About the project
Our project has as a starting point the skepticism of young people between the ages of 18-30 years with regard to the European Union and the values that define the EU. We see rather often a state of indifference and non-involvement of young people for the future of the EU. The core of our project is defined as EU - a space of values. Indispensable values, which became passions for young people and are exploited every day. Our project proposes is structured on the basic vision of the EU: 1. citizens - 2. common values.
We expect to have two main results from the project:
1. A pan-european collection of passions / values. This is a pilot where participants identify unique passions (e.g. travel or studies abroad) done with EU support, through a process guided by self-reflection. The passions will be transposed into video materials (story, testimonial, photo collage) and uploaded online.
2. A joint declaration on the future of the EU. The output of the values / passions identified by the young people during the project will be a joint statement about how they see the future of the EU, in fact an agenda of young people from 6 EU countries and 1 candidate country about EU priorities.
Activities:
The project will involve 42 young people between aged 18-30 and 7 group leaders. The participants in the project will be young people who need to improve their personal skills regarding participation in civic life and involvement in the democratic life of the EU.
Activities are structured in 4 phases, along 8 days, through which we can ensure the fulfillment of the 4 specific project objectives:
• Stage 1 - Group cohesion
• Stage 2 - Exploration and intercultural knowledge
• Stage 3 - Personal experimentation
• Stage 4 - Continuation and follow-up
Basic Information
- Dates: 1 - 10 April 2022
- Location: Horezu, Romania
- Participating countries: Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, Lithuania, Serbia and Romania
- Number of Participants: 7 participants (6+1 group leader) / country
- Age requirements: 18-30 years old, no age limit for group leader
- Gender balance is recommended for each national group
- All participants must be residents of the sending organization country.
- Working language for the project is English
- Deadline for application: 19 March 2022
How to reach Horezu?
VERY IMPORTANT: Participants can buy the plane tickets ONLY AFTER they confirm with us the flight itineraries.
The international travel for participants can be made either by plane, train or bus. Personal car or taxi travel cannot be reimbursed.
The arrival and departure days for youth exchange are:
- 1 April 2022 (arrival day)
- 10 April 2022 (departure day)
All participants should plan their travel to Bucharest. For those of you who wish to spend extra time in Romania for visiting purposes, it is possible to book travel tickets with maximum 2 days before arrival day and/or 2 days after departure day. Extra days spent in Romania will be covered at your own expense.
For participants who will travel by plane, you should arrive to Bucharest, at the Henri Coanda / Otopeni Airport (OTP) https://www.bucharestairports.ro/en. Use the airport train (to reach Gara de Nord – main train station) or bus 783 (to reach Piata Unirii – city center). Tickets for train or bus can be bought in the train/bus stations, just outside the arrival terminal of the airport.
For participants who will be using other means of transport (e.g. bus or train), please
inform us about your arrival in Bucharest so we can further guide you, depending on
your place of arrival.
Travel from Bucharest to Horezu (the Youth Exchange venue) will be made on 01 April 2022 from Pacii Bus station (also known as Autogara Militari) in Bucharest. Here you may find the location: https://goo.gl/maps/M1Emmy3Av8k4gDQH7
You can use the Metro to get there (Pacii metro station). Depending of your arrival hours to Bucharest, there are several buses to get to Horezu: 14:00 / 15:15 / 16:00 / 18:00 / 20:00. Main bus companies that are advisable to travel from Bucharest to Horezu are: Normandia, CDI and Viitorul. The tickets can be bought from the driver, one ticket costs around 12 euro, equivalent of 60 lei (can be paid only in lei – Romanian currency). The travel from Bucharest to Horezu takes 4 hours.
Financial rules and reimbursements
- Italy: 275 euro
- Spain: 360 euro
- Greece: 275 euro
- Poland: 275 euro
- Lithuania: 275 euro
- Serbia: 180 euro
For the plane transport, the mandatory documents required are:
- FLIGHT ELECTRONIC TICKET (E-TICKET)
- INVOICE
- PROOF OF PAYMENT FOR TICKET (from online banking or receipt)
- BOARDING PASSES
Invitation letters can be provided by host organization to selected participants, if needed. You should inform us about this at least one month before the start of each mobility.
- We will reimburse the travel expenses after the end of the mobility, only when all the travel documents presented above are provided.
- We can only refund travel costs for which original tickets/ invoices/ boarding passes are provided. We strongly recommend you to keep all the original travel documentswith you, since we won’t be able to refund them if we don’t receive them.
- Reimbursement will be made only by bank transfer to the sending organizations, which will distribute the money to participants.
- Personal car or taxi travel cannot be reimbursed.
The venue, accommodation and meal
Participants will be hosted in rooms for 2 people, with private bathroom. Participants will share the room with another participant from the same country, only if possible. However, we don't guarantee this! Towels and bedsheets will be provided at the venue.
There is mobile phone signal (everywhere) and Wi-Fi internet connection is available in the hotel lobby.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served at the location. Coffee-breaks will be available during the day. Meals will be standard for all the participants, consisting in Romanian style dishes. Any special requests (e.g. vegetarian, allergies, special diet) must be communicated before in the participant identification form (GoogleSurvey).
What you need to prepare before arrival?
1. Look around for the project topic and get familiar with European Union. Detailed activities schedule will be made available on the Facebook project page.
2. Fill in the participant identification form here: https://forms.gle/QPXyBMyjvoojV3s49
3. Book your tickets after you confirm with us by email: projects@atdd.ro
4. Carefully consider the travelling rules in the context of the pandemic and take the appropriate measures.
5. We will organize intercultural evenings, to present your own countries and cultures. You can be creative and funny. Bring with you traditional food, drinks, music and dances from your countries. We count on you to make the intercultural evening as interactive as possible :)
Special travel measures to Romania during the pandemic
➢ You may check your country specific conditions for travelling to Romania here:
https://reopen.europa.eu/en/map/ROU/7001
Participants should have/do the following before entering to Romania:
- Fill in the Passenger Locator Form, in the 72 hours before entering Romania: https://plf.gov.ro/login
- Provide a valid EU Digital COVID Certificate.
- Proof of full vaccination. Valid after the booster dose was administered, if no more than 9 (nine) months have passed since the last dose was administered.
or
- Proof of recovery from COVID-19. Validity: 6 months
or
- Negative result of a PCR test. Validity: 72 hours
➢ COVID-19 vaccination is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for selected participants, as it guarantees very easy travel process and PREDICTIBILITY. Additionally, it provides comfort and security to other participants from the group, while enjoying the project.
➢ PCR test costs will not be covered.
➢ Make sure you’re up-to-date with the latest information about your travelling: https://reopen.europa.eu/en/map/ROU/7001. If anything changes in the meanwhile, we will
let you know.
➢ If participants don’t comply with the official travel regulations mentioned above and will not be able to travel to the mobility from that reason, travel tickets will not be reimbursed.
➢ During youth exchange we will provide masks and disinfectants for all participants.
