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ESC Networking and Study Visit in Greece
Partnership-building Activity
8-12 April 2024 | Thessaloniki, Greece
United Societies of Balkans has been implementing volunteering projects as part of EVS/ESC since 2008, having hosted more than 600 volunteers in Greece and sent more than 300 participants in missions abroad. “Balkan Hotspot Youth Media Lab” is the continuous ESC program of USB, that has been running since 2009, involving volunteers in the use of media tools and enhancing their relevant skills. As part of its activity, the organization has also developed a network of local hosting partners, which are associations specializing in different fields of volunteering action (support for marginalized groups, non-formal education, work with children and others). USB supports the participation of these partners in the ESC program, with its capacity as lead organization. Additionally, USB has been implementing projects in rural communities in the region of Halkidiki, empowering the local youth and area and creating hubs for youth activization over the last years. In this context, a main aim of the event is to implement study visits to the local partners in Thessaloniki to show their work and explore possible hosting opportunities, as well as in the Halkidiki region where there are capacities to host volunteering projects and a broad space for activities. A crucial part of the meet up will be the networking between participants and organizations active in the European Solidarity Corps, both in hosting and sending volunteers.
Participants' profile:
-Youth workers or representatives from organisations active in The European Solidarity Corps.
-From organisations holding a valid quality label (Lead, hosting/sending accreditation)
-Be motivated to join the event and engage in its activities, including networking and partnership building and interested on its topics.
-Have adequate knowledge of their organisations' work in the ESC program and able to present it to fellow participants of the event.
More detailed information in the activity infopack.
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Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/11956
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This Partnership-building Activity is
for 12 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Representatives or active volunteers of organisations active in the European Solidarity Corps.
Working language(s):
English
United Societies of Balkans (Youth NGO)
United Societies of Balkans (USB) is a non-profit,
nongovernmental organization based in Thessaloniki,
Greece working in the field of youth mobility, participation and facilitating youth awareness about
social issues. It was founded in 2008 by the inception of a group of active young people who wanted to address the social issues which affect the youngsters in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Key areas of the organization’s activities concern the defence of human rights, the organization of youth related projects such as youth exchanges and training courses, and the organization of local interventions, seminars and multimedia productions, local and international volunteering projects. USB is active in ESC/EVS since 2008, and as part of its activity is running projects in Thessaloniki and marginalized rural areas of Northern Greece, as well as coordinates an active network of local hosting organisations.
Contact for questions:
Christos Leivaditis
E-Mail:
Phone: +2310215629
Costs
Participation fee
No participation fee is required.
Accommodation and food
Accomodation is covered by organisers for the duration of the activity for 4 nights (8,9,10,11 of April).
Food is covered by organisers, respecting the alimentary needs and requirements of participants.
Travel reimbursement
Travel will be covered by the organisers for each participant, accordingly with Erasmus+ regulations, based on the distance brands foreseen.
Participants can calculate the category that corresponds to their travel through the Erasmus+ distance calculator tool (at https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator), where they add the location from where they start their travel for Thessaloniki-Greece and get the exact distance, corresponding to the normal travel cost. We also encourage the use of green travel if convenient for participants, in which case they also receive a higher maximum amount per distance brand. This includes all means of transport participants may use during their travel.
Maximum individual travel budget, for standard travel and green travel option, per km distance brand (Green travel not available in the first and last brands):
10–99 km :23 EUR
100–499 km :180 EUR / 210 EUR (Green Travel)
500–1999 km :275 EUR / 320 EUR (Green Travel)
2000–2999 km :360 EUR / 410 EUR (Green Travel)
3000–3999 km :530 EUR / 610 EUR (Green Travel)
4000–7999 km: 820 EUR