INFO PACK 1
INTRODUCTION Inside Dear Junior Branch world, We are glad to present you IJBC 2017 which will take place in Portugal from August 1st to August 6th. The International Junior Representatives (IJRs) and CISV Portugal are very excited for this conference and we hope you are too! Like in 2016 in Colombia, IJBC will happen on its own, before Global Conference 2018. It will be a place for all of us to share our experiences, ideas and thoughts on Junior Branch today and innovate to build our Junior Branch for tomorrow. We hope that all JBers participating and following the Conference around the world will take this great opportunity to creatively challenge and strengthen Junior Branch, CISV and will contribute to moving our organisation forward. In this year marking the end of the 2015-2017 JB Review Team mandate, it is even more important that JBers can share their voice and have an impact as CISVers. This Info Pack includes first elements of what you can expect from IJBC 2017 in terms of camp site, transportation, logistics, applications, costs and deadlines. There will be another Info Pack with more information about the content of the meeting, the team of facilitators and other final details. If you have any questions regarding logistics, feel free to contact the Home Staff Team at ijbc2017@pt.cisv.org. For other questions, please contact the IJRs at ijr@cisv.org. Looking forward to seeing you all at IJBC 2017! Gaspard & Flora IJRs 2016-2017
DESTINATION FACTS Lisboa The capital city and physically the largest city in Portugal, Lisbon consists of a central municipality that is home to just over 550 000 people. It stands today as the economic, historical and cultural nucleus of the country and is generally considered the most desirable city in which to live in Portugal. It lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus. The rich architecture that marks the city is a reflection of Lisbon s long and rich history, which began over 1 000 years before Roman rule. It went through periods of Germanic and Moorish influence, as well as recapture by the Crusaders, and this colorful past is mirrored by the Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Traditional Portuguese, Modern and Post-Modern constructions that can be found all over. More impressive still is the fact that some of the sites still standing today survived an earthquake that hit the city in the mid-18th century. In more recent years, Lisbon was named European Capital of Culture (1994), hosted Expo 98 and the 2004 European Football Championship and in 2007 welcomed world leaders for the historic signing of the Treaty of Lisbon forming the constitutional basis of the European Union. Today Lisbon is home to an increasingly cosmopolitan and young population who are attracted by the warm Portuguese welcome, the temperate climate and the vast array of cultural opportunities offered by this truly global city.
DESTINATION FACTS Portugal Portugal is the oldest country in Europe Portugal has had the same defined borders since 1143, making it the oldest nation-state in Europe. Afonso Henriques was proclaimed the first King of Portugal in 1139 and the country remained a kingdom for almost 800 years thereafter, until 1910. Portugal introduced the habit of drinking tea in Britain. The world-famous tea ceremony in England has emerged thanks to Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, who married the King Charles II of England and brought this mode to the court. Portuguese is the eighth most spoken language in the world. With approximately 200 million native speakers and 240 million total speakers, is usually listed as the eighth most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Russian and Bengali. Portugal is one of the world s top surf spots. In October 2011, Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara caught the biggest wave (30 m / 90 ft) ever surfed to date at Praia do Norte, near the town of Nazaré, in central Portugal. Portugal once had a dead Queen. When Pedro I was crowned King of Portugal in 1357, he proclaimed his lover, Ines de Castro, Queen despite the fact that she had died in 1355
MOSAIC CISV Portugal will organize a Mosaic Project with the ongoing IPP in Lisbon, for the participants coming to IJBC that want to participate! The theme is Bring Back a Community to Life, working with a community which struggles. The activity will happen on the 31st of July in the afternoon. More information to come on the project on the Info-Pack 2. Please note that we can not guarantee accommodation for anyone who wishes to participate. We will be more than happy to help you book any hostels but due to the high amount of camps we host during the summer, hosting families might be difficult to find.
CAMPSITE The Santa Cruz Inn is a beautiful place with all the commodities needed for IJBC and much more! Address: Empreendimento Turístico Mar Azul Bloco 6, E.N. 247 2560-392 Silveira Torres Vedras - Portugal Check out their website
TRAVEL INFORMATION Arrival and Departure We expect to have all the participants at the campsite on the 1st of August at 17:00. We will leave the campsite at 12:00 on the 6th. The campsite is located in the city of Santa Cruz. It takes around 45 minutes to get there from Lisbon. Participants will have the option to request a shuttle to the campsite or to get there by public transportation. Please read the information below carefully and make sure which situation applies to your case. Getting to Lisbon Plane: The closest airport is Lisbon International Airport (LIS), which is served by the main international airlines. If you arrive by plane, please make sure to book flights that arrive before 13:00 on the 1st of August and leave after 15:00 on the 6th. Car: If you wish to come by car, we have enough parking space at the campsite. The best ways to enter Lisbon are via the A1 and A2, which both have national and international connections along their course. The landscape is beautiful! Train: National and international trains arrive every day at Santa Apolónia station, which is very close to all the traditional neighbourhoods.
