YE: Art Integrates Communities: Call for Participants

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Art Integrates Communities is an Erasmus+ youth project focused on helping young people know aspects of different art expressions from participating countries, to better understand the culture, national identity, social inclusion, and lifelong learning in the work process. During the project, young people will express themselves through various artistic activities and will prepare artistic performances through which they will tell their cultural heritage to local people and hence it will raise their understanding of different cultures. The AIC youth mobility project will gather 36 young people in the Netherlands through short-term Erasmus+ youth mobility.

PARTNERS

Asociación

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ORIEL APs

AIM with US Mission: Reconnect, z.s. EDU

Juvenil Talasa

HOST ORGANISATION Active Youth Arnhem

Active Youth Arnhem is a social initiative that was started by experienced young people in youth work living in Arnhem to promote EU opportunities, engagement, and empowerment of youngsters. We aim to foster active participation of young people in civic society, and also to encourage raising awareness among young people in the Netherlands to involve them in European projects such as Erasmus+ youth exchanges, training courses, and ESC. Our values and visions are solidarity within the European Union, respect for human dignity and human rights, and the promotion of a society in which freedom, interculturalism, democracy, tolerance, justice, and equality prevail. Our approach to taking part in shaping such a society is to enable young people to gain experiences that

a) help them to broaden their view of the world, different cultures, different aspects, on different goals in their life.

b) provide them with the necessary social and key competencies skills.

By enabling such experiences, we want to encourage the young people we work with to dare implement their ideas and ideals for changing society for the better. The scope of our interest includes topics such as education, employment, entrepreneurship, self-development, inclusion, integration, health-well being, citizenship-democratic participation, environment, culture, sports, and creativity and we are always open to expanding these topics and experiencing different aspects.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

There will be 5 participants + 1 leader from each national team.

Age range for participants: 18 – 27

Age range for leader: 18-40, at least 2 participants who are experienced and capable of demonstrating art (dance, music, painting, theater, etc) and interested to present others. those with a migrant or refugee background from sending country at least 1 participant who lives in a rural area and experiencing a lack of reaching opportunities comparing his peers all participants are interested in art and willing to support project objectives interested to spread project outcomes, to act with sending organizations together in local communities during the follow-up phase group leaders have a C1 English level at least, to help participants in case they need help with communication in English during the mobility each group consists of 3 females and 3 males total in order to assure gender balance

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• to exchange informal learning between 36 participants from 6 program countries to enrich cultural perspective through various art expression.

• to raise awareness of the potential of art and cultural traditions as a means for inclusion and self-expression among young people.

• to share the best practices for understanding the cultural difference, integration, and inclusion in youth work and intolerance.

• to make it easier for young people, youth workers, and organizations in partner countries to connect, engage, and reunite through art.

• to promote opportunities for young people in the Erasmus+ program and nonformal education and hence motivate young people to take part in the projects in the future.

ACCOMMODATION

Recreation the Heidebloem

https://www.deheidebloem.nl/

Location: Recreatiepark de

Heidebloem, Noordhoekstraat 5, 5374 SC Schaijk

The project will be held in Recreation the Heidebloem, the food and catering will be served at the camping area. It offers training room, kitchen, accommodation at shared rooms and a large garden and outdoor spaces with different social activity options. Strong alcohols above %15 and all kind of drug is prohibited in the venue and in Erasmus+ programme and cause for disqualification from the program.Sleeping rooms will be seperated as male and female in shared dormitories. The participants will be accomodated up to 4, 6 and 8 people rooms.

TRAVEL ROUTE

The nearest airports are Eindhoven, Amsterdam, Rottedam, Cologne and Brussel.

The most eceonomic option should be preferred.

From Eindhoven, Centraal Station to Recreation the Heidebloem, "Noordhoekstraat

5, 5374 SC Schaijk", departs from Eindhoven, Centraal Station.

1 hr 22 min

1. Board 305 Bus at Eindhoven, Centraal Station

2. Arrive at location: Get off at Uden, Busstation

3. Walk

4. Board 99 Bus at Uden, Busstation

5. Arrive at location: Get off at Zeeland, Voederheil

Final bus station to arrive: Zeeland, voederheil

TRAVEL ROUTE

From Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Voederheil, departs from Schiphol Airport.

2 hr 22 min

1. Board Intercity at Schiphol Airport

2. Arrive at location: Get off at Utrecht Centraal

3. Transfer to Intercity at Utrecht Centraal

4. Arrive at location: Get off at Nijmegen

5. Head north on Stationsplein

6. Turn left to stay on Stationsplein

7. Board 99 at Nijmegen

8. Arrive at location: Get off at Zeeland, Voederheil

For the best route leaving now visit https://maps.app.goo.gl/fBHDPM9Zg3wjS3R27

Final bus station to arrive: Zeeland, voederheil

TRAVEL EXPENSES and REFUND