📌 About the project

We aim to introduce to people basic principles of non-formal education with the focus on the Learning to Learn competence and enhance their ability to use them in their everyday life.

📌 General goal & focus of the program:

Discovering the unique ways that support my learning.
Applying anything we learn in a real life.

If you are studying just to pass the exam, you won't remember much one month from now on.

Learning something and forgetting it straight away is not the most effective way of life.

So in Journey, we will be answering the following questions:

What motivates me to learn?
What helps me to remember?
How do I use what I learned?

And we will do our best to have fun while doing it ;)

📌 General structure of the program:

DAY 1:

Introduction
Getting to know each other
Discovering non-formal education

DAY 2

Building connection

DAY 3

Learning through challenges

DAY 4

Field quest

DAY 5

Landing and sharing - what did we experience

DAY 6

Test ground - what have I learned so far?

DAY 7

Preparation for the future - how to bring learning to our everyday reality?

DAY 8

Closing

📌 How will we do it?

We are offering challenge by choice - body movement and game activities which are allowing you to step out of your comfort zone but only as far away as you choose.

We are offering mirrors - supporting you to see your behavior from the outside, recognizing and naming the patterns, accepting them, and creating space for a change.

We are busy with sustainability - how to create learning that doesn't survive only 8 days program but can have a positive impact on our lives in a long-term perspective.

We are busy building connections, and opportunities that cross the national and cultural barriers.

Main methods:

Body movement - activities using contemporary dance, closed eyes activities, human touch, etc.

Games - challenges in a team setting requiring cooperation.

Coaching - instead of telling you what is the truth, we are supporting you to discover your own truth.

The facilitation:

Vojta is a trainer, facilitator, coach, storyteller, and writer. For 6 years, he was a scout leader. Then he took a break from youth work and returned to it after participating in EVS program at Olde Vechte Foundation in the Netherlands.

He had become a coach, facilitator, and trainer, working mainly with the topic of media literacy, social inclusion, and the labor market, His favorite method are storytelling, coaching, systemic work, body movement, art, games, and LARPs.

📌 Participant's profile:

Journey YE will gather 30 participants from 6 countries.

18-25 years old
Interested & involved in professional development
Interested & involved in facilitation
With, or preferably without any previous experience with Erasmus+ projects;
Excited to improve your self-awareness and ability to learn;
Active and creative.

📌 Logistics:

With so many activities in your pockets after the course, you'll organize a non-formal gathering with your national organization back home to share everything you've learned and experienced. In addition, each country group will write an article about the experience and share photos and videos from the course with the public to make the outcomes visible!

Preparation August-September 2022
Journey 2-11 October 2022
Follow up late October 2022

Before the Youth Exchange, you will have the chance to get in touch with other participants through our Facebook group, introduce yourself and already fulfil some missions online created by us.

The project will take place in and around the main lodging, which is located in Bansko, a tiny mountain town surrounded by nature. During these days, the hotel will act as both a home and a workspace. Participants will be grouped together in double rooms with persons of the same gender.

Arrival day 2nd or 3rd of October
The program starts at 14:00 on the 3rd of October
The program ends at 17:00 on the 10th of October
Departure day 10th or 11th of October 2022
Where: Bansko, Bulgaria

*we would like to start and end the program together, therefore we invite you to plan your travel in a way that you are here for the whole program

📌 Travel reimbursements:

Travel reimbursement will be made one month after the training course after all tickets and boarding passes are received.

PLEASE KEEP ALL YOUR ORIGINAL TICKETS AND BOARDING PASSES in order to be reimbursed.

YOU MUST send us your travel plan(screenshots) to the project email absociety.mobility@gmail.com BEFORE booking your tickets and wait for our confirmation.

📌 Travel information

Please don't forget to:

To send us your online boarding passes 24 hours before the flight to the project email: absociety.mobility@gmail.com
To buy your online bus ticket from Sofia to Bansko: https://www.busexpress.bg/en/
Here is how you can get from the Bansko bus station to the hotel: https://goo.gl/maps/DtzEHaoYWqfyCUdc8

📌 Packing list

This is an indicative list of essential equipment that you will need during the training course

hiking boots
sport shoes
small backpack for day-hikes
minimum of 1-liter water bottle (or PET bottle)
cap, sunglasses & sunscreen
scarf or buff (the last one is recommended)
raincoat / waterproof jacket
clothing according to the weather
warm layers
wind catcher
toiletry, slippers
swimsuit
personal medication (example: for allergies)
special ingredient from your country

Please do NOT bring items that are highly valuable or irreplaceable. It is best to bring only necessary and easily replaceable possessions. Please do not bring alcohol or illegal drugs of any kind. Please do not use sensitive electronic devices during the program - we can store these items in a safe place during the activities if you wish.

📌 About the organization

Active Bulgarian Society aims to bring quality programs for Bulgarians & Europeans alike. The organization was founded on the foundation of involving the local community in civic action and initiatives.

The organization and our vision grew, and we are proud to say that ABS is involved in various long and short-term projects on local, regional, national, and international levels.

The journey is part of our initiative to empower young adults from all over Europe to take their lives into their hands, to become their own role models.

📌 Covid implications:

We are happy that you show interest in participating in such an international project. Yet we would advise each and every participant to check in with their country's travel regulations before applying for this project.

Currently, in Bulgaria, there are very few measures in effect. Masks are not required and a "Green Pass" is only needed upon arrival into the country. Our goal is to hold the course without masks, still complying with all valid regulations. If a COVID-19-related accident takes place, ABS will support you to organize all the needed processes(testing, quarantine, etc.)

In order to make it as easy as possible check out this website: https://reopen.europa.eu/en/.

Re-open EU has also an application for your phone that makes it easier to keep you updated regarding international traveling in the EU. PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY, and make sure you have all the travel documents required by the country of your destination ready, along with the documents needed for your flight company.

📌 Participation fee

There is a non-refundable administrative fee of €40 for the hosting organization, and it is due only if the applicant is approved to take part in the project.

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