September 27, 2021

18 November – 28 November 2021- Mezobereny, HUNGARY

Who is Legaramlat?

Our main goal is to provide young people with equal opportunities to participate in the events, projects organized by our organization and our partners to try out new sports and activities they usually would not have an opportunity to do, to grow personally and professionally in safe non-formal learning contexts. Legaramlat is a non-profit non-governmental organization founded in Budapest, Hungary by active university students to promote active lifestyle, create opportunities for their peers to try sports like sailing and paragliding in which organization members are highly experienced.

We seek to show to young people that their world does not over with the walls of their communities, there are many different opportunities to get actively involved in Erasmus+ programme, to grow, learn, travel, get exposed to different cultures, try new things that they are usually deprived from.

About our project

Solving problems, whether they are interpersonal, social, or organizational, always represented a useful skill. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) the top skills, employers will want the most are complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, and coordinating with others. In this context young people need to develop these competencies to increase their chances in the labor market and be competitive. Improvisation theatre brings into play the intersection of roles, relationships, status, personal experiences, economic and social/cultural forces that require reframe, rename and redefine problems in new ways. It involves capitalize on what one has and make the most of it.

The methods that will be used in this project are non-formal participative methods such as teamwork, presentations, storytelling, learning by doing, and guiding young participants to explore and work together.

The objectives of the project are the following:

Use improvisation theatre as a method to develop creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and team collaboration competencies of young people to higher their employment perspectives.
Increase self-confidence and adaptation to all kinds of environments of young participants to prepare them for professional and personal lives.
Increase the capacities of the partner organizations to plan, organize and implement a KA1 youth exchange focusing on creative means to develop competencies among youths required by the new realities of the labor market.

Through this project, we will create a safe learning environment for young participants coming from the partner countries to develop their competencies such as problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork useful for both personal and professional lives by using improvisation theatre.

The profile of participants

This project is addressed to any young person aged 18-30 who is:

1. Motivated, eager to learn new skills, and willing to get actively involved in all stages of the project.

2. Passionate for personal development (self-confidence, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork) using non-formal improvisation theater methods.

3. Ready to contribute to the dissemination plan and share with his/her community the privileges of a Youth Exchange of the Erasmus+ program.

NO high level of English is required to participate; moreover, the project will help in the development of English speaking skills. None of the participants or facilitators are native English speakers, so there is nothing to be afraid 😊

From each country, the partner organizations will try to maintain an equal number of boys and girls in order to achieve gender balance in our youth exchange. To be sure that gender discrimination or any other discrimination for that manner excluded, the whole agenda of activities was designed to be gender-neutral and not oriented in such a way that a specific skill set would be required or would create an advantage.

Country of origin	Number of participants/ age	Number of group leaders	Name of the organization
Hungary	8 Participants aged 18-30 years old.	3 group leaders aged over 18	Légáramlat Nonprofit kft
Romania	9 Participants aged 18-30 years old.	2 group leaders aged over 18	Asociatia Ingens Risus
Bulgaria	8 Participants aged 18-30 years old.	2 group leaders aged over 18	ICDET
Macedonia	8 Participants aged 18-30 years old.	2 group leaders aged over 18	VCS Skopje
Czech Republic	8 Participants aged 18-30 years old.	2 group leaders aged over 18	Youth for Youth, z.s.

The results

The participants will develop through our project trans-disciplinary competencies. They will increase their problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork competencies, and this will lead to a boost of their self-confidence in order to be more prepared for the employment realities. In addition, the competencies acquired will help them in their personal lives as well, being more capable to adapt to different social contexts and interact with new people. This translates also into better job perspectives and higher chances to adapt at the workplace.

Also, being an intercultural environment reuniting participants from five countries, they will get to know other cultures and be more culturally aware and understanding. In addition, the improvisation theatre and through methods used participants will have many interactions that will give them the chance to practice their English and improve another valuable skill required by employers. Through the sessions planned, the young people will develop their social and cultural awareness; learn how to interact in a nonformal context with other youths from a different country; find out how they can benefit in the future from the opportunities that appeared after the participation in this youth exchange. They will receive the Youthpass certificate which will reflect their learning process.

Venue, accommodation and meals

The youth exchange will take place in Mezobereny, a small town which lies in the Pannonian plain, very close to the Romanian border and about 200km away from the capital Budapest. More about the town you can find here.

