer will even enlarge. :-) Infopacks and programs of the projects can be found on this webpage under "Programs".
NEW ISSUE OF OUR MAGAZINE RELEASED!
Another issue of our magazine has just been released! With the number 94 we are slowly approaching to one hundred! This issue is about our new projects planned for the next months! Here you can find the e-version of the magazine:
SUMMER PROJECTS "TRANSFORMATION FOR A BETTER FUTURE"
Three summer meetings of the Erasmus+ project called "TransFORMATION for a better future" will take us to Austria, Slovenia and Italy. The first training course is focused on human rights and stereotypes, the second one on ecology and the last, third one on nutrition. We will send three or four participants to each of the meetings! The project is supported by a grant from European Commission.
THE MUNICIPALITY OF HAVÍŘOV WILL SUPPORT OUR ACTIVITIES AGAIN !
The municipality of our town, Havířov will support our activities also in the year of 2023. Our cooperation will go on and the municipality will support us with 10,000 CZK!
THREE NEW PROJECTS APPROVED FOR SUMMER 2023!
Good news from our partners! Their applications for new projects were approved and thus we can enrich our activity plan with three summer training courses! The first one will take place near Dresden in Germany and is called "TransFORMATION for a better future", the second one called "reACTion" will be organized in Casa Mestres in the province of Lleida in the North of Spain and finally the third is called "Diálogo como solución de conflictos" will take place again in Spain. All these three projects will be supported by grants from European Commission.
ACCREDITED IN ERASMUS+ !!
Our application for accreditation in Erasmus+ programme which we submitted last October, was approved!! For us it is a great achievement to be among just few accredited organizations in our country, but also a commitment to continue in organizing youth project at the best possible quality. Our accreditation will be valid till the end of the programme period in 2027.
MAGAZINE 93
Here you can read our new issue of the magazine. This time about our projects abroad and our plans for the next year.
OUR MAP OF THE YEAR 2022
Our project and travel activities in 2022 took us to 13 countries of Europe, Africa and Asia. We were dealing with the topics of culture, Internet of things, ICT, digital storytelling, presentation skills, nature, outdoor activities, ecology, global learning, gender issues or entrepreneurship. Besides Erasmus+ projects supported by grants from EU we also organized a short trip to England.
ANOTHER PROJECT APPROVED !!
Our application for a grant for a project of youth exchange called "Yes, you can!" was successful and thus we will be able to welcome our foreign partners in Hrádek next year again! For this youth exchange we chose partners from Basque country, Sardegna and Romania, our project will be supported by a grant from European Commission.
"DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR YOUTH" IN SPAIN
A small town Manjirón near Madrid was hosting participants of the training course focused on digital storytelling. Our association was represented by three girls - Ingrid, Linda and Eliška who together with other participants from several countries of Europe and Asia spent in Spain five days full of interesting activities. This project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
"RE-CONNECTING" WITH NATURE IN SARDEGNA
At the beginning of November our big 10-member-team took part in a youth exchange in Sardegna where we worked together with Italian, Romanian and Serbian team on tasks connected with nature, environmental issues and outdoor activities. This Erasmus+ (youth) project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
TRAINING COURSE IS GERMANY
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." (M. Mead)
From the 7th to the 13th of November 2022 twenty-eight youth workers from Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, France, and Germany have gathered in Grillenburg, near Dresden, taking part in the Erasmus+ Training Course "Global World? Global Learning! - Education for global equity "organized by CAMBIO e.V. and financially supported by the European Commission.
During the week spent together, they became familiar with the concept of Global Citizenship Education (GCED), discovering new educational methods and widening their perception of global problems and possible solutions. The participants had the opportunity to learn by doing and directly test the content they had learned by leading GCED workshops for the other participants in pairs or small groups. The more daring also tested their skills as moderators in the international school in Dresden with high school students, who warmly welcomed them and treasured the open-minding experience.
