International Meeting
“Observe Rethink Act: urban environment & inclusion”
Banja Luka (Bosnia Herzegovina) 19th – 29th April 2014
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Intro Concept:
Aim of the TC “Observe Rethink Act: urban environment & inclusion” is to use Banja Luka urban environment as perfect playground to involve young people in the community development and let them reflect on the importance of their active participation for a better quality life. Starting from main environmental elements of the daily life of young people (in this case river Vrbas, city beaches, green areas), the project would like to explore new tools and competences (educational, communication, self engagement, green creativity, etc.) to promote a more sustainable lifestyle and to foster new opportunities of social inclusion among young people coming from less privileged conditions. The context of Banja Luka could represent an interesting and fruitful playground to work, learn and practice the relationship and the interaction between the human urban settlements and sustainable development due to the policies applied (production of energy from fossil fuels, wild overbuilding, waste management, etc.) and crucial recently topics faced at local level (river pollution, decreasing of both city parks and public green areas, lack of sustainable mobility, etc.) that shown the important role young people need to assume in order to guarantee a more inclusive growth at social, environmental and economic level. The project want to represent an international opportunity for youth workers/leaders, young artists, environmental activists, educators and volunteers from EU and SEE to share experiences and knowledge, to melt together different artistic competences, educational and environmental backgrounds, to strengthen democratic cohabitation and sustainable lifestyles. Project will be realised within the framework of ORA process and methodology: ORA's concept is to provide directly young people/citizens with the opportunity to Observe their own context (both local and international), to Rethink their own role (as individuals and members of society) and to Act as responsible citizens to strengthen community. During the Training Course will be realized ice breaker activities, team building exercises, presentation of the associations, an intercultural evening, session “Open Space” to share local contexts, working sessions to analyse and address the topics of the project, different meetings to share with the hosting local community (Youth Centres, school students, young people) the results and outcomes of the project activities, evaluations. Core part of the activities will be represented by the organisation of 3 workshops that will use different languages, techniques and tools (Visual perspectives, Urban gardening, Educational modules) and will provide possibility for all participants to share experiences, explore new competences, create awareness actions, concrete products and educational modules.
Workshops
In the days 22nd, 23rd, 25th and 26th April, the 3 practical workshops will run at the same time: for this reason, participants of each national group will be divided among the 3 proposed workshops according to their personal choice and/or interest (at least 1 participant per each country per each workshop). We would like to avoid to have participants from same association in the same workshop in order to guarantee the intercultural exchange and let each partner gain the maximum knowledge as possible from all the workshops.
(please choose only one workshop and tick it)
Workshops
Urban gardening
Educational modules
Visual perspectives
AFTER CHOOSING THE WORKSHOP, PLEASE, ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS HEREUNDER ONLY FOR THE WORKSHOP YOU HAVE CHOSEN
Urban gardening:The workshop will primarily set a community garden inside the "Borisav Stanković" prymary school of Banja Luka: garden boxes will be built to proceed with seeding and planting involving directly the students. At the same time, participants will have the entire city as playground both to experiment "guerrilla gardening" and realise decorativ/artistic gardening. A promotional and information material will be realised in order to inform citizens on the community garden and aware them on more sustainable life styles.
Contact persons: Ognjen Davidovic and Jelena Ivanic
They will contact you as soon as the group will be constituted
Please mention if and which are your relevant experiences of working with Gardening:
Educational modules:
The workshop will give the possibility to settle some educational modules (developing new tools, methodologies and dynamics) with the aim to create an educational path and different environmental spots along river Vrbas and its city beaches. Dynamics, games and exercise will be prepared by participants and facilitators in order to sensitise people (and especially adolescents and young people) to develop new sustainable approaches and responsible behaviours in their daily life.
Contact persons: Branislav Ristic and Matteo di Pietrantonio
They will contact you as soon as the group will be constituted
Please mention if and which are your relevant experiences of working with Environmental Education:
Visual perspectives:
The general aim of the workshop is to give a visual impact (fresh, visionary, critique, etc.) on urban environment and sustainable development through the use of different languages, techniques and tools (photos, sketches, comics, painting, graphic journalism, storytelling, etc.). At the end of the process, results and outcomes will be presented and shared with citizens and local community. The workshop will realise as well illustrations and communication material to support the activities of the other 2 workshops.
Contact person: Nataša Konjević
She will contact you as soon as the group will be constituted
Please mention if and which are your relevant experiences of working with Graphic and/or comics:
Please mention if and which are your relevant experiences of working with Photography:
Preparation
We ask to all of you a small preparation for this meeting:
- Association Fair (20th April, afternoon)
Please, bring with you materials of your association (photos, brochures, leaflets, posters, stickers, video, etc.) in order to presents/shows to the others your NGO background (main goals, public, activities, etc.) in a dynamic and interactive way. Each national group will settle a sort of stand (as in a fair) in order for all participants to visit it in a free and personal way trying to catch information from each stand. NO POWER POINT, sorry!
- Intercultural Evening (20th April, evening):
An intercultural dinner will take place so all of you are invited to bring some cold food and drinks from your countries in order to manage an evening with testes and flavours from all the countries involved.
NO POSSIBILITIES TO COOK but THERE IS POSSIBILITY TO WARM!
- Open Space (22nd and 23rd April, evening):
Two specific sessions called Open Space (Show and Tell) will be organised to represent a window, a free place for participants to present, perform, expose and share backgrounds, experiences, specific study cases, audio/video documentation and good practices realised in their territory by their organisations or by their local networks. So all of you are invited to bring all kind of different materials (from video to flyers and photos, etc.) on the topics and issues of sustainable development, creativity, youth centres, active citizenship and inclusion of young people.