»East - West bridge: Green values for South Caucasus!« CDN Summer Camp 2009, 19. July – 26. July 2009, Bakuriani, Georgia
Info letters Agenda of CDN Summer Camp CDN Summer Camp 09 - Final Agenda Info sheet for participants
Reader AA-CDN Summer Camp 2009 Reader.doc A-CHARTER OF THE GLOBAL GREENS.doc B-The Symbolism of the Bridge.doc C-Environment.pdf D-What is Green Economics.doc E-Green New Deal.pdf F-CDN Gender seminar 2007.doc G-What is Nonviolence.doc H-PETRA KELLY.doc I-What does the European Union do ex sum.doc J-geopolitical setting southern Caucasus.doc K-Understanding Human Rights.pdf L-International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.doc M-International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.doc N-Youth in Action programme.doc O-European Youth Foundation.doc
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Dear participants of CDN Summer Camp,
My name is Vesna and I wish you warm welcome on this Email list, hopefully I will be glad to wish you the same on our Event. After open call prep team, among 197 application, chooses you to be participants of the CDN SC 2009. Congratulations !!! The choice was brought using standard criteria mentioned in the call, having in mind CDN priorities.
First of all I will just shortly introduce you our international prep-team members, which will later on present themselves.
Judith Verweijen – Netherlands
Dinko Ratajc- Bosnia Tamuna Zandukeli – Georgia Parviz Abbasov – Azerbaijan Vesna Jusup - Serbia
CDN Office will be also present in order to make sure that all Program issues are fitting the conditions of our donors, and also to fulfill any technical need.
Milan Mitrovic - CDN Network Coordinator and Stevan Petrovic - CDN Office Coordinator and Administrator will be with you all time of the Event.
All Local Issue are done by our host Georgian Young Greens, which Members are highly participating in the preparations. CDN assures you that they are doing the best in order to make your stay as pleasant as possible.
As once written, we are kindly asking you to confirm your participation on Summer Camp until Sunday 14th of June at 14.00h (CET), on e-mail
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After that you will have one week to arrange your travel details and send them to CDN. The deadline for sending your travel details is Sunday June 21st at 14.00h (CET).
PLEASE WAIT WITH BOOKING UNTIL RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM CDN
After this, you will have to buy your travel tickets before *Sunday June 28^th at 14.00 CET and send a confirmation with your final travel details to CDN. If we do not receive such confirmation by June 28th, we consider you are no longer interested in participating.
Also after this first introduction, you will receive information letter that can help you with travel arrangements, about visa issues and other technical things. Please read them carefully and do hot hesitate to ask us if you have any question.
Once again prep team wish you a warm welcome!!!
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Dear participant,
since some of you will need visa to enter Georgia, please read carefully information below and do not hesitate to ask us any question regarding this issue (or any other of course :) )
Certain European countries need visa to enter Georgia. In most cases visa can be obtained at the border crossing. Be sure that you buy ONE ENTRY - SINGLE STAY short term VISA, as there is a large price difference.
Visa is required for citizens of following countries:
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia
For Russian citizens please follow the link http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/eur/vrus/embmos/geoint.html
You do not need any additional document for obtaining visa, except your passport. At boarder inquiry desk you will get application form which you need to fill. When paying you need to do so in local currency, and you can find exchange office or ATM's on airport. (rate is around 1 Euro - 2.2 GEL). FEE for short term staying visa is 60 GEL.
For EU Citizens: PLEASE BRING YOUR PASSPORT - you can't enter to certain countries of Caucasus using ID card.
Thank you for attention
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Dear participants...
thank you for your attention and i am sorry if been a bit boring but please read e mails of prep team very carefully and all the way long...:):)
like i said here are some more things:
1. As always, in preparing these event we payed great attention to intercultural learning and exchange. In order to fulfill that we will have 2 international nights organized.
