Agreeing Together

7 - 17 June - Curteni, ROMANIA

The youth exchange “Agreeing Together” aims to bring mediation and its perspective closer to participants interested in the topic of mediation as a way to solve conflicts. We wish to involve them actively in the world of mediation, to discover its benefits and develop their inter-personal competences.

Our aim is to increase the level of development of communication competences and problem-solving skills of the participants by the end of the project.  Also we want to create a framework for providing the young people with an effective tool to help resolving conflicts in their communities and daily lives. The project will address the following needs of the young participants: understanding and managing their own emotions, building self-esteem; increasing adaptability in unfamiliar contexts; improving communication; interacting in intercultural context; practicing their English; creating friendships that cross the barriers of the country; learning about Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities that it offers.

!!! Costs for travel, food, accommodation and activities are covered by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. There is no participation fee or cost required to participate in this project.

Venue, accommodation and meals

The youth exchange will take place in Curteni, a small town which lies in the heart of Transylvania. It is surrounded by the beautiful Transylvanian plain and provides a breathtaking view of nature. It represents the perfect place to connect with nature and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the place.

For the accommodation, we will face the facility of “Country Court”, which provides modern cabins, the restaurant, recreation space and a space for activities. It is a place surrounded by nature and beautiful landscapes.

Accommodation will be arranged in cabins for 4 people each, in bunk beds, gender separated. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served at the same location every day, plus the coffee breaks. Each room has its own bathroom. Please bring your own towels, shower ger, shampoo and soap as the accommodation won’t provide those.


Being located in an isolated area, the venue won’t provide internet. However, if you have roaming you will be able to make calls or use the internet. The good news is that in Romania you can get a SIM card with 100GB of mobile data for as low as 6 EUR. Please check in out here.


You can buy the SIM card in any Orange Shop in Romania and ask there for activation. You do not need an ID card to buy it and you do not need to connect a credit card to it in order to pay. Once you leave Romania the SIM card will be deactivated automatically because you won’t top it up anymore.

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.

How an Erasmus+ project looks like?

Before getting into more general information, have a look at the experience of other young people who took part in a project organised by us and get a feeling of what is to be there. Be part of our next adventure and sign up now. 

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Groups of participants from each country are required to organize a dissemination event in their community or school to communicate the result of the youth exchange to the community. Participants are encouraged to do a presentation of any kind in order to show their learning process and experiences they had in the project.

A special introductory preparation on how to do this will be presented by the project team in one of the activity days.


Weather and dress code


In the area of Curteni, the average temperature in June is between 20 °C and 27 °C. Please check accuweather.com for more updated information about the weather. Please bring casual comfortable sportswear, slippers or sneakers for indoor and comfortable shoes for outdoor activities, we suggest you to bring hiking boots. According to the meteorological release, we do not expect rain during our mobility, but you never know, so you could pack a waterproof jacket just in case.


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. The 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 video-projector for this event and any kind of promotional video or power point presentation will be presented exclusively in spare time. 


Travel insurance and covid-19


All the participants are required to have a valid travel insurance for the whole period of the projects including the travel days. The insurance must cover:


We cannot accept participants without travel insurance. Supplementary, we also recommend our participants to get the European health insurance card. To minimize the risk of covid-19 infections we will hold as many activities as possible outside. 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 Emabssy whether or not you are required to have a covid negative test result to enter Romania and to go back to your country without restrictions. If necessary, we will help you to get tested in a centre before departure from the project.

Team

Bogdan Vilcan - project manager  Contact

Vivien Racz - Group leader Hungary Contact

For any info regarding the project, you can reach us via Telegram here or via email at info@legaramlat.eu. Make sure you use "Agreeing Together" in the subject of the email for any message you want to send us. 

How to apply

In order to apply it is enough to click the link below and fill in our form. Once you press submit we will have a look on your application and get back to you with an answer as fast as possible.