In the first weeks of Autumn I participated in trainings “Animate yourself!”. It was my third project and I have to admit I had high expectations- the topic and the number of participants (45!) intrigued me from the moment I saw the proposal. Daily schedule was the same as in any other project- 4 sessions with two coffee breaks and a lunch in between, what is more, an educational trip and a workshop in so

Training course “Explaining Europe” was organised by TDM2000 Polska for youth workers, leaders and trainers working in local communities in Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Romania, Malta, Lithuania, Bulgaria, FYROM and Italy. It took place between the 4th and the 11th of September 2015. In a very picturesque valley in Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland. The small village called Krzyzowa is the site of the biggest yout

If I had to group all experiences of the week spent in Ohrid, Macedonia for the project Creativity as a Tool for Youth Empowerment into one word, that one and only word would be: perfect. Why exactly “perfect“ when they often say “nothing is perfect“? It seems to me that the meaning of the word „perfect“ can have different levels of meaning depending on how each individual of us defines it. For me I could say that be

I would like to share with you my experiences and impressions of youth exchange “Sports is all aroud us“. This was my first exchange, so at first I was a little bit afraid, I did not know how things would go. Exchange began with a journey, we all together, young people from Lithuania, went to Tenzyn city in Poland. We did not know each other, so the journey passed fast and fun as we tried to get to know each ot

Once upon a time there was a project, called “Sports is all around us”. It was youth exchange project, that gathered many people from many different countries. Tenczyn, Poland is place where youth been brought and I was one of them. We have been there for a week, mind you that week was extraordinary. Why so you ask? For me to explain it better a created an acronym – F.S.T. (Friends, Sports, Travel). So le

Youth project “Sport is all around us” was held in Poland, in a small, beautiful town called Tenczyn. What made this town a good location for the event is that it’s only 50 km away from Krakow. Project included young people from different parts of the world, different cultures, thinking, view of the world and aims all together. Most important aim for organizers was to show how important is to be act

Youth Exchange “Sport is all around us”, 17-25 July, 2015, Poronin, Poland The Youth Exchange project “Sport is all around us” was held in Poland, in a small town of Poronin, around 6 km from Zakopane. The venue is truly amazing. The city is peaceful, surrounded by green fields, forests and of course – the Tatra Mountains. We were really lucky to enjoy the midsummer heat as it was hot and the sun was shining brightly

This article will be about my personal experience in a youth exchange project “Sport is all around us”. The main purpose of this project was to encourage youth to participate in different sport activities, also to exchange experience in the field of sports between people from different countries. Participants from Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Italy talked about different kind of physical activities that a

On June 20-27 group of enthusiastic people went to Padua city (Italy) for a training “Self-directed learning, learn-to-learn”. People from Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria gathered together to fulfill they knowledge about self-directed learning (SDL), and find out how SDL is connected with employability. Giulia Mastropirro and Karlis Visa shared their experience, knowled