EVS Study Visit "EVS reality in Germany and Poland"

Date and Venue

The Study Visit "EVS reality in Germany and Poland" took place from 30th September till till 7th October 2012 (Sunday 30th is arrival day and Sunday 7th is departure day).

First, participants visited EVS organisations in Berlin and Brandenburg region, then in Warsaw and its neighbourhood.

Aim

• to discover EVS realities in Germany and Poland

Objectives

• to share EVS experiences and practices between hosting countries participants and Eastern Europe and Caucasus participants;
• to get inspiration for new EVS projects;
• to develop capacity of EVS organizations in EECA region;
• to foster mutual knowledge and understanding between participants from different countries involved;
• to promote sustainable contacts between the youth NGOs aiming at future development of EVS projects

Participants

Study Visit brought together 17 EVS coordinators and project managers representing accredited EVS organisations from EECA countries.

Participants profile:

• beeing in charge of EVS activities in his/her organisation (NOTE! The previous experience in EVS projects management is not requested);
• representing EVS accredited organisation or organisation which is in process of EVS accreditation;
• having a working knowledge of English, the working language of the activity;
• available to actively attend the full duration of the activity;

Working language

English

Programme elements

• Presentation of participants and organisations,
• Discussion about the specifities of the EVS cooperation with EECA region,
• Presentation of the EVS reality in Germany and Poland,
• Visits to different EVS organisation and institutions,
• EVS fairs.

Team of organisers

The team was composed by Action 2 officers from German and Polish National Agencies of the Youth in Action Programme - respectively Mireille Gras and Melania Miksiewicz as well as by Tomasz Szopa from the SALTO Eastern Europe & Caucasus Resource Centre.

Financial Conditions

• The lodging, board and local transportation during the study visit wasprovided by organisers.
• International travel costs as wll as visa costs were paid by organisers of the study visit too.
• Participants covered by themselves the costs of insurance and local transport from the airport to the venue.

Application procedure

The applicants were requested to fill in the on-line application form. The selection was carried out by the team of organisers, based on the criteria specified in the "participants profile" section.