YOUTH EXCHANGE

3-10 May 2022

INFOPACK

 Are you willing to have A more

ACTIVE role as a CITIZEN?

Are you looking for more active

and participatory learning
opportunities?

Would you like to discover and experience more about ACTIVE

CITIZENSHIP values such as SELF-KNWOLEDGE, EMPATHY, ACTIVE

LISTENING through the use of the universal language of
HUMAN MUSICALITY?

Are you open to launch in this adventure during an intense

week with people from different countries and
backgrounds?

This is an invitation for you to take a step

out from your comfort zone and take action,

experiencing and reflecting upon active

citizenship values through unusual methods!

Here we collect and present important

information to live this experience.

ERASMUS+ and YE:

This project is a Youth Exchange (an experience that allow groups of young
people from different countries to meet, live together and work on specific
topics) part of the european program Erasmus + that support education,
training, youth and sport in Europe. For more info about YE click here

 THE OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

OF THE PROJECT:

Living together means to be able to speak up, to LISTEN to each other, and to
generate HARMONY out of all the richness of all of our different VOICES
RESOUNDING CITIZENSHIP comes from the idea of exploring and experiencing

what it takes to bring about ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP throughout different contexts

and communities. So, why not exploring these values with our bodies and ears,

through the universal language of the inherent human musicality that beats
within everyone?

During the sessions of the Youth Exchange, you will have the opportunity to
experiment a new way of working on topics such as EMPATHY, ACTIVE LISTENING,
SELF-KNOWLEDGE, at the same time as you will be able to explore your ability to
HEAR, to play with SOUNDS, and to CREATE together!

the ye will also be a starting point for you to envision and plan, with the support
of our partners, an action or activity to carry out in your own community in the
months following the exchange.

click for
WHO IS YUPI? more info!

--->
YUPI is a NGO based in Famalicão (porto - portugal), composed of 300 youngsters

under 30 years old with strong motivations to participate actively in the civic
society and cooperate with the local community, broadening their activities to

an European dimension. YUPI organizes Youth Exchanges as well as many other

kinds of activities to foster awareness and effective practices on topics such as

gender equality, human rights, active citizenship, by use of non formal education
methods.

 PARTICIPANTS'
PROFILE:

Between 18 and 30 years old

Open-minded and interested in the topic of ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

Active in your own local community (taking initiative and participating

in cultural acitivities, sports, education, activism, religious groups,

nature, or any other kind of formal and non-formal gatherings and
organizations...)

Curious, enthusiast and life-hungry!

Willing to put in practice what you will learn in your own community
and daily life

the format of youth exchanges does not normally envolve that the
participants replicate actions at a local level as a mandatory aspect.
however, all the partner associations in resounding citizenship think that
the process of taking initiative in one's own community is a great chance to
give strength and shape to what they may discover or learn during the
exchange, and a wonderful opportunity to bring about active citizenship.

For this reason, being a proactive person at any level and in any way in
your own community will be regarded as a very distinctive aspect in your
profile!

important! - you don't need to have any special musical skills, musical
education or singing abilities. having a beating heart is already a lot!

 WHO ARE THE PROJECT'S

PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS?

BANGHERANG - ITALY (BOLOGNA)

Bangherang is an organization created in 2020 from the

merge of 2 youth associations. The basic goal of Bangherang

is to foster youth protagonism through non formal
education methodologies adapted in many different fields
of participation to democratic life. Bangherang works both
local and European level fostering values of active
citizienship trough many different projects.

KRIK - NORTH MACEDONIA (SKOPJE)

Centre for youth activism KRIK is a non-governmental, non-

profit organization established and led by young people, giving

voice young people to make changes and contributions in the
society. KRIK strives to encourage greater youth participation,
youth activism, and young people inclusion in policy-making
processes. krik works on matters such as ecology, critical
thinking and communicative skills, as well as the well-being of
the socially excluded groups.