For the accommodation, we will face the facility of Piknik Park Mezobereny – which has an area of 1600 square meters. The Leisure Center satisfies all our needs for learning, active recreation, and relaxation. The beauty of the park is enhanced by a rose garden, right in front of the entrance, with a beautiful fountain in the middle of the garden. You can find more about the venue here.

Accommodation will be arranged for 2-3 persons/room, grouped by gender and there are also two bigger rooms for more people each. We will try to accommodate as few people as possible in each room. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served at the same location every day, plus the coffee breaks. Each room has its own bathroom but towels and soap are not provided so please come prepared.

Access to the internet: Unfortunately, in Hungary, internet services are not highly reliable. At the location, there is limited access to the internet (Wi-Fi). Please leave your work at home and do not rely on the Wi-Fi. Internet connection of good quality will be provided for the activities that required that.

Transport

No participant can arrive later than the arrival day or depart earlier than the day of departure. Skipping activity days is also prohibited.

Participants coming from Hungary will have to arrange their transport to Mezobereny and the cost of the tickets will be reimbursed up to the amount present in the table below. For participants coming from Romania, the transport will be arranged by us by train, both ways.

For participants from Czech Republic, Macedonia, and Bulgaria we have not yet established the method of transport, we will update after we find the most efficient route.

Arrival in Mezobereny: 18 November 2021.

Departure from Mezobereny: 28 November 2021.

Before buying or booking any travel ticket please consult with us and obtain our written approval so you make sure you will be reimbursed.

❗ The participant has to be on the project for the whole duration and has to attend all the sessions in order to be eligible for reimbursement.

❗ If you need extra information, we are happy to offer our assistance to choose the best travel, you can reach us at info@legaramlat.eu

Each participant will be reimbursed up to a maximum limit, based on justificative documents (plane ticket, boarding passes, or train/bus ticket).

Country	Total number of people	Distance band	The maximum amount to be reimbursed
Hungary	11 participants	100-499 km	180 EUR per participant
Romania	11 participants	100-499 km	180 EUR per participant
Bulgaria	10 participants	100-499 km	180 EUR per participant
Macedonia	10 participants	500-1999 km	275 EUR per participant
Czech Republic	10 participants	500-1999 km	275 EUR per participant

Examples of ineligible transportation: personal car/gas ticket, priority boarding, seat reservation, additional luggage bought after the flight, business class tickets, plane tickets on longer routes, plane tickets with stops for one night or more, taxi, rented cars, private transport companies, travel starting or ending in a different country than the sending organization’s country, etc.

❗The sums that are not used by one participant will not be transferred to other participants who exceeded the travel budget/person.

❗All the travel tickets, inclusively the ones for return must be bought before the project starts (date to be set). We will not accept any tickets bought after this date.

For electronic ticket/receipt/invoice, the document has to be delivered in PDF format. If it’s on a website, it has to be saved as PDF or printed into PDF. Screenshots or forwarded emails are not accepted, exception making only boarding passes.

❗The participant has to consult with us before buying the ticket and obtain our written confirmation that we agree on the chosen transportation means and route before buying any travel tickets. We will only reimburse approved tickets.

Note: reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and receipt/invoice. If the ticket is bought in local currency, we will calculate your travel costs in EURO based on the exchange rates required by the Erasmus+ program which means that we have to use the conversion rate from signing the financing contract of the project. Each country will be reimbursed in a maximum of 3 months after we obtain all the necessary transport documents from all the participants from that specific country and after the realization of the dissemination activities.

For each country, we will make one bank transfer to the bank account of the partner organization. The partner organization will further divide the money among participants in cash or by bank transfer.

❗In order to be reimbursed each participant has to have the following:

For plane tickets:

Electronic ticket or invoice in pdf format. Usually, this is the confirmation e-mail you receive from the website where you make the booking. Make sure it has your name, the dates of travel, the route, and the price on it.

All the boarding passes are in the original or electronic version in pdf. This is the smaller document that you receive when you do the check-in. When you are doing the check-in online usually it comes in pdf in your mailbox or on the phone app of the airline. The boarding pass is the document that has your seat number on it and it is scanned at the gate.

For bus or train tickets bought online:

Electronic ticket or invoice in pdf format. Usually, this is the confirmation e-mail you receive from the website where you make the booking. Make sure it has your name, the dates of travel, the route, and the price on it.

For bus or train tickets bought with cash:

Ticket or invoice containing the dates, route, and price in the original.

❗All the participants will have to provide the organizer a proof of the travel insurance and proof of the dissemination activities implemented by them.

