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PBA In Rural 11th-16th of January, 2016. El Padul (Granada), Spain

Dear Partners, dear Friends! Youth Exchanges change young people’s life. But also can change the live of a small town if it's properly organized. This PBA wants to help in the challenge of create new projects of Youth Exchanges in rural areas (populations of less than 20,000 inhabitants), Youth Exchanges rooted on the places. Erasmus + underlines the importance of such Youth Exchanges as a powerful tool for young people (especially those with fewer opportunities) to empower themselves and to grow towards active citizens of their own community. We want to: - To provide the chance to find good and reliable partners from rural areas to make Youth Exchanges with, creating a solid network of contacts and partnerships. - To grasp the impact and social change a Youth Exchanges can have within a small local community. - To share what is needed to plan a Youth Exchanges of good quality in rural areas. - To discover the possibilities of local involvement.

Who we are Asociación Las Niñas del Tul ("Girls of the Tulle") is a cultural association from the city of Granada, which aims at developing, promoting and carrying out cultural activities, promoting values of tolerance and equality, respecting the environment and protecting the historical-artistic heritage, as well as supporting and helping young people and groups to start projects and activities, providing for them training and information and facilitating contact between them. We are an organization with extensive experience in international and youth work. We use the methodology of non-formal education in our work, encouraging the active and effective participation of young people, especially those with fewer opportunities. We have a space en the Granada Council for to inform about European programs to all young people. We also organize seminars and training about teamwork, inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities, guides and resources to improve the work of the associations within the European youth programs, etc. We work with different administrations, schools, NGOs and informal groups of young people promoting dialogue and cooperative work.

Las Niñas del tul have different profile in our workers and volunteers. They are specialized in different areas: theater, training, volunteering, information distribution, youth work, preparing and coordination the projects for other organizations, etc.

Who else will participate in this Training Course? Below you can find the participant countries and organizations. Each partner will send one participant (except Spain, with more participants).

Country

Organization

Albania

Open Window

Bulgaria

The Change is in You

Bulgaria

Nature School Foundation

Czech Republic

ICM Jindřichův Hradec z.s.

Estonia

Seiklejate Vennaskond

Greece

Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Eteria En Gnosi

Hungary

Town Protection Association

Italy

Comune di Gerace

Latvia

Liepajas jaunie vanagi

Lithuania

Asociacija Apkabink Europa

Poland

Fundacja Cherry Home

Romania

Future in Progress

Serbia

Centre for Education and Society Advancement

Spain

Asociación Las Niñas del Tul

Turkey

FuturEurope Youth

The partner building activity is open for voluntary and professional youth workers, working directly with young people in rural areas, and plan to organize a youth exchange within the frame of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Participants should be at least 18 years old and there is no upper age limit! And be aware that this activity will be in English. Participants are expected to be part of the full duration of the Partnership Building Activity.

TRAVEL Please have a look on our Maximum Travel Budget chart. Remember, to your total budget you need to add your local transportation (getting to an airport and so on). Take into account you will spend around 4€ for transports between Granada and El Padul. Also keep in mind, if your total budget ends over of this budget below, we are not able reimburse you the extra cost. Country

Budget for participant

Albania

360€

Bulgaria

360€

Czech Republic

360€

Estonia

530€

Greece

360€

Hungary

360€

Italy

275€

Latvia

360€

Lithuania

360€

Poland

360€

Romania

360€

Serbia

360€

Turkey

530€

How the process goes: Participants should arrange their trip (but please, don't buy tickets before our approval). We will reimburse that cost when we receive all the documents we need (invoice, tickets, boarding passes, etc.). Please note that it is not possible to reimburse without the original tickets and/or boarding passes. In addition one invoice that shows the name of the participants, date, route and price. Original invoices and tickets must be delivered during the activity, except for those needed

for the return trip, which should be sent by certified mail within 10 days after the end of the activity. Please, for your local transportation (train, bus) buy RETURN ticket, in this case we can scan them while you are here. You will still need to send us your return boarding passes and tickets after the PBA. You will also need to ask invoice about your transport for the following name and address: Asociación Las Niñas del Tul C/Mirlo 36. 1B. 18014, Granada, SPAIN Please remember: we are not able to reimburse if you can’t give us ticket AND Invoice together.

