Youth's Memories Box Project 2015-2-RO01- KA105-015435

PROJECT’S DESCRIPTION

The project “Youth’s Memories Box” 2015-2-RO01- KA105-015435, financed by European Comission, through Erasmus+ program, will be implemented for 9 months, from 1st August 2015 to 30th April 2016 by 2 promoters- Asociatia Act Integration, from Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania and the Youth department of Council of Albacete, Spain.

The youth exchange activity will take place in Brebina, Baia de Arama, Herculane and Drobeta Turnu Severin, in Romania, between 12th-22th December 2015 and proposes in the 10 days a non-formal travel/journey in European youth style of living from the 1940s to the contemporary time in XXI century.

Our main motivation in this project is: to provide 18 young people, accompanied by 2 leaders, coming from both rural and urban area, from our local communities the opportunity to meet other young Europeans, and to be the starring actors in the project.

Project’s objectives

-to increase self- knowledge, self-consciousness and self-awareness of youth and to create new learning opportunities for them

-to enhance the ability to understand the reality of young people from different periods and countries and learn what separates and what unites young Europeans

-to improve solidarity and cooperation with vulnerable groups

-to create "Youth’s Memories Box" containing 5 drawers – 1 family- gastronomy and habits, 2 fashion, 3 leisures- music, sports, games and other hobbies, 4 education, 5 citizenship

-to promote the "Youth’s Memories Box" as a European cultural, educational and social tool

-to develop the spirit of initiative and creativity among young people, creating "Magazia Kultural+"

We consider that living every “year”- the 40’s, the 50’s, the 60’s, the 70’s, the 80’s, the 90-2000 and the XXI st century, the youngsters will have the chance to learn from the experience of their family, of local citizens, to compare and exchange point of views on the various main themes concerning youth life and youth problems, to see how they and every generation contribute to the development of their community and society, to make difference between what is good or bad, to go from the individual reflection on a general point of view.

The 5th drawer will be especially dedicated to Europe’s changes after the second world war, to European Union Construction and youth participation.

The project has the capability to enhance the ability to understand the reality of young people from different periods and countries and learn what separates and what unites young Europeans (the volunteers will learn and compare youth lifestyles from each other country, will be more tolerant and more open to accept the differences, will debate opportunities of education, culture, entrepreneurship, development for youth in Europe)

The project is constructed so the participants can live always in the present, to do not regard the time as past.

The methods used will be presentations, non-formal games, living library, photo, audio-video and Internet studies, investigation and documentation in the families, local people and archives, in museums. The volunteers will work learn by doing, will work in group, peer-to-peer, individually, in teams.

The inter-cultural and intergenerational activities, the meetings and workshops are source of valuable non-formal lessons for youngsters. They will practice traditional dances, in collaboration with House of Culture from Baia de Arama, they will learn to cook bread without oven, musical evenings will be organized.

Each participant will have to bring 1 picture/copy, to select songs, dances, to talk with the family members, friends, to bring 1 object, 1 presentation, 1 receipt or 1 story he/she considers representative for each of the 7 periods, for the 5 drawers- 1 family- gastronomy and habits, 2 fashion, 3 leisures- music, sports, games and other hobbies, 4 education, 5 citizenship.

We may see there are “gaps” in some of the periods for few of the youngsters, for example, they cannot bring the copy/pictures from their family,because they are people without opportunities and they do not have such “testimonies” so offering multiple ways of documentation and learning from each other, exchanging experience can be useful.

The volunteers will recreate the atmosphere of that time and will live the day according to those years.

The interaction between the different groups helps to improve solidarity and cooperation for example between youngsters with opportunities and those with fewer opportunities, but also inside the communities as the young participants will take contact with the representatives of the other generations, which are also vulnerable, often forgotten and marginalized.

The boxes will be digitalized on the project's DVD and e-platform, will be disseminated in youth organizations, in schools and universities, libraries, social and medical centers, through local, national and European networks. The results of the project will be celebrated in "Magazia Kultural+" event organized in April 2016, in Drobeta Turnu Severin.

Proiectul ” YOUTH’S MEMORIES BOX” este finanţat de finantat de Uniunea Europeana, prin programul Erasmus+, Acțiunea KA1.

"The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsi­ble for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."

MAIN ACTIVITIES

“Youth’s Memories Box” 2015-2-RO01- KA105-015435 project’s duration: 1st August 2015- 30th April 2015

Youth Exchange Activity: 12 th December 2015 – 22 th December 2015

Organizations partners - Asociatia Act Integration from Romania, Youth department of council of Albacete from Spain.

