EUROMED SEMINAR FOR YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Valencia / Benetússer (Spain) - 5th – 12th June 2013

INFOPACK 1

CONTACTS: Antonio BENACHES: abenahes@gmail.com / +34 656 541 202 Jeff ALBERGHI: jfalberghi@gmail.com / + 34 608 645 361
Project summary

Through this project the Horta Sur Foundation in partnership with the Maria Moliner School aims to train young people, youth leaders and
executives from civil society organizations working with women's groups at risk of social exclusion.

Main activities to be implemented during this seminar will be:

(1) Exchanges of experiences and know-how about youth work focused on young women groups;
(2) To meet and visit local projects developed by/for young women at risk of exclusion;
(3) To get to know initiatives, European networks and other funding programs held by the European Union to support young women inclusion and
empowerment in in Europe and North Africa;
(4) To set up international cooperation ideas that could be further implemented between seminars’ participants. .

Expected outputs
- Knowledge of best practices to support women empowerment in non-formal education;
- Setting up of common commitments for youth organizations;
- Definition of future cooperation projects between participants

Place: Benetusser and Valencia City

Dates: 5h of June to 12tht of July 2013

Participation fees:
 Visa, food, accommodations, local transports, activities will be cover by Youth in Action Grants;
 Travelling expenses will be cover up to 70% of real costs by the coordinator (30% will be in charge of each participant);
 Partner organizations are in charge to buy visas and travelling tickets for its participants from their hometown to Valencia (Spain);
 Reimbursements (visas and travelling expenses) will be done during the seminar. Participants must provide invoices and boarding passes.

CONTACTS: Antonio BENACHES: abenahes@gmail.com / +34 656 541 202 Jeff ALBERGHI: jfalberghi@gmail.com / + 34 608 645 361
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8h Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

Start up games and

activities
9h Reimbursement
Start up games and Start up games and
Trip to Xirivella
activities activities WHAT'S NEXT ?
Trip to Xativa
Evaluation and follow-up
Trip to Valencia
Oficial welcoming and Tools for breaking
10h WORKSHOP: International
presentations stereotypes
Arrival of Participants Coffee Break cooperation for women
Visit of Valencia Historical
empowerment
Centre
Coffee Break Coffee Break
Getting to know project
11h
"Molineras viajeras" MARKET OF WOMEN
Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
EXPERIENCES: Certificates and closing
Presentation of local and ceremony
COMMON GROUNDS: Euromed women initiatives
12h Gender Realities in my
countriy WORKSHOP:How to
2014-2020: European
improve women
Visit of Xativa Visit to Valencia University opportunities to improve
empowerment in Non formal
Women Empowerment
Education?
13h

14h

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

15h

Welcoming participants,
accomodations, visit of the
city and installations… GOOD PRACTICES:
16h
inclusion and empowerment WORKSHOP: 10 Visit to Valencia Historical
Informal meeting time
of Women in EUROMED commitments for WOMEN museum
regions IMPOWERMENT Civil
WORKSHOP: Gender Society Organisations WHAT'S NEXT ? Evaluation
17h Departure of participants
realities in my country and follow-up
At University of Valencia
YOUTH IN ACTION to
support women Presentation 10
18h empowerment Mid Term Evaluation COMMITMENTS for
WOMEN IMPOWERMENT

Informal meeting time Informal meeting time

19h Trip back to Benetusser Conference on GENDER

Getting to know each others Informal meeting time Informal meeting time

Preparing Intercultural
20h Informal meeting time Informal meeting time
dinner

21h
Dinner + Short movies on
Dinner Intercultural dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner in Valencia Dinner and farewell party
Gender issues

22h

Programme activities:
Games, participating activities or visits
Group worshops
Sessions open to external participants
Lectures: INFO-PILLS

CONTACTS: Antonio BENACHES: abenahes@gmail.com / +34 656 541 202 Jeff ALBERGHI: jfalberghi@gmail.com / + 34 608 645 361
 Seminar partners

Spain: Horta Sur Foundation (http://www.fhortasud.org/)

Escola Maria Moliner (http://escoladeciutadaniaenfemeni.blogspot.com.es)

France: Institut pour la Méditerranée de Corse (http://www.imedcorse.com/)

Jordan: Institute for Leadership Excellence (www.ilereg.org)

Marocco: The Mediterranean Forum for Youth (www.fomeje.org)

Au Grain de Sésame (www.facebook.com/augraindesesame)

Tunisia: Association Tunisienne pour les Œuvres Sociales

Lithuania: SARETAS-International Cooperation and Research Network (www.saretas.org)

Czech Rep: Institut pro regionální rozvoj, o.p.s. ( www.iregio.org )

Romania: Bihor Women's Union ( http://uniuneafemeilorbihor.blogspot.ro )

Egypt : Egypt Foundation for Youth and Development (www.egyptfoundation.org)

Lebanon: Young Women’s Christian Association – Beirut (www.wcabeirut.org)

CONTACTS: Antonio BENACHES: abenahes@gmail.com / +34 656 541 202 Jeff ALBERGHI: jfalberghi@gmail.com / + 34 608 645 361
 Practical information
All the participants are kindly asked to fulfill the following form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VzjCr53zHNUNFO9MR7aizmGC_toHtx99MlJs6cB_kxw/viewform

How to get to Valencia?

Activities
By plane: Most activities of the seminar will be organized in
 Valencia airport Benetusser, a small town near by Valencia (less than
Since Valencia airport is not so well 10 min by train from Valencia city centre).
connected, you also can watch :
 Barcelona Airport We will also have some activities and visits to the
 Madrid Airport following places: Valencia (Historical Centre and
University), Xativa and Xirivella
By train:
Railways station of “Valencia Norte” or “
Valencia Joaquin Sorolla”
Accomodations
Participants’ accommodations will be organized in
Booking to: double room to the Benetússer Hotel .
http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/

Since Valencia airport is not so well Contacts

Visa and travel arrangements: Antonio BENACHES Activities and stay: Jeff ALBERGHI
connected, you also can watch
When you arrive there there
abenaches@gmail.com / +34is656a metro
541 202 jfalberghi@gmail.com / +34 608 645 361
station under the airport where you can
take the
line 3 or 5. You will stop in the station
“Xàtiva” where the train station
CONTACTS: is.
Antonio BENACHES: abenahes@gmail.com / +34 656 541 202 Jeff ALBERGHI: jfalberghi@gmail.com / + 34 608 645 361
In the
train station you just need to take the line