The contents of the methods covered crucial aspects of our globalized contemporary societies. Participants had the opportunity to elaborate their workshops on topics like world inequalities, our pattern of consumption and the mismanagement of natural resources, the history of food and the relationship with colonialism, the different possible strategies towards sustainability, and our opportunities for action for changing the world. Besides the workshops, Participants used the time to reflect on their actions, writing a letter to themselves about how they want to shape our common future on this beautiful but fragile planet.
The Training course has been also a stage for intercultural exchange and active critical thinking on the mechanisms that leads our societies at the national and international level. In this regard, an intercultural evening has been hosted, during which the participants shared with the group a lot of food, objects, and interesting facts related to their home country. On other evenings, there was time for exchanging ideas about how to transform the school system and to get to know local initiatives that work in education for sustainable development, with Lisa, a local activist, that introduced the participants to her project and shared her passion for biodiversity preservation.
As a result of this Global Learning training,
participants received insights on how to modify their behaviour towards a more
sustainable lifestyle and got to know examples of how to bring the content to
their local contexts, using the GCED methods as a possible and easily
applicable means of strengthening values such as tolerance, freedom, ecology
and human rights.
APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION
We are trying to take another step forward so we worked out and submitted an application for accreditation in Erasmus+ youth program, which would allow us to organize youth exchanges and training courses regularly in the next five years and thus increase the number of 11 international project we have hosted so far in Řeka, Horní Bečva or Hrádek. Our strategic plan involves four projects in the next two years, 6 projects in the other 2 years and 4 projects in the last, fifth year of accreditation. The results of our application will be announced at the beginning of the next year!
OUR PROJECT PLAN
Till the end of this year we have 6 project meetings ahead and we will accomplish the record number of 20 projects in the year of 2022! Almost thirty youngsters and team leaders will be able to go to Germany, Sardegna, Lefkas, Cyprus, Georgia and Spain. All the projects are financially supported by grants from the European Commission.
RE-CONNECTING WITH NATURE - APV IN SARDEGNA
From 11th to 14th September an advanced preparatory meeting of the "Re-Connecting with Nature" took place in Cagliari, Sardegna. Leaders of the partner countries discussed project tasks, visited Barumini and Nuraghi where the November youth exchange will take place and had meetings with local representatives and youth. This project is supported by a grant from European Commission.
MEETING OF KA2 "INTERNET OF THINGS" PROJECT IN HAVÍŘOV
After February meeting of the project partners from Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Tunisia in Djerba and workshops for youth in all the countries, the project leaders met in Havířov for a short, evaluation meeting. The project is approaching its end so we evaluted our almost two-year cooperation. The project is supported by a grant from European Commission.
COLOURS OF OUR LIVES - HRÁDEK
Our 11th "home" project has successfully finished! We hosted 24 youngsters and 7 team leaders from the Czech Republic, Sardegna, Romania, Latvia, Croatia and Canary Islands. The main topic of the "Colours Of Our Lives" project (COOL) were similarities and differences between our cultures. This youth exchange has been supported by a grant from European Commission.
TC "M.E.E.T. THE YOUTH" IN FRANCE
The first part of the training course M.E.E.T. the Youth" took place in Lefkas, Greece in January, the second meeting then was held at the beginning of August in Bességes in the south of France. We returned to France for a project after long twelve years... This project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"INTO THE WILD" - DENMARK
After four years we returned again to Svendborg for another common project with the Danish partners. Besides our team the participants from Italy, Spain, Turkey and Denmark could enjoy the week full of interesting outdoor activities.
"RE-USE AND RECYCLE" - SICILY
The town of Acireale in Sicily belongs to project places where we come back from time to time for ecological projects. This year theyouth exchange was called "Re-Use and Recycle, Let´s make a local impact" and was held in the first half of July. Our team was composed of six participants and one team leader. The project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"DIGIT YOURSELF" - CROATIA
Croatian village of Pirovac was the venue of another youth exchange called "Digit yourself". On this project focused on communication and presentation skills we cooeperated with partners from Portugal, Lithuania, Romania and Croatia, all the teams were composed of 4 participants and 1 team leader. The project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
LONDON WEEKEND
After a long time we could get back to our sigtseeing trips again, at the beginning of June, in a group of 4 people, we flew to London! We walked from Picadilly along South Bank to St.Paul´s Cathedral and went to see also the Tower. Demanding but beautiful weekend trip! We will return to London soon again for sure!
