Report - EVALUATION OF THE LTTC "DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILISATIONS"

Venue

This seminar took place in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Lordos Beach Hotel
P.O.Box 40541, Larnaca 6305
Cyprus

Website: http://www.lordosbeach.com.cy

Tel. number: +357 24 647 444
Fax. Number: +357 24 645847

Participants

16 participants, 10 from programme countries and 6 from Mediterranean Partner countries

1 from Czech Republic
1 from Lebanon
1 from Egypt
1 from Palestine
2 from Tunisia
1 from Spain
1 from Lithuania
3 from France
1 from Latvia
1 from Cyprus
1 from Israel
2 from Greece

Coordination Team

16

Federica Demichili, coordinator
Taoufik Louzari, Trainer
Leo Kasserer, Trainer
Bernard Abrignani, coordinator of Salto-Youth EuroMed RC
Gisèle Kirby, rapporteur

the Cyprus National Agency
Maria Christodoulou -Action Officer
Yiannis Yiannakis -Deputy Head of the Program

Report

Report from the coordinator

Phase I of the training course, hosted in Greece in November 2007, explored the concept of civilisation and focused on the challenges of dialogue among civilisations within the context of Euro-Med. During this initial phase, three thematic partnership groups were established among the participants, who also discussed and planned 14 projects, based on Youth Exchanges, EVS and Study Visits.
'It was very interesting to find these similarities among our civilisations...'

During Phase II - a period of 10 working months - the three partnership teams planned, applied for and organised their projects. During the whole period of preparation and organization they were coached by the LTTC's training team.

The last phase of the training course, hosted in Cyprus in December 2008, focused on evaluation, reflecting and sharing of experiences within multicultural teams.

The LTTC participants and project organisers came from 9 Mediterranean partner countries and 7 EU Member States, involving a total of 22 participants over the 3 phases. Out of the 14 proposals discussed during Phase I, 10 projects were planned (2 Training Courses; 2 Youth Exchanges; 3 EVS; 2 Seminars; 1 Study Visit). All the YiA projects were approved by the relevant NAs and out of the 4 projects submitted to the Euromed Youth Units, one was rejected. The approved projects involved new partners and were hosted in the EU (6 projects) and Mediterranean region (3 projects). One of the projects also involved participation from 3 EECA countries. The grants awarded to these projects totalled 87,231 euros.

During the last session new projects, with a focus on intercultural learning and communication, were discussed and planned by the partnerships for the 2009-2010 period. Taking into consideration that the next phase of the Euromed Youth Programme is unlikely to be launched till early 2010, it is hoped that some of the planned projects will be realized within the framework of the Youth in Action Programme.