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    Contents

    Welcome Note 2

    Organizer 3

    Main Idea of the

    Training Course

    Objecves of the

    Training Course

    Working Methods

    and Language

    Eligible Parcipants

    4

    Travel and Financ-

    es

    Accommodaon

    How to get to

    10

    Some Praccalies

    Money and

    Currency

    12

    Weather Condi-

    ons

    13

    Some facts about

    Cyprus

    14

    Discover Nicosia 16

    The trainers 17

    Some Phrases in 18

    Contact Person 19

    Parcipants Info Pack

    Tools for beer quality in Volunteering

    12-19 May 2012

    Nicosia, Cyprus

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    Welcome Note

    Dear parcipants,

    It is with great pleasure and supreme excitement that we announce you that the countdown for our

    fascinang training entled Tools for beer quality in volunteering has ocially begun! Therefore,

    between the 12th and the 19th of May 2012, the Pool of Trainers of the Cyprus Youth Council will be

    at the very pleasant posion to host 20 parcipants from Cyprus, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Poland,

    Romania, Greece, Spain and Malta in a mulcultural atmosphere full of volunteerism.

    This training will take place in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. Be ready to open your mind and acquire

    further skills and competences by interacng with people from other socio-cultural backgrounds

    and then transfer this knowledge to your own community. We are sure that you all will be the best

    ambassadors of your own country.

    So, everyone, take care of yourself, start preparaons for the training, and we will see you very

    soon!

    Best wishes from,

    the Core team!

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    Organizer

    Cyprus Youth Council (CYC)

    The Cyprus Youth Council is a union of 60 non-governmental Youth Organizaons

    (full and associated members) of Cyprus. It enacted its funcon in 1996. CYC is a non-prot organizaons

    based on volunteerism and it is also an acve full member of the European Youth Forum and other

    internaonal youth forums.The main aims purposes of the CYC are:

    The promoon of the dialogue and communicaon among youth NGOs.

    The establishment of a representave framework for the member organizaons, to develop

    iniaves, implement acons, exchange informaon and experiences and develop dialogue in

    issues that aect youth.

    The development of a European identy and consciousness among Cyprus youth.

    The empowerment of the youth parcipaon in social and cultural life.

    The facilitaon of the acve cizenship.

    The promoon of the recognion of Non-Formal Educaon and NGYOs by the state and the

    public.

    Since 2009, the CYC has its own Pool of Trainers, consisng of 35 young trainers specializing in NFE.

    For more informaon click HERE.

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    Main Idea of the Training Course

    The Training Course Tools for beer quality in Volunteering aims at discovering new means to promote

    the ideals of acve youth parcipaon and enable the young people to be more acve in volunteering by

    improving their skills and competences. The European Commission recognizes the important role of

    volunteering, as a result, volunteerism is one of the eight elds of the EU Strategy. It should also be

    menoned that 2011 was the European Year of Volunteering. The project it will provide to all the

    parcipants a unique experience of intercultural learning.

    The idea of the project is to give the appropriate and necessary space to the young people to exchange

    their ideas about volunteering, share what volunteering means at their countries and explore how

    volunteering is connected with civil society. The project will focus a lot on dierent tools of voluntary

    service and on ways to promote them. Moreover, the parcipants will broaden their horizons through

    internaonal friendships and also by acng as mulpliers for a greater social and community

    involvement under (or not) the framework of Youth in Acon Programme. The intercultural background

    will help the parcipants to wonder and learn about exisng cultural or other mispercepons and

    intolerances and also to contribute to a more peaceful global society where similaries are celebrated

    and dierences are respected.

    The aim of the Training Course, Tools for beer quality in Volunteering, is to promote volunteering as

    a mean of acve civil parcipaon. Moreover it will be orientated a lot on the quality of volunteering,

    the dierent aspects of volunteering, how someone can enhance his skills through voluntary service and

    how a volunteer should act in his service.

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    Objecves of the Training Course

    The Training Course focuses on the importance of volunteering as a form of acve engagement and

    as a tool to combat violence, racism, discriminaon and social exclusion from the perspecve of

    youth from dierent sociees. Volunteers from youth organizaons will learn how to make the

    dierence in dealing with these issues in their sociees through acvies, games, discussions and

    exercises.