TRAVEL INFORMATION Getting to the campsite Shuttles: Participants will have the option to request a shuttle from/to Lisbon for 15 (both ways). Payments will be handled in the same way the participation fee (more information below). If you need the shuttle, it is very important that you inform the Home Staff at ijbc2017@pt.cisv.org by July 1st latest (we will make sure to remind you that). Meeting Point: We will meet at Lisbon Airport at 14:00 on the 1st of August (right outside of the metro station). The airport is located at the center of Lisbon and you can easily get there by metro - Station Aeroporto [metro map]. Car: Please make sure to arrive at the campsite before 16:00 on the 1st of August. In case you don t have a GPS, here are some directions to get to the campsite: From Lisbon: A8 towards Torres Vedras - Exit: Torres Vedras - Sul: Follow the indication of Praia de Santa Cruz and Pousada da Juventude - the site is next to the main roundabout of the entrance of Santa Cruz. Train or Bus: You can come by bus through the Bus station Sete Rios (in Lisbon) to the town of Santa Cruz. Or by train, where you will need to go to Torres Vedras train station and then catch a bus to Santa Cruz beach.
TRAVEL INFORMATION Visas Most of the IJB countries do not require a Visa for a short stay. Nevertheless please check the following link to see if your country is considered an exception. Click here for Visa inquiries If you need a visa, please make sure you apply for it on time. If you need an invitation letter, you can ask the IJBC 2017 Home Staff for further information: ijbc2017@pt.cisv.org Travel Information Form All participants must complete and send a Travel Information Form (TIF) to the Home Staff at ijbc2017@pt.cisv.org before July 1st, 2017. If there is a group of participants from your country traveling together you can send only one TIF. Please make sure to specify the names of the participants.
REGISTRATION Registration Applications will be registered using the IJBC 2017 Registration form. mycisv It is very important that all participants claim participation to IJB Events on mycisv as it is how we officially measure the number of participants in the Conference. Please claim your participation to IJBC 2017 following this link*. *You must be registered in order to apply on mycisv. Forms You need to bring to IJBC 2017 only one form: The IJB Legal Information Form & Event Registration (IJB-LIF). This form was created to simplify the process. Every person attending IJBC, no matter the age or role, must bring a filled-out and signed the IJB-LIF.
COSTS The full cost of IJBC 2017 will be 250 for early registration (travel expenses from/to campsite not included). There will be two rounds of applications: Round 1 April 11th - April 30th 250 Round 2 May 1st - May 20th 265 Cancellations can be done until May 25th without cost. After May 25th, 15% will be charged if one cancels his/her participation. In order to cancel your registration without any cost, you must inform the IJBC 2017 Home Staff and the International Junior Representatives before the 25th of May. When registering to the event, participants commit to paying 15% of the fee applying to their date of registration (250 or 265 ), if they cancel after the 25th of May. In case of force majeure situations (natural disaster, hospitalization, death, etc.), please contact the Home Staff for further information.
PAYMENT There will be no cash payment at the camp site or direct personal bank transfer to CISV Portugal. Each participant is personally responsible for paying their participation fee. This fee needs to be paid to their National Association (NA) or Promotional Association (PA). National Treasurers are responsible for collecting participation fee from all their JBers attending IJBC 2017. Confirmation of participation will be sent out to participants, National Representatives, National Junior Representatives, National Secretaries and National Treasurers to ensure that all parties are aware of the need to pay the participation fee. The official list of participants is the one figuring in the registration form available to the IJBC home staff, the International Junior Representatives and the person in charge at the International Office. The International Office will then be given a list of all IJBC 2017 participants and will invoice the NAs and PAs for the registrants from their country. This will appear on their next quarterly statement. Based on the final number of participants, the International Office will credit CISV Portugal to take into account fees paid by the NAs and PAs of participants to the event. If you have any question on this topic, please contact the International Junior Representatives Flora and Gaspard at ijr@cisv.org
TIMELINE Registration April 11th Beginning of round 1-250 April 30th Deadline for round 1-250 (23:59 CET) May 1st Beginning of round 2-265 Cancellations May 25th Cancellation without cost After May 25st 15% will be charged if one cancels his/her participation May 20th Deadline for round 2-265 (23:59 CET) July 1st Deadline for Travel Information Form
TIMELINE Other Deadlines April Applications for Facilitators are released May 10th Confirmation of participation / registration by the staff for Round 1 May 30th Confirmation of participation / registration by the staff for Round 2 July 1st Deadline to send in Travel Information and request shuttle
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