What do I need to do before my travel? Every participant needs to take care of his/her own insurance for the period of the PBA and travel days. This is not going to be part of the reimbursement. As a member of the European Union, Spain has agreements for the recognition of insurance systems. Those who possess a European insurance card should therefore be covered for illness and accidents in the same way as they are in their country, please bring with you this card:

This is just a sample

Please keep in mind, even if you have EU Insurance card, this would not cover any travel incident. It is your own responsibility to arrange your own travel and health insurance. Please also check if your passport or National ID Card is still valid.

Entering to Spain: Since Spain is EU member, if you are coming from another EU country, you will be allowed to travel with your ID card. However, you can bring your passport if you have just in any case. For those who do not come from a country of the EU, please check the requirements as soon as possible. If you need a letter of invitation let us know and we will send it you.

How to get to Granada? You can come in many ways; we recommend you the two easiest: Arriving from Malaga: Malaga has an international airport, which communicates well to Granada. There are many buses and from there you can get to Granada in 2 hours (some of them from the airport). If we know in advance your arrival time by plane, we can arrange and book your ticket to this bus. In any ways, you can have a look on the national Spanish bus company’s website: www.alsa.es

Arriving from Madrid: From Madrid it takes 5 hrs by bus to get to Granada. If you are lucky you can take a bus directly from the airport to Granada, if not, then you will have to go the city center. And the easiest way to do it: take a train which is called “Cercanías”. This type of train leaves in every 12-15 minutes from the airport, and it costs around 2-3 euros. Stay on that train and wait like 25-30 minutes, until you get to the MENDEZ ALVARO station. Get off there because this is the bus station where you can take your bus to Granada. You can buy your ticket before your departure. Again, your bus will be from ALSA (www.alsa.es). In this case, if we know in advance your arrival time by plane, we can arrange and book your ticket to the bus. The contact number for travel days is: 00 34 691884152

Arrival and departure: Monday 11th of January is the Arrival day. We will meet at 17h in the main entrance of the Congress Palace of Granada (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Palacio+de+Congresos,+18006+Granada, +Espa%C3%B1a/@37.164966,3.597379,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xd71fca304958221:0xab683a46be9a1163?hl =es-ES). If you arrive to the bus station, you should take the bus SN1 or SN2 (in front of the main entrance of the bus station). If you arrive to the train station, take the bus LAC. Saturday 16th after breakfast we will leave. In case of earlier arrival or later departure we can suggest you accommodation in Granada.

Where we are going to stay? We will stay in a nice Hostel in El Padul (http://www.hostalruralelpadul.com/en/hotelpadul/main). Participants will share rooms with other participants from different country (but same gender). Two or three per room. Accommodation is fully covered by the Erasmus plus program.

What we are going to eat? Room and board are covered by the program, which means: you will receive food 3 times a day. This is on us. Please note Erasmus Program is not covering any alcohol, so if you want to have a glass of wine to your dinner, then you will have to pay for that. But please control yourself, drink moderately ☺. If you have any allergy or any medical diet, please let us know in advance in order to arrange you special food.

Currency In Spain you can pay by Euros. Bring some pocket money if you want to buy some souvenirs or just to go for a drink after the sessions. Granada is one of the few places in Spain where you get a “tapa” with your drink. One small glass of beer (2dl) is usually 2 Euros, but can be 2,5. Any beverage like Coke or Fanta is the same. A glass of vine (2dl) can be 3-6 euros. A daily menu in a restaurant can be 15-20 Euros, a gyros which is called shawarma in Granada is 5-9 Euros. Important note: in Granada you can barely pay with your credit/debit card. Make sure you have all the time cash with you, because in small places, shops, restaurants you will not be able to pay with cards. To withdraw money using a Spanish ATM and your national debit card can cost 4 euros/transaction.

What to bring: - we will have an intercultural evening or coffee break (we will let you know soon), so bring your national food and drink. - bring comfortable clothes and shoes (we will walk). - bring your national flag, magazines, postcards what will help you to introduce your country. - bring your sending organization’s leaflets and any kind of information what you might have. - please find a nice mug from your city/town/country and bring it to the training course. On the first day we will make a lottery and you will get a cup that you can use the whole week and later bring home with you as a memory. Less plastic, more beauty! - if you bring your laptop will be easier for working. - and your good mood. This is the most important ☺

What to do now? - We kindly ask you to fill up the online questionnaire, providing all details what we ask for: http://goo.gl/forms/A3fdy1fe5T - Get ready. This PBA is going to be for you, so we want you to learn as much as you can. For this reason you should already think about what kind of project ideas you may have and if you have questions connecting to them, you can get the answers right there. - Please give us an email what you are checking on a daily base. - We created also a communication faster:

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See you very soon, Team of Las Niñas del Tul