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The representatives of the project’s partner organisations travelled this weekend to Morfasso, Italy for the preparatory visit of the N.A.T.U.R.E.+ Training Course funded through the Erasmus+ programme. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the agenda of the training course that will take place between the 25th of June and the 1st of July. The representatives of each country gathered at the venue of the project so that together they can find the most suitable activities for the participants in order to make sure that the objectives of the project will be achieved. The purpose of the visit was also to help the representatives of the participating organizations to make an idea of how they can reach the venue where the project will take place, as well as getting to know the place and other logistic details that will ensure the success of the project. N.A.T.U.R.E.+ stands for Nature, Arts & Technology Upgrading Respect & Expression and it came up following the success of a previous youth exchange with the same name implemented years ago in Morfasso. The purpose of the course is providing youth workers with useful tools that could help them implement activities regarding this topic with youngsters in their countries. In the last decades we have experienced a global issue with climate change, which affects the environment and the quality of our living, and we believe that a major cause of this is the lack of awareness on the impact of our actions towards nature. The aim of this project is helping youngsters understand their role in the circular economy and provide them with knowledge about the alternatives they have in regards, contributing to reducing the negative impact we have towards the environment. The main tools we will be using during the training course will be arts and technology, as they represent a major part of our daily lives, especially for youngsters. N.A.T.U.R.E.+ T.C. is dedicated to youth workers that are passionate about this topic and have the drive to empower youngsters in their countries in taking action to make a positive change in the world. And because there are a lot of people that would like to get involved but lack the opportunities because of either the social or economical condition they have, this project encourages the participation of youth workers, educators and mentors coming from a vulnerable background. The training course will take place in the middle of nature, in the Comune of Morfasso, Piacenza, Italy and it is hosted by Sciara Progetti Organization. Between the 25h of June and the 1st of July, 30 youngsters from 9 European countries will bring together their knowledge and experience in order to create a toolbox that is going to be available to any youth worker that wants to bring a positive change in their community involving youngsters. One of the activities that will take place during these days will also involve the local community of Morfasso and the close villages, not only to help them understand the importance of our actions for the environment but also to learn from them the alternative ways for a sustainable living. „I think these 2 days helped us having a better understanding of the agenda as well as the place where we are going to be accommodated during the project. Being in quite an isolated area, in the middle of the nature, I think it was really important to be here and get a feeling of the place and the surroundings so we could let the other participants from our countries know what to expect and get ready for it. Working on the agenda and the activities was also essential, because this will help us plan ahead and have a clear picture of what is expected from us as participants.” Eva Zafra, representative of Entrejuegos, Spain The organisations that are participating in this training course are actively seeking to promote eco-friendly ways of living within their local communities as well as in their countries. Sciara Progetti has selected their partners from Turkey, Spain, Greece, Romania, Netherlands, Estonia, Portugal and Lithuania to work together and find the best methods of getting youngsters around Europe involved in topics like circular economy and sustainability by using non-formal education. 
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Märtsi lõpus toimus Türgis Istanbuli lähedal mereäärses asulas noortevahetus nimega Health in Outdoor. Osalejaid oli 40 ringis ja nad pärinesid eri riikidest - Eesti, Leedu, Rumeenia, Türgi ja UK. Projekti teemaks oli välitegevused ja sport. Toimusid erinevad spordi ja tervisega seotud töötoad, samuti sai proovida erinevaid spordialasid, näiteks jooga, matkamine ja korvpall. Paraku ei vedanud ilmaga, seega hoolimata projekti nimest, toimus õues vaid paar energizer mängu. Projekti jooksul töötasime nii ainult rahvuskaaslastest koosnevates gruppides kui ka segagruppides, kus olid eri riikidest inimesed. Pea iga ülesande jaoks moodustati uued grupid, mistõttu suhelda sai absoluutselt kõigiga. Rahvustiimiga tuli teha esitlus kodumaa terviseprobleemidest. Samuti tuli igal riigil läbi viia töötuba spordiga seotud teemal. Enamik tegevusi toimus hotellis, aga mõned korrad käisime ka väljasõitudel. Mitmel päeval oli võimalik külastada projekti toimumiskoha lähedast linna Silivrit ning üks terve päev oli pühendatud ka Istanbulis seiklemiseks. Samuti viidi meid jalgsimatkale läbi metsa, mis lõppes mere ääres. Üheks lemmikuks olid kultuuriõhtud. Seal õpiti rahvuslikke tantse, tutvustati riigi kultuuri ja etendati stereotüüpe. Õhtu lõpus sai proovida ka kodumaalt toodud toite ja maiustusi. Huvitav oli teada saada, millised on eluolud teistes riikides.  Projekt Cact4us 2.0 leidis aset aprilli kuus Lõuna-Itaalia väikses Giovinazzo linnas mis paikneb Aadria mere ääres. Nädalase projekti eesmärk oli tõsta euroopa noorte kliimaalasi teadmisi ning anda ülevaate hetkel maailmas toimuvast. Kokku osales ligi 30 noort üle Euroopa. Osalejad olid: Eestist, Itaaliast, Lätist, Hispaaniast, Küproselt ja Portugalist.
