Training course “Mainstreaming minorities” 08.06-14.06.2009 Stip, Republic of Macedonia

After a long road we finally arrived in Macedonia: a beautiful country with mountains and lakes, with friendly customs (good rum chocolate, right? )) and good weather . With emotions, we climbed the stairs from the Izgrev hotel. We brought our luggage upstairs and we got down quickly in the training room to begin our work. After a few energizers which were aimed at getting to know each other better we had the welcome party. (Thus, we didn’t go to bed until 5 am ). Next day, we got into the topic, our trainers presented us with the schedule and the goals of this TC. ( it was the official opening ). After lunch (good food :>), we presented our personal understanding of citizenship (“me as citizen”) and we learned about historical development of citizenship and its dimensions.( non-formal education). It was followed by an intercultural evening and each person had to present his/her country or region with its traditional food or drinks. We, the Romanian team, gave them rum chocolates, wine from Pietroasele, pretzels, plum brandy and babic. Also, we taught them the “Penguin dance” and “Brasoveanca”. \:d/.
In the following days, we presented our countries in terms of minorities, we discussed about our non-governmental organizations and after that the trainers explained to us what it means to be an European citizen and they also presented the situation concerning minorities in Macedonia to us. We had a debate about LGBT rights and got to know more about the “youth in action” program (in the last day we had the chance to present our project ideas  ). I have to mention that at the end of each day we had reflection groups where we could share ideas about what we did in that day.
All in all, this was a successful project which helped us to develop competencies in many areas: methods of non-formal education, citizenship, working with minorities, team work, communication and cooperation, working with people with disabilities and personal development. We met friendly people from 10 countries: Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Lithuania, Estonia, France, Bosnia, Serbia, UK and Denmark, which we really want to meet again.

felicitari Laura pt post! excelent comentariu asupra proiectului nostru din FYROM!pt ca este 1 noaptea si pt ca maine dimineata (adica azi) plec spre Grecia nu am sa comentez mai mult(ii las onoarea asta lui Sorin:D ) dar promit ca revin cu un post lung pe 24 iunie!astept in Athena sa vad ce foto ati ales pentru blog si ce titluri le-ati dat si mai ales prezentarea multimedia despre proiect!succes la bac pe cei ce au ,vacanta placuta pentru cei ce nu au!

ps.am primit confirmarea deplina asupra proiectului din Malaga ,Spania acum o ora!

Bine ati revenit acasa sper ca v-ati distrat dar si muncit! Si imi pare bine sa vad ca pe zi ce trece realizam lucruri tot mai interesante! Imi place ca i-ati invatat dansul pinguinilor:D ^^ good job! Astept sa ne ziceti mai multe povesti din proiect!

felicitari pentru proiect! din ce ne-ai povestit tu, Laura, pare ca a fost un proiect care se apropie de ideal (sau cel putin idealul asa cum il vad eu ) o combinatie de distractie, networking si munca (dar nu in exces si fara niciun scop real, numai pentru a putea spune ca s-a muncit la proiect... )

sunt convinsa ca dansurile noastre, alaturi de bucatele traditionale (mai ales cele in stare lichida ), au facut furori printre ceilalti participanti si ca voi ati facut o impresie mai mult decat placuta asupra lor

asteptam si celelalte 2 versiuni ale povestii. apel catre sorin...vrem si detaliile "picante"

BS!!!

aaa....si sa-i multumim lui eduard pt vizita in skopje si la Rila ^^.

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look at this!

Tot incerc sa las un link in postul meu, dar nu mi-l ia... ... am gasit pe net programul pe zile insotit de cateva fotografii . just search : "Mainstreaming minorities,Stip" ... e primul afisat

http://minorityleadersforsociety.blogspot.com/2009/05/training-course-mainstreaming.html
Asta e link-ul de la blogul organizatiei care a gazduit proiectul vostru... in arhiva blogului e cate un link pentru fiecare zi a proiectului Dragutze pozele Sper ca am fost de ajutor

Multumesc Simina;))

Cu mare placere

salutari din Athena...evident la hotel internet yok....ca la toti astia"dezvoltati"...sunt pe fuga pt ca plec la aeroport sa intampin delegatia de la Buzau! va salut pe toti...Laura te rog lasa foto de ieri schimbarile de azi in foto de blog sunt goraznice!astept sa revina cele de ieri ...MULTUMESC!

acelea de ieri din prima parte a zilei? adica cele care au fost puse initial? (si cu manastirea Rila?) ... daca da, lui Sorin nu i-au placut si a cerut sa se faca cateva schimbari ...

Vai, multumesc Sorin:D Nu mai comentez nimic. Poate doar GO BALKANS!!!

Dupa cum a spus si Laura drumul a fost destul de lung insa odata ajunsi in Macedonia si-a meritat osteneala intrucat peisajul a fost super (Macedonia intr-adevar tara muntilor si a lacurilor, fie ele si artificiale ). Am fost intampinati de o sedinta scurta cu energizere cu rolul de a ne cunoaste si de a relaxa atmosfera . Seara o petrecere de bun venit ne-a mentinut activi alte cateva ceasuri.
Cu o bucurie puerila am descoperit bucataria traditionala macedoneana care surpriza: seamana foarte mult cu cea romaneasca. Astefel Edy a avut ocazia sa isi mareasca galeria cu poze gustoase (his personal collection ).
Tema proiectului a fost destul de interesanta: minoritatile; trainerii au reusit sa ne faca sa constientizam impactul minoritatilor asupra fiecaruia prin diverse workshop-uri reusite. Ca de obicei echipa noastra a avut un aport considerabil la dezbateri si workshop-uri astfel ca impresia lasata este una multumitoare .
Seara interculturala a avut iarasi un caracter interesant si am avut ocazia sa facem cunoscute produsele noastre traditionale (ciocolatele cu rom, covrigi de Buzau, babic etc.) si sa cunoastem alte produse specifice celorlalte tari participante.
Proiectul a fost reusit si speram sa fie primul dintr-o serie de proiecte cu tarile din balcani. Ca de la orice proiect ne-am intors cu un pachet de cunostinte bogate, prieteni noi in Europa si cu amintiri pe care nu le vom uita .
Multumiri si din partea mea pentru vizitele la Scopje si Rila

;;)felicitari:>

Multumim

"Hello Laura,Sorin and Eduard,,,,I'm Emanuel from Bosnia....Laura has given me the link of your organisation website.....her post covers the entire story of the TC in which I was also involved in. I've also meet there friendly people, a good organization and I think it was an interesting experience from which I learned a lot of things....I hope we will meet again in one day,,,,,,"

Hello Romanians!!!

Greetings from Lithuanian Youth Eduard, Laura Sorin how are you
For me this training course showed another, totally different thinking, way of life, motivation, some points I saw first time in my life, and all these experiences I got came not only from methods but from people too, so I still have great reflection and great plans thank you for great time crazy Romanians