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Info Pack for Nature Reverence

Youth Exchange, Dresden1 11 August 2012

*This document should be read before coming to the youth exchange

Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. would like to welcome you to the Nature Reverence IIyouth exchange! Our partners are the following:

Croatia: Association for sustainable and creative development KORGreece: Young Entrepreneurs of Thessaloniki YET

Italy: Cooperazione senza Frontiere

Netherlands: Stichting Diversiteitsland

Poland: Zachodniopomorska Wojewodzka Komenda Ochotniczych Hufcow PracyRomania: Synergy RomaniaSpain: Casa Eslava

Each country group should consist of 4 participants aged between 18 and 25 and onegroup leader (no age limit).We hope that during these 9 days, you will get useful intercultural experience

learning about the environment through outdoor activities, sport and workshops.Non-formal education methods will be used with the view to promote and follow thevalues and aims of the Youth in Action Programme. This info pack will not onlyanswer many questions that you might have but will also prepare you for the YouthExchange.

Please read the info pack carefully and if you agree with its rules &regulations, fill in, sign and send the application form [email protected]

JKPeV Team:

Chairman of the Board: Stefan KiehneProject Coordinator: Myrto-Helena Pertsinidi


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the youth exchange...

What is a youth exchange???

A Youth Exchange brings together groups ofyoung people from different backgroundsfrom two or more Youth in Action countries,providing them with an opportunity to meet,discuss, and confront various themes, whilstlearning about each other countries andcultures.

The Youth in Action Programme is aprogramme funded by the European Union

which addresses young people aiming to develop their skills, to empower them toparticipate actively, to motivate them to volunteer and respect each other and toencourage them to share their experiences, ideas and knowledge. Therefore, youthexchanges should not be considered as low-budget holidays and an opportunity justto travel abroad.

Nature Reverence II is a nine-day youth exchange, from 1 to 11 August 2013 inPorschdorf, a village situated in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, which gives theopportunity to 40 young people, aged between 18 and 25 (4 pax per country +1group leader per country) to participate in outdoor workshops and activities with

regard to environment, nature and volunteering.Moreover, participants will get toknow each other's culture through team-building games, free time activities andcultural evenings.The workshops: The participants will explore the natural beauty of the wonderfulSaxon Switzerland national park and will do activities such as: rock climbing, hikingtours with specialists who will explain the participants about the flora and fauna, thehistory and the geography of the Saxon Switzerland National Park, canoeing,scouting activities, free camping, free time activities (dance lessons, photography,land art etc.). Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy nature and its elementsand realise how important is to respect and protect it. Open air workshops, outdooractivities, team work and team building games will take place in the morning and inthe evening.Free time activities: Apart from the workshops, free time activities (team buildinggames, dance and music activities, photography, land art, meditation etc.) will takeplace. If participants would like to facilitate an activity or share their knowledge andexperience, they are more than welcome to do. Therefore, participants should fill inthe application form carefully and mention what kind of workshop they couldfacilitate! In addition, cultural evenings are planned to be held in order to get toknow each other and familiarize themselves with the whole group.Cultural evenings: Almost every night after dinner participants from each partner

country will present their country and culture through their own way. We encourageinteractive presentations which include games, quizzes, music & dance and of coursesome short introduction to each countrys delicacies and local products!


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Boofen: You will have the experience to have

an overnight stay in the National Park ofSaxon Switzerland and more specifically in theElbe Sandstone Mountains in the open air.Boofen refers to an overhang in the sandstonerock or a cave, the so-called Boofe ("bow-fer").This has often been adapted with a sleepingarea and fireplace. It is the best way to be asclose as possible to nature.

volunteering

Nature Reverence II youth exchange dedicates one morning to volunteering and thismeans that, participants will have to do something for the environment such ascleaning the forest and the trails from litter so that the natural habitat of variousanimals, plants and trees is sustained and clean.

working language

The official project language will be English; however, many of you speak many

different languages. But don't be scared if you think that your English is not goodenough...we will find many different ways to communicate and interact!!

target group

This youth exchange warmly welcomes young motivated people who would like to bein nature and participate in outdoor activities & sport. Participants are not expectedto have experience in youth exchanges. However, participants are expected torespect each other, to be part of the group, to take part in all activities of the youthexchange and to be responsible for their actions and behaviour. Remember!! Youthexchanges are not holidays; they combine collaborative work & fun!

the weather in Saxon Switzerland:

In August the weather in Saxon Switzerland can vary which means that there aredays which might be pleasant but it can also be chilly and rainy. You are highly rec-ommended to bring clothes for outdoor activities and rainproof jacket and trousers.Sport shoes and/or hiking boots and rainproof hiking boots are necessary for this pro-

ject. During the morning and the afternoon the temperature is higher compared tothe evening. At night jeans and a jacket are necessary and your sleeping bag should

quite warm! Please check the weather report before you come!