Projekti jooksul sai palju uusi teadmisi projekti teema kohta. Kuna noored olid üle Euroopa koos siis on olukorrad riigiti erinevad seega pea iga teemaga anti ülevaade kuidas kodumaal on asjad korraldatud. Teemad varieerusid päeviti, näiteks arutati kliimasoojenemise, kasvuhoonegaaside, ületootmise/tarbimise ja prügi teemadel ning palju muud. Projekti korraldustiim tõi meieni palju toereetilisi, praktilisi ning elulisi näiteid. Ühel lõunapoolikul külastas meid Itaalia mahepõllumajandusega tegelev härrasmees, kes tutvustas oma tegemiste ja farmi kohta. Tööd tehti üheskoos või väikestes gruppides ning suhtlus käis inglise keeles. Projekt ei piirdunud ainult tegevusega elamispindade juures. Näiteks käisime ükskord ranna ääres prügi korjamas ning mõne tunniga korjati kokku ligi 100kg prügi. Nädala jooksul anti meile üks terve vaba päev ning igaüks võis teha vaba ajaga just seda, mida hing ihkas. Enamus osalejatest läks linna avastama, kultuuri nautima ja jäätist sööma. Projekt oli väga põnev imelises väikelinnas Itaalias ning Eesti tiim jäi siin veedetud ajaga väga rahule ning soovitab kõigil, kel võimalus minna vähemalt korra elu jooksul Erasmus+ raames Euroopaase kauneid kohti avastama ning samal ajal uusi teadmisi omandama From 1-11 april our Estonian team of 5 people spent time in Vatra Dornei, Romania, to learn about entrepreneurship. Other participating countries were Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Latvia, Poland and of course Romania. There were also people from Rwanda, Zimbabwe, India and Kyrgyzstan. First two days we were focusing on getting to know each other by playing many different ice breaker and energizer games. On the third day when all of the participants were together we began to focus on main topic. At first organizers taught us more about Erasmus+ possibilities and basics of business creation. Many of our tasks focused on quick presentations or better known as elevator pitch. For example we were given a task to introduce ourselves in few minutes. Later we were put in pairs, we had to get to know our partner and introduce that person in few minutes. At some point we had to create our own business idea and introduce it to the audience in few minutes. That´s how we practiced presenting things quickly and confidently. Each of us was given a task to come up with our own business idea. I came up with idea which I called 'transpofun'. My idea focused on making transportation more fun for people. What I didn't know though was that the idea we chose, was gonna be the one that we were gonna be working on and evolving throughout the whole project. So it was challenging but at the same time fun for me, trying to make silly and unrealistic idea into something professional and realistic. Culture evenings were very diverse, there were people from more countries than 7, and everyone wanted to present their countries which meant that we got to learn a lot about many different cultures. Our Estonian team of 5 was also pretty diverse. I feel like we got along nicely and managed to fulfill all of our tasks and goals. I definitely learned many new things about entrepreneurship, other cultures and also myself. In conclusion I would say that this project was definitely worth it and I suggest other people to participate in Erasmus+ youth exchanges. Roman Stefanjuk 1.-11. aprillil 2022 toimus Rumeenias Vatra Dorneis noortevahetusprojekt „Be an Euroentrepreneur“ või lühendatult lihtsalt BEE. Eesti delegatsiooni kuulus 5 inimest. Kokku tuli projektile üle 30 inimese, kes esindasid 6 erinevat riiki. Lisaks Eestile olid esindatud veel Läti, Poola, Itaalia, Bulgaaria ning korraldajamaa Rumeenia. Nagu nimest võib järeldada, oli projekti teemaks ettevõtlus. Projekti hariduslikumas pooles saime põgusalt tutvuda SWOT analüüsi ja SMARTER meetodiga. Lisaks sellele sai igaüks välja mõelda oma ettevõtte idee, millest valiti välja parimad, mida hakati edasi töötama. Neid ideid arendati tiimidega edasi ning kanti ärimudeli lõuenditele. Lisaks teoreetilisematele tegevustele ettevõtlusest, tutvustati meile ka kohalikke