..so bring anything you consider representational for your country (pics, drinks, food, candies-especially that :)). We are kindly asking you top avoid long touristic presentation and make it creative, interactive and funny as much as you can. Due to the number of participants and countries that you are coming from we will have to be very punctual and a bit short :)
Also address other people from your country so that makes job easier. :)
2. One night will be devoted to your organizations. We make it interactive and dynamic, but you ave to help us with that. Please bring some promo material that you have, leaflets, bags, cards, ...etc. If you forgot it, you will have to make it at the spot :):):)
3. Please have on mind that place where we are going is in mountains so it might get quiet cold during nights. We do have blankets, but somehow it seems that you will not spending much time in beds under that blankets.
..so please make sure that you get enough warm clothes, shoes...:)
4. Just quick reminder this E liST is for communication among all participants and per team. So please all questions of technical details like your own travel arrangements and similar please address to CDN office
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If you have any other personal question you may address it to me on
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..and we will do our best to quickly respond you...:)
5. Visa- EU citizens do not need visa to enter Georgia, but PASSPORT is REQUIRED. Citizens of:
Albania
B&H
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia
Russia
need visa and get it on boarder. Please ask for ONE ENTRY - SINGLE STAY one, cause difference in price is countable. Thank you
...uhh i am tired of typing and guess you of reading so until next time stay smiled
Prep team
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Dear participants,
as always here are some important things for you...
1. About program: one part of program is dedicated to gender issues, we tried to make it educative, interesting, interactive ...for one of activities we will need you to bring materials of any gender activities that your organization is/as conducting...if so...if not do not worry, not a problems. Still for those who have dealt with that question please do not be lazy or forgettable to bring it so we can have many perspectives, ideas, examples...etc.
2. One technical thing, place where we will be accommodated does not provide us towels, so please keep that on mind and bring yours. Thank you
3. Just to make you sure that about gathering points and time, you will be informed on time, just after you send us your travel details so we can organize it in best and most efficient way...do not worry :)
wait to see you all
Stay smiled
Vesna
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Dear participants,
here are some information and advices about your travel arrangements.
When planing your travel arrangements please try to find cheapest possible solution. Also you might contact other participants from your country to arrange you travels together, make it more easier and pleasant.
Participants coming from Western Europe and Balkan please consider next options:
1. Train to Istanbul - bus to Tbilisi 2. Train to Istanbul, Kiev, Riga - plane to Tbilisi 3. Fly to Batumi (port city) - train or minibus to Tbilisi.
After you will send your travel details or booking, local hosts will provide you with more details of your arrival to Tbilsi and departure to the Vanue. Please, send your travel details (arrival and departure date and time) to
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, as soon as possible. Buses from Istambul to Tbilisi Also Buses form Istambul to Tbilisi: Depart from place called "Aksaray". They depart From Istambul every day at 11:00 and in the evening 18:00
From Tbilisi - Istambul every day at 11:00 on week end also at 18:00 Fare: 60 $ Time of travel: 24 - 26 hours.
For People who are going to travel through Batumi.
Fly from Ist - Batumi -168 euros. Arrives to Batumi at 13:40
From airport to Batumi train station - taxi costs 20 GEL. There are mini buses also going to the train station and bus station where you can catch minibus to Tbilisi. Departs every hour Fare is 18 - 20 GEL. Note that they don't work in late hour after 7 in the evening.
Minibuses also (marshrutkas) travel regularly between the Turkish border at Sarpi (Sarp in Turkish) and Tbilisi Moedani (Tbilisi Square) in Batumi old town.
