3rd Partnership meeting. 31 May-4 June 2010, Rapina, Estonia.

AGENDA
Monday, 31 May 2010
START FINISH CONTENTS
Arrival to Tallinn
Tallinn Old Town sightseeing (beginning depends on the arrival of the flights)
20.00 Dinner at the hotel
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
START FINISH CONTENTS
Breakfast at the hotel in Tallinn
09.00 Departure from Tallinn. Bus transfer to South East of Estonia
10.30 Stop in Põltsamaa: fruit wine tasting
12.00 13.00 Free time in Tartu (Estonia’s second largest town), sightseeing
13.15 14.30 Lunch in Tartu (Atlantis), with view on River Emajõgi
16.00 Arrival to Värska
17.00 18.30 Visit a local organisation in Värska
Visit Seto museum
18.30 19.30 Dinner – introduction of local culinary heritage (Seto food), Leelo concert (Presentation of Module 6 in Estonia)
20.00 22.00 Water park visit
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
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Breakfast
09.00 09.30 Transfer Värska-Räpina
09.45 10.00 Welcoming words by:
Mr Teet Helm, Mayor of Räpina Municipality
Mrs Kaidi-Mari Liping, Chairman of Board of host organisation Borderlands Leader
Mr Costas Tringides, Project Co-ordinator
10.00 10.30 Brief presentations from each partner institution (5 min for every presentation) –
*project activities so far, * learners’ involvement in them, *main concerns for the future
Staff programme:
10.30 11.30 Presentation and discussion of project progress:
- Project meetings evaluation summary (co-ordinator - Costas)
- Summary of course content produced and presented (i.e. questions of the game) (Slovenia – Alenka)
- xxxxx
11.30 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 12.45 Discussion of next project activities (what remains to be done):
- xxxx
- discussion of dissemination strategies
Learners’ programme:
10.30 11.30 Visit Räpina Gardening School, hear about adult training provided by the school
11.30 12.30 Visit a local organisation in Räpina Municipality
Staff + learners together:
13.00 14.00 Lunch at Puuriida Pubi
14.30 16.00 Visit Räpina Paper Mill (recycling – an example of module 4 “ethical consumer”
Visit Crafts Shop (an example of Module 6)
18.00 19.30 Dinner
20.00 Cultural activity: learning to know local dances and songs – practical participation in module 6
Thursday, 3 June 2010
START FINISH CONTENTS
Breakfast
Staff + learners together:
09.00 10.30 Board game: design of the game (in mixed groups – staff+learners) – can be based on other games that are already existing
10.30 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 12.00 Board game: design of the game (in mixed groups) continues
12.00 13.00 - Presentation of designed games by each group
- Decision on the design/concept to be used in the project.
- Allocation of tasks until next meeting
- Closing words & conclusions of the meeting (co-ordinator)
13.00 14.30 Lunch
15.00 18.00 Transfer to Tallinn
Accommodation in Tallinn
Friday, 4 June 2010
Departures from Tallinn (time depends on the flights)

2nd Partnership meeting. 14-18 February 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

AGENDA for STAFF
Monday, 15 February 2010
Venue: CNVOS – Centre for Information Service, Co-operation and Development of NGOs, Povšetova 37, 1000 Ljubljana
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10.00 11.30 Introduction (intention, objectives, what do we want as OUTPUT, presentation of the programme, what is this project about?)
11.30 11.50 First module presentation
11.50 12.50 Comments, examples of good practice
13.00 14.00 Lunch
14.00 14.20 Second module presentation
14.20 15.20 Comments, examples of good practice
15.30 16.00 Conclusions of day 1, evaluation
20.00 Meeting point at the most known square in the city centre Prešernov trg, going to a Carnival ball (from 21.00 - ... )
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Venue: CNVOS – Centre for Information Service, Co-operation and Development of NGOs, Povšetova 37, 1000 Ljubljana
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10.00 10.20 Opening
10.20 10.40 Third module presentation
10.40 11.40 Comments, examples of good practice
11.40 12.00 Break
12.00 12.20 Fourth module presentation
12.20 13.20 Comments, examples of good practice
13.20 14.20 Lunch
14.20 15.30 Debate: what do the learners want?
19.00 Dinner for all participants, cultural activity
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Venue: Mladinski ceh, Rakovniška 6, 1000 Ljubljana
START FINISH CONTENTS
9.00 9.20 Opening
9.20 9.40 Fifth module presentation
9.40 10.40 Comments, examples of good practice
10.40 11.00 Sixth module presentation
11.00 12.00 Comments, examples of good practice
12.00 12.20 Break
12.20 13.30 General comments, evaluation, work plan until the next meeting in Estonia
14.00 15.00 Lunch
15.00 17.00 Learners give feedback
Mladinski ceh and Skala give presentations about their organisations
Evaluation questionnaires


