Do you have dreams you would like to achieve in life?
Are you still deciding what you want to make out of your own life?
Would you like to give back to your community through a way that makes you fulfilled?
Would you like to share your dreams with others and have their support into making it happen?
Creating together for entrepreneurship
27th June - 8th July 2017
HollókÅ‘, Hungary
Connecting Routes is a Youth Exchange (YE) for young people to find out what is entrepreneurship for them and make it happen, while having a special focus on social entrepreneurship.
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These are the main topics we will approach:
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What is entrepreneurship?
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Becoming more self-confident - taking initiative and risks
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How do I improve my communication?
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How can I become a better team player?
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How can I create plans for success?
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Giving back to the community
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How to inspire others?
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For this you will work and live together, as a sustainable working community.
So that you can find different ways to go for yourself and what you want we will provide different activities and workshops with media, theater, outdoor, simulation games. With every activity you will have the chance to put in practice your entrepreneurial skills.
Output
As a final activity you will create together tutorials on entrepreneurship which we will share online, so you can guide and inspire other young people to go for their own entrepreneurship.
Program
Online preparation
In order for the participants to get to know each other and get prepared for the YE, there will be an online preparation 1 month before the start of the YE in a closed Facebook group.
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You will receive several media assignments where you will have the chance to share about yourself and discover more about other participants.
For whom is it?
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5 Young people between 16 and 25 years + 1 group leader (18+)
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Who are finding out what they want, who are divided between life choices, who have ideas but don’t know where to start from.
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Facing the following fewer opportunities: economic, social and geographical obstacles, and/or educational difficulties.
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Coming from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain
About the venue
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The YE will take place in Kreativ Tér in HollókÅ‘, Hungary.
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HollókÅ‘ is a special and beautiful Hungarian village, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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During the YE you will have the chance to explore HollókÅ‘ and interact with the local community.
Participation fee
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The costs for food and accommodation are covered, and we are asking for a participation fee of 35 Euro per participant, to be paid on arrival.
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That is due to the media and outdoor activities we will be organized, which require the rent of specific material and services.
Reimbursement of travel costs
These are the maximum travel amounts per country:
Hungary: 40 €
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain: 170€
Portugal: 270€
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We will only reimburse the amount spent on your travel. If you spend more than the limit, it is up to you to cover the difference.
Do not book your ticket until you receive a confirmation for being selected for the YE.
Only the participants who stay for the full duration of the YE will be reimbursed.
Partner organisations involved
If you want to receive more details about the YE before applying, feel free to contact the partner organisation from your country of residency
How to apply
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Just click the button
About Oost Indisch Groen
Oost Indisch Groen is an organization based in Amsterdam.
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It works in cooperation with neighbourhoods, professionals and unemployed people from all ages and social strata.
Its work is based upon integration and cooperation, and it works horizontally/as an umbrella organization by involving all sorts of people willing to Initiate, Create, Take Responsibility and Take Actions.
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These principles led us to create:
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7 sustainable neighbourhood communities
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1 Urban Farm
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2 neighborhood centers which organize activitiesfor their own communities
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2 educational projects for children and their parents on ecological education and eating habits
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Oost Indisch Groen has always been working with bottom-up approach and has trained several in several contexts young people and professionals in this approach.
Entrepreneurship is the base and the fundamental principle of this organisation:
“If we can play we do it, and if not; we make a game of it… “
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Arrival - 27th June
Start of the program - 28th June
End of the program - 7th July
Departure - 8th July
Intercultural evenings
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We want to know your national culture in a way that put entrepreneurship skills into action.
Every day one or two national groups will cook the dinner for the whole group and prepare an evening program to introduce their own country and culture.
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Day 1 to 5
Discovering entrepreneurship
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This first part of the YE is all about getting to know each other, finding out what entrepreneurship is, learning about media, teamwork, trying out entrepreneurship and planning
Day 6 and 7
Practicing entrepreneurship
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The main outdoor part of the program, where you will have the chance to put into practice what you learned about entrepreneurship while being out of the venue for 2 days.
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This part focus on taking initiative, working together for finding solutions for unexpected situations and obstacles, how to approach the local community, how to give back to the local community.
Day 8 to 10
Inspiring others
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You will have the space to share about your outdoor and the whole experience of the YE by creating video tutorials on entrepreneurship.
These videos will be used to inspire other young people across Europe to go for their own ideas and initiatives.
The application deadline is 20th May 2017.
In case you are selected you will receive a confirmation letter over e-mail and you will be added to the closed group of the YE.
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