Participants: There are 9 young volunteers/country accompanied by 1 leader/country in total 20 persons leaders and young volunteers.

Launching the project: 1st August 2015;

Preparation stage of the project: 1st-August 2015 -30th December 2015

YOUTH EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES: 12 th December 2015 – 22 th December 2015

Locations: Brebina, Baia de Arama, Herculane, Drobeta Turnu Severin, in Romania; Participants: 20 persons: 2 leaders (1/country), 18 young volunteers (9/country).

12 December: Arrival and coordination of the 2 groups in Drobeta Turnu Severin city; Trip from Drobeta Turnu Severin to Brebina, at Izvorul Rece hostel; Presentations, Technical and practical details, Accomodation;

13 December: Erasmus+ program, project &objectives, presentations of the organizations; Social Responsability ;groups’ contributions;Sport, recreational and team-building games; Flower power- Compass method; Presentations of the materials prepared by every country Reflection and initial evaluation +Dixit; Romanian language learning games, Romanian evening

14 December: Living in the 40’s; Workshop Youthpass, walking trip to Baia de Arama 3km, Traditional folk dances workshop at House of culture, meeting the local , Discovering the local culture in Baia de Arama city; Building the 40’s Youth Memories Box,Spanish language learning games, Spanish evening, Music and dances of the 40’s (national and international)

15 December: Living in the 50’s; Earth’poem, outdoor art workshop-Gastronomy workshop-cook bread without oven; Sport from the 50’s, Testimonies and debates about the 50’s (also mentioning EU evolution); Building the 50’s Youth Memories Box;Reflection and evaluation; European evening

16 December: Living in the 60’s;Pop-art session; Testimonies and debates about the 60’s;Building the 60’s Youth Memories Box, Preparing the Migration evening (the theme of EYD month), Reflection and evaluation; Music and dances of the 60’s; RockonMigration

17 December: Living in the 70’s;Youth and children rights sessions, drawing, improvisation play; Disc sports ,Testimonies and debates;Building the 70’s Youth Memories Box;Reflection and evaluation; Camp fire, stories;

18 December: Living in the 80’s; Trip to Herculane station; Discovering local history and culture, Museum, the turism in the 80’s, in the comunist era; Trip to Orsova town; the Saint Anne Monastery; Trip to Drobeta Turnu Severn city; Accomodation in the hostel ;Building the 80’s Youth Memories Box,Walk in the town

19 December: Living in the 90’s-2000; Youth entrepreneurship- visit in the local entrepreneurs, mass-media, Water sport activities; Testimonies and debates; Building the 90’s-2000’s Youth Memories Box,Youth's choice evening

20 December: Living in the XXIst century; Intergenerational meeting , press invited; Building the XXIth Youth Memories Box, Designing how the “Magazia Kultural+” NGO Preparing for the Youth’s Memories Box Event;

21 December: Preparation; Youth’s Memories Box Event – exposition, intergenerational seminar, media meeting, at Art Castel Gallery; Youth’s Memories Box Musical 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s-2000, XXI st Dancing and Musical Maraton (outdoor), farewell party

22 December: Erasmus+ program, opportunities for youth, presentation; Developing future activities, networking and follow-up, brainstorming, debate, planning future activities of the project and of “Magazia Kultural+” posters, team work; Final evaluation, Youthpass, + Dixit; Departure of the participants

December 2015-January 2016

Realizing post-exchange products- preparing the Youth’s Memories Box DVD, updating the platform of the project, realizing dissemination outputs,

January-February 2016: Meeting the multipliers in each country, preparing and implementing the events and workshops

March 2016 Intermediate evaluation, preparing the “Magazia Kultural+” event

April 2016- Organising the final conference of the project, evaluation, feed-back, follow-up agreements, report

30th April 2016- closure of the project

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE

Participants: The 18 volunteer participants are youngsters between 15-22 years old, from rural and urban area, from Romania, Spain.

There are 9 young volunteers/country accompanied by 1 leader/country

Leaders: The youngsters will be accompanied by 1 adult young persons/ country, so the entire group will have 20 persons.

Number of participants facing situations that make their participation in the activities more difficult: 15 Types of situations are these participants facing? Cultural differences, Disability, Economic obstacles, Educational difficulties, Geographical obstacles

The young participants and the leaders will be gender balanced.

This will be insured during the selection process.

