Create Your Own Detiny - Events
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 Create Your Own Destiny - Events 10.7.09 fri – ARRIVAL DAY afternoon Accommodation moved from camping grounds Tikkalansaari to Youth Center 44 and some of its Musical activities . Short presentation of International partners & associations Getting to know each other / Name games Breakdown of the itinerary – Daily program Responsibilities of the exchange Art Gallery unvailing at Tikkalansaari camping area Setup – performance Intro – Mikko & Emppu Evening Social evening – Passion www.passionclub.fi DJ Righteous and DJ Whatisleft 11.7.09 sat – KUOPIO CITY morning Daily meeting Chores and responsibilities Group participation “Working Method 01” afternoon 11:00 Kuopio City Trip Travel to – Väinölänniemi Beach evening Intercultural Night – Intro – Local artist Local artist from Kuopio / Helsinki performance Showcase at Bar&Grill Intro www.ravintolamestarit.net/intro Souljahz click, Bob´s Band, DJ´s 12.7.09 sun – FRIENDS OF THE EARTH morning Daily meeting afternoon 12:00 workshop/lecture from “Friends of the earth” http://www.foei.org/ Finnish association of foe – http://www.maanystavat.fi/ - presenting FoE and what it does (goals, campaigns, action) - watching a climate change documentary - talking about climate change (i.e. preventing, climate summit in CPH) Group participation “Working Method 03” Video presentation – Death of Yugoslavia 1-3 evening Getting ready to leave to Helsinki/Cleaning camping area Evaluation from video? Conflict resolution? Religion? Today? Discussion on film? Religion? Politics? The future of the Balkans? Sauna – Hot springs 13.7.09 mon – CITY HALL – HELSINKI morning 06:00 Travel to Helsinki at 0600 11:00 City Tour Helsinki – Vanta Group participation “Working Method 04” afternoon 12:00 Presentation Finnish Parliament building 16:00 Ferry to Estonia – Tour Tallinn Group participation “Working Method 05” evening 20:00 Travel to Lithuania 14.7.09 tues – TRAVEL BALTIC REGION morning Travel through baltic region Afternoon Arrival Riga, Latvia City tour – social time – break from travel Evening Arrival Vilnius, Lithuania Breakdown apartments and equipment Dinner & group meeting Vilnius – Culture Capital 2009 Group participation “Working Method 06” 15.7.09 wed – MONIUSHKA SCHOOL morning breakfast 10:00 Travel to S.Moniushka art school Tour of city hall – meet Mayor – Sister city in Lithuania Meet local artist, youth from Shalchininkai Group participation “Working Method 07” 16:00 Conference with local municipality and CYOD leadership Travel back to Vilnius Working groups 16.7.09 thur – WORKGROUP DAY morning 10:00 Youth in Action program Multi-lateral youth exchange „how to write an application” Themes – “What is your message” Role playing – examples of good techniques Afternoon Group participation “Working Method 08” WG – Art & Music – studio at „South Express” WG – Photo & Video – Storyboard for Transport Exchange WG – Media / networking – Conservatorium of J Tallat Kelpsa 17.7.09 fri – DAY TOUR – TRAKAI morning 10:00 daily program Tour of Trakai – visit Trakai Castle Afternoon Association „Meno myletoju asociacija” Travel back to Vilnius Latin Dance – Pabo Latino / social evening 18.7.09 sat – INTERCULTURAL NIGHT – VILNIUS 12:00 Brunch Group participation “Working Method 09” Afternoon City tour Vilnius – Cathedral, walking street – Gedimino castle Intercultural night – Viva Tequila Local artist, theatre and music Performance all night – International group, Local Artist 19.7.09 sun – FREE DAY 20.7.09 mon – TRIP PLUNGE 12:00 travel to Plunge, Lithuania Camping area setup – group participation Group participation “Working Method 10” Canoe trip – Plunge lake 21.7.09 tue – YOUTH IN ACTION – PROGRAM 10:00 Youth in Action program – Mock projects What makes a good program? Rules and guidelines Group participation “Working Method 11” afternoon Travel Klaipeda – Ferry to Karlshamn, Sweden evening ferry Klaipeda documentation and shipping quarters 22.7.09 wed – ARRIVAL ISHØJ, DENMARK afternoon 12:00 in Malmo, Sweden City tour of Malmo, Helsinbor Accomodation in Ishøj Ungdomsskole classes Evening Presentation Ishøj Ungdomsskole Den Flyvende Kuffet, UNGEhuset, Mødestedet Cooperations with Ishøj Ungdomsskole in the future European level cooperation – Sister cities 23.7.09 thur – COPENHAGEN TOUR morning 10:00 Trip to Copenhagen – Canal “boat” trip Lecture – Climate Change committee COP15 Visit Europa Parliament Denmark www.europarl.dk Debate ”Our Planet – Our Future” Amalieborg tour of Copenhagen center Visit Christiania – Caravan shops Evening Evaluation of program – collection of documents Saying goodbye – social evening – video presentation of CYOD Uploading of the website www.youthnaction.com 24.7.09 fri – DEPARTURE 11:00 Brunch Travel to airport and setup for weekend in Denmark Lithuania group travel to Odense, Denmark Departure 10 Techniques for Learning Names In an active-training environment the participants are as important as the trainer. When participants are called by their names, they feel important. There are a variety of ways to learn others’ names. Some are relatively straightforward; some make learning names into a game. 1. Name-learning assignment. Ask participants to learn as many names as possible, either by going up. to others and introducing themselves or by reading one anothers’ name tags. After several minutes, stop the group and ask the participants to cover, up or discard name tags, name lists, and the. like. Now, challenge participants to look around and quiz themselves on the names of others in the class. If desired, repeat the learning and self-quizzing activity as many times as you like: Within ten minutes, it should be possible for participants to learn at least twenty names. 2. Name chain. Ask each participant in turn to share his or her name and the names of the people who have already introduced themselves. For example, the first person to introduce himself or herself need only say his or her name but the second person is required to give the first person’s name as well as his or her own. As the chain becomes longer, there will be more names to remember; however, the names will by then have been repeated several times. You can make the name chain alliterative by inviting each person to use an adjective before his or her name that begins with the same letter, as in “creative Carol” or “lucky Lee.” The alliterative adjectives help others to remember the participants’ names and often add humor to the activity. Or invite participants to say their names and then accompany them with some physical movement. The movement then becomes a Mnemonic aid. 3. Alphabetical lineup. Invite participants to arrange themselves in alphabetical order by their first names. This task forces participants to find out other names in the group. Or do a “nonverbal name lineup” as a way to review names after participants have introduced themselves in conventional fashion. Ask participants to line up in alphabetical order by their first names without talking to each other. 