trough the NATURE to the best of YOU th o o r t o u t d r a A UNIQUE OUTDOOR SEMINAR Through the Nature to the Best of You(th) INFO PACK

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1 trough the NATURE to the best of YOU th o u t d o o r t r a i n n i g A UNIQUE OUTDOOR SEMINAR Through the Nature to the Best of You(th) INFO PACK June 29th July 9th 2018, Hotel Tivoli *** Vysoke Tatry, Tatranska Polianka, Slovakia Application deadline: 24th May 2018

2 We are offering a very unique and special project quite different from other Erasmus+ projects you might have heard of or experienced, so, probably you don t want to miss it! Seminar Through the Nature to the Best of You(th) is quite experiential and experimental in its design. There are countless researches on the power of nature to reduce stress, improve mood, increase creativity and promote general human well-being. Although there are few initiatives that promote being outdoors (mostly related to adventure education), using this as a conscious non-formal educational approach for youth empowerment and inclusion is still very under-developed. This is due to the fact that educators themselves are often not aware about the power of the approach and are not confident or lack skills to use in daily work with young people. With this training course we want to give chance for 26 youth workers, educators and youth (scout) leaders that work with young people on the regular basis to experience the power of non-formal learning in the nature and outdoors for the personal empowerment and social development, and motivate them to use theese skills more often in work with young people as a tool. This training course will be strongly based on Experiential Learning approach and include many activities in the nature and outdoors. In the middle of the training, participants will have the chance to experience a unique activity a 3 day adventure hike in mountains with many tasks and challenges to learn from. At the second half of the training participants will be expected to create own non-formal learning activities in the nature that could later on be implemented with young people. And, as we believe that Through the Nature we could get to the Best of You(th) - with this seminar, we want to explore together with you how to use the great outdoor for youth work! The seminar activities will partly take place indoors (8 days in a 3* hotel in one of the highest elevated villages of Slovakia) and partly outdoors (2 days of hiking in the high moutains and two nights in the mountain's huts). As the contents of the project will largely depend on participants contributions in terms of sharing experiences working with young people, we expect all participants to have a REAL experience in youth work and non-formal education for some time and maturity as personalities. If the candidates offered by partner organizations will be too unsuitable, we keep the rights to choose other participants.

3 CRITERIA FOR THE PARTICIPANTS Involved in youth work for at least 1 year Have experience with providing non-formal learning activities for youth Are interested in topics of learning in/from nature and believe in the values Want to explore the nature/outdoors and are ready to stay 2 nights in a moutain hut. Within 2 months after the seminar - ready to implement at least 1 follow-up activity tin the outdoors with their young people to promote diversity and inclusion. The training course will take place in the Hotel Tivoli *** Tatranska Polianka, Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia from June 29th July 9th High Tatras are the highhest mountains of Slovakia and considered the smallest high-mountains of the world, but this fact is not taking off anything of its majesty. We will be based just at the feet of the highest peak of the whole Carpatian circle, the 2654m high Gerlach. ACCOMODATION You will be hosted in an Hotel Tivoli ***, where from you can see the beautiful scenery of towns underneath the mountains and enjoy the sublimous view to Vysoke Tatry, and Gerlach peak. Rooms with private toilet will be shared by 2 or 3 participants of the same sex. Some people might be also asked to share a double-bed. We are sure you will enjoy the location as there is plenty of space and the rooms are fresly re-furnished. Arrival day: June 29th move in from 15:00 Departure day: July 9th Participants are responsible to book their tickets to Poprad-Tatry. (it is possible to fly to Poprad-Tatry with connection via London Luton, or by charters from Podgorica, Tirana, Antalya, Burgas, Tel Aviv. Tuesday Antalya 11:00 Travel SVC from 26JUN to 7SEP Tuesday Burgas 15:30 Travel SVC from 29JUN to 11SEP Tuesday Burgas 17:25 Bulgarian from 19JUN to 11SEP Wednesday Tel Aviv 10:30 Corendon from 4JUL to 03OCT