    As it is obvious from the tle of the project, the purpose of the project is to create and foster

    European Solidarity Openness Understanding Liberty based on volunteering. For the purposes of the

    training course, we will provide parcipants by a well-balanced programme, a mulcultural group of

    parcipants and a team of trainers that are going to work together in order get the best results from

    those who are going to be involved and also to set the bases for further steps and follow up projects.

    The Training Course is based on non-formal educaon methodologies trough experienal learning,

    presentaons, discussions and exchange of experiences. The parcipants will have the opportunity to

    present their personal, professional and cultural backgrounds. They will also share experiences about

    volunteering and they will develop their ideas about how to mulply the eects of their experiences

    to the youth work.

    The partners are:

    Cyprus: Cyprus Youth Council and Agros Youth Club

    Bulgaria: Foundaon Madara

    Greece: Civil Protecon Volunteers of Panorama

    Italy: Human Rights Youth Organizaon

    Latvia: Fonds Sabiedribai

    Malta: Malta Youth Council

    Poland: Centrum Aktywnosci Tworczej

    Romania: Tineret Romania

    Spain: Fundacio Catalunya Voluntaria

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    Objecves of the Training Course

    The parcipants will work in mixed groups, so it is going to be an interesng mosaic and a chance to

    bring the intercultural dimension in the everyday life of the local community, so the project has set

    the following priories and objecves:

    Promote Volunteering as a tool to enforce the youth parcipaon in order to smulate

    social sustainability.

    Debate on the personal and social impact of volunteering.

    Explore ways to increase the quality of volunteering.

    Provide a set of voluntary service examples.

    Create new opportunies for young people and improve their personal and professional

    development through non -formal educaon and volunteering.

    Development of mutual understanding, by learning and sharing creave methods of

    expression, means to ght discriminaon and accept dierences, handle and solve

    problems.

    Present the opportunies of the Youth in Acon Programme in general and parcularly

    the European Voluntary Service (EVS).

    Foster Internaonal cooperaon and understanding.

    Gain valuable experience into a mixed group and develop contacts as part of it.

    Interact with the local community.

    Include young people with fewer opportunies, such as youngsters who deal with

    poverty, social exclusion and geographical obstacles to share their an-discriminaon

    dream.

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    Working Methods and Language

    WORKING METHODS

    The training will be based on non-formal educaon methods, encouraging acve par-

    cipaon of young people involved.

    Ice-breakers, energizers, group-building games

    Simulaons

    Role plays

    Intercultural and experienal learning

    Brainstorming and discussions both in working groups and in plenary

    Inputs from experts

    Theatre Workshops

    Working language: English

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    Eligible Parcipants are:

    Between 18 and 35 years old.

    Youth leaders highly movated to contribute in the work of their sending organizaon.

    Commied to aend for the full duraon of the training

    Interested in the topic.

    Willing to learn & movated to share experience with others aer the event.

    Able to work in English.

    Nominated by their youth organizaon.

    Experienced in Youth in Acon projects.

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    Travel and Finances

    The training course is funded by the European Programme Youth in Acon. All costs related to

    accommodaon and nutrion and 70% of travel costs (cheapest way) from the resident country

    will be covered by this funding. All parcipants will be refunded aer the compleon of the

    training course, provided that you will send all your original documents

    (receipts of the air cket, boarding pass, invoices of credit card used for buying the ckets for

    online payments, ckets from the shule from and to the airport etc) to the organizers in me.

    Documents needed to complete your reimbursement:

    In order for the Cyprus Youth Council to proceed to your travel reimbursement you

    must present when requested the following documents:

    Invoice or copy of credit card slip of the travel payments.

    Boarding pass (please resist throwing them away in the nearest bin aer you leave

    the plane you will NOT be refunded without them).

    Travel reimbursement form (which you should collect in the recepon on your

    arrival).

    Relevant ckets or a copy (plane, bus, etc).