MUNDUS - SPAIN (BARCELONA)

Asociación Mundus is a non-profit organization established in

2013 in Spain and based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet

(Barcelona), Girona and Zaragoza. Mundus aim is to promote
intercultural learning, volunteering and non-formal
education. the main activities of Mundus consist in managing
international training and mobility projects like internships,
volunteering, youth exchanges and training courses. Mundus
strongly believes that values such as lifelong learning
education and intercultural dialogue can benefit of
international mobility as a tool to build an inclusive,
equalitarian and intercultural society.

CLICK ON THE LOGOS FOR MORE INFO!

 THE VENUE

the YE will take part in

Portugal at Quinta da Costa, a
charming old family country
HOUSE built in the 15th century
near the city of Famalicão, in
the region of Porto.

You will be accomodated in

two 25-bed dorm rooms in a
MODERN building surrounded
by trees, fruit plantations, a
small natural stream, and a
swimming pool.
the activities will take palce
in a very large and luminous
living room at the upper
floor of the building, AND IN
THE WONDERFUL SURROUNDINGS

YOU CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT QUINTA DA COSTA BY visiting

the website:
www.quintadacosta.pt/

 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

may 3rd - arrival day, all the participants reach the venue
starting from 16h00 gmt+0

may 4th - may 9th resounding citizenship youth exchange activities

may 10th- departure day, all the participants leave the venue
before 12h00 gmt+0

the daily activities will be generally divided in two sessions with

two 'coffee breaks' (morning and afternoon) and a longer lunch
break. on day 6th of may there will be a trip to the city of porto,
during which the lunch will be provided and some time will be
available for sightseeing

the activity plan will consist in activities of many different kinds,

carried out either individually, in pairs, in small groups, or with the
whole group, through which we will reflect, work and debate
collectively on awareness, self-knowledge, empathy, active
listening, digitalization.

you will be spending a whole week with

people from different countries you hadn't
met before. only a part of this time will be
structured, so, come prepared! we suggest
you to think about and bring anything you
may want to share with the people that will
live this experience with you.

 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

The youth exchange is funded through Erasmus+ Program. Thus accommodation,
food, planned workshops and pedagogical equipment are fully covered from May

th 3rd (check-in from 16h00 gmt+0) to May, the 10th (check-out before 12h00
gmt+o). Any expense incurred before or after these dates or linked to extra
activities/leisure will be yours.

Likewise, your travel costs to reach the venue and go back to your country, up to
the maximum allowed amount and in a time-frame of maximum 2 days before and 2
days after the training course, will be fully reimbursed after attending the
totality of the YE, IF AND ONLY IF you will provide all the invoices related to the
expenses!

According to the Erasmus+ Program regulations, the financial contributions to

your travel costs will have a total maximum amount of:

Italy: 180€
Spain: 180€
North Macedonia: 360€
Portugal: 20€

You can come either by plane, train, boat or bus, depending on

your availability and ethics, but remember that e can reimburse

only public transportation, 2nd class fares.
Taxi is not refundable.

MPORTANT: For the reimbursement, you will need to give to your sending
organization:

1/ An invoice with the itinerary of your trip, the names of the passenger(s) and,
very important, the price of the ticket. In case a problem happens with the invoice,
we will accept the e-tickets if they include all of the mentioned information.

2/ All your original travel tickets and receipts (train, boat, bus tickets with the
price on it, boarding passes, etc.).

 SOME THINGS WORTH

PAYING ATTENTION...

The stamped ticket/boarding pass is a very important

document, the only evidence that you took the flight / train /
bus / boat, and is required by National Agency of Erasmus+ for
reimbursement. If you use your mobile phone don't forget to
printscreen the boarding pass, because the link can expire and
in case you lose access we may not be able to reimburse you.

Likewise, you have to provide an invoice of your eventual

Covid tests. it will be your responsibility to take good care
of all those documents and to give them on time to your
sending organization. If you take a picture of the
documents please take care that they are not folded and
to put a blank paper behind!

Be aware that we cannot provide reimbursement of ANY of

your travel expenses if a document is missing. If you loose
any of your tickets, boarding passes or invoices, your
travel costs will not be supported at all.

Only when the sending organization has all the documents

from all the participants from your country, money transfers
will be done, from your sending organization to you. This can
take from one to three months depending on how fast all the
documents are gathered.

portugal time zone is gmt, meaning that if it's 15h00 in rome,

barcelona and skopje, it will be 14h00 in lisbon and porto!

