Participants:
Uladzimir, Ramon (PL); Anna, Giulia (IT); Nadine, Magaly (FR); Laura, Clara (E); Heidi, Anne, Swetlana (D) Programm fort he preparation meeting for the summer academy in the project INVOLVE! Berlin, 20.05.-23.05 | Friday 20.05. | Saturday 21.05. | Sunday 22.05. | Monday 23.05 | | Arriving of the first participants Sightseeing in Berlin (if interested) | Expectations regarding the preparation weekend Introduction into the project State of affairs in the whole project Questions Main goals of the project for everybody | Finances summer academy: expectations, goals | Space for open questions and remarks Departure of the first participants For the others: Sightseeing in Berlin (if interessted) | |
| LUNCH in the accomodation | LUNCH in the accomodation |
| | arriving of the last participants Welcome-Aperitif | Presentation of the local partners and projects Our Team Communication | Continue planning summer academy: Roles, Competences Duration Logistik First Planning |
| | DINNER at the accomodation Getting to know each other | DINNER In the restaurant and evening in Berlin | DINNER At the accomodation: Barbecue |
| Accomodation: Jugendbegegnungsstätte (Berlin/Branderburg e.V.) Tunnelstr.12, 10245 Berlin How to get there: U-Bahn, S-Bahn Warschauer Str. => there you take the Bus 347 direction Stralau, get out: Tunnelstraße. You will find the accomodation easily. Presentation
- Name
- Age
- Organisation
- Project
Expectations & Aims of the preparatory meeting
- Know each other (ß 21 months of collaboration)
- Clarify the rules & communication
- See competences in the group and how to use them in the Summer Academy
- Understand how the project works
- Understand the financial aspects
- Create a good atmosphere for the rest of the time
- Figure out what the local projects have in common
- Learn more about the young participants from the other countries
- Share experiences
- Define common goals
- Get to know other methods/ projects of participation in the different countries
- Get a clear idea of the next steps (Summer Academy and what to do for it)
- Create a basic programm
- Build up confidence among us
- + See Zina
- + Coffee to survive
Introduction into the project
- Participation as subject of growing importance
- The concept was written in June last year within the framework of a special YOUTH programme of the EU on Youth Participation
- local networks with partners from school, municipality and youth work
- connection between international meetings and local networks makes real consequences on local level possible
- time frame of 21 months -> implementation of Youth Participation possible
- various meetings foreseen, Summer Academy as central point
- activities on local level, but exchange on international level
- communication and learning between different fields (school, municipality, organisation)
- learn from those who have experiences on the local or international level
State of affairs in the whole project - Project started in February
- Development process of the different projects
- Change of partners (E, G)
- Internet platform for young people will be set up
- Decentralist form of working
- More transparency than at the beginning
Questions à P-Wall (that means Parking) :preparation of participants, language,.. Main goals of the projectgroup 1 à local coordinators (Clara, Magaly, Roman, Anna, Swetlana)
Team & Communication
1. Teambuilding
Treasure Box à photos 2. CommunicationInternet platform should be online before the Summer Academy should contain photos, description of local project (see main points down there), photo and information about participants so that they can start conversation before the meeting and so that those who will not participate in the international meetings can also communicate with each other, presentation of country, map, where is the city etc. à shall be done by youth (Heidi and Anne are responsible for organising this) language on the internet platform
- official parts: English
- Communication in the forum can be in any languages
- regional information can be in one’s own language Mailing-list: - f.e. involve_lokal@..., involve_internat@...
announce absence for a longer time! The reference is even more important than till now, please take care of this.
Presentation of local project: - name/title - location - context of local project - organisations involved - short description of the project - aims/ objectives - activities - time table - results, state of affairs (monthly) - responsible persons, contact - resources, Co-financing - photo gallery
Summer Academy:
Everybody wrote 6 goals and six expectations that are important for him/her. Then 2 and then 4 and 6 persons together discussed them and pointed out the most important.
Magaly, Swetlana, Anna, Clara, Laura, Anne
1. Face different problems (and objectives) concerning participation and find solutions together.
2. Improve our competences and creativity (e.g. by working with games, by producing a documentation)
3. use it to motivate people to work in the local sector (multiplicatory-effect)
Uladzia, Giulia, (Heidi,) Nadine, Roman
4. Exchange best practises and create new ideas on participation project in all the 5 countries in order to improve youths knowledge
5. Build up an international group of young people
6. Define future common international and local projects within the youth programme or others involving NGOs and authorities ExpectationsMagaly, Swetlana, Anna, Clara, Laura, Anne
1. Integration: give space keeping in mind different aspects that may cause difficulties for several people
2. Identification: to build up common projects
3. Programme should not be so full: leave space for discussion, enable people to discuss
Uladzia, Giulia, Heidi, Nadine, Roman
4. Open minded youth coming back in each country thanks to open spaces where they can speak about values, new people, characters of the different countries
5. Youth with an impulsion to creativity and integration in order to launch, promote and implement new projects
6. Knowledge and methods on participation according to different national context
- Brainstorming for the programme
- Working with games
- Production of documentation
- Open space to discuss
- Not a busy program
- Build up a common project
- Explain the Youth programme
- Brainstorming/ Definition of Participation
- Trainings on instruments for projects + other subjects
- Not formal English Course
- Team building
- Opportunity for participants to propose activities
Additional points from the afternoon:
- Game: secret friend
- Expectations in the beginning
- Evaluations (end of a week, midterm, end, and maybe also short every day)
- Sensibilisation for stereotypes
- Fixed terms
- 3 main parts (à weeks): à exchange, à strategies for 12 months, à documentation
- Date: 22.07.-11.08.2005
- Accommodation: together! (some days of living in families possible)
- Language: English!, but translators always available during the work session, can be asked by participants
Preparation of Participants
- List of vocabulary + documents à Giulia, Anna
1. words that are used in seminaries (like brainstormin etc.)
2. words refered to different topics (list council of europe)
3.words for to express oneself
- Presentation of local projects in a creative, active and involving way
- Each participant brings something that is important for him/her (thing)
- Make the participants talk before via internet platform
- Intercultural evening à food and anything else like f.e. music: we want t o pay attention to the producing and reinforcing of stereotypes, so we want the participants to present something that is really part of their every-day-life that for them really is important…
- Clothes: swimming dress, sport shoes, jacket
- Before the summer academy, every group will make a research about possibilities and projects of youth participation in their citiy, region.
- List of Best Practises of participation in one’s own countries (but only one will be presented during the academy).
- Bring written Information about the projects (material), translate 2-3 of it (also as a practice for English), which we can hang out on a wall.
- Collect ideas of the participants: what topics are they interested in? what can they bring in? what tasks can they take over? The young people should take over as much as they feel able to do (icebreaker as well as moderation f.e.)
- Leisure time programme: German group of participants will make some proposals, others react, write their opinion. Good communication on this. If there are things planned where the participants are asked to spend a lot of extra money, all groups are asked before.
Our roles
International coordinators:
- keep contact on the international level during the time of preparation
- responsible for finances
local coordinators:
- responsible for preparation of participants
If anybody of the international coordinators has an important question (e.g. concerning finances) à mail to Nani = mail to all international coordinators, also the answer.
= same process for local coordinators
The team for the summer academy consists of international and local coordinators. Local coordinators more contact person to the group, international more for finances, organisational stuff in general etc. The workshops are held by participants themselves as well as of people from the team. |