piirkonnas asuvaid ettevõtteid. Need ettevõtted olid väga seinast-seina, tutvustati arvutipoodi, majutusasustusi ning kalakasvatust. Lisaks võimalusele kuulata nende inimeste lugusid ning küsida neilt küsimusi, oli see ka suurepärane võimalus tutvuda rumeenlaste külalislahkuse kultuuriga. Projekt andis ka võimaluse lävida ning saada lähemalt tuttavaks mitmete erinevate riikide noortega. Olgu see siis söögilauas, tuba jagades, basseinipeol, looduses jalutades või tutvustades endi kultuure kultuuriõhtutel. Ka looduslikult oli asukoht väga kaunis. Olukord, kus lähed majast välja ning näed igas ilmakaares kuuskedega palistatud mäenõlvasid, on miski, millest Eestis tihti suur igatsus tekib. Kindlasti naasime me kõik uute teadmistega ettevõtlusest, mida meil kõigil on võimalik oma eludes rakendada. Leidsime ka palju uusi tuttavaid, kes loovad põhjuseid külastada erinevaid kohti üle maailma. Juhan The project took place in Palermo, Italy. The venue was connected to an old church and the project mainly took place in the open-air area. The central activity of this training course was staging a theatre performance on the topic of the Antigone myth – an ancient Greek classic. During the week we discussed the myth, exploring different viewpoints and interpretations, and living into the theatrical self expression. A lot of the participants were somehow previously connected to performing arts and theatre, which boosted the whole experience, and contributed to a professional atmosphere. We also discovered main ways of movement on stage, and were encouraged to demonstrate our creativity in situation-tasks. On the last day, we presented the 15-minute performance to a live audience. It was well received, and even the priest from the neighbouring church came to see our Antigone theatre piece. I believe the weeklong performance noise had evoked his interest. After the performance, we had a discussion with the audience, where we received feedback, and the participants could share their thoughts and kind words. It was a magnificent experience and it was clear that Valerio had put a lot of effort into this training course. The first part of this two-part project took place during the last week of February 2022 in the serene countryside of Occitania (South-West region of France). The general aim of this training course was to enhance participants' critical thinking skills in different topics. The first part focused mainly on the personal, societal, intercultural and humanitarian fragments of critical thinking. Immediately on the first real project day, we jumped heads-on into different topics and segments that carve our way of thinking, expressing and judging. The way the first session was executed was absolutely brilliant because instead of using regular in-formal session making techniques, the organisers re-arranged an exhibition of critical thinking which they had recently experienced in a nearby Toulusean museum. In my opinion it was a fantastic idea because it gave the participants an immersively practical introduction into the vast topics of critical thinking. (In case you want to hear more details about this exhibition, don’t hesitate to contact Via Brachy). Of course this exhibition wasn’t the only highlight of this project. The organisers often used different creative and playful youth work related techniques. We three in the Estonian team gathered many new ideas that can be implemented in our own personal and youth/cultural work related lives. One of the highlight techniques enacted in my opinion was surely the “Opinion box”, which basically means putting two teams of 2-4 members in a small boxing rink looking area and giving them a problematic societal issue to debate about. The main difference between this and a regular debate is that the competitors don’t have the opportunity of choosing an arguing side. In addition it wasn’t as official and politically correct as a regular debate since the competing teams had only around 2 minutes for preparing their arguments. Thanks to this we were able to understand through practical