Goal of the training: To provide youth of minorities, migrants and those raised in orphanages basic skills in project management so they can organize projects of their choice in their environment and possibly create a livelyhood for themselves (and maybe others) while doing so.

Topics of the training:
- experiencing an adventure project – expedition in the wilderness
- „dreaming” – envisioning what we would like to create in this world
- „planning” – making the dream into a practical plan with the help of personal coaching
- practical and simple project management tools (ex: brainstorming, timing of a project, finding and allocating resources, follow-up, community decision making, etc.)
- experiencing that anything is possible through adventure education (including high ropes course exercises)
- creating a mini project in the nearby village to practice

Methods of the training:
- adventure education (*see below) and learning through experience
- small group discussions and interactive presentations
- a chance to try out the new techniques learned in a mini project still during the training
- documenting the plans in the „Book of Dreams” – all participants get a copy
- use of on-site translators if needed (if you would like, you can even apply to be one of them and get 20 Euros / day for it!)

Date: March 22-31st, 2012 (not including travel days)
Place: Galyatető mountain resort, Hungary
Participants: 25 young people of minorities, migrants and those raised in orphanages from Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary aged 18+.
Costs: The project is funded by the Youth in Action program and Visegrad Fund covering 100% of all travel fees, as well as all food and accomodation.
Participants will need to pay only their travel insurance, there is NO participation fee. :)

How to apply: Fill in the attached Application Form and send it by email to Ákos Koltai - akoskoltai(at)gmail.com by February 12th (or earlier). We will then make the selection of who can participate.
If you are selected for participation please sign and post the original Application Form to:

Ráth György utca 24. fsz

Budapest, Hungary

1122

You can then proceed to buy your travel tickets to Galyatető, Hungary according to the Conditions of the Reimbursement.

Arrivals and departures:
Arrival till 18:00 Wednesday, 21st March, 2012
The program starts 09:00 Thursday, 22nd March, 2012
The program finishes 22:00 Saturday, 31st March, 2012
Departure till: 12:00 Sunday, 1st April, 2012

We are asking you to arrive on the date given above, to the accommodation.
If you arrive 1-2 days earlier or leave later, please arrange your own accommodation for the extra time.
We expect you to participate on the whole training! (It means coming later or leaving earlier is not allowed!)
Venue: The training will take place in Galyatető, Hungary, at the Fogadó a Táncoló Kecskékhez.
In the accommodation there are 3-4 bed bedrooms with shower.

The address is: Galyatető, Madách u. 7. and their website: www.tancolo-kecskek.hu (only in Hungarian, but you can check the photosJ)
How to get there?
Arrange your trip to arrive on time at the arrival day!
Take a flight from your country till Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport (previously Ferihegy) Catch a bus from the airport (no. 200E) till the final stop (which is the metro station) and go with the BLUE metro till Deák Ferenc tér! From Deák Ferenc tér you change metro line to the RED one and go till Stadionok station.

ATTENTION! You have to buy a ticket for the vehicles (price: 320 HUF). Use one ticket for the bus and one for the metros (ticket price includes metro transfer)! At Stadionok station go to the ticket officer at the bus station and ask for a ticket to Galyatető! Watch out there are buses that go there directly 3 times a day. Time schedule is: 8:15; 13:15; 16:45, and the trip takes two or three hours.

What to bring?
Bring clothes for ten days of intensive movement. We will do exercises both inside and outside, including climbing, hiking and sleeping outside in possibly winter conditions. November in the mountain region of Galyatető might bring sunshine and late fall warmth, but also wind, rain or even snow and temperatures bellow 0! There is no washing machine at the accommodation - of course you can handwash.

Make sure you bring:
• Sleeping bag for -5 degrees (if you don’t have one, try borrowing one, or if you don’t know anyone who has one, contact us for help!)
• Sleeping pad
• Waterproof boots (that hold your ankle)
• Waterproof trousers
• Waterproof coat or jacket
• Backpack
• Scarf, gloves and hat
• Towel and toiletries
• All personal medication
• Some food and drinks and material to introduce your country to the others
• Camera, MP3s with music, laptops –optional if you have them and find them useful

Our supporters
The project has received grant from the Youth in Action Programme of the European Community and the Visegrad Fund.

Information on the Programme is available at http://ec.europa.eu/youthonthemove

Information on Visegrad Fund is available at http://visegradfund.org/

However the content of the project doesn’t necessarily reflect the opinion of the EU and the Hungarian National Agency or Visegrad Fund.
The project is not under the responsibility of these institutions.

Our partners:

- Slovakian Outward Bound - www.outwardbound.sk

- Romanian Outward Bound - www.outwardbound.ro

- Polish Voluntary Labor Corps in Lodz - www.lodzka.ohp.pl

- Czech Youth Programme The Duke of Edinbourgh's Award - www.edie.cz

*About adventure education:
Adventure education uses the world of experience as a classroom, where participants try themselves in adventure activities and challenge, through which they can discover and develop the resources hidden within, so they can learn to better tackle certain problems, such as the question of inclusion and exclusion.

Rock climbing, raft building, river crossing on a rope bridge, and expeditions in the wilderness can all be part of adventure education.

Still, the experience of these programs offers a great deal more than just fun. They offer an opportunity for participants to get to know themselves, each other, learn from the success or failure of certain behaviours, and have a chance to try new behaviour in an emotionally safe environment. Adventure education challenges participants, and meeting these challenges develops new tools for coping with problems, self-confidence and endurance. Team adventure activities help build trusting communities, develops communal decision-making skills, leadership skills and tolerance.

About the organizer – Academy of Experience (Hungary):
Academy of Experience public benefit association was founded at the end of 2005 by 12 volunteers, who would like to dedicate their future to the non formal education and development of young and adult people. The objective of the organization is to develop the public and personal skills and attitudes of participants by using so called “outdoor activities”, and applying the methodology of experiential education (learning by doing – planning –evaluation). Our organization focuses on increasing the feeling of personal and social responsibilities, sustainable environmental education, helping the development of life-leading skills. Our organization gives the possibility to use the world of experiences as classroom, to discover and develop your hidden resources through real adventures and challenges.