Train Schedule Batumi - Tbilisi & Tbilisi - Batumi (Batumi) Makhindjauri* 22:40 Tbilisi 07:10 8 hr.30 m. - night train Tbilisi 22:15 Makhindjauri (Batumi) 07:03 8 hr.48 m. - night train (Batumi) Makhindjauri 09:10 Tbilisi 16:30 7 hr.20 m - day train goes on even numbers (2,4,16, 18 and s.o) Tbilisi 08:40 (Batumi) Makhindjauri 16:00 7 hr.20 m. - day train goes on odd numbers (15, 19….) *Note: Mahkinjauri is the suburb of Batumi, Trains go from that place. Fare = 23 GEL (second class)
wish you a pleasant trip..
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Dear all,
One technical, important thing, before the Preparation Team of this event address to you.
In the attachment you can find the Financial Document which explains CDN General and this event Financial Conditions.
Mentioned reimbursement percentage and travel reimbursement limits can be only higher, and CDN Secretariat and Prep Team is working really hard to get additional funds.
Greetings,
Milan Mitrovic
CDN Network Coordinator
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Dear participants, Here you can find Agenda of our Summer Camp. Please note that some changes can still occur. We will regularly keep you updated with any changes. Thank you for understanding. Yours, Prep team Agenda I Back to top
Project information Project summary:
Purpose of this educational seminar will be to explore and discuss experiences and methods of democratic societies basic concepts which are tackled by youth participation: Principles of non violence – conflict management, human rights (protection of sexual, religious and ethnic minorities) and Gender issues.
We want to evaluate development and achievements so far and give guidelines for the Caucasus region to become integral part of the European community.
We want to learn about the role of young people in building of civil society and methods that can be used to make youth work efficient and effective by implementing democratic way of work and human rights respect.
We plan to celebrate diversity, promote intercultural and inter ethnic understanding, to encourage multiculturalism, interethnic dialogue by emphasizing youth work and activism as important part in supporting of sustainable, democratic, multiethnic and diverse society development.
Objectives:
Defining concept of nonviolence and its methods. Exploring non violent conflict resolution, skills and strategies, encourage and support youth peace building initiatives.
We want to talk about the role of Young people in reconciliation process, peace building and implementation of human rights as grass-root democratic standard.
Defining Human Rights as keys for improving minorities protection, mutual understanding, respect, tolerance, solidarity and acceptance of diversity which should be recognized, appreciated and assumed to be beneficial to the society.
We will evaluate current gender situation in the region and compare it to the western Europe countries achievement seeking the best methods of involving youth in improving Gender issues in the Caucasus.
We will work on developing practical support tools that will improve cooperation between youth in the region, and mobilize Caucasus Young Greens for creation of the Network and coordination of joint actions, development of common ideas on solving common problems.
This seminar will help knowledge and information flow so that young people could be better acquainted with the position of these issues in different countries in Europe and also to draw some general conclusions on them. This gathered information, knowledge and connection among participants of the Project should bring closer European youth and encourage them to participate more in dealing with each of these issues further on, more thoroughly.
This seminar will evaluate and find the best ways of improving and supporting cooperation and dialog between youth from Easter and Western parts of Europe.
Methodology and planning:
The seminar is conceptualized as the combination of lectures, workshop, panel debates, educational role-play games and other different program elements, as well as the youth participation promoting street action. The lectures will be provided by experts from both Eastern and Western Europe having long experience dealing with active participation of young people and holistic view concerning environmental, social and economic issues of societies. At the workshops we will focus on personal experiences and interactive learning while in the action we will put into practice what we learned.
Please briefly describe the purpose of the meeting in your organisation's short and long-term programme:
For CDN this event is great opportunity to further spread to the East and involve more young people from post Soviet countries into our work and generally into activities of international organizations.It is one of our prior aims to be the bridge for communication,education and understanding between young people all over Europe and with this event we are coming one step closer to realization of this task. Implementation of this event in Georgia will help the integration of Green Youth from whole region to a big green European Family.The project will also strengthen diversity of the European Green Movement and successfully transmit green values to Caucasus. With the camp we would like to reduce cultural gap between activist of our organization by giving them informal education,democracy training and possibility to cooperate and build connections to the future. Back to top
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