experience how easily people can lose their critical thinking power when they are in a hectic argument with someone. (NB! In the video link added below they were “fake boxing”) During the week we also learned a lot about our own prejudices and unconscious discrimination. Almost everyday in one of the prejudice related sessions there was this short part where we had a “Walk the talk” thingy, where we all had to go on a ten minute walk in pairs, during the walk both sides had to talk uninterruptedly for 5 minutes straight about a given topic. Last but not least I would also like to mention the general quality and cleverness of this course and its participants. It was surely a very eye-opening training course and the diversity of ages and backgrounds of the participants added many useful and thoughtful layers to this course. Participating in a project organised by Via Brachy is an experience I would definitely recommend. Mark-Robert  Foto: Hakan Kuzu Osalesime noortevahetuses “Achieve Comprehension”, mis leidis aset veebruari lõpus ja märtsi alguses Türgis, Istanbulis. Rahvusvaheline noortevahetus on eri Euroopa riikide noorte omavaheline kohtumine, mille raames noored käsitlevad enda jaoks olulisi teemasid ja kogevad teistmoodi õppimist. Osalejad olid Eestist, Leedust, Norrast, Tšehhist, Horvaatia ja Türgist.
Projekti jooksul sai palju uusi teadmisi projekti teema kohta, milleks oli jagada parimaid tavasid kultuuriliste erinevuste, integratsiooni ja kaasamise kohta. Rääkisime näiteks tolerantsist, eelarvamustest ning diskrimineerimisest. Iga projektis osalev riik sai juhtida ka vastavat teemat ja noortele õpetada uusi praktikaid, kuidas just nende teemadega toime tulla ning oma arvamust avaldada. Alguses tundus mõte sellest, et peame ise töötube korraldama natuke nõme. Aga tegelikult oli see just vahva kuna saime olla loomingulised ja oma huvidele vastavalt teemasid käsitleda. Kokku oli meid umbes 60 noort ning läbi erinevate töötubade ja päevase programmi oli võimalik paljudest eri rahvustest inimestega praktiseerida inglise keelt. Samuti saime üksteisele õpetada ka oma emakeelt, mis oli kohati isegi naljakas. Üks põnevamaid tegevusi on alati kultuuriõhtu, kus kõik oma riigi kultuuri tutvustavad ja erinevaid suupisteid pakuvad. Teiste riikide söökide, jookide ja tantsudega tutvudes sai palju uut teada. Samuti meeldis meile “Secret Friend” mäng. Projekti käigus sai igaüks endale ühe projektis osaleva noore nime ning terve nädala jooksul, pidi salaja oma salajasele sõbrale tegema heategusid või üllatusi. Samuti oli meil võimalus projekti jooksul külastada Istanbuli, näha kultuuri ja osta oma lähedastele suveniire. Projektis osalenud türklased olid meiega väga külalislahked ning kannatlikud. Nad rääkisid meile palju nende riigi ajaloost ning viisid meid parimatesse kohtadesse. Karina Draakoniunistamise projekt oli väga õpetlik. Nagu ikka, siis "koolitundides" sai kõige vähem õpitud, peamine haridus jõudis kohale teistega suheldes ja ekstreemsetes olukordades: öösel kell 2 oma toakaaslasega jutustades või rühmakaaslast haiglasse saates, sest ta polnud nädala jooksul korralikult maganud. Muidugi suurim ekstreemsus oli kohalik ilm, mis põrmustas igasugused ettekujutused Hispaaniast - tegu oli täitsa vihmase ja kõleda Eesti kevadega. Hispaaniale mõeldes võib unistada Barcelona kuumusest ja mõnusatest randadest, kuid Põhja-Hispaanias on kliima pigem Eesti omale sarnane. Jällegi õppetund: võta alati kaasa talvemantel ja müts. Muidugi oli ka projekt õpetlik ning saime selgeks Dragon Dreaming meetodi, mida võiks kirjeldada holistilise süstematiseeritud loomingulise planeerimisena. Rõhk oli AHHAA momentidel ja neid meil jagus. Näiteks oli paljude jaoks tippsündmus, kui külastasime kohalikku ökokogukonda ja nägime, et on võimalik elada ka rõõmsalt ja looduslähedaselt. Nende keskne teema on armastus ja seda oli seal ka õhus tunda - isegi töö tegemine oli nii hea, et kõik tahtsid jääda kauemaks. Tõeline pärl keset Cantabria mägesid! Final project: ,, Digital Revolution (DIGI) ’’ Project - Youth Workers Mobility; Contract No. 