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Dear participant, Consell dels Joves de Gandia - Gandia Youth Council and the team warmly welcomes you to take part in the TC Education in “Citizenship have to be VIP” in Gandia (Valencian Country – Spain).

We would like to thank your interest to participate in this TC, and congratulate you for being selected to take part in it.

We hope that you are looking forward to it as much as we are!

In the following pages of this document you will find basic information about the activity, its background and suggested programme, information on the venue and how to get there, travel reimbursement procedure, contact details and other useful links.

We wish you a safe journey to Gandia!

Please read them carefully and don’t hesitate to ask us (trainingcourse@cjg.es) if you have any further questions!

Looking forward to meet you / see you again!

The TC team

1.- THE BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THIS TRAINING COURSE: Through the opportunities which Erasmus + offers, we create this project because it still believes in the necessity of working to promote values that make human beings always look for improving as an individual and as a community.

The participant profile of this project will be 38 youth workers from 24 countries.

The aims and the objectives: -

Disseminate inform about the Erasmus + Programme trough the cohesion of formal education and non-formal education.

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Promote the active participation of young people in Europe through lifelong learning.

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Promotion of active European citizenship.

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Unite the different cultures of the different countries participating in the project.

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Provide to the municipality of Gandia and young people from other countries the possibility of a cultural and linguistic diversity.

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Promoting tolerance of groups at risk of social exclusion (LGBT, gender equality, religion...

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Promote and defending human rights)

The methodology will be non-formal education with space for active participation and networking.

2.- THE VENUE, HOW TO GET THERE: The TC will take place in Gandia, Valencian Country (Spain), in the Centre Juvenil de Gandia “Alqueria Laborde” facilities.

CENTRE JUVENIL DE GANDIA “ALQUERIA LABORDE” Carretera del Grau, s/n 46701 GANDIA (València) Phone & Fax: (+34) 962 951 200 Mobile: (+34) 647 310 079 / 080

You can visit their website (only in catalan language) here: www.cjg.es.

You are expected to arrive to the Hotel on 29th of

November

evening

(18:30

start

the

welcoming); therefore, we advise you to land in València or Alacant before 12:00. The departure will be on 7th December after breakfast.

HOTEL LOS NARANJOS** Adress: The Hotel is located on the street Avinguda del Grau, 67 (antiga Pius XI) in the neighborhood of Corea, located in the Northeast District of Gandia, just 15 minutes from the center of the city and 5 minutes to the Centre Juvenil de Gandia “Alqueria Laborde”.

Phone: +34 962 87 31 43 FAX: +34 962 87 31 44 All rooms have complet bath, T.V., satellite T.V., heating, air conditioned, phone, wifi free, cafeteria, etc.

The Hotel Los Naranjos** is located 10 minutes from train and bus station, 15 minutes from city center and 3,5 km from Gandia’s beach.

Web: http://www.losnaranjoshotel.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotel-Los-Naranjos/306816359371251 Check in and check out time: On the first, arrival day you can check in the hotel from 13.00 pm.

On the last, departure day you should check out from the hotel until 12:00 am.

MAPA DE GANDIA (estación - hotel)

FLY To get to Gandia, we recommend these airports: Valencia, Alicante, Barcelona and Madrid. For more information about flights, schedules, prices, you can enter the following websites: SKYSCANNER, RASTREATOR, TRABBER or KYAK.

From all these airports to the centers of their respective cities, they have a wide variety of urban transport (taxi, bus, metro and train).

TRAIN Frequency

Duration

Price (approx.)

Estació del Nord (València) Estació Intermodal (Gandia)

30 min

65 min

5€

Estació de Sants & França (Barcelona) Estació del Nord & Sorolla (València)

90 min

3/5 hours

20 / 30€

Estación de Atocha (Madrid) Estació Joaquim Sorolla (València)

120 min

90/180 min

30/50€

More information about schedules and fares of trains clicking here.

BUS Frequency

Duration

Price (approx.)