Dissemination of the project results

❗Each group is expected to organize a dissemination activity once they return to their communities. The purpose of this activity is to spread the results of the project among other people. By deciding to take part in this project, the participants are assuming the responsibility of organizing the dissemination activity in their community. More detailed information about this will be provided during a dedicated session, on one of the activity days.

Insurance

The participants are required by the Erasmus+ program to have valid travel insurance that covers liability to third parties, lost or stolen luggage, and heath for the whole period of the projects including the travel days. Supplementary, we also recommend our participants get the European health insurance card. You are free to choose your insurance.

Note: Travel insurance is mandatory, and without it, we cannot accept participation in the project.

COVID-19

To minimize the risk of covid-19 infections we will hold as many activities as possible outside and accommodation will be done at a maximum of 60% of capacity. The whole accommodation unit will be rented only for the purpose of our project, without foreign guests. Being a project applied in 2019, our budget does not cover the potential cost of covid-19 tests or other quarantine costs. We highly recommend you to get a covid-19 vaccine to minimize even more any risk connected to covid. Please check with your Embassy whether or not you are required to have a covid negative test result to enter Hungary and to go back to your country without restrictions. If necessary, we will help you to get tested in a center before departure from the project. Additionally, we will also provide you with an invitation which will help you justify your entrance into Hungary. We are not responsible for reimbursing your travel costs in case of flight cancelation.

General Information

✰ Weather conditions: in the area of Mezobereny, the average temperature in August is between 10 °C and 0 °C. Please check accuweather.com for more updated information about the weather.

✰ Dress code: Casual comfortable sportswear, slippers, or sneakers for indoor and comfortable shoes for outdoor activities. According to the meteorological release, we do not expect rain during our mobility, but you never know, so please pack warm clothes and waterproof jackets and shoes. There is also a SPA center with a pool in our neighborhood so make sure you pack your swimming suit as well.

✰Intercultural evenings: each country is expected to prepare a short program to present their culture and eventually to bring some typical local drinks and snacks. Intercultural evening is the time when participants have the opportunity to get to know each other’s culture better in an informal context. We encourage the participants to be as creative as possible in presenting their culture, to use theatre, dances, or live presentations. We do not provide a video projector for this event and any kind of promotional video or PowerPoint presentation will be presented exclusively in spare time.

✰ Meals: we will provide you with three meals/day and two coffee breaks. The meals will take into account all the participants dietary aspects such as allergies, intolerance, and preferences. If you have any special requirements regarding food (allergies, intolerances, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) you are obliged to mention them in the application form. Otherwise, we might not be able to accommodate your requirements.

Deadlines

The partner organizations must send us all travel documents before beginning the mobility. The travel document is the only valid proof of participation. In case any of the participants will miss any deadline (for the application or for sending us travel documents) or the partner fails to confirm its participants by the deadline, we reserve the right to choose different participants from any of the partner countries for replacement.

21.10.2021 – Partner confirmation of the final list of participants.

22.10.2021– Partner sends us the travel documents of the participants.

Contact info

If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact us here via Telegram or write us an e-mail at info@legaramlat.eu

How to apply?

In order to apply, it is enough to fill in the form below and a member of our team or from the partner NGO in your country will get in touch with you. Before applying please carefully read the application form and note that:

We are not responsible for the wrong or incomplete data you introduce in the form.
Your data such as name, e-mail, and date of birth must be correct. Making mistakes will automatically translate into wrong information on your certificate received at the end of the project.
You must use no other e-mail address other than yours. Make sure you have access to it.
You have to specify to us if you prefer a vegetarian or vegan menu-this cannot be changed during the project and if you have any allergies or intolerance.

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Co-financed by the European Union. The content of this publication does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in this publication lies entirely with the author(s).

The Mobility

The youth exchange took place in Mezobereny, Hungary, between the 18 to 28 of November 2021. From each partner country were selected young participants aged 18-24 years old, were selected two participants/country with fewer opportunities to take part in the mobility. All the working methods were participatory and non-formal, with youths being guided in their learning process by group leaders and facilitators. The young people taking part in this youth exchange got familiar with storytelling, developing creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving and team collaboration competencies.

Objectives achieved

Use improvisation theatre as a mean to develop creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving and team collaboration competencies of young people coming from HU, RO, BG, MK and CZ to higher their employment perspectives.

Increase self-confidence and adaptation to all kinds of environments of young people from the above-mentioned countries in order to prepare them for professional and personal lives.

Increase the capacities of the partner organisations to plan, organise and implement a youth exchange focusing on creative means to develop competencies among youths required by the new realities of the labour market.