Dates for exchange : 07.05.2013 – 14.05.2013

Our Shared Village

Project Type: Youth in Action – Action 3.1 Youth Exchange

Location: Rustavi, Georgia

Dates for exchange: 07.05.2013 – 14.05.2013

Registration Form for Our Shared Village*

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About Us:

Georgian Youth for Europe (GYE) works mainly with young people aged 12-25 but also with adults. The mission of GYE is to empower youth of the Kvemo Kartli Region of Georiga to achieve their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual potential both as individuals and as responsible citizens. GYE pursues multiple program directions to achieve this mission. It promotes: learning through peer-education training and workshops on art and management; healthy lifestyles by organizing outdoor activities, hobby clubs, and first aid courses; democratic principles by offering trainings on human rights; environmentally-conscious behavior, by raising public awareness about environmental issues through demonstrations, yard clean-up campaigns, after-school environmental education, movie-making on environmental problems, Eco Gardens, and activities to recycle litter into saleable products.

Description of Project:

The Our Shared Village project is a new Georgian Youth for Europe (GYE) initiative that aims to promote a better understanding of Georgia’s community development in rural areas. It seeks to bring together participants from programme countries and 4 Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova) in areas of rural youth and get to know their changing environment, organizational and community needs for rural development, organizational participation in society and politics, and youth work in rural areas.

One of the activities to meet the goals and objectives for this project is a training and networking programme to bring motivated international youth rural workers together and exploit their realities and projects on rural development. GYE will host a 7 day study visit in May 2013, where participants will have the opportunity to tour 8 different NGOs throughout Georgia that focus on youth and rural community development. Participants of the Our Shared Village project will get to know each other and Georgian rural NGOs history and mission, community involvement, project initiatives, realities and challenges of working in rural communities, and future projects.

GYE's staff and participants will develop a creative and informative brochure that aims to give a relevant picture of rural organizations in diverse communities. Participants will also have the opportunity to exchange best practices and highlight the positives and negatives of rural organizations throughout varied communities.

Participating Organizations:

§ Raibais Kakis – Latvia

§ LPR – Lithuania

§ Terra 1530 – Moldova

§ ANDCTR – Romania

§ FOCUS – Bulgaria

§ YUVA – Azerbaijan

§ LYVS – Belarus

§ Colorful House – Georgia

§ Georgian Youth for Europe – Georgia

Objectives:

· To promote young people's active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular;

· To develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union;

· To foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries;

· To contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the

capabilities of civil society organizations in the youth field;

· To promote European cooperation in the youth field.

Accommodation:

Participants will live Rustavi Scout House – a local youth hostel which is located 25 minutes walk from the Old Town centre. The hostel has a view to a mountainous area and is in the very heart of typical Georgian households. Participants will be divided groups of 3 – 4 people per room. There are accessible bathrooms; however, each participant should bring their own towel.

Scout House has free wireless internet access so you can bring along your laptop.

Technical Information:

Time Zone: Georgia is located in the UTC/GMT +4 hours during standard time

Currency: The currency of Georgia is lari and tetri. If you want to exchange the money locally, you should convert it to euros or dollars. There are ATMs and currency exchange spots accessible in the centre of Rustavi.

Phone: It is important that you change the protocols of your mobile telephones for their correct functioning during your stay in Latvia.

The international phone code for Georgia is +995

Weather conditions: Average temperatures in Rustavi, Georgia:

In May 23 ˚C (max.) and 12 ˚C (min.)

May is the rainiest month of the year in Georgia, so bring appropriate clothing.

Travel Agreements: Participants are expected to arrive on 7^th of May. A majority of Tbilisi flights come in early morning and we will pick you up at the airport. Check-in to the Rustavi hostel will begin in the early evening of 7 of May.

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