Hear our voice,

gender equality
is the right
choice
17. October - 25. October
Samobor, Croatia

"There is a plan and a purpose a

value to every life,
no matter what its location,
age, gender or disability."
Sharron Angle

Dear Friends,
In this letter you will find all that you need to know about the Youth exchange
" Hear our voice, gender equality is the right choice" which will take

place in Samobor, Croatia. The information concerns goals and

program of the youth exchange, information about accommodation,
money reimbursement and other practical issues.
We hope we will answer all your questions and hope to see you in
October in Croatia.

Best regards,
Outward Bound team
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What?
The Youth Exchange Hear our voice, gender equality is the right
choice will take place from 1 7 till 25 October 201 5 in Samobor,
Croatia. In this project we will gather participants from countries which
on the one hand live in an environment where gender inequality,
violence and discrimination are still very much present and on the
other hand participants from a country which has a high level of
tolerance, social inclusion and sensitivity for gender balance. In this
way young people will have an opportunity to hear and learn about the
actual problems concerning the topic of the exchange and to gain
practical advice how to improve the society they live in.

Main objectives:

promotion of gender equality and gender balance, learning about

dignity, integrity, social inclusion and tolerance

improvement of linguistic and physical competences, self esteem,
self confidence, develop creativity and support them in leading healthy
lifestyle.
to empower youth to become advocates for gender equality, raise
awareness of gender-based issues and promote respect for
fundamental human rights
to fight against discrimination and intolerance, to prevent violence
using non-formal methods like role-play and project design
to enhance international communication and education through
cooperation between Programme and Partner-countries. Intercultural
exchange among youth from different cultural and social background.

main methods

During the youth exchange project the

used will be
different non-formal education methods, role plays, peer-learning,
sharing sessions, discussions etc. that will allow participants to learn
and create, share their knowledge and experience, discover new
habits and life-styles, make new friendships and actively contribute to
the project.
Participants will also prepare a project that they will implement back
home, expressing their ideas, social concern and willingness to share
the knowledge they have gained. This will encourage them to take an
initiative in their communities as well as develop their competences
and skills in order to implement their own projects.

When?
Arrival day:
1 7th October 201 5 by 4 PM
Start of the program: 1 7th October 201 5 at 4 PM
End of the program: 25th October 201 5 at 9:30 AM
Departure day:
25th October 201 5 after breakfast
We ask you to plan your travel in a way to be at the program venue on
October 1 7th at 4 PM the latest and leave on 25th October in the
morning. If you want to come earlier and/or leave later than expected
it can be maximum 2 days before and 2 days after the project, but in
that case please let us know. Outward Bound Croatia does not cover
the costs of longer stay but can support you in finding
accommodation.

Who?
The project will involve 24 young people from 4 countries:

CROATIA - Outward Bound Croatia (OBC); Anna Schneider, mail:

annaksobc@gmail.com

ALBANIA - ACT for SOCIETY Center ; Armela Pengili, mail:

pengiliarmela@gmail.com

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - NGO Youth Power; Nedim

Mijievi, mail: nedim.yp@gmail.com

FINLAND - KVNA ry; Heidi Jyrkk, mail: heidi.yprkka@gmail.com

Participants
In this project we will include 5 participants and 1 team leader from
opposite social environment, bring them together to facilitate change,
raise awareness on gender-based issues and become empowered to
truly become an active citizens in their communities.
Team leaders will be responsible for their group and their needs, and
help facilitate whole project by giving advices, coordinating
communication between us, project organizers and participants. We
will awake in them motivation to make a difference in their life and their
community, to spread the message of non violence, think out of the
box, encouraging them to become actively engaging in order to create
a new, peaceful generation with a complete societal change in attitude.
They will personally contact, examine and help us choose our
participants. We will include half of participants that are unemployed
(economical difficulties). Everybody will have equal rights and be
treated fairly regardless of their gender, age, ethnicity, religion, etc.
Participants will be between 1 8 and 30 years old. Team leaders will be
1 8+. We will do our best to have a gender balance of half female and
half male participants. When choosing the participants and helping
them prepare for the exchange, the team leaders will try to effectively
accomplish this balance. The same opportunity for participation in all
types of activities during the project will be given to all the participants
and no differences will be made regarding their gender.

Participants: 1 8 - 30 years old

Team leader: 1 8+
Able to work in English
willing to actively participate

during the whole Youth exchange

Albania
- 6 participants
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 6 participants
Finland
- 6 participants
Croatia
- 6 participants

Where?
Samobor, a small town 25 kilometres from the capital Zagreb. We will
be accomodated in a hostel Samobor that you can check on the link
below.
http://www.hostel-samobor.hr/eng/gallery.html

Money Reimbursment

First of all, we ask you to keep all your tickets, boarding passes and
receipts (originals). Only if you have the travel tickets, boarding
passes and receipts we will be able to reimburse your travel costs.
We will only reimburse your travel cost if you participate in the whole
exchange.
The table below shows the maximum amount of money we can
refund, according to your country by the rules of the Erasmus+
program.
We will reimburse you the amount of money you spend on your
tickets, but no more than written in the table below.

Outward Bound will reimburse your travel expenses (latest by 25th of

november 201 5 when project officially ends) to bank account of your
organization once you send your travel tickets to our office.

Practical Information
Some activities will take place
you need to bring:

outdoor, please read carefully what

Good walking shoes

Outdoor clothes - all-weather jacket, extra clothes for changing
Medicines that you usually use and need
Passport or other official identification
Invoices and travel tickets

Special needs (diets, medicine)

Please, tell us beforehand if you need any assistance from us in this
matter.

Contact information:
Anna Schneider will be your contact person for this exchange. If you
have any questions regarding the exchange, please contact Anna on
following e-mail address: annaksobc@gmail.com

Travel insurance

We recommend that you have travel insurance. And we strongly

recommend that you make your own European Health Insurance
Card.
It is a free card that gives you access to medically necessary, stateprovided healthcare during a temporary stay in any of the 28 EU
countries, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, under the
same conditions and at the same cost (free in some countries) as
people insured in that country. More information you can find on this
link:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559

Application System
The deadline for the application is 1 6th September 201 5.
After we get applications, we will send you back the confirmation letter
after which you arrange your travel.
We ask you to fill in the application form and answer all the questions
in it. If you have any physical limitations, disease and/or use medicine
we need to know about, indicate it on the application form. If you are a
vegetarian or have special diet, also let us know, indicate on your
application form what you cannot or dont want to eat and what you
can so that we can arrange suitable food.

Outward Bound Training Method

Outward Bound Croatia is a member of Outward Bound International
whose experiential educational programs are recognized in over 30
countries around the world as a valuable enrichment of the classic
school system. The main field of activity is organization and
implementation of innovative outdoor programs for school children
and youth, with special concern to youth with fewer opportunities, like
children from broken families, youth with behavioural problems, youth
facing post-war reconciliation difficulties and so on. The programs
include courses in nature, teaching various technical skills and sports,
learning how to overcome physical and mental challenges and result
in building self-esteem and discovering one's own full capacities,
which can later be transferred to everyday life.
Special attention is also given to social and environmental
responsibility and feeling the impact of one's actions on the group and
society as a whole. We teach and work by the following values:
compassion, integrity, excellence, inclusion and diversity. Learning
through experience, challenge and adventure in a supportive
environment are the principles we use to design and deliver
programmes with targeted outcomes like: character development,
leadership and service

Daily Schedule