4 TRAINING TIMETABLE

5 Good option, with understandable public connections is to Fly to Kosice, Bratislava, or Vien and use public transport and train to get to Poprad-Tatry, later the tram up to the Tatranska Polianka. We will reimburse travel expenses fully in case that are not over the max. limit according to the travel budget approved by the NA and based on the distance calculator. Anyway contant us in advance before buying any tickets in order to help you to find the cheapest option. Train service is in Slovakia for free for any students studying on daily basis. If it is your case, please contact Maros for further details and froms which need to be filled up before your departure. We are arranging local transport from Poprad-Tatry for participants with late arrival (after departure of the last tram 22:40). Organization Nr. of participants Country Budget per person Association for Initiatives and Cooperation Yard 3 Latvia 275,00 EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE 2 Tallinn, Estonia 275,00 Stowarzyszenie Sztukater 2 Poland 180,00 AEGEE-Las Palmas 3 Spain 530,00 Asociace TOM CR, DUMANCI 2 Czech Republic 180,00 ProAtlântico Associação Juvenil 3 Portugal 360,00 SCOUT AND GUIDE ASSOCIATION OF CROATIA 3 Croatia 180,00 Maltos ordino pagalbos tarnyba 3 Lithuania 275,00 You in Europe 3 Greece 275,00 The table above shows the limit we can reimburse for each organization. Please keep also in mind, that to your travel expenses you will have to add a fee for the local transport in the area. We ask for selected participants to confront with us first to buy any ticket as we can suggest you the best route and find the cheapest solution. TRAINERS Ieva Grundsteine (Latvia) is involved in youth work since 2001 and an active international trainer since She has conducted more than 120 different trainings and cares a lot about such topics as promoting positive changes in the communities more respect for diversity, inclusion, gender equality, respect for Human Rights, healthy life-style, being connected with oneself, etc. Also outdoor approach is one of her favourites. Contact: ieva.grundsteine@gmail.com Roberts Līcis (Latvia) calls himself as an adventure hunter. He tries to seek paths in nature and how outdoors can benefit lifestyles. Robert is an actictive outdoor educator, using adventure from teaching kids and youth members how to gain resiliance, to working with international companies and teams to reach their business goals. Oh yes, and he s from the Latvian National Armed Forces. Contact: roberts.licis@gmail.com Maros Brodansky (Slovakia). Even if he gained master diploma in Transcultural European Outdoor Studies, for this time he would be responsible for managing your basic needs - food, roof and safety. Maros with his fellow from 3rd Scout's Departement Anicky a Borivoja Uhrovych Kezmarok hold the local knowledge and are happy to share with you. The smooth flow of the seminar is garanteed as Maros and his fellow have rich experiences of organizing variety of scout's happenings from summer camps to educational seminars. Feel free to contact him with any doubts regarding to

6 In order to apply, you have to fill the application form online: and submit it by Thursday, May 24 the very latest. WHAT TO BRING: Hiking boots Waterproof jacket, trousers and backpack cover (or poncho instead) Sleeping bag Sleeping mat (can be provided in limited amount if requested in advance) Head torch Knife,bowl, spoon Hiking backpack Reusable water bottle Warm clothes - (jumpers, vest, long trousers and spring/autumn coat/jacket) Sun protection items (a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen) Summer clothes Swimming suite Personal Medicines Towels and personal cosmetics (shampoos, gel, toothpaste etc.) More detailed list of the things you need to bring we will provide in the next Infopack. Remember that in Erasmus+ there are the travel limits, so, the sooner you buy the tickets, the bigger the chance that you can get reimbursed even 100%. Should you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask! We are looking forward to spending some exciting and inspiring days with you here in beautiful High Tatras! For any further question contact marosbrodansky@gmail.com