Info pack green enterprise wyc

INFO PACK FOR THE TRAINING COURSE

GREEN ENTERPRISE

STRUMICA R. MACEDONIA 05 MARCH - 11 MARCH, 2016

Green Enterprise- 05-11 March 2016, Strumica

Welcome Dear participants, it is our pleasures to welcome you in our Training Course “Green Enterprise� which will take place in Strumica, Macedonia from 05th till 11th of March, 2016.

In order to gain enjoyable and memorable experience form this training, we have prepared this Info pack, watching on every detail so you can get easily prepared for it.

In the next pages are information about the training course, the aims and objectives, the venue of the training- Strumica, the agenda of the training course, and a lot of practical information that you need to know before coming for the project.

We are looking forward to meet you soon in Strumica, Macedonia

Yours, EA Planetum

EA Planetum The Environmental association EA Planetum was established in 1999 with the ambitious and unifying aim of protection and promotion of the environment trough solving issues related to waste management as well as development of alternative tourism, educational activities to encourage the improvement of regional economies.

In the course of its thirteen year existence EA Planetum has implemented numerous projects, and most of them related to solid waste management issues that are present in our region.

Most of the implemented projects consisted of research and analysis regarding certain types of solid waste in order to obtain more adequate and qualitative data about solid waste and its management. Important component of all project activities is public education about waste generation, the effect that it has environment and how to prevent those negative effects. As a result of our researches and analysis a number of educative brochures were produced for certain types of waste with a content that was presented for the first time to the public in Macedonia.

EA Planetum is working on improvement of the urban development of City of Strumica trough the Program of increasing and arranging the green areas, as well as the program for marking bicycle paths in the Municipality and usage of the bicycle as alternative transportation mean.

Youth program of EA Planetum is aimed at all young people who are interested in new ways of educating, promoting human rights, protection of environment. Youth program are realizing by different activities giving priority to non formal education, art, organizing trainings, youth exchange, summer camps and etc.

About the training The project " Green Enterpise�is a 7 days training course under the Erasmus + KA1 Mobility project for young people and youth workers.The Goal of the training is: Increasing the possibility for employment of the young people and putting into use their creative potentials by enriching the labour market with new job positions through opening of eco-social enterprise.

The participants will have possibilities to get introduced with the basics of the eco-social entrepreneurship and to create own virtual eco organizations.

There will be different types of activities within the training: -Workshops, -Interactive presentations, -Open-air events.

S OF THE

Inese PriedĂŽte holds master degree in media and communication and had been engaged in youth work and non-formal education for seven years.

Inese has coordinated over 40 international educational, social and cultural projects, gaining diverse experience in all stages of the project management. As a freelance trainer Inese is cooperating with different around Europe. She has elaborated and facilitated more than 100 different training programs on topics such as creativity and innovation, social entrepreneurship, social media and personal branding.

Inese defines herself also as a traveller and explorer, thus she prefers unconventional learning approaches, especially work with visual expression, embodied learning and creative writing tools.

More info about me available: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/inese-priedite.2005/

Ilze Jece (Latvian) is social change facilitator. personal and professional development trainer, embodied coach and holistic therapist. With more then 12 years of experience in the training field and more then 8 years practice in holistic therapies, she brings holistic experience in learning and group processes. Ilze has grown up working for various non-profits and setting up initiatives for local community, since then she has been continuously working within environmental and social movements across the World, leading teams and projects, as well as delivering trainings on environmental and social justice, leadership, peace-building and communication. She is passionate about creating space for meaningful conversations, playful connection and compassionate action. Currently Ilze resides in Latvia and provides trainings, yoga retreats and bodywork workshops.

More about Ilze: www.ecobodywork.com

AGENDA 04.03.2016 -Arrival of participants Dinner 05.03.2016 AM: Breakfast -Welcome of participants!