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costs & refund of travel expenses

Board, lodging and programme costs will be provided and paid by grant from theNational Agency of Germany of the YOUTH in Action Programme. Insurance will becovered from Programme costs in case of an accident, but please bring yourEuropean Health Insurance Card with you! (Contact your local Health insuranceprovider to obtain one for free)

There will a refund of 70% of the real travel expenses. Below you find the travelexpense limits for each country, so please have them in mind when you book thetickets for your 4 participants + 1 leader.

Country Organisation 100%

5 people

70%

5 people

Croatia Udruga KOR 2000,00 1400,00

Greece Young Entrepreneurs ofThessaloniki

2000,00 1400,00

Italy Cooperazione senza Frontiere 2000,00 1400,00

Netherlands Stichting Diversiteitsland 1750,00 1225,00

Poland Zachodniopomorska WojewodzkaKomenda Ochotniczych HufcowPracy

1500,00 1050,00

Romania Synergy Romania 2000,00 1400,00

Spain Casa Eslava 2000,00 1400,00

We need to provide all travel receipts and documentation to the national agencyotherwise we cannot refund the organisations. So please (every participant) bringwith you:

1. The original invoice of the flight ticket or the train ticket (with clear mark howmuch you have paid). This invoice should be addressed to yourself, or yourorganisation. (If you receive an electronic ticket, please print out a copy also for us.This shows the real cost of the ticket).2. Save all boarding passes (no boarding pass no reimbursement)3. Save all original train and bus tickets or any other tickets (no receipt noreimbursement)

IMPORTANT: Reimbursement of the ticket will be done only after we receive alloriginal tickets, boarding passes and invoices!!!


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Booking, travelling and arrival

By plane: On Thursday 1st of August 2013 you will arrive either at SchoenefeldorTegel airport in Berlin. We advise you to book your flight to Berlin fromyour country

as it is much cheaper than to Dresden. After booking your flight, youshould bookyour bus ticket online through Berlin Linien Bus to get to Dresden. Do not do it lastminute because most of the times these buses are fully booked! This companyhasbuses which take you from the airport of Berlin to Dresden Hauptbahnhof(theMain Station of Dresden). It takes about 2 hours to reach Dresden from Berlin. Youwill find this bus exactly outside the airport!! The return ticket costs 28,-/person upto 26 years old and 32,-/person for adults older than 26 years old.By bus or train: If you come by bus or train, you should stop atDresdenHauptbahnhofas you need to take the S-Bahn from there to Bad Schandau inSaxonSwitzerland.When you reach Dresden Hauptbahnhof, inside the train station there are officeswhere you can buy on the spot your train ticket from Dresden HauptbahnhoftoBadSchandau. The train leaves every 30 minutes and you will arrive in Bad Schan-dau in about 30 minutes! When you take the S-Bahn from Dresden Hauptbahnhofsend a sms to +49 17 699 122 209 so that we will pick you up from there. We strictlyrecommend you to arrive early that day. Upon your arrival, you will have time to set-tle in the camp, relax, meet the other participants and get a dinner! After dinner weare going to have a welcome meeting.

Preparation of ParticipantsIMPORTANT how to get prepared

In cooperation with your group leaders, prepare your cultural evening, warm-upactivities & energizers

What you should definitely bring!!!