Estació d’Autobusos (València) Estació Intermodal (Gandia)

4 par day

90 min

8€

Estació d’Autobusos (Alacant) Estació Intermodal (Gandia)

15 par day

150 min

14€

Estació del Nord d’Autobusos (Barcelona) Estació Intermodal (Gandia)

3 par day

6/7 hours

35€

Estación de Autobuses del Sur (Madrid) Estació Intermodal (Gandia)

2 par day

6/7 hours

35€

For more information on buses departing in Valencia, Alicante and Barcelona you can click on this link; for buses departing from Madrid, click on this link.

URBAN BUS IN GANDIA L’Urbà , The bus l’urbà has two lines (red and yellow) and runs through the center of the city of Gandia. This modern bus does not reach the beach but it offers shuttle service to the main districts of the city. Price 1.25 Euro one way.

La Marina is the Gandia´s beach bus. 1.50 Euro one way.

Gandia´s Taxi: +34 962843000 (Important, If you take a Taxi we are not covering it, please try to take a bus or train)

3.- TRAVEL COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT As you know, the financial conditions are collecting the guide of the Erasmus + Programme, Accommodation and meals are covered 100% as part of the activity but please, remember that you will have to pre-finance the ticket from your departure place to the venue and back.

Please inform us before booking your flight when your travel costs are over that quantity, so we can check if that is possible with the budget of the rest of participants. If you are over this maximum and you don’t inform us before, we could not guarantee to cover it until having all the costs from all the travels. In case of any question, you can always contact us in trainingcourse@cjg.es.

You will be reimbursed as soon as we have received all your necessary original documents (more or less one month after the training course) – they have to be all in tourist/normal class. Please keep all your original tickets (it has to appear date, journey and cost), invoices when possible (compulsory for flight ticket) and your boarding passes. In case of flight companies that don’t provide an invoice (ex. Ryanair), Spanish NA asks for the email confirmation that shows payment with a card number, and an extract from your bank account showing that

payment. Without boarding passes and invoice, we cannot reimburse your flight.

Your travel costs will be refunded, minus the bank fees for abroad transaction while sending you the reimbursement, and the TC fee.

Reimbursement of travel costs we will sent you by bank account also the reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and receipt/invoice.

!!!Note: Please note if you bought your ticket in your local currency which might be different than EURO, we will calculate your travel costs according to the exchange rates from official European Commission website for the month of ticket purchase.

Any proposals of making the staying shorter or longer should be consulted with organizers.

Travel costs reimbursement will be based on the travel distance. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission. These bases are used to mark the most funded by this program. The maximum costs for travel from your home to Gandia should be under the quantities in the table below, according the total distance: From 100 to 499 km

180 EUR per participant

From 500 to 1.999 km

275 EUR per participant

From 2.000 to 2.999 km

360 EUR per participant

From 3.000 to 3.999 km

530 EUR per participant

From 4.000 to 7.999 km

820 EUR per participant

Starting from 8.000 km

1.100 EUR per participant

4.- USEFUL INFORMATION:

Visa: To enter Spain, you need a valid identity document (passport or identity card).

Whether you need a Visa for entry depends on your nationality. Citizens of EU and EFTA countries do not need a Visa. If you need a Visa, make sure you apply for it immediately. If you need a visa and you need an invitation or confirmation letter from our side, please let us know as soon as possible. In both cases we will prepare the invitation letter and sent it to you as soon as we have the required data. We do not take any responsibility for this information. If necessary, please check these questions with the Spanish embassy in your country. It is your own responsibility to have a valid identity document and – if necessary – a visa to enter Spain.

Insurance: 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. We will have an insurance for the activity, but please remember in any case, insurance as well as travel insurance is your responsibility! So don’t forget to bring your insurance card with you! http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559

Money: The currency in Spain is the Euro. Most major credit cards (American Express, Visa and MasterCard/EuroCard …) can be used for payments wherever noticed, as a rule in most major hotels, shops, and restaurants.

Intercultural Night : According to the program with activities, each organization should bring national flag, food, drinks and music, dance, some video about your county (youtube is a

good resource for this), or something typical from it, you have to do a presentation around 5 minute about your country.

Some materials for the training: We have some activities in groups in which are necessary photo/video camera and laptop , therefore we ask please if you can bring these materials which have, since we don't have enough for everyone. Also you should to bring materials of your organization because you will do a presentation of it, not more than 10 min, telling about the organization, about your work in it, how they are working… can be a video, power point or anything you can do, be original and use your imagination.