-Introduction to the day, language lesson, energizer -Introduction into EU environment policy and social entrepreneurship Coffee break Sharing cases from participants countries Lunch PM: -Trust building games -Organization and eco-social entrepreneurship (Introduction and discussion about the difference between enterprise and social enterprise) -Reflection groups Dinner -International evening 06.03.2016 AM: Breakfast -Introduction to the day, language lesson, energizers -Group work (Presentation for introduction of virtuall eco-social enterpreneurship and dividing the participants in Groups) Coffee break -On site visits Lunch PM: -Regional discovery -Reflection groups Dinner -International evening 07.03.2016 Breakfast - Introduction to the day, language lesson, energizers - Young people and eco-social entrepreneurship: opportunities and challenges Coffee break - Business ideas and business models Lunch -Work group for creation of business plan -Reflection groups Dinner -Free night

08.03.2016 Breakfast - Introduction to the day, language lesson, energizers - Best practice examples Coffee break - Introduction to green skills and green jobs (work group, working on topic "what are green skills and green jobs" Lunch - Introduction to green skills and green jobs (Creative presentation of the groups and discussion for summarizing the opinion of all the participants.)

- Reflection groups Dinner -Free night 09.03.2016 Breakfast -Eco walking Coffee break - Let's create eco virtual social enterprise! (Work group, working on creation Eco virtual enterprise) Lunch - Let's create eco virtual social enterprise (Creation of virtual eco social enterprise in groups) -Reflection group Dinner -International evening 10.03.2016 Breakfast -Introduction to the day, language lesson, energizers - Eco virtual Enterprise (Creative presentations of the virtual eco social enterprise in groups and discussions) Coffee break - Eco virtual Enterprise (Creative presentations of the virtual eco social enterprise in groups and discussions) Lunch -Youth pass as a tool for participation -Reflection group Dinner -Evening in town 11.03.2016 Breakfast -Eco social Entrepreneurship meeting (Open space techology meeting on project ideas for eco social enterpreneurship and potential future projects of the participants) Coffee break - Final evaluation Lunch - Public presentation (Open air public presentation of the virtual eco enterprise) Dinner - Farewell party (Farewell party for the participants (Karaoke show)) 12.03.2016 Breakfast Departure of participants

S T R U M I C A

M A C E D O N I A

Strumica, Macedonia Venue of the training Strumica is the largest city in eastern Republic of Macedonia, near the Novo SeloPetrich border crossing with Bulgaria. About 100,000 people live in the region surrounding the city. It is named after theStrumica River which runs through it. The city of Strumica is settled in a valley, the Strumica Valley. This Valley is surrounded by three beautiful mountains: Belasitsa, Ograzden and Elenica. Each of these mountains has specific flora and fauna. Strumica is the main agricultural center in the Republic of Macedonia. Strumica is know about the early vegetables especially the paprika, tomatoes and cucumber. From paprika the local people in autumn prepare traditional food called ajvar, which is famous among all the country. Strumica is known about the Carnival that takes place each year in the winter. The Carnival lasts three days and a lot of visitors come, not only from Macedonia, but form other countries too.This year the dates for the Carnival are from 12.03-15.03.2015, very near the dates of the training course, so maybe if you want you can stay and see the spectacle that is happening during the Carnival days.

In Strumica Valley the climate is under influence of both Mediterranean and Continental climate.The climate in Strumica is characterized by relatively mild winters, with long dry summers and high average daily temperatures.

Useful links: http://strumica.gov.mk/index.php?lang=en http://www.strumickikarneval.com/index.php/en/

STRUMICA

Travel direction to Strumica For those traveling with airplane When you arrive to Airport Alexander the Great in Skopje you can catch bus from the airport to the bus station in Skopje. The buses are from the travel Agency Vardar Ekspres. direct bus lines (with the bus Agency Vardar Ekspres) to the bus station of Skopje. The bus ticket costs 3-4 Euros Here is the exact schedule for the bus lines from the airport to the bus station in Skopje.