2019-3-RO01-KA105-077964. Project Cofunded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union. Implementation period: 01-02-2020/31-01-2022 . Mobility (10 days), during: 08.08.2021-17.08.2021. Location: Horezu, Vâlcea County- Romania. Project (seminar) participants: 48 youth workers. Partner organizations: Coordinator: Pro Dezvoltare DACIA Association (APDD) - Romania; Partners: Ecoworld Rhodopes Association – Bulgaria; International Labour Association (ILA)- Netherlands; Hellas for Us – Greece; Marketing Gate – Macedonia; Stowarzyszenie Sztukate – Poland; Associação Juvenil da Ilha Terceira (AJITER)-Portugal; Seiklejate Vennaskond – Estonia; EUROSUD-Italy; Bilgi ve Beceri Dernegi-Turkey; Jaunimo mainaiLithuania and Asociación Mundus – Un Mundo a tus Pies - Spain We live in a digital era that is constantly evolving. Parelel with this, more and more cases of exclusion, isolation, inappropriate behavior are recorded among young people. Society, especially young people, does not cope with so many changes. Causes can be multiple, from indifference to lack of specialized education, and the effects can be dramatic. Using the Internet, tablets, smartphones, cards, have benefits but also risks. This generates behavioral changes, with major implications in particular for young people with an emphasis on those with fewer opportunities. General objectives: -Illustrating the risks of digitalization, through concrete examples for a profound understanding of the pattern of behavior of young people in situations of social or professional exclusion; • Illustrating the opportunities for digitalization by acquiring 12 methods of using new communication technologies by the 4 participants / NGOs, in order to reach the marginalized young people through non-formal methods (previous experiences /exchange of good practices). • Improving competences in the field marginalized young people inclusion through the exchange of good practices for risk prevention, identifying opportunities and implications of digitization, 48 youth workers . • Applying the acquired methods from the seminar at the level of their own organizations in order to increase the efficiency in the social and professional inclusion activities of the young target group, on digitalization.
Contact-making seminar "Creating Volunteering Circles" was taking place in the beginning of the March in Thessaloniki, Greece.
It was an intense program and many good practices, as well as project ideas have been shared between the participants. The trainers, Olga and Olimpia, were perfectly prepared and guided us through the whole process of creating and implementing an ESC project. We were also presenting our sending organisations and exchanging practical information. One of the most interesting activities in my opinion was a role-play of given scenarios that were all real life situations from one of the trainers' experience. On one day we had guests from another organisation - an ex-volunteer now working as a mentor to the ESC volunteers and the organisation's manager. There has also been an inspirational visit to Thessaloniki and the hosting organisation's headquarters. During the activities and outside of activities talks' it came out that some of the participating organisations would be willing to partner up with Seiklejate Vennaskond (and either send their participants to the projects or invite potential volunteers from Estonia for their initiatives such as long- and short-term ESC projects). So many new projects are ahead. Personally, I was also interested in getting involved as a long-term ESC volunteer because I've already done a short-term project before. I saw some potential possibilities I may be willing to apply for. What's even more important, I now have a clear overview of how it works from the very theoretical organisational side and how it might look in reality. After the mandatory part of each day's program there were some evening activities such as intercultural night, game night or a night visit to the city. |
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