As the young volunteers are from different periods of the adolescence, having different religious views and different backgrounds, the activities will take in account working methods according with their needs and profile.

During all days there will be non-formal games, inter-cultural activities, facilitating to overcome prejudice, to became more tolerant an open to each other, to respect the views if those are different.

The teams will ensure the evaluation, they will monitor the process, receive feed-back and adapt the activities and the schedule according with the needs and profile of the participants.

The leaders will be young members from the promoter organizations. The leaders group are also students, unemployed and are volunteers in the organizations.

Some of the participants already did write and contributed with ideas to the project, others will be "new arrivals."

Both teams will have a coach, supporting their entire learning and project's itinerary.

Participant's application form: http://goo.gl/forms/JLn4MJ98UM

The Budget for the transport:

Spain: 270 euros/participant, 2700 euros in total

Romania: 0

The costs of the accomodation, meals and of the activities are fully covered by the project.

Locations:

Izvorul Rece, Brebina

http://www.cazarelapensiune.ro/baia-de-arama/cazare-baia-de-arama/hostel-izvorul-rece-46

and

The Hostel of the Direction of Youth and Sport Drobeta Turnu Severin

http://djtmehedinti.ro/

The activities will take place in the following locations: Brebina, Baia de Arama, Herculane and Drobeta Turnu Severin, in Romania.

Selection of the participants:

In order to apply for the project, the participants (15-22 years old) must fill the following application:

http://goo.gl/forms/JLn4MJ98UM

In order to participate in the "Youth's Memories Box" project , please fill the application form:

http://goo.gl/forms/JLn4MJ98UM

Proiectul « Cutia cu Amintiri a Tinerilor », finanțat de Comisia Europeana , prin intermediul

programului Erasmus + program , va fi implementat timp de 9 luni , intre 1 August 2015 -30 Aprilie 2016 de 2 promotori- Asociatia Act Integration , din Drobeta Turnu Severin ,

România și Europa Direct-Ayuntamiento Albacete , din Spania .

Activitatea de schimb de tineri va avea loc in Brebina , Baia de Arama , Herculane si Drobeta

Turnu Severin , Romania , intre 12-22 decembrie 2015 si propune , in 10 zile o calatorie de

non - formala in stilul de viata al tinerilor europeni din1940 pana in perioada contemporana,

in secolul XXI .

Obiectivele proiectului

-sa sporeasca cunoasterea de sine , conștiința de sine a tinerilor si sa creeze noi oportunitati de

invatare pentru ei

-sa faciliteze abilitatea de a înțelege realitatea tinerilor din diferite perioade si tari si sa invete

ce ii separă si ii uneste pe tinerii europeni

-sa imbunatateasca solidaritatea si cooperarea cu grupurile vulnerabile

-sa creeze " Cutia cu Amintiri a Tinerilor " care conține 5 sertare - 1 familia- gastronomie si

obiceiuri , 2 moda , 3 activitati din timpul liber- muzica, sport , jocuri si alte hobby-uri , 4

educatie, 5 cetatenie

-sa promoveze " Cutia cu Amintiri a Tinerilor ", ca un instrument educational, cultural si

social european

-sa dezvolte spiritul de initiativa si creativitate in randul tinerilor , crearea " Magaziei Kultural

+ "

Consideram ca traind fiecare " an-decada " - 40’ , 50’ , 60’ , 70’ , 80’ , anii 90-2000 și in

secolul XXI , tinerii vor avea sansa sa invete din experienta familiilor lor , de la cetatenii

locali , sa compare si sa schimbe opinii cu privire la diferitele teme principale in ceea ce

privește viata tinerilor si problemele lor, sa vada cum ei si fiecare generatie contribuie la

dezvoltarea comunitatii si a societatii lor, sa faca diferenta intre ceea ce este bun sau rau , sa

mearga de la reflectia personala la un punct de vedere general .

Cutiile cu amintiri vor fi digitalizate pe DVD si pe e-platforma proiectului, vor fi diseminate

in organizatiile de tineret , in scoli si universitati , biblioteci , centre sociale si medicale , prin

intermediul retelelor locale , nationale si europene . Rezultatele proiectului vor fi celebrate în

" Magazia Kultural + ", eveniment organizat in aprilie 2016, la Drobeta Turnu Severin .

Proiectul ” YOUTH’S MEMORIES BOX” este finanţat de finantat de Uniunea Europeana, prin programul Erasmus+, Acțiunea KA1.

"The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsi­ble for any use which may be made of the information contained therein."