Youth for Social and Solidarity Economy - (YSEE)

Training Course KA1 – Erasmus + project

Monday 03 September 2018 (Arrival) – Monday 10 September 2018 (Departure)

6 working days, 7 nights

Florina,

Dear friends,

We are looking forward to meeting you all in ! Here you will find some important information for your travel arrangements and your stay in our city.

Description of the project

Youth for Social and Solidarity Economy is an innovative Erasmus+ project, promoting the good practices in the social and solidarity economy amongst European countries. This project aims at enhancing the mobility of youth workers and youth leaders with previous experience on social economy, future youth leaders, already active or potential social entrepreneurs who are willing to share knowledge, experiences, and good practices on the theme. Participants can further inspire the young people they are working with, to become more active on the field of social economy. Furthermore, the project aims at supporting the participants on developing business models that have the potential to solve social problems and support vulnerable groups of people.

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)

NGO's and Associations have major part in raising the awareness about social entrepreneurship. We wanted to gather people (youth workers, your leaders, youngsters with entrepreneurial spirit) to start to work on the topic of social entrepreneurship. We want to match people with same interest and work together on something concrete - international platform where in future will be provided information about the social entrepreneurship. The aim of the project is: to ensure an entrepreneurial approach to solving social and environmental problems in the countries part of the project and to encourage and support the development of a new generation of social entrepreneurs.

Our objectives for this project:

- To become inspired social entrepreneur or change-maker; - To understand better the term "social entrepreneurship" and to raise knowledge and gain new experiences about it; - To start the process of creating social venture through gaining skills and knowledge for writing projects ideas and business plan; - To gain skills and knowledge that will help to the participant to get access to labor market; - To discover or understand better the social and environmental problems in their countries and to get to know the situation in other countries; - To be inspired and motivated to bring changes at home and start to work for improvement.

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)

Travel:

Country Number of Travel budget Partner participants / pax GREECE 5 0 ACTIVE YOUTHS ITALY 3 275 CALLYSTOARTS ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE MALTA 3 275 FINGERPRINTS FYROM 3 180 ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE KUMANOVO CYPRUS 3 275 KIPRIAKOS ORGANISMOS KENTRON NEOTITAS (KOKEN) SLOVENIA 3 275 MLADINSKI CENTER BIT SPAIN 3 360 ASOCIACION JUVENIL INTERCAMBIA SERBIA 3 180 EDUCATIONAL CENTER KRUSEVAC TOTAL 26

Arriving by plane at Airport (SKG):

Bus from (SKG) to Thessaloniki city center.

As soon as you arrive at the Thessaloniki Airport and exit the arrivals door you will find in 50meters walking distance the bus stop with the number 78. More info here: http://oasth.gr/.

This bus takes you from the airport to the central bus and train station. Ticket costs 2 euros (one way) and it would take you around 45 mins to the Train Station and 60 mins to the bus station. It always depends on the traffic at the city center.

Bus from to Florina

From Thessaloniki Bus station there are several buses every day to Florina. More info here: http://www.ktelflorinas.gr/

Bus timetable from Thessaloniki to Florina

Via Egnatia 10.30 13.00 19.30

2h 10m 2h 10m 2h 10m

Via Edessa 07.00* 15.30

2h 30m 2h 30m

*NOT weekends

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)

Prefer the ones that go Street as they are faster and without many stops.

A bus ticket should be 24 euros (round trip) and 17 euros (round trip) with your student card.

Train from Thessaloniki train station to Florina

In case none of the buses fits your itinerary there is also the option of the train. There are 3 trains per day as seen below:

Train timetable from Thessaloniki to Florina

07.14 – 09.47 12.23 – 14.55 19.30 – 22.02

2h 33m 2h 32m 2h 32m

Price should be 10 euros one way trip but there are several offers if you buy it online at: https://tickets.trainose.gr/dromologia/

Just a comment not to get surprised:

Don’t expect a train like EU rail, or TGV, but rather a train like the one we created to go from the Blue room to the Ball room downstairs. It can arrive in 2h 32m but it can take a bit longer depending on the mood of the train engine. It’s a nice route anyway… 

In case you arrive later than the aforementioned schedule we will arrange a private bus for you.

Please do not by any tickets before contacting us!

Accommodation:

Hotel Lingos located in the heart of Florina’s city center is a 3 star Hotel. You will be accommodated in double and triple rooms (Wifi, WC, TV, bathroom, towels and

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)

linen facilities are included in every room). The working area for our training will be in the Hotel’s main building. There is a great terrace also.

About Florina:

Florina is a small city in mountainous northwestern , Greece. Florina is a market town with an economy dominated by agriculture, forestry, summer but mostly winter tourism, cross-border trading and the sale of local products such as grain, grapes, vegetables and the famous Florina peppers. It also has textile mills and is known for locally manufactured leather handicrafts. However, the most notable industrial activity is the very large -Florina lignite mine, used in the lignite power plants which cover a large part of Greece’s electric power needs. Florina region in general offers great landscapes, with mountains, lakes, valleys, old forests, rivers and beautiful picturesque villages. The most popular places for daily excursions is the historic Nymfaion village, where the Environmental Centre ARCTUROS is offering shelter to brown bears from the close mountains; village which is surrounded by wineries that produce the famous Amyntaio Wines; and of course the Prespa twin lakes which was recently added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, with 11 native fish species and the perfect place for bird watching. The city of Florina offers nice walks or bicycle rides with public bicycles provided by the municipality. There are many nice coffee-houses and restaurants in the pedestrian street in the city centre and by the river. As Greeks have their dinner quite late in the evening, it is easy to find something to eat even until late at night. You can always grab a souvlaki from the street, at all hours of the day.

Weather:

In September you should expect something like 25 - 30 degrees during the day which might fall around 10 - 15 during the night. It might rain also a bit.

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)

What to bring with you and small tips:

 Comfortable and light clothes for the day but some warmer jackets and raincoats will not be harmful.

 In Greece Always keep your IDs with you as there might be random checks from the police.

 Don’t forget your type C adaptor (see image)

 Goods to share with us during the Intercultural night!

 In our Organization we have an international library free for all young volunteers and locals. Therefore we would really appreciate if you could bring 1 or 2 or more books in your own language that you don’t use any more and that you would like to offer them contributing to our effort. Also write a small note in the first page inside just to inform the reader where the book comes from and who the donator was! 

Contact:

For any kind of questions please do not hesitate to contact:

Konstantinos Stergiou Kostas Filippidis e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] mob: +306974828298 (Viber, What’s app) mob: +306972720259 (Viber)

Association of Active Youths of Florina (OENEF)