1. Comfortable & sport clothes & shoes

2. Sleeping bag & towels3. Warm jackets & clothes (August is unpredictable)4. Flashlight & camera/video camera5. Sport shoes & hiking boots6. Water proof jacket & trousers7. A big backpack & a small one to carry while hiking8. Insect Repellent, sun glasses & sun cream9. A flask of water to carry on you during the activities10. Swim suit in case you are too brave to swim in the Elbe river


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Accommodation

You will stay in the Aktivhof, an original place designed for big groups and adventuretours in Porschdorf. There is plenty of space for outdoor activities, grilling, campfire,sitting room/lounge with WLAN, a terrace to enjoy your meals and a kitchen. You willstay in traditionally made barns and therefore you need to bring with you awarmsleeping bag as you will sleep on the hay and these barns havent got the bestinsulation!! The showers and toilets are in the guest house and they are very cleanand modern style. For the participants who are allergic to hay, air mattresses will beprovided. This kind of accommodation is not recommended for people who want tostay in hotels and have their privacy. It is quite basic and it is for people who like ad-

venture and do not bother to stay for a few days in a group.AktivhofHauptstrae 201814 Porschdorfhttp://www.aktivreiseteam.de/
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Saxon SwitzerlandSaxon Switzerland (German: SchsischeSchweiz) is an area in Saxony, Germany,sonamed after its picturesque uplandscenery. About 30 km (18 mi) upward theElbe River From Dresden this is amountain area made Of sandstone.Bizarre stone formations and spectacular

views are only a few characteristics ofthis region that is ideal for hiking, butalso for a relaxed day out. For those who

like nature, it is surely the most beautifullandscape in Saxony.Saxon Switzerland National Park borders the Czech Republics Bohemian SwitzerlandNational Park. Though a border divides this space its management has long beenmarked by international cooperation. A hikers border crossing was opened in 2003.City in Stone The park is known for a wildly eroded landscape of Elbe sandstone for-mations, created as a seafloor during the Cretaceous period. The cliffs, mesas, gorg-es, and spires of this city in stone are the result of more than 100 million years ofwork by wind and by the waters of the Elbe River and tributaries as they flow into theNorth Sea.Free-Climbing Saxon Switzerland is an irresistible draw for rock climbers. In factfree-climbing for sport is said to have originated in this region during the mid-19

th

century. Today schools enthusiastically teach the sport to newcomers. Varied HabitatsThe parks stark topography creates a mix of diverse naturalhabitats in close proxim-ity to each otherplateau mountaintops, steep ravines, wildflower-filled meadows,moors, and extensive forests. Rugged, rocky terrain provides a refuge, free from hu-man intervention, for many species no longer found in most of Germany. In the skiesabove one may spot black storks, peregrine falcons, or horned owls.

Topsy-Turvy Saxon Switzerland National Parks climate is turned upside down by aphenomenon called climactic inversion. Mixed montane forest is found at the damp,cool lower altitudes in shadowy gorges. This unusual climate has allowed two flowersnormally found in tundra climates, the gelbe Veilchen ("yellow violet") and the Sump-fporst (wild rosemary) to survive here since the last ice age.Knigstein Fortress: The heights of this romantic landscape are dotted with castlesand fortresses, many of which are themselves fascinating tourist draws. TheKonigstein Fortress, which dates to at least 1241, is perched dramatically on atowering mesa and affords stunning views across Saxon Switzerland.


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Info & rules

Please keep all your boarding passes and tickets and give them to your group lead-er. The same should be done on the way back. The group leaders have to send us alltickets and boarding passes via post as a registered letter. Respect and keep clean the place where you are staying at.

Smoking is not allowed indoors.

After 23.00 please try to be more silent but this does not mean the party is over.Whoever wants to join late night gatherings, we will have a camp fire!

Be prepared for the cultural evening where you will represent your country'sculture e.g. music, a short description about the country, anecdotes, funny videosabout the country etc. You should be prepared before coming to the youth ex-change!! Please bring food and drinks typical of your country!!

Group leaders are responsible for their participants and must inform them about all

practicalities of the youth exchange e.g. the time the participants should start thewarm-up activities, the workshop activities, the cultural evenings etc.

All participants have to participate in all activities and should be on time during theyouth exchange. If participants have any problems or for certain reasons and theycant participate in some activities, they should inform their group leaders first or theproject leader!

Group leaders are expected to support and help the organising team and shouldattend group leader meetings which take place on a daily basis. Each participating group is welcome to prepare some warm-up activities and ener-gizers for the youth exchange. You should bring your own sleeping bag and towels as well as flashlight for nightwalks!!

If you want to organise a free time activity and would like to show to and share with

the other participants, you are welcome to do, but you have to let us know in ad-vance!