PREPARATORY VISIT IN CROATIA
In the last May week the leaders of partner organizations of the "Digit yourself" project from Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania and Portugal meet in Pirovac to work on preparations for a forthcoming youth exchange. Our team for this youth exchange is already complete and we will travel to Croatia on June 24th! The project is financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
WEEKEND IN HRÁDEK
After two months we got back to Hrádek where we together with Veronika and Ania evaluated our project of youth exchange "My firm, my soul" and discussed our next project and travel plans. We thank a lot to Mr. and Mrs. Rychtárek who for an opportunity to spend wonderful time at a wonderful place!
THE MUNICIPALITY OF HAVÍŘOV WILL SUPPORT OUR ACTIVITIES AGAIN !
Also in this year the cooperation of our association and the municipality of Havířov will continue! The contract has already been signed and the municipality will financially support our activities in the year of 2022 with 10,000 CZK.
"DOTS - LIVING & LEARNING IN A CONNECTED WORLD"
At the beginning of May three of our participants - Věrka, Sarah and Tadeáš took part in a training course focused on digital skills which was held in Larnaca, Cyprus. The project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
KA2 PROJECT "INTERNET OF THINGS" IS GOING ON
After the meeting in Djerba (Tunisia) our project "Internet of things" continues with nex tasks, we prepared a scenario of workshops in our national languages, we are working on subtitles for a video and all partner organizations will also organize workshops for students of primary and secondary schools, moreover, we also prepared a small photo exhibition. At the beginning of September the leaders will meet in Havířov where we will evaluate the whole project and will discuss further cooperation. This project is financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
XX PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE IN CALABRIA
The jubilee 20th edition of the "Premio Internazionale di Marco e Alberto Ippolito" project is over, the final meeting in Reggio Calabria was attended by partners from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. And also this year we received two awards of the committee in the category of creative writing!
OUTPUTS FROM THE PROJECT "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
The project period of the "Outside the box" project is approaching its end here is one of our outputs from the project.
IN SUMMER WE WILL WELCOME THE PARTNERS OF THE "INTERNET OF THINGS" PROJECT
February meeting of our KA2 project called "Internet of things" in Tunisia was not our last one, we will welcome our partners from Poland, Slovakia and Tunisia in a short evaluation meeting at the beginning of September! The project is financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"MY FIRM, MY SOUL" - OUR 10th "HOME" PROJECT !
Ten times so far we have welcomed our foreign partners at our "home" project. Our guests were this time teams from Sardegna, Spain, Bulgaria, Turkey and North Macedonia, the main topic of the youth exchange was entrepreneurship and fictive firms. The project was held i Hrádek and was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
KA2 - "INTERNET OF THINGS" IN TUNISIA
In the first February week we could finally meet face to face with our partners from Tunisia, Slovakia and Poland within our Erasmus+ project of strategic partnership "Internet of things". The venue of the meeting was the island of Djerba and despite complicated covid situation we managed to arrange participation of all teams. The project is financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
MAGAZINE 89
STARTING THE NEW PROJECT YEAR IN GREECE
We are starting our next project year with a training course M.E.E.T. the Youth! Its firts part took place in Lafkada in Greece where our association was represented by Matouš and Klára, the second meeting will take place in Saint Etienne in France in July. The project is financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
TRAINING COURSE "VIRTUAL YOUTH WORK" IN CYPRUS
Our next international project abroad was a training course focused on digital competences named "Virtual Youth Work", which was held in Larnaca in Cyprus. Our long-term cooperation with SEAL Cyprus thus continued with another common project. The project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
TRAINING COURSE "DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS FOR INCLUSION"
In Kemer in Turkey our participants took part in a training course focused on media literacy and inclusion. The project was held at the beginning of November and was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"OUTSIDE THE BOX"
After a two-year gap we welcomed our foreign partners again in Hrádek within a mobility of youth workers "Outside the box". Twenty participants from the Czech Republic, Spain, Croatia, Portugal, Cpyrus, Greece, Hungary and Serbia spent together a week in a nice environment of the Beskydy mountains and worked together on the topic of using non-formal methods in formal education. Besided exchanging experience of the participating teams we also tried lots of energizers, played several games and each team also organized their Evening of national culture. We were waiting long for this posponed meeting and finally we managed, we enjoyed it a lot! We will be waiting for other two "home" projects next spring!
