Summary: The aim of this exchange, to be held
in Madrid, Sevilla and Barcelona,
Spain, is to have a more united
European Community, ready to
participate actively in the new
coming United Europe. In order to
achieve these goals it is necessary
to prepare the society for
multiculturalism. It will focus on
potential obstacles and work to find
solutions to them.
The European Union is formed by 15 Member States with 11
different languages, plus is preparing for the accession of 13
eastern and southern European countries with different
languages and cultures. In order to bring unity and harmony, it is
necessary that all the different societies start to learn more
about their neighbors traditions, values and language, and, on
the other hand, try to avoid any racist feeling, prejudices or even
topics. The aim of this purpose is to have a more united
European Community, ready to participate actively in the new
coming United Europe.
In order to achieve these goals it is necessary to prepare the
society for multiculturalism. Offering more language courses is
one solution, but still it doesn’t cover all the other aspects
concerning communication and cultural understanding. Our
exchange, “Intercultural Communication” will focus on these
potential problems and the group will work to find solutions to
them.
Who can apply?
We are looking for motivated, concerned, creative and
communicative youngsters.
Only youngsters of the following countries list can apply to this
Exchange:
Spain, Holland, Ireland, Romania, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy,
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Belgium, Greece,
Poland, Finland, Luxembourg, France, England, Portugal,
Slovakia
Requirements:
Youngsters aged between 18-25, working or volunteering at an
NGO or youth organization.
Youngsters with less experience in international Youth Exchange
will be taken first into consideration.
As another aim of this youth exchange is to improve the
communication skills of the participants, candidates with less
foreign language knowledge will also be first on the list.
There is a maximum of 40 participants (2 from each country) to
attend the Exchange.
How to apply?
If you are interested in participating in this exchange, complete
the on-line application form on the website: www.eyenetwork.org
Applications with important data missing won’t be taken into
consideration.
Deadline: 17th of February 2003
Travel costs:
50% of your travel costs will be reimbursed to you once the
Exchange has finished.
Only the cheapest travel expenses will be reimbursed: youth
tickets, tourist class, etc.
The participants living in Portugal can only take the train to arrive
at Madrid. For France participants if they want to come by plane
it will need to be proven that the plane ticket costs less than to
travel by train.
Accommodation:
Food and accommodation will be free of charge as EYE Network
will be responsible to book and provide food and accommodation
for you.
Visa costs:
Only participants from Romania will need to prepare a visa with at
least 4 weeks in advance to reduce costs. The total amount of
the visa will be reimbursed to them in the Exchange.
Participation fees:
In order to cut administrational costs there will be a participation
fee charge to every participant. We charged different amounts to
the participant countries depending the travel expenses,
balancing a similar amount to all participants.
100 EURO 70 EURO 40 EURO
Portugal Denmark Czech Republic
France Finland Hungary
Belgium Sweden Slovakia
Luxembourg Austria Poland
Holland Romania
England Greece
Ireland
Germany
Italy
Spain
* If you have a special economical situation you can ask for
assistance, explaining your case in a separate document and EYE
Network will study your case.
Activity programme:
In order to achieve our goals of providing cultural understanding,
cultural knowledge, cultural exchange and communication skills,
following activities will take place:
a) Workshops: The workshops will use many theatre
techniques adapted to work with the communication and cultural
understanding activities.
b) Theatre play: The participants will write, with the help of
the trainers and workshops, a multilingual theatre play that they
will represent during the last nights of the seminar.
c) Discussions: Discussions take place after some workshops
or cultural visits, where the participants can give their
impressions or discover new perspectives.
d) Cultural visits: This project is designed to offer as many
cultural differences and similarities as possible. In order to
achieve this goal cultural visits are also a major activity of our
program.
e) Cultural understanding final case study: This activity will be
the last exercise on intercultural communication for the
participants. It will be a case study they will need to work on in
groups and try to find a solution to it. Each group will have a
different role-play and they will need to find a solution with the
other groups. Each group will have some cultural characteristics
that will make harder or easier the communication with the other
participants.
f) Forum on Multiculturalism: A forum on multiculturalism will
take place in one of the state universities at Barcelona. It will act
as a direct medium of information to the Spanish students and
youngsters. We will have the cooperation of an expert to explain
what multiculturalism is and its situation in Spain.
Owner: EYE Network