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If you have any allergies or if you don't eat certain kinds of food you should informus before the project gets started..! Therefore, the application form has to be filled inand sent to us.

If you want to take part in this youth exchange, make sure that you conform to theterms & conditions of the youth exchange. Please sign and fill in the attachedapplication form. If we don't receive the application form we will not be able to ac-cept you in the youth exchange!

In Germany, you are not allowed to download movies and songs as it ischarged with a fine. If you want to present films and songs from the internet for

your cultural evening you have to do it in your country before you come to the youthexchange!!

Apart from the outdoor activities, we will also do some voluntary activities such ascleaning trails from litter. Also, participants should volunteer daily during the youthexchange as they will help to make breakfast, to clean the dishes and set the tablesevery day.

Taking part in such a youth exchange does not mean that you only participate inworkshops, cultural evenings and fun activities but you are also responsible for thegood operation of the youth exchange by helping where necessary.

Concerning travelling, you are expected to buy your tickets on your own and wewill reimburse you as soon as we receive the boarding passes and all original tickets(airplane, bus, train tickets etc.). Try to find the cheapest way to get to Dresden.

All extra costs e.g. drinks, entrance to museums or galleries, personal expenses etc.are not covered by the youth exchange.

Please respect the environment and the garbage system of Germany. You will beinformed about this operation as soon as you come to the youth exchange. If you are finally not able to participate in the youth exchange and you have bookedor paid the ticket which is non-refundable, then we are not able to reimburse you.


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Jugend-& Kulturprojekt e.V.

The association Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. is based in Dresden, Germany and wasfounded in 2004. Its main aim is to provide young people and adults withopportunities to improve their soft skills through non-formal learning methods.Moreover, JKPeV helps young artists and creative minds to realise their own projectsand use their creative and entrepreneurial skills and therefore, support and promotetheir ideas.

For this reason, the association carries out European and international projects withthe intention to familiarize local and international people with the idea of living andcreating in a multicultural environment where everyone is treated equally has equal

rights and responsibilities. This has been attained by the organisation throughinternational work camps, workshops, meetings, festivals and conventions in the fieldof art and culture. Through such projects tolerance, understanding, environmentaland European awareness and citizenship are fostered.

In addition, JKPeV aspires to contribute to the cultural life of Dresden by organisingpublic events and bringing together people from different countries andbackgrounds. Cultural diversity and EU values are greatly promoted through all theevents of JKPeV.

Since 2008, JKPeV organises every September in Dresden the Burning BizarreConvention, where jugglers and fire performers from different countries gather andparticipate in workshops, the open stage and the gala show. The gala show is a publicperformance, where all people from Dresden and the region of Saxony are welcometo attend it.

Since 2011, Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. has been an accredited hosting and sendingorganisation with regard to the European Voluntary Service of the Youth in ActionProgramme.

Through its public activities JKPeV has managed to become a source of inspiration,free expression and information for the young people who are interested to createand get involved in the society through art, culture, volunteering and environmental

activities. www.jkpev.de
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Terms & Conditions

Participants should be aware of the voluntary movement and the projectphilosophy.

Participants are responsible to arrange their travel in accordance with the projectprogram & should inform hosting organization about their travel details before theproject starts

Participants have to run all the activities needed for a good preparation of the

exchange, following suggestions and information given by the hosting organization

Participants are responsible for obtaining the adequate European Health InsuranceCard (contact your health insurance provider)

Participants should respect culture and traditions of the local host.

Participants should accept and follow the rules and conditions of the hostingorganisation.

Participants should be flexible and understand that details of the projects canchange at the last minute, without affecting the philosophy of the youth exchange.

Participants should understand that group dynamics are the key to a successfulproject and they are asked to play an active role in this.

Participants are responsible as a group to participate and help in the organization

of their free time activities along with the support of the leader.

Participants are responsible for their own actions relating to the life, the work andlaws of the country.

Smoking is forbidden in any closed places


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Important info!

Contact details:

Myrto-Helena Pertsinidi +49 (0) 17 699 122 209 [email protected] Kiehne +49 (0) 17 696 212 347 [email protected] +49 (0) 351 899 605 28 [email protected]

Please contact us if you have any questions!

Office Address: Bautzner strasse 4901099 NeustadtDresdenGermany
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