    For electronic ckets:

    Boarding pass (please resist throwing them away in the nearest bin aer you leave

    the plane you will NOT be refunded without them).

    Invoice or copy of credit card slip/ e-banking printout.

    Travel reimbursement form (will be provided on the arrival).

    Printed travel inerary.

    Travel refund to the parcipants will be paid by bank transfer to organisaonal

    account/personal account for the whole group aer all travel documents will be

    received by the Cyprus Youth Council.

    NOTE that NO electronic ckets will be reimbursed if the invoice or copy of

    the credit card slip/e-banking printout is not be provided.

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    Accommodaon

    The converted old building which opened up to travelers and tourists in

    May, straddles three quaint streets just by the Chrysaliniossa church

    in the old city and has been beaufully renovated. The vision was that

    of preserving the great tradional urban architecture of the original

    building, coupled by contemporary changes to modernize the interiors

    with the 21st century design.

    A look inside the premises reveals a beaufully lit and spacious downstairs lobby which gives way to a

    conference room and computer room. The interior is lled with stone details coupled with the

    characterisc interior archways, dark wooden oors and the renovated grand old staircase that leads up

    to the bedrooms and kitchen area. There are ve en suite rooms in total that can accommodate up to 20

    people. Anyone is welcome as long as they are no older than 35 years of age! Perhaps the most

    impressive part of the building is the modern kitchen area boasng a lovely balcony overlooking the

    church and old town, topped o by a clerestory-style row of upper ground oor lancet windows, usually

    associated with ecclesiascal buildings. Newly ed stained glass panels replacing the older ones give

    the building almost a gothic feel.

    For more photos click HERE.

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    How to get to Nicosia

    From Larnaca Internaonal Airport you should take KAPNOS Airport Shule to Nicosia. Before exing

    the airport, search for the Airport Shule KAPNOS (meaning in greek- and moving like SMOKE!) and

    buy your cket to Nicosia, and then search for your bus outside the airport. The cket will cost 8 euros

    (the amount for the ckets is already included in the given budget!), and the 40 -minute-long trip will

    bring you to the bus parking area, where Nicolas Christo, the Administrave Ocer of the Cyprus

    Youth Council will be waing for you.

    For more informaon click HERE.

    For the metable click HERE.

    Telephone number is +357-24008718.

    About your travel details (from the airport to bus staon, arrival to Nicosia, all the schedules),

    please contact Nicolas Christo, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 0035722878316 and

    0035799514035 (mobile phone).

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    Some Praccalies

    The price of products and services in Cyprus varies depending on the season and the locaon.

    Below is an indicave list in Euro:

    A single bus cket costs around 1

    Water (0,5l) from 0, 50 in a local kiosk

    Shower gel from 2.50

    Small juice pack (0,20L) from 0,50

    Toothpaste from 2.50

    Phone card with 5 of credit from 5

    Chocolate from 0, 70

    A glass of beer costs between 3.50 and 5

    A cket to the cinema costs around 7 for adults and 5 for children

    Dinner at a local tavern (meze, including beer or cold drink) costs around 20

    COMMUNICATIONS: MAKING PHONE CALLS

    In order to make a phone call to Cyprus from abroad, dial 00357 and then the eight-

    digit phonenumber. If you wish to make a phone call abroad while in Cyprus, dial 00, followed by the country

    code and the telephone number. Internaonal calls can be made from public telephones available at

    various central locaons in all cies and villages, as well as at internaonal airports, harbours and

    elsewhere. There are three types of public telephones coin phones, outdoor card phones and indoor

    card phones. Public payphones can be used for both naonal and internaonal calls. Dialing

    instrucons as well as rates are displayed in all payphones. Calling within Cyprus simply requires

    dialing the eight-digit telephone number.

    Money and Currency

    The currency of the Republic of Cyprus is the Euro. There are seven denominaons in Euro banknotes:

    5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euro. They all have dierent colour and size, the higher the

    denominaon, the bigger the size. One euro is divided into 100 cent. There are eight euro coins: 1, 2,

    5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, 1 and 2. The designs on one side of the coins are common to all the countries

    of the euro area, while the other side reects naonal idenes. All euro coins can be used in all euro

    area countries, irrespecve of their naonal side.

