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KA1 Youth Exchange
08th – 19th September 2019
HUNGARY
About the host organisation
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. 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 they usually would not have an opportunity to do, to grow personally and professionally in safe non-formal learning contexts.
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
This project responds to the need of young people to learn, develop and improve their current situation and future, by putting emphasize this time on financial literacy due to their interest to increase their competences in this field. This need of them to acquire financial literacy came from a practicality when during a projects’ mobility in a foreign country encountered difficulties to manage their personal budgets and their soon graduation determine them to realize they need to learn more about how can plan their own finances.
Goal: Increase the level of financial literacy of young people from HU, BG, RO and LT in order to improve their capacities to manage their budget once they get to their independent lives and empower them to actively get involved in the creation of the youth exchange that will take place in Mezobereny, Hungary between 09 and 18.09.2019.
During the project the participants will increase their level of financial knowledge, skills, attitudes/behaviours in a safe intercultural learning context. Another objective of the project is to raise awareness of the Erasmus+ programme and of the importance of financial literacy acquired at an early age in the local communities from where the young participants are coming. The third objective is to increase the capacities of the partner organisations in offering support to empower young people to develop their individual learning plans on financial literacy.
The profile of participants
The target group of this project is represented by people having in common the same needs: to improve their skills in financial lyteracy-improve their foreign language abilities; broaden their intercultural understanding horizons; develop their learning to learn competence in a non-formal context; develop hands on interaction with young people from different socio-cultural context; learn about possibilities of mobility in Europe and beyond.
The young participants from each country are aged between 18–19 years old and meet the following criteria:
-are interested to develop their financial competences;
-are motivated to get actively involved in all phases of the project (including the preparation of the application);
-are willing to contribute to their communities by disseminating the results of the projects and E+ programme;
-come from small urban environments;
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 😊
Each partner will select the participants as follows
Hungary
12 Participants aged 18-19
3 group leaders aged over 18
Légáramlat Nonprofit kft
Romania
12 Participants aged 18-19
2 group leaders aged over 18
Asociatia Ingens Risus
Bulgaria
12 Participants aged 18-19
2 group leaders aged over 18
ICDET
Lithuania
12 Participants aged 18-19
3 group leaders aged over 18
Asociacija Tavo Europa
The results
Our main goal is to increase the level of financial literacy of young people from HU, BG, RO and LT in order to improve their capacities to manage their budget once they get to their independent lives and empower them to actively get involved in the creation of the YE. Therefore, during the YE participants will develop skills, knowledge and attitudes/behaviours which will boost their sense of initiative, as well as their skills in managing their budget for an independent and balanced life. Participants will do dissemination activities that aim to raise awareness of the importance of financial literacy from an early age within their communities. Participants will share the results, good experiences and increased competences with their peers encouraging them to learn and be more active in their local communities, to be more initiative.
Participants of our project will improve their financial literacy and that will allow them to make informed and effective decisions with all their financial resources. Thus, their soon graduation will not represent a threat or them in terms of not being able to manage their own budgets and will have the capacities to get financial independency more quickly. An additional impact is the fact that participants will become more cultural aware and will understand differences and similarities between them and others.
Venue, accommodation and meals
The youth exchange will take place in Mezobereny, a small town which lies in the Panonian plain, very close to Romanian borderand about 200km away from the capital Budapest. More about the town you can find here.
For the accommodation, we will face the facility of Picnic 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.
Accommodation will be arranged for 2 to 4 persons/room, grouped by gender. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served at the same location every day, plus the coffee breaks. Each room has its own bathroom equipped with soap and towels.
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 from Bulgaria and Lithuania will have to arrange their transport to Budapest Airport, from there hey will be picked up by a bus contracted by us and brought back on the departure day. Please do not book any flight which arrives in Budapest Airport later than 20:00 or departs earlier than 09:00.
For participants coming from Hungary and Romania the transport will be arranged by us with a contracted bus, both ways.
Arrival in Mezobereny: 08th of September 2019.
Departure from Mezobereny: 19th of September 2019.
Examples of ineligible transportation: personal car/gas ticket, priority boarding, seat reservation, additional luggage, 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 different country than the sending organization’s country, etc.
Dissemination of the project results
Each group is expected to organize a dissemination activity once they return back 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 a 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 to get the European health insurance card. You are free to choose your insurance.
Note: The travel insurance is mandatory, and without it we cannot accept the participation in the project.
General Information
✰ Weather conditions: in the area of Mezobereny, the average temperature in September is between 22 °C and 28 °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.
✰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.
✰ 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.