Busteni , Romania – 18-26 may 2015

KEY COMPETENCES, KEYS TO ASCENSION – TRAINING COURSE

Arrival day: 18 may 2015; Departure day: 26 may 2015

Organizer: ASOCIATIA HAIR REDIVIVUS BUZAU

Coordinator: Tolea Postovei

Partnership: 30 persons from 24 organizations countries

Participants:

Every group should prepare 1 participant over 18 years old; participants should have good english skills

Venue: Busteni, Romania

Accomodation: Pensiunea Cristina Busteni – in rooms of 2, 3 pax with private bathroom,

Food will be served at the restaurant of the pension and there will be 3 meals every day and some coffee breaks.

Please send us your special needs concerning food: no pork, no meat, vegetarian or any allergies.

Smoking and alcohol: We do not encourage drinking and smoking, but if you want to do it, do it responable. It is forbidden to smoke or drink inside your rooms and activities places.

Drugs As we had some bad experiences with using drugs, we aware you that is completely forbidden to use any kind of drugs.

Activities: will be in the same place in different rooms and on the terrasse if weather is good.Some of the activities will be outdoor.

Facilities and visits: pension is 15 minutes waliking from city center where you can find almost everything: shops, pharmacy, banks, restaurants etc.

We ‘ll visit Bran, Brasov, Sinaia and Busteni – see the programe. Any other optional visits will be discussed on the spot.

Weather is usually warm in may.Average temperature is around 20 - 25 degrees but can be colder, warmer or even raining.So be prepared with warm clothes.We’ll keep you updated

Transport For those arriving in Bucharest Otopeni there is a bus 780 EXPRES that runs almost every 20 minutes from 5 am till 11pm. You can find signs in the airport to reach bus station.The ticket is 8.6 lei (2 euros) a round trip card, that you have to validate when you step in the bus. The bus goes directly to train station – GARA DE NORD and takes depending on the traffic 45-60 minutes.There is also train from Otopeni airport to GARA DE NORD every hour.

In the train station GARA DE NORD you can easily find the ticket office and buy your tickets.Normally you can pay by card in train station, but anyway there are bankomats. We suggest to ask for round trip ticket BUCHAREST-BUSTENI – BUCHAREST – there is cheaper and then in Busteni you’ll have to buy only the seat for return to Bucharest.The trip is around 2 hours.We’ll wait for you in Busteni train station, inside.

As you’ll get in the train in Bucharest we’ll ask you to send us an sms with the time of arrival.

If more groups arrive at close times we can arrange a minibus for transfer direct to location – in this case the cost that depends of number of travelers will be deduced from reimbursement (can be 20-30 euros/person one way)

Summary of the project:

KEY COMPETENCES – KEYS TO ASCENSION is a training course that gathers 30 participants from 24 countries from programme category and neighborhood ones.The activity week will take place in Busteni between 18-26 may 2015.

The project takes place in a moment when key competences and recognition instruments are more and more important at European level.

The aim of the project is a better awareness of youngsters and youth workers on importance of key competences and recognition certificates for personal development, increasing projects’ quality and access a scholarship or job according to qualifications and individual competences.

Specific objectives are: promoting youthpass and its role in Erasmus + programme for high education and work, providing to 26 learners from 24 countries of a tool kit for understanding and developing of key competences, awareness of the role of the 8 key competences in personal development of youngsters and youth workers, providing a common reflection space for 30 people for a better understanding of cultural diversity and promotion of relationship based on tolerance and mutual respect, expanding cooperation between youngsters from EU and negihbourhood countries by creating new common projects

Main activities will be be preparation, introduction, getting to know eachother, presentation of organizations and participants, introduction of Erasmus + programme and youthpass certificate, thematic workshops, outdoor activities, intercultural evenings, cultural visits.Main workshops will be dedicated to the 8 key competences and understanding their role in personal development.Evaluation activities will be daily, midterm and final and will be in reflection groups and in plenary. During the project there will be activities of monitorizing, management and visibility.

Methodology is based on nonformal education and will consist of games, presentations, debates, role plays, simulations, world coffee etc

The final results will be a blog, a diary “Keys to ascension “ and a DVD with tool kits for youngsters and youth workers, photos, info matherials, results of surveys and workshops.

Impact of the project will be at the participants level by understanding and developing key competences and assimilation of new methods and a better awareness of importance of understanding cultural diversity.The organizations will get more trained youngsters and will be part of a new partnership for expanding youth cooperation in Europe for new projects.Local communities will have new competent leaders who can train active citizens in society.

Dissemination of results will be realized by all partners with a DVD and a blog created by participants and the fish market results will contribute to project’s sustainability and expanding cooperation between youngsters in frame of Erasmus +.”Key to ascension “ diary will be promoted and multiplied in social networks and on line educative platforms