"MEDIA LITERACY AND CRITICAL THINKING" PROJECT
The Spanish town of El Escorial near Madrid was the venue of a training course focused on critical thinking and media literacy. Our representatives both come from Havířov, this project was attended by M.Frolík a V.Mrozková. Other participants of the project were representatives of NGOs from Spain, Croatia, Greece, Georgia, Ukraine and Poland.
"WHAT´S UP, YOUTH?" IN SARDEGNA
From September 8th to 15th a youth exchange "What´s up, youth?" took place in a small town of Abbasanta, in which together with our team young people from Sardegna, Cyprus, Belgium and the Netherlands took part. The project was focused on current problems of young people. The advanced preparatory visit of the leaders took place almost twenty months ago, this time youngsters met. Our team was led by Anička, and Barča, Viktorie, Izabela and Ondřej created the team. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
UP TO US - V4 FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITIES - SZENTENDRE (HUNGARY)
After a severeal-month online cooperation and preparing the Online Guide a common meeting of partners from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland was held in Hungarian town of Szentendre near Budapest. Almost thirty participants aged 18-30 together with their leaders worked on creatintg mini-projects within an activity called "Thinkaton". Our cooperation with Hungarian partners will continue soon as we will welcome them to our project "Outside the box"!
NEW OPPORTUNITIES - DIGITAL HANDBOOK
One of the outputs from the New Opportunities project, that was held in Croatian village of Pirovac at the beginning of June, was the "Digital handbook". This material created by the participants can be downloaded here. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
MAGAZINE - SPECIAL SUMMER ISSUE
"PaSS the I.D.E.A." - LEFKAS (GREECE)
Our long-term cooperation with the Greek organization Solidarity Tracks continued in the second half of June with a training course focused on "soft skills" called "PaSS the I.D.E.A. - Path for Soft Skills through Theatre". Two our participants, Klára and Sára had an opportunity to cooperate with youth workers from other 14 countries from various parts of the world. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission.
"POWER OF TIME" - LEFKAS (GREECE)
Our second project this year was a training course called "Power of time" organized by our partner from Solidarity Tracks. Three our participants cooperated on the project tasks with other thirty participants from various parts of the world. The project was financially supported by a grant from European Commission.
"NEW OPPORTUNITIES" IN CROATIA
After a long time gap caused by pandemic we finally returned to our project activities. At the beginning of June we took part in the partnership building activity called "New Opportunities" which was organized by our partners from the Croatian organization Proni. The meeting was held in a small town of Pirovac at the Adriatic seaside. The project was supported by a grant from European Commission. Here you can find more details about this event:
https://proni.hr/portfolio-items/new-opportunities/?lang=en&portfolioID=1655
PREPARING NEW PROJECTS !
European Commission published the new Guide for the years of 2021-2027. The first deadline for applications was May 11th and we prepared a new project of a youth excahnge called "Colours Of Our Lives", which is focused on similarities and differences between our cultures, on traditions, feasts, breaking stereotypes and European matters. The project will involve 6 countries, the participants will be at the age of 14-18 years. We altready met our partners virtually via Google Meet and discussed the plans of our new project.
SUPPORT FROM THE MUNICIPALITY
Activities of our association EUROTEAM CZECH REPUBLIC, z.s. in 2021 will be supported from funds of the Statutory town of Havířov! We thank you very much and we will be looking forward to the cooperation!
INTERNET OF THINGS - FIRST OUTPUTS
The first results of our work within the Erasmus+ project '·· --- -" - Internet of things is here, we can welcome the TUNIOT tool in the Czech language! This tool will allow young people to be creative in the fantastic world of the Internet of things! We look forward to learning something new in the IT field and also to organization of workshops for our youngsters and cooperation with the partners from Poland, Slovakia and Tunisia!
The project of strategic partnership Internet of things within the Erasmus+ programme continued with another virtual meeting of leaders, where we worked on project tasks and discussed the dates of the meetintg in Djerba. If travel situation allows, the meeting in Djerba should be held in June 3 - 10, if not, the dates will be postponed to September. Our team for the meeting in Tunisia will be composed of 5 youth workers.
FIRST TIME INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP!
Another step ahead! Three times we applied for a project of a strategic partnership, and on the fourth attempt we were successful as a partner, so till February 2022 we will cooperate with the Polish, Slovaks and Tunisians on a project with a mysterious name "·· --- -", which means IOT, an abbreviation for "Internet Of Things".
Within this cooperation there will be not only online work and organization of workshops for students, but also a five-day meeting of partner teams in Djerba in Tunisia and a leaders´ meeting in Slovakia or in Havířov.
The project is supported by a grant from European Commission.
MAGAZINE 88
Our plans for the year of 2021, list of approved projects we will take part in and a few words about online meetings, this all you can find in the 88th issue of our magazine.
PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE 2020
This year competitions of the Premio Internazionale di Marco e Alberto Ippolito project were organized due to pandemic without the final meeting in Reggio Calabria. This time we succeeded in the category of creative writing and Nela and Daniela received not only diplomas but also a book award.
"WHAT´S UP, YOUTH?" VIDEO-CONFERENCE
A year ago we met together with our partners from Sardegna, Belgium and Cyprus in Abbasanta at the advanced preparatory meeting of this project. The youth exchange planned for March 2020 had to be postponed due to pandemic and thus the organizers from Associazione Malik organized a videomeeting, where we discussed the situation in our countries and the plans for implementing this youth exchange! Shall we see each other next spring in Sardegna?
"UP TO US" - ONLINE MEETING
The cooperation with our partners from V4 countries continued virtually again, unfortunately pandemic situation did not allow us to organize the planned meeting in Košice. Hopefully it will be better next year and our teams will meet in Thinkaton in Hungary!
V4 FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITIES
Our project "Up to us - V4 for active communities" within Visegrad cooperation officially started, together with our partners from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia we met in an online meeting and discussed the plan of activities and project calendar. The main event of the project will be the meeting in Hungarian town of Szentendre in the middle of the next year.
ERASMUS DAYS 2020
This year we got involved again into the worldwide event of Erasmus Days, though only online due to the pandemic situation. We prepared several online activities which we published on our facebook. There you can also find greetings from our friends from Cyprus and Sardegna. We thanked our foreign partners and sent them postcards. Happy Erasmus Days 2020!
NEWSLETTER 87
News about prepared projects or ErasmusDays event in our new issue of the Newsletter Nr. 87. In the August issue you will also find our current project calendar!
PHOTO EXHIBITION - PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE 2009-2019
Our next photo-exhibition was focused on ten meetings of the Premio Internazionale di Marco e Alberto Ippolito projects from the years of 2009 - 2019. This year, after a five-year gap we will return to Reggio Calabria again, where we will together with our partners from other European countries present the results of our work and compete in categories of creative writing and photo competition.
PREPARATORY MEETING IN SARDEGNA
At the beginning of December there was a short preparatory meeting of leaders of partner organizations of the Erasmus+ project "What´s up, youth?". We discussed all important parts of the project, went through the programme and visited the venue of the youth exchange, some sights in the neighbourhood and most of all we met face to face with other leaders and organizers of the project as well as representatives of the town of Abbasanta.
