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Intercultural Communication

Spain 18^th August-7^th September 2003

Madrid-Sevilla-Barcelona

 

Aims of this project:

The European Union is formed by 15 Member States with 11 different languages, plus is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries with different languages and cultures.  In order to bring unity and harmony, it is necessary that all the different societies start to learn more about their neighbors traditions, values and language, and, on the other hand, try to avoid any racist feeling, prejudices or even topics.  The aim of this purpose is to have a more united European Community, ready to participate actively in the new coming United Europe. 

 

In order to achieve these goals it is necessary to prepare the society for multiculturalism.  Offering more language courses is one solution, but still it doesn’t cover all the other aspects concerning communication and cultural understanding.  Our exchange, “Intercultural Communication” will focus on these potential problems and the group will work to find solutions to them. 

When?  Where?  :

Spain: Madrid-Sevilla-Barcelona

3 weeks: One week in each city

Who can apply? :

We are looking for motivated, concerned, creative and communicative youngsters. 

 

Only youngsters of the following countries list can apply to this seminar:

 

Spain                           Holland                      Ireland                        Romania

Austria                      Czech Republic            Italy                            Denmark

Germany                    Hungary                     Sweden                      Belgium

Greece                        Poland                        Finland                      Luxembourg

France                         England                      Portugal                     Slovakia

 

Requirements:

 

Youngsters aged between 18-25, working or volunteering at an NGO or youth organization.

 

Youngsters with less experience in international seminars will be taken first into consideration.

 

As another aim of this youth exchange is to improve the communication skills of the participants, candidates with less foreign language knowledge will also be first on the list. 

 

There’s a maximum of 60 participants (3 from each country) to attend the seminar.

How to apply? :

If you are interested in participating in this exchange, you can fill out the on-line application form that you ca find in our web site www.eyenetwork.org

Make sure you fill all the information details.  Applications with important data missing won’t be taken into consideration.

 

Deadline: 17^th of February 2003

Travel costs:

A 50% of your travel costs will be reimbursed to you once the seminar has finished. 

 

Only the cheapest travel expenses will be reimbursed: youth tickets, tourist class, etc. 

 

The participants living in Portugal can only take the train to arrive at Madrid.  For France participants if they want to come by plane it will need to be proven that the plane ticket costs less than to travel by train.

Accommodation:

Food and accommodation will be free of charge as EYE Network will

Visa costs:

Only participants from Romania will need to prepare a visa with at least 4 weeks in advance to reduce costs.  The total amount of the visa will be reimbursed to them in the seminar.

Participation fees:

In order to cut administrational costs there will be a participation fee charge to every participant.  We charged different amounts to the participant countries depending the travel expenses, balancing a similar amount to all participants.
 

100 EURO             70 EURO             40 EURO            

Portugal                     Denmark                    Czech Republic        

France                         Finland                      Hungary                    

Belgium                     Sweden                      Slovakia

Luxembourg               Austria                      Poland

Holland                                                          Romania

England                                                          Greece

Ireland

Germany

Italy

Spain

 

* If you have a special economical situation you can ask for assistance, explaining your case in a separate document and EYE Network

Activity program:

In order to achieve our goals of providing cultural understanding, cultural knowledge, cultural exchange and communication skills, we prepared the following activities:

 

a)      Workshops:  Th

b)      Theatre play:

c)      Discussions:

d)      Cultural visits:

e)      Cultural understanding final case study:

f)         Forum on Multiculturalism: