📌Description of the project

The main activity is a youth exchange going to be held in Trnava, Slovakia. Partner organizations are from Turkey, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, North Macedonia and Bulgaria. We are going to use several non-formal education techniques in our project. The goal is to broaden the knowledge of young people on the subject, their horizons, and their open minds, learn new things, and experience intercultural exchange.

It will be not only intercultural learning as an important feature but also physical development (yoga, walks/hiking) as a part of well-being. During the activity participants will: - share their stories, experiences, ideas or problems, they will benefit from learning new relaxation techniques, by meeting young people from completely different parts of the world, and they are going to understand that mental health problems are part of every young person's life.

📌Project objectives

- To get new specific tools how to properly keep well-being, for example through meditation, exercise, mindful eating, listening to music (how to slow down, to actually move on, how to realize what we have and be grateful for that, what means to love yourself and the others, why to show people kindness) and where to reach for some help during emotional onslaught under supervision of experts.

- To gain new and improved key competencies. In this sense, to learn how to reduce use or how to use social media beneficially (as well as to realize that social media isn't real life, and learn how to use it properly, how to achieve balance and benefit from social media, what is procrastination, why to love yourself even if “don't have perfect life like the others on Instagram” what that means social pressure of social media, and how to be able to disconnect). Therefore, create an action plan with 10 steps.

- To spread awareness about mental health/well-being among another youngsters by creating online blogs and brochures which will contain useful tips from participants, how they usually

📌Timetable

We are going to begin our activities from 9.30 to 13.00 with a coffee break of 20 minutes: have a lunch break from 13.00 to 14.00; continue our activities from 14.00 to 18.00 with a coffee break of 20 minutes; have a daily evaluation.

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- Welcoming activities. Teambuilding.

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Appreciating the little things, gratitude and happiness.

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Health on a plate.

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Social networks and mental health.

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DisConnect.

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Creating a personal plan.

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Making of the final video and brochures.

📌Partner countries

Slovakia
Türkiye
Italy
Czech Republic
Spain
The Republic of North Macedonia

📌Profile of participants

The participants are 42 youngsters. There will be 5 participants aged 17-27 and 1 leader 20+ from each participating group. Each country will have 6 participants in total. There will be at least 21 participants with disadvantages. All the participants are interested in the topic of mental well-being, which is why our participants decided to create this project. It is very important for them to share their knowledge with participants from different backgrounds so they can discuss this topic from various perspectives and contribute to breaking barriers and prejudices related to the topic of mental health, prejudices related to different cultures, habits and disadvantages.

📌About the hosting organization?

Youth for Equality is an organization, founded in Slovakia in 2016 as a local youth initiative with the aim to realize positive changes and develop activities on local and international level in the field of education, human rights, and ecology for the current requirements of the Labour market.

Since its establishment, the organization has become a pool of young professionals who provide guidance and organize teaching activities in order to provide youngsters with soft skills, and knowledge about different educational and career opportunities at local, national, and international levels.

Youth for Equality carries out a program to acquire soft skills through non-formal learning such as discussions, debates, group work, brainstorming. From the topics of internal motivation and creativity, we go through leadership, teamwork, communication, marketing, work and educational opportunities, all the way to the creation of a business plan. During these workshops we implement new trends in the labour market.

The key persons of our organization are:

Diana Jašeková - president of the Youth for Equality organization. She has a doctorate degree in Law and knowledge of International and European Law, her research are focused on Criminal Law, Criminology, and Youth delinquency. She has gained international certificates of project management. She has been working in three NGOs as a volunteer. She was involved in environmental projects where she led international volunteers and collaborated with municipalities on environmental topics. She is a youth worker, facilitator of our youth projects, mobilities of youth workers, as well as of projects organized.

Hakan Oguz is a project manager experienced in Erasmus+ and ESC programs. He has experience with managing international programs, volunteering, and mentoring. He has gained experience in writing, managing, and implementing projects including planning, monitoring, and supervising all project- related activities.

📌Reimbursement

Travel costs will be reimbursed to the sending organizations’ bank accounts upon the receipt of all the justification documents and only if all the needed documents have been sent to the coordinating organization.

All travel documents must be kept, as those documents, tickets, and boarding passes will be collected for reimbursement (mandatory)! All the tickets ( receipts from the bus or train tickets or any other tickets for public t transport with shown prices on them), must be sent by post after the project (both arrival and departure ways) to the following address:

📌How to get to Trnava

Green Travel: You should prefer green travel with bus, train, or car sharing.

From Vienna airport: The best connection from there is a direct bus from the airport to Bratislava bus station (no need to get to Vienna center). Please buy your ticket online with one of these companies: www.slovaklines.sk, www.regiojet.sk, and www.global.flixbus.com.

From Budapest to Bratislava: There are buses and trains from Budapest to Bratislava. You will easily find the connection with bus companies www.slovaklines.sk, www.regiojet.sk, www.global.flixbus.com, but I suggest trains https://www.zssk.sk/en/. It is up to you.

From Bratislava to Trnava: Getting from Bratislava to Trnava is easy by bus or train - the website to check the connection is www.cp.sk (BUS - ticket to buy from the bus driver, TRAIN - ticket to buy is in the window in the station or https://www.zssk.sk/en/.).

📌Flight options

You can search for the flights to Bratislava, Vienna , Budapest or Prague. We recommend www.skyscanner.net

If you arrive to Bratislava, you can check connections to Trnava on www.cp.sk (bus/train, 30 - 60minutes, price around 5 eur).

If you arrive to Vienna Schwechat airport, you will take a direct bus to Bratislava (duration 1 hour, price 5 eur, companies Regiojet, Slovaklines or Flixbus) and then from Bratislava to Trnava again you can check connections on www.cp.sk.

If you arrive to Budapest airport, you will take public transport in the city and then either a bus or a train to Bratislava (3 hours, price 15 - 20 eur). From Bratislava to Trnava you can check connections on www.cp.sk.

If you arrive to Prague airport, you will take public transport in the city and then either a bus or a train to Bratislava (5 hours, price 20 eur +)

From Bratislava to Trnava you can check connections on www.cp.sk.

More details will be provided by email and in facebook group.

📌Your insurance

All participants must have a valid EHIC to travel and attend the project. If not, participants are required to have insurance cover for the entire durationof the project. Insurance is obligatory for your safety and health.

📌What to bring for the project

- Personal hygiene products (shampoo, toothpaste, etc.)

- Specific medicines (if you need any)

- Personal documents to travel

- Laptop and/or tablets that serve to work for the project activities (please, do not count only with your smartphones as it will be not sufficient)

- Materials and a presentation regarding your Sending Organisations

- Some national/local snacks and sweets

- Any other item that you consider relevant.

📌Accommodation

Participants will be accommodated in shared rooms with 3-5 people from mixed countries.

📌Food

We will provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There will be coffee breaks twice a day. Each participant must be informed about diets and intolerances upon arrival. The form will be sent to partner organizations and shared with participants.

📌 Fee:

There is a non-refundable administrative fee of €50 for the sending organization, and it is due only if the applicant is approved to take part in the project.

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