4. Name bingo. Ask participants to mill around the room and meet one another. As they exchange names, have them write each name anywhere on a blank bingo form you have made for them. Create a 3 x 3 format of squares if the group has fewer than ten people, a 4 x 4 format if the group has sixteen or fewer and a 5 x 5 format if the group has twenty-five or fewer. Instruct participants to place an “O” on any box not used up after, meeting each. participant. Then place a copy of everyone’s name in a hat. As the hat is passed around the group, each participant picks a name out of the hat. Everyone places an “X” on the box on their form containing the name picked. Whenever any player obtains bingo (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally), he or she yells “Bingo!” Eventually, everyone will get bingo several times. 5. Name tag mix-up. Give each participant the name tag of someone else in the group and ask each person to find. the owner of the name tag. Invite participants to circulate until every person receives his or her name tag. 6. Alphabetical sign-in. Premark sheets of flip-chart paper with the letters of the alphabet. Tape the flip-chart paper to walls around the room. Direct participants to sign the sheet containing the first initial of their name and to find others with the same initial. Then instruct the participants to look over the other sheets and attempt to identify as many names and faces as possible. 7. Do you know your neighbors? Forma circle and place one participant in the middle. Ask that person to point to someone in the circle and challenge him or her with the question “Do you know your neighbors?” If the person in the circle can successfully say the name. of the people immediately to his or her right and left, the person in the middle stays there and challenges another person in the circle. When a participant fails the neighbor test, he or she replaces the person in the middle. As the game is played, frequently change the positions of the participants in the circle. 8. Personalized name tags. Provide materials so that each participant can develop a name tag that uses any of the following: · interesting calligraphy · a personal logo · a zodiac sign · an object or animal that symbolizes some personal quality · a coat of arms · a collage of magazine cutouts that contain favorite expressions or objects Ask participants to meet one another and to learn names. 9. Name toss. Have group members stand in a circle with one person holding an object that can be easily thrown and caught, such as a ball or a beanbag. The member holding the object says his or her name and tosses the object to another group member. The person catching the object gives his or her name and tosses the object to another group member. Continue the tossing until all participants have introduced themselves. When the final member has been introduced, ask that person to say the name of another group member and then toss the object to that person. The receiver than repeats the name of the person who tossed him or her the. object and says the name of another group member before tossing the net to that person. 10. What’s in a name? Have participants introduce themselves and then share any of the following about their names: · what I like or dislike about my name · who I was named after · a nickname that I like or dislike · the origin of my name After these introductions, challenge participants to write down the names of all the members of the group. Source: The Nuts and Bolts of Active Training, 101 Ways to Make Training Active The Create your Destiny project is a multi lateral itinerant exchange arranged between Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, and Slovenia. The working methods used to foster these goals are; the travel between the countries during the exchange, the learning and participating in traditional sports and music while in Denmark, Finland and Lithuania. In the outset of the exchange, the participants will come together and make their own society. We will use travel as a way of showing the diverse cultures throughout Europe and creating our own “mobile community”. They will vote on the type of government, the National flag, sport, music, and food and adopt a religion. The project aims to motivate to youth into action to protect and preserve the environment and the planet. While in Denmark and Finland, the groups will meet with representatives from the Climate change community and the protection of the enviroment. We have requested a lecture from a advocate from the Committee of Climate Change which is holding a Conference in December 2009. While the conference is six months in advance of the programs dates, the young people will meet with leaders from COP15 and learn how they can become involved in saving the planet, and supporting the protect the enviroment. While in Finland, the group will meet with “Friends of the Earth” and discuss how they support the Finnish forestry and the problems of clear cutting or illegal logging. We will learn about Finnish activism and their vigorous recycling community, and how we can adapt what we learn in our communities. |
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The project aims to introduce the young people involved within the exchange and the local youth from the hosting countries the topics of climate change, and creativity and innovation. The project aims to activate young people´s active citizenship by introducing them to other cultures, daily rituals, and realities which may be the same or different from their own. The project promotes mobility between the countries involved by allowing the participants to visit some of the participating countries homes, living with the participants families, schools, and associations in order to gain a first hand view on how other European youth live.
The group will create their own constitution and try to get it ratified between the young people and the leaders of the exchange. One of the goals of the program is to provide a non-formal learning environment where the young people can share their ideas and views on what it means to be European. The Create your Destiny aims to involve young people within the entire lifespan of project. The project aims to engage the youth in all three areas of the exchange process including the application, implementation and evaluation of the program. The group will document the trip via photos and videos with the goal to produce a short documentary film and clips of the agenda.