What to bring (or not): - You need to bring cleanliness stuff (like shampoo, gel, etc...).

- You need to bring hairdryer if you need it.

- You don’t need to bring towels for the shower.

- Please bring clear information about your organization (leaflets, posters, photos… in English, if possible - and in a paper form!), so that you can make it available to the other participants during the training course. There is no time foreseen in the programme for showing computer presentations, videos or digital photos.

- For the European evening, please bring some typical food from your country (cooking will be not possible) or drinks, as well as any other info to present your country, region, city, town… (e.g. maps, posters, postcards, leaflets, …)

- Music: traditional/typical/modern and party music - Anything you would like to share with the other participants during this course (but take into consideration there will be not specific time allocated for this).

Think that’s all… we will let you know if there is something else!!!

Time and business hours: Spain is in GMT +1 time zone. Regular business hours are from 9:00 to 14:00 and 17pm to 20pm approximately and exceptionally, some shopping centers and some supermarkets are open from 10 to 10.

Electricity: Information about the electricity and the plug / outlet used in Spain is available

CF, 230V / 50Hz

Climate and weather: The area of Gandia is the climate of the Mediterranean. Winter temperatures are mild, although some day of extreme cold can be found, but it is not usual. The rains are more frequent in autumn, i.e., between the months of October and December. More intense heat is experienced during the months of June and July, days in which the thermometer is long, 30 degrees Celsius. However, please check the weather before to come here.

5.- LANGUAGE Gandia, is a city and municipality in the Valencian Country, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Catalan and Spanish are the official languages of Valencian Country. Spanish Castilian is the official language of the Spanish state, while Catalan is the “own language – language proper” considered by the Valencian Statute of Autonomy. Gandia is the area where Catalan language has more speakers than Castilian. So 90% of their population have the Catalan language like mother tongue and has been Catalan as their traditional language.

The course will be fully in English, however, there are activities where you can listen to French and Catalan in the activities of local and community reality.

Here you have a short vocabulary so that you can practice! :p ENGLISH

CATALAN

SPANISH

Yes

Sí

Si

No

No

No

Please

Per favor

Por favor

Thak you

Gràcies

Gracias

Thank you very much hello Good morning Good aftenoon evening

Moltes gràcies

Muchas gracias

Hola

hola

Bon dia

Buenos días

Bona vesprada

Good night

Bona nit

Good bye

Adéu

Buenas tardes

Buenas noches Adiós

ENGLISH

CATALAN

SPANISH

What is your

Com et

¿ Cómo te

name?

diuen?

llamas?

My name is...

Hem dic…

Me llamo…

Com va?

¿Cómo estás?

Fine thanks,

Bé, gràcies, i

¿Bien gracias,

and you?

tu?

y tú?

I understand

Entesos

Entiendo

No ho entenc

No entiendo

How are you?

I don't understand Do you speak English?

Parles anglès?

I speak a little

Parle un poc

Catalan /

català /

Spanish

castellà

A beer please How much does it cost?

¿Hablas inglés?

Hablo un poco de Catalan / Español

Una birra, per

Una cerveza

favor.

por favor

Què val?

¿Cuanto cuesta?

6.- Important phone numbers CENTRE JUVENIL DE GANDIA

“Alqueria Laborde”

Phone & Fax: (+34) 96 295 12 00

HOTEL

Phone: (+34) 962 87 31 43 Fax: (+34) 962 87 31 44

TEAM

(+34) 96 295 12 00 (+34) 647 310 079 (+34) 647 310 080

“Los Naranjos” Hèctor-Josep Nabiha LOCAL POLICE

091 / 092 (+34) 902 102 112

AMBULANCE/POLICE/FIREFIGHTER

112

NOTE: Please remember that we will have program of activities every day, apart from the free evening that you can use for tourist or shopping or anything you want.

For any question related to your travel plan please do not hesitate to contact us at trainingcourse@cjg.es we will be happy to help you out!!!

We are looking forward to meet you soon!

Have a nice trip!!!

NOTE: This program can be modified for technical reasons, according to the Erasmus+ Programme guide.