AGENDA FOR LEARNERS
Monday, 15 February 2010
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9.00 10.00 meeting point at the main bus station (you can buy a card URBANA for city buses)
10.00 13.00 Spending the day at Zavod Bob, doing their programme PUM (project learning for youth); Robbova 15, 1000 Ljubljana
13.00 14.30 Lunch in the city centre
14.30 16.00 Sightseeing (after that learners are free to join their mentors)
20.00 Meeting point at the most known square in the city centre Prešernov trg, going to a Carnival ball (from 21.00 - ... )
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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10.00 13.00 Visiting different youth organisations: ŠKIS, MSS, ŠOS, scouts, Faculty of social work, CNVOS
13.00 14.00 Lunch
14.20 15.30 CNVOS presents their organisation to mentors and learners
Debate at CNVOS: what do the learners want?
19.00 Dinner for all participants, cultural activity
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
START FINISH CONTENTS
10.00 14.00 spending time at Mladinski ceh, working on modules;
creating a .ppt presentation
14.00 15.00 Lunch
15.00 17.00 Mladinski ceh and Skala give presentations about their organisations;
Presenting, what they've done in the 3-days to the mentors

1st Partnership Meeting: 1-4 November 2009, Nicosia, Cyprus.

AGENDA
Sunday, 1st November 2009
Arrival of all Partners
Monday, 2nd November 2009
START FINISH CONTENTS
10.00 10.15 Registration & welcome from Co-ordinator
10.15 10.35 Team building activities – Presentations by Partners
10.35 11.35 Discussion about ‘Active Citizenship’ and attempt to arrive at a shared meaning
11.35 12.00 Discussion about ‘Active Citizenship’ Curriculum
12.00 13.00 First review of draft ideas for course
13.00 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 15.30 Agreement on Active Citizenship Course Curriculum
15.30 16.30 Allocation of project responsibilities and tasks
16:30 16:55 COFFE BREAK
16:55 17.30 Agree which partners will develop respective sections
17:30 End of Day 1
Free time for activities
Tuesday, 3rd November 2009
START FINISH CONTENTS
10.00 10.45 Discuss dissemination strategies
10.45 11.15 Discussion about how to best involve the associated partners and MEPs
11.15 11.40 COFFEE BREAK
11.40 12.30 Agree focus of second meeting
12.30 13.00 Details of next meeting.
13.00 14:30 LUNCH – END OF CONSORTIUM MEETING
14:30 Free time for activities
Wednesday, 4th November 2009
10.00 Departure of all Partners

About the AMBIANCE Project

Project Summary.

This partnership will address the issue of Active Citizenship of Europe, and the project is called ‘AMBIANCE’. it will be aimed at adult learners of all ages from 16 years old upwards, who are no longer in the initial education system of their country.

The partner institutions will work together over a two year period to develop and pilot a course in ‘Active European Citizenship’ which research indicates may be one of the first of its kind in Europe.

The partners will begin with some basic ideas from a UK perspective, originally generated by the UK partner institution, and then jointly work on developing, amending and testing the structure and content suggested, drawing on national priorities and input from learners in each participating institution.

The positive involvement of learners will bring the ‘learner voice’ to the fore and ensure that there is always an ‘active learner’ theme to the project and to the ultimate product.

At the end of the two year project the principal concrete objective would be to have produced a course that could be used profitably with both residents and migrants in each of the countries of the partnership, and could then be translated into the various European languages. If the partnership is successful over the initial two year period, the intention would be to develop a much larger subsequent project, perhaps a Grundtvig Multilateral Project, to develop and seek accreditation for the course in each country across the entire EU.

The 6 modules initially proposed to the partnership for consideration are:

-Values of Active European citizenship
-European history and its impact on member countries and the world
-The Ethical Consumer saves the planet
-The European Union – facts and figures, economy and trade
-Human Rights and Empowerment
-Art, music, culture, food and humour of each EU nation.

The objectives of the course will be to develop an understanding of what it means to be part of Europe, sharing each other’s cultures, mentoring immigrants in the community, feeling a sense of brotherhood, becoming an ethical consumer and checking one’s carbon footprint and visiting Brussels and Strasbourg.