Monday 1:30 3:20 5:00 9:30 13:00 14:00 16:30 19:00 21:00

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1:30 1:30 1:30 4:45 3:20 4:45 9:30 5:00 9:30 12:45 9:30 13:00 13:50 12:30 15:30 17:10 13:30 19:00 19:00 16:50 21:00 21:00 18:40 21:00

Friday 1:30 4:10 9:30 12:30 13:50 16:30 19:00 21:00

Saturday 1:30 3:20 5:00 9:30 12:30 13:50 17:10 19:00 21:00

Sunday 1:30 3:20 5:00 9:30 12:25 13:30 16:50 18:40 21:00

From the bus station in Skopje you can catch bus to take to bus station in Strumica. These refer also to the participants who will come by bus. The bus ticket for round trip costs 13 Euros and one way ticket costs 9 Euros.

Here is the exact schedule form the bus station in Skopje to the bus station in Strumica Every day at 06:00; 08:00; 10:00; 12:00; 13:00; 14:00; 15:00; 15:30; 16:00; 17:00; 17:30; 18:00; 19:00; 20:30 From the bus station in Strumica, members of the team of EA Planetum will come and pick you up and bring you to the hotel.

About the hotel:

HOTEL ILINDEN Welcome in the heart of city of Strumica, which is the most robust and cordial place in Macedonia. Welcome in the Macedonian New Orleans, as some might call Strumica, which is also known by its good orchestras and excellent night life, colorful streets and buildings; a city with warm smile on its habitant’s faces; a city with a quite another kind of pulse and lifestyle than other cities, and a city with a unique conception of the world around it. You are welcomed, too, in Hotel Ilinden- the real jewel in the crown of Strumica hotels.

Hotel Ilinden offers twenty (20) standard twobed rooms, five (5) auxiliary and two (2) apartments. Both the rooms and the apartments are air- conditioned and equipped with cable TV, telephone and hair drier. Each room has its own balcony for complete insight and view over the city spreading in front of you from a different perspective. It’s a different and unique taste and style that are rooms decorated with.

There is a restaurant working within the range of Hotel Ilinden, with the capacity of 180 (a hundred and eighty) seats. It is suitable for many different types of celebrations and parties with music in live, for business dinners, meetings and seminars. It’s an air- conditioned restaurant freed from the city heat, but full with that long- time searched sunlight. Many small details can spoil your enjoying the food, and we pay special attention preventing them occur, and the only way to be convinced is to pay us a visit the next time you are in town. We will be waiting prepared.

Hotel Ilinden operates a meeting and seminar room with the capacity of 80 (eighty) seats, it is air- conditioned and equipped with video screen. If you are preparing seminars or consulting meetings, we are the true choice, and our location is an advantage which can’t be compensated

You can find more information in the link bellow: http://www.hotelilinden.com.mk/en/home.html

Other practical information

How to prepare yourself for the training -Do a research about social entrepreneurship; -Prepare a presentation about your research for social entrepreneurship; -Prepare a presentation about your country (show us the best of your country, traditions, food, drinks, famous places, most remarkable places, etc) -Bring traditional food and drinks for the intercultural nights; -Bring promotional materials about your organization.

-and last but not least bring your good mood, positive energy and will to learn and experience new things.

Please speak English Working language of the training is English.

Your English proficiency should not be perfect, enough is to understood and to be understood.

Reimbursement of travel expenses Every participant will get reimbursement of travel cost only after they complete online evaluation form the Erasmus Training Course tool, Mobility Tool. Also every participant should keep their travel ticket, invoice if possible. The travel cost will be reimbursement via bank transfer on the organization bank account.

Money exchange You can exchange money in banks or local exchange offices, any of the choices is more or less good. At airport/bus station there is an exchange office. The exchange rate 1 euro to denar is 61.6 denars.

Basic Macedonian phrases Hello - Zdravo Good morning - Dobro utro Good afternoon - Dobar den Good night - Dobra nok Goodbye - Cao What is your name?-Kako se vikas?

How are you? - Kako si?

How can I get to...? - Kako mozam da stignam do...?

Excuse me - Izvinete Where are you from? - Od kade si?

I love you - Te sakam