Gender Balance on Youth Projects 10-17th March 2015 Van /

Erasmus+ KA1 Training Course

27 Participants - 9 Countries What? When? Where? With whom?

Title: “Gender Balance on Youth Projects”

Type of Event: Erasmus+ YiA KA1 Training Course

Dates: March, 10-17 2015

Location: Van,Turkey

Participants : 27 Participants ( 3 participants per Country )

For Whom: youth leaders and youth workers, trainers and educators working with youth (especially with young people with fewer opportunities) from Poland, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, United Kingdom, Romania and Turkey.

Project Idea

Exchange experiences between youth workers and young people confronted to the difficulties to find a gender balance in terms of participation in local or inter- national youth projects, spaces, organisations and activities, in order to open ways allowing to work on equality at the level of citizenship and participation.

In the end of the project, participants will gain an opportunity to experience the gender mainstreaming and the social inclusion topic and they will use the compe- tences and skills on their youth projects.

In a long run, we aim to : - Increasing the visibilty of the LBGT and Womens in project - Creating the awareness about the gendermainstreaming topic - Equipping youthworkers and developing the youthworkers skills about the gen- dermainstreaming topic Aims & Methodology & Language

The aims of the project are; - Exchanging good practices about the gender equality on youth projects - Increasing the visibility of the disadvantaged people within the focus of Gender balance - Equip Youthworkers for the Gender Mainstreaming topic and leading the activi- ties which has focus on gender mainstreaming

All Training course will be based non-formal training methods, which are: -Simulation Games -Forum Theatre and Role Plays -Teamwork and Discussions -Outdoor Activities -Visual Presentations and Visual Work.

Language of the training will be in English, but Trainer team will be able to support participants in German and also in French languages.

Accommodation & Schedule

Arrival: 10th of March before the dinner. Departure: 17th of March in the after the lunch.

Accommodation includes shared double/triple rooms, on full board, coffee breaks and the use of conference facilities. Participants will be sharing a double or triple room with one or two people of the same gender. Each room has one bathroom; towels and bed linen are provided.

We are going to stay in Royal Berk Hotel and you can get information about the hotel with that link : http://royalberkhotel.com/

Address : Cumhuriyet Caddesi Türkiye İş Bankası Yanı 6. Sokak No:5 Merkez / VAN Phone : +90 432 215 00 50

! Note: Organisers will not provide any accommodation for additional stay in Turkey. If participants plan to arrive a few days earlier or depart a few days later they are kindly requested to inform us and we will be glad to offer assistance with booking a hotel or hostel in or Van! Visa Information about Turkey

For Participants from some countries are obligated to obtain a Visa, please check it with Turkey Foreign Ministry Web page.

Link : http://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa

For visa, you do not need apply for a visa and you can obtain in the border or from the website of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Link for the Visa Service : https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/

We will be able to cover your Visa costs from the budget.

Travel Arrangements

Participants will be responsible to organise their trip to Van and also the hostel :

How to get from Airport to the Hotel :

You need to take a taxi or public transport and you should ask the driver name of the hotel and it tooks around 15 mins. from the airport via taxi or public transport.

To arrive to Van! You should use a flight and you can take information from the websites on below.

Please during your application send your travel information. You can check from the web- site’s of the flight companies on below ( which are operating Turkey and also Europe ) and you can arrive to Turkey ( 2 days earlier ) and also depart ( 2 days later ).

Flight Companies which are flying from Istanbul ( also from some international destina- tions) to Van :

Turkish Airlines : http://www.turkishairlines.com/ : http://www.flypgs.com/ Onur Airlines : http://www.onurair.com/ BoraJet : https://www.borajet.com.tr/ Sunexpress : http://www.sunexpress.com/ AnadoluJet : http://www.anadolujet.com/

!Please be sure that you are flying from same airport in Istanbul! Health Insurance

Health insurance is not provided and will not be reimbursed by the organisers. All partici- pants are strongly advised to purchase private travel insurance, as costs of private health care in Turkey are quite expensive.

Weather

Average temperature in March in Van is +15 - +20 degree Celcius. Please check the weather forecast before coming to Van and make sure that you have an appropriate cloth. We will be staying almost in the hotel except than the excursions, just in case beaware of the weather and bring your warm clothes.

Travel Costs

According to new rules of Erasmus+, we will recover till the amounts indicated on the table on below. Reimbursement of travel costs will only be done upon the presentation of all including documents , receipt/invoices and boarding passes and we will do the reimburse- ments during the training. But the participants should sent all documents regarding to their travel after your return, scanned and hard copies.

Reimbursements will be done in EUR, regardsless of currency indicate on the ticket and receipt/invoice. All the currency exchange rates can be checked from the currency plat- form of EU Commission.

Pax Country per Participant 2 Poland 360 € 2 FYROM ( Macedonia ) 275 € 2 Czech Republic 360 € 2 Romania 275 € 2 Bulgaria 275 € 2 Italy 360 € 2 United Kingdom 530 € 2 Croatia 360 € Contact

For any questions contact :

Van Youth Group! Do not Hesitate to contact with us! Tel : +90 541 694 50 74 e-mail : [email protected]

How to Apply!

Deadline for Applications

15th December 2014 00:00 AM CET

Announcement of Selection Results

20th December 2014

Application Link : http://goo.gl/E1NqIc

Please fill the form carefully and completely. We are looking forward to your applications!