Explore Diversity

Dates

Topic

Location

15 July - 25 July 2022

Social inclusion and cultural diversity

Telkibanya, Hungary

Who is Légáramlat?

Our main goal is to provide young people with equal opportunities to participate in the events, and projects coordinated 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 an active lifestyle, create opportunities for their peers to have the chance 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, make new friends, get exposed to different cultures, try new things that they are usually deprived from.

About the project

Objectives

The aim of the project is to raise the level of competences of young people from Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Czech Republic on developing cultural and social understanding and promote social inclusion in Telkibanya, Hungary.

➊ Facilitate an international non-formal context in which young people are empowered to share and exchange opinions and ideas on the topics of social inclusion and cultural diversity.

➋ Raise awareness among youths from the partner country on the importance of diversity, tolerance, equal rights to young people and of the issues people that are socially excluded are facing.

➌ Increase the capacities of the five partners to promote non-formal educational activities to develop intercultural understanding and social inclusion among youth.

How is all going to look like?

Explore Diversity is a youth exchange designed in 3 main phases. Besides these, expect new friendships, cultural exchange, overcoming fears, and developing yourself in a multicultural non-formal way.

Find more about youth exchanges here.

First phase

days 1-3

The group will be introduced into a series of non-formal activites aimed to boost the team spirit and get to know each other, designed by specialised facilitators using interactive workshops. You will also get to discover more about the Erasmus+ programme and the Youthpass Certification.

Third phase

days 4-8

During the second phase, activities will have the focus on the topic. Using interactive non-formal learning methods you will find out more about social inclusion, cultural diversity, and learn about tolerance, and equal rights. Trust us, you will improve your English and is going to be fun 🙂

Second phase

days 9-10

The last days of our project will be dedicated to our communities. Together we will design a dissemination plan and work on the promotional video and website of our project to share back with the community the results. We will also present to the community the result of our work.

Venue, accommodation and meals


The youth exchange will take place in Telkibánya, a small town, very close to the Slovakian border and about 250 km away from the capital Budapest.

For the accommodation, we will use the facility of Youth Camps available in the town. Accommodation will be arranged for 6 persons/room, grouped by gender. We will try to accommodate as less 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, for such big group 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.

Food, accommodation and travel and activities are covered by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. There is no participation fee required to participate in this project.


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, in one of the activity days.

Insurance

The participants are required by 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 we cannot accept the participation in the project.

How to buy insurance?

Just google travel insurance and get the one which you like the most. Prices are around 10 EUR per insurance.

General Information

✰ Weather conditions: in the area of Telkibanya, the average temperature in July is between 15 °C and 30 °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, it may be rainy, so please pack warm clothes and waterproof jackets and shoes. 

✰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 will present their country but also 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 participant's dietary aspects such as allergies, intolerance, and preferences according to the application form. 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.

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.

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. To ensure the safety of the whole group vaccinated applicants will have priority in the selection process.

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 centre before departure from the project.

Transport

No participant can arrive later than the arrival day or depart earlier than the day of departure. Skipping activity days is also prohibited. We actively support you during the process of buying the tickets. 

Arrival: 15 July 2022.

Departure: 25 July 2022.

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).

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(CTRL+P). 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 Erasmus+ programme, usually the date when the contract was signed. Each country will be reimbursed in a maximum of 30 days 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 organisation. The partner organisation 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.

-Keep your boarding pass, we need it ☺. All the boarding passes are in the original or electronic in PDF version. 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 as a 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 with 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.

Budapest Airport- Budapest Keleti please use PUBLIC TRANSPORT (no taxi, Uber, Bolt, etc).

Budapest to Hidasnémeti 

All participants are required to book their travel ticket to Hidasnémeti. From Budapest to Hidasnémeti you have the following options:

Budapest Keleti – Hidasnémeti  - TRAIN

https://jegy.mav.hu/jegy/vonat 

Hidasnémeti to Telkibánya

From you can take the following buses:

Hidasnémeti – Telkibánya  - BUS:

https://menetrendek.hu/ 

How to buy travel tickets

After you apply, a member of our team will get in touch with you to help and support book your tickets. The process goes as follow:

1. You will show us what tickets you want to buy.

2. Our team member will approve the tickets or help you find better options at better prices and times.

3. You will buy your travel tickets up to the amount listed in the table below.

4. All the tickets bought online will be sent to us by e-mail in PDF format. If you buy the tickets from the train station please send us pictures and give us the original ticket during the project. All the tickets must be bought before the project starts.

Tickets bought online and sent in other formats than PDF or bought after 15 of July cannot be reimbursed.

5. You will be reimbursed for your travel once the project has ended after signing a reimbursement agreement.

Please send your tickets to info@legaramlat.eu.

Romania

•  10 participants and 3 group leaders

•  Maximum amount to be reimbursed is 180 EURO/person

Hungary

•  10 participants and 3 group leaders

•  Maximum amount to be reimbursed is 180 EURO/person

Czech Republic

•  10 participants and 2 group leaders

•  Maximum amount to be reimbursed is 275 EURO/person

Latvia

•  10 participants and 2 group leaders

•  Maximum amount to be reimbursed is 275 EURO/person

Lithuania

•  10 participants and 2 group leaders

•  Maximum amount to be reimbursed is 275 EURO/person

Are you not convinced yet?

Have a look at this promotional movie made by the participants of a similar project about programming with the main goals to improve responsibility and productivity in regards to the time spent on digital devices, and develop new skills in digital media in order to increase their career perspective. 

Enjoy the video and get a bit of the feeling of how is it like to be part of one 🙂

Contact

info@legaramlat.eu

WhatsApp +40748076142

Requirements

1. Be aged between 15 and 30 years old.

2. Be a resident in one of the countries listed in the table above.

3. Have an interest in the topic of social inclusion and cultural diversity.

4. Be present for the whole duration of the program and commit to being involved in the DEOR plan.

5. Be willing to get insurance as described above.

5. Fill in the application form available below.

We will take care of the rest 🙂

NOTE:  The high English level of the participants is not a criterion of selection, but a great opportunity for themselves to develop it, benefiting from help and support during all days of the project.