 TRANSPORTATION

from Porto airport (Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro):

metro (airport -> trindade -> são bento train station) [30'-40'/2€] >>> train to
Mouquim station [45'/2,70€] >>> 1,8km walk from the station to the Venue (Quinta
da Costa, Rua da Costa 771, 4770-357)

follow the metro signals from inside the airport. Get to the automatic ticketing
machines near the metro dock, buy your "Andante" rechargeable metro ticket and
charge it with a "Z4" metro ticket (cost: 2€, payable with cash or credit card).
Don't get rid of it! You will need it during your backtrip.

you can also fly to lisbon and take a bus

or train to porto if it fits you well. once
in porto you will have to get to são bento
train station or campanhã train station in
order to take the train to mouquim

info on trains ---> https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en

info on porto metro ---> https://en.metrodoporto.pt/

HEALTH/SECURITY
Obtaining a full insurance (travel risks, medical, injuries) included in the maximum

travel budget is your responsibility. Providing us information on your special needs

does not remove your personal responsibility for ensuring your own health and
safety. Therefore, we strongly recommend you to subscribe to a European medical
insurance in case you are not under coverage of the european health system, and
to carry your european security card if you are. We will contact skilled doctors
and bring you to the pharmacy or to the hospital if needed but we will not cover
your fees.

Please notice that it is your responsibility to verify the state of the rules on
covid-19 testing and/or vaccine certificate travel policies. Covid-19 tests will be
reimbursed if mandatory for travel only if you can provide an invoice.

 WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO DO?

As a participant, you commit yourself to actively participate in the whole

process, including:

- to read all the information carefully (especially this infopack and all the
emails we will send you before your coming) and communicate timely with
the organizers

- to prepare your mind, body and imagination for a rich and intense week
within a 30-people group

- to take actively part in the full duration of the activities (it means coming
later or leaving earlier is not possible)

- to give all the necessary documents to your sending organization (travel

invoices, boarding passes, tickets, covid tests invoices...) for the
reimbursement of your travel costs

- to participate in the evaluation process after the exchange and, if it's the
case, to share eventual actions following the ye in your local commmunity

 WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO BRING?

northern portugal can be rainy & cold even during the summer. have a look at
the weather reports before departure and anyway bring some warm and
waterproof clothes and shoes to be prepared to the somewhat unpredictable
changes of the weather in the region.

don't forget to bring your own towels, a pair of slippers and your own
toothpaste and soap/shampoo. there is a swimming pool, so don't forget to bring
your swimsuit!

during one of the nights, we will do a sarau: everybody will be free to share and
show poetry, literature, music, dance, photographs or anything that you feel
might enter the circle. bring your favourite books, your musical instrument, or
any other object/record you feel you want to have with you in that occasion.

you will be staying very far form any supermarket, you should bring anything
you need for the whole stay, from medicines to your favourite herbal infusion.

feel free to bring games, music, other entertainment items to enjoy and share
during the stay with the other participants!

FOOD AND DIET

During the Youth exchange all the meals will be vegetarian.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided. the meals will be cooked at the

venue by Beijaflor Cantine (check it out --> www.facebook.com/beijaflorcantine)

If you are not used to do without meat, we really hope that you will embrace this
as an opportunity for a new experience!

Good to know: Alcohol is not included in the daily diet. Your drinks will be at your
charge.

 OK THEN... HOW TO APPLY?

To attend the youth exchange, you have to contact the organization from the
country you live in (your nationality doesn’t matter). They will redirect you to
the right application form and give you any other important information on the
selection process.

Italy - Bangherang - europa@bangherang.it - 6 participants + 1 group leader

Macedonia - Krik - info@krik.org.mk - 6 participants + 1 group leader

Spain - Mundus - youth@asociacionmundus.com - 6 participants + 1 group leader

Portugal - YUPI - geral@yupi.pt - 7 participants

FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION AND

QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US!

tamy rodrigues - tamy.rodrigues@yupi.pt

romain valentino - romain_valentino@yahoo.it