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    Weather Condions

    Cyprus enjoys an intense Mediterranean climate of hot dry summers

    starng in mid-May and lasng unl mid-September and rainy, quite

    mild winters from November to mid-March. Spring and autumn are

    eecvely short intervals in between, characterized by smooth weath-

    er. With almost year-round clear skies and sunshine, daylight length

    ranges from 9.8 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June.

    For more informaon click HERE.

    And for a very accurate ten-day weather forecast by CNN (that will also help you organize your

    clothing and suitcase accordingly) click HERE.

    What to bring

    Spring Clothes but probably, you may need warm clothes as well.

    Medicines if you need.

    Musical instruments and other stu we will have free me to enjoy together.

    LAPTOPS (if you can...).

    Alarm clock.

    Athlec shoes.

    Movaon and good mood.

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    Some facts about Cyprus

    Floang on the waters of the Mediterranean, but poinng longingly towards the shores of Syria,

    Turkey and Lebanon, Cyprus is an odd mixture. It is a kaleidoscopic blend: its cultural inuences are

    dominated by Western Europe, but its geographic proximity to Asia and Africa gives it more than just

    a hint of the East. Long coveted by mainland Greece and Turkey, this small island has its own denite

    and beguiling character.

    Cyprus is the island for all seasons, the island of good weather, good mood and loads of sunshine! Thepeople of Cyprus are warm hearted, hospitable and kind, people who love to go out and who

    appreciate good company and good food. In fact, most of the social oungs and relaonships

    revolve around food! And thats food that is coming in a lot of variety and large quanes for

    massive stomachs!

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    While in Cyprus its a must that you try:

    Cypriot meze (appezers akin to Spanish tapas) are an art form, and some restaurant serve

    nothing but just that! Meze are available in a meat variety or sh variety but quite oen

    come as a mixed batch, which is rather pleasing.

    Shealia which is a kind of sausage without skin. The lling of shealia is made of ground pork

    or lamb shoulder and leg. It is mixed with ne chopped onions and parsley and seasoned with

    salt and pepper. Instead of sausage casing it uses caulk fat, the membrane that covers thestomach of a lamb or pig, to wrap the ingredients. In words it may not sound so good but in

    the mouth it is simply yummy yummy!!!

    Halloumi is a uniquely Cypriot cheese, made from a mix of cow's and sheep's milk. Hard and

    salty when raw, it mellows and soens when cooked and is hence oen served grilled.

    Taramosalata is tradionally made out of taramas, the salted roe of the cod or carp. The roe is

    either mixed with bread crumbs or mashed potatoes. Parsley, onion, lemon juice, olive oil and

    vinegar are added and it is seasoned with salt and pepper.

    And of course this is just a short list. There are plenty more tastes and dishes to try! Another important

    thing about Cyprus is the social life of Cypriots who normally spend their free me

    (mornings, aernoons, evenings, we simply dont mind) going for coee in several coee shops around

    the city, that stay open unl around one oclock at night! Coee is quite popular even at 10 or 11 pm and

    what is also very popular is the special frappe, which seems to be something like a greek coee

    invenon. Later, during the evenings people hit the clubs at around 12:30 with the party lasng unl the

    early hours of the morning, when again they try to get rid of the hangover with more food at local fast

    food restaurants.

    For more informaon visit click HERE.

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    Discover Nicosia

    Leosia (Nicosia), the islands capital, which is located on the River

    Pedieos and situated almost in the centre of the island, is the seat

    of government as well as the main business centre. The centre of

    the city, where we will be staying, is its old quarter surrounded by a

    Venean sandstone fortress wall with a moat and heart-shaped

    basons. Old churches combined with mosques and palm trees thatgive an oriental atmosphere to the old city, round narrow streets

    with overhanging balconies and the beaufully restored pedestrian precinct with cra shops, cafes

    and taverns, compose the inspiraonal surroundings of Nicosia. The new town spreads beyond the

    walls with a modern Europeanized centre of high-rise buildings, oce blocks, shops and pavement

    cafes, expanding into suburban residenal areas. Leosia oers the best in shopping and Makarios

    Avenue and Stassicratous Street, which are the places to go for the ulmate shopping

    (and bankrupng!) experience.

    For this training we will be in the much advantaged posion of staying in the city centre of old

    Nicosia. Our youth hostel (Nicosia Youth Hostel), is located at a crucial point opposite the great

    church of Chrysaliniossa. At the end of Ledra Street you will be coming across a check-point

    leading you to the northern part of the city. Over the past centuries, Cyprus was inhabitated mainly

    by Greek Cypriots constung 83% of the populaon and Turkish Cypriots that constuted around

    17%. However, problems arising between the two communies led to intercommunal conicts and

    violence in with thousands of people being killed, hundreds of thousand becoming refugees in

    their own country, and with serious issues of human rights violaon. Since then, Cyprus as well as

    Nicosia have been divided by force between the island's Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot

    communies in the south and north respecvely. On the 3rd of April 2008, as part of eorts to

    reunify the island, a symbolic wall dividing the two communies at Ledra Street was opened so

    that people from the two communies could move freely from one part of the city to the other.

    Nicosia retains the disncon of being the world's last divided capital.

    For more informaon click HERE.

    For photo material click HERE.

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    The trainers

    Eleni Michail is 27 years old. She came across non formal educaon 6 years

    ago and since then, she is in love with it! She is currently member of the Pool

    of Trainers of the Cyprus Youth Council and cooperates with several other

    local and internaonal organizaons. She is looking forward meeng you!

    Email: [email protected]

    Mohammed Awwad is an internaonal theatre creator with a mulcultural

    experience. Awwad Performed, wrote, directed more than 50 plays. He

    designed several events, programs and workshops with local and internaonal

    groups; Awwad is currently member of the Pool of Trainers.

    Email: [email protected]

    Maria Stra is 24 years old and she is the operator of the Eurodesk Cyprus. She

    is a new member of the Pool of Trainers and she will be junior trainer. Youth

    work became part of her life aer an intensive intercultural life changing

    experience.

    Email: [email protected]

    Klaudia Zebrowska is a board member of the YEU Internaonal since 2011. Sheis focus on educaon and quality assurance. She will be junior trainer. She is an

    acve volunteer in the organizaons CAT and HORYZONTY.

    Email: [email protected]

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    Some Phrases in Greek

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    Hello! Yia sou! (for one person)

    Yia sas! (for more than one person)

    Good morning Kalimera

    Good aernoon Kalispera

    Good night Kalinihta

    Excuse me Siggnomi

    Please Sas parakalo

    Thank you Earisto

    Help Voithia

    Beer Mbira

    Wine Krasi

    Water Nero

    Food Fayito

    Money Lea

    Restaurant Esatorio

    Toilet Tualea

    Bus staon Stasi Leoforiou

    How much does it cost? Poso koszi?

    How can I go...? Pos mboro na pao?

    Where is the bus staon? Pou ine i stasi leoforion?

    One beer, please Mia mbira, parakalo

    I like you Maresis

    I am from Cyprus Ime apo n Kipro

    I am from Bulgaria Ime apo Voulgaria

    I am from Italy Ime apo n Italia

    I am from Latvia Ime apo Leonia

    I am from Poland Ime apo n Polonia

    I am from Romania Ime apo n Roumania

    I am from Greece Ime apo n Ellada

    I am from Spain Ime apo n Ispania

    I am from Malta Ime apo Malta

    Where is the toilet? Pou ine i tualea?

    You are very kind Ise poli evgenikos (male)

    Ise poli evgeniki (female)

    I want... Thelo

    I dont eat meat Den troo kreas

    How are you? Pos ise?

    My name is.. Me lene

    Can you give me.... Mboris na mu dosis

    It was delicious Itan pentanosmo

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    Contact Person

    Nicolas Christo

    Administrave Ocer

    of the Cyprus Youth Council

    +357-99514035

    Email: [email protected]

    Emergency Number: 199 / 112

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