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YOUTH EXCHANGE about Foresight, Critical Thinking and Flexibility
YOUTH EXCHANGE about Foresight, Critical Thinking and Flexibility
8th to 19th of May, 2025 in Călărași, Romania (including travel days)
8th to 19th of May, 2025 in Călărași, Romania (including travel days)
🎯 The specific objectives of the Future Ready: Building LIFECOMP Skills Together youth exchange are:
O1: To equip 30 young people from 6 European NGOs with essential life skills such as critical thinking, flexibility and empathy for adapting to an ever-changing future by guiding them through a 10-day youth mobility program in 📍Călărași, Romania, where they will discover the LIFECOMP framework, as well as a comprehensive Foreisight Toolkit based on non-formal learning methods, including interactive workshops, discussions, and foresight-based simulations.
O2: To raise awareness on the importance of developing their future consciousness, critical thinking and flexibility skills, as well as discovering opportunities provided by Erasmus+ Programme 🇪🇺 among 180 young people by sharing the knowledge, tools and experiences acquired by the participants during the youth mobility through 6 local workshops organized in the local communities of the partner organisations by July 2025.
O3: To support young people in becoming more prepared to stay employable and always up-to-date regarding the needs of the labor market by developing a digital journal with short and effective videos 🎬 containing tips and tricks to enhance their future consciousness, critical thinking and flexibility skills.
YOUTH EXCHANGE AGENDA:
IMPORTANT: Please take into consideration that this is a draft schedule and that it might suffer changes based on the participants' direct input, preferences, proposals or because of unexpected changes in the weather forecast during the mobility! Also, except for the intercultural evenings which are mandatory to attend, the other evening activities are optional - any suggestion for what we can do together as a group during the evening time is more than welcomed!
🗓️ DAY 0
Thursday, May
8th
Arrival of participants is expected on May 8th during the day.
The meeting point will be in Bucharest from where we will travel to Calarași by bus.
Check Travel Section for more info!
🗓️ DAY 1
Friday, May
9th
Get to know each other games
Intro of the Youth Exchange
Youthpass (8 key competences) and Erasmus+
Daily reflection
Boardgames evening
🗓️ DAY 2
Saturday, May
10th
Introduction into LIFE COMP Framework
Teambuilding activities
Daily reflection
Intercultural evening
🗓️ DAY 3
Sunday, May
11th
Introduction into the 5 dimensions of Future Consciousness
D1: Time Travelers - How do you see yourself in the future?
Future quests: Time traveling and Futures Wheel
Daily reflection
Thematic evening
🗓️ DAY 4
Monday, May 12th
D2: Future Architects - How can you shape your own future?
Future quests: Locus of control and Backcasting
Daily reflection
Intercultural evening
🗓️ DAY 5
Tuesday, May 13th
D3: Possibility Explorers - What are the possibilities the future holds?
Future quests: Escape room and 2x2 Scenario Matrix
Daily reflection
Thematic evening
🗓️ DAY 6
Wednesday, May 14th
D4: System Detectives - How are things interconnected and related?
Future quests: Digital logbook
Open Space Session
Daily reflection
Intercultural evening
🗓️ DAY 7
Thursday, May
15th
D5: Empathy Superheros - How can you create a better future for all?
Future quests: Street interviews with locals in Constanta 🌊
Daily reflection
Movie night
🗓️ DAY 8
Friday, May 16th
D5: Empathy Superheros - How can you create a better future for all?
Future quests: Podcast station and Truth in comic books
Daily reflection
Thematic evening
🗓️ DAY 9
Saturday, May
17th
Open Space Session: digital tools for social media
Social media videos making laboratory - Part I
Daily reflection
Thematic evening
🗓️ DAY 10
Sunday, May
18th
Social media videos making laboratory - Part II
Youthpass session
Dissemination strategy
Final Evaluation
Secret Friend Reveal and Closing Ceremony
Farewell celebration
🗓️ DAY 11
Monday, May
19th
Departure of participants from the venue.
A private bus will take us from the venue in Călărași back to the airport in Bucharest in the morning.
PARTICIPANTS' PROFILE (5 young people + 1 group leader per country)
IMPORTANT: Each national team will consist of 5 young people and 1 group leader.
👤 Age:
young people: 18-25 years old
group leader: no age restriction for the group leader (must be over 18)
👤 Experience:
young people: previous experience in the field of non-formal education or Erasmus+ in not required
group leader: previous experience with Erasmus+ mobilities and working with young people is required
👤 Language:
young people: any level of English 🇬🇧
group leader: an advanced level of English is required for group leaders
👤 Willingness to disseminate the project and Erasmus+ Programme on your social media accounts and through local workshops after you return home to your local community!
ACOMMODATION - COMPLEX ALBATROS (PLAJA PODUL 4), CĂLĂRAȘI
📍Address: Albatros Complex, Șoseaua Chiciului 7, Călărași
🌐 Website: https://www.albatrospodul4.ro/
🏨 Accommodation conditions:
Participants will stay in double and triple rooms, in a hotel on the bank of the Danube river, with generous outdoor space and access to the beach. Each room has its own bathroom, a small fridge, a TV and air conditioner.❗️Please note that room layouts will vary, and there is a high chance you might need to share a large double bed with another participant of the same gender. Each double bed will have two single-person size blankets for individual comfort.
Smoking is forbidden 🚭 in the rooms and in the common spaces inside the buildings. Smokers can use the balconies, the terraces, and the spaces outside the buildings. Free Wi-Fi will be available in all individual rooms, as well as in the activity room and on the beach. The hotel also has a free gym.
🍽️ Food: We will have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the restaurant of the hotel. The menu will be based on each individual's dietary needs, as stated in the application form.
🧳 What to bring: Reusable water bottle so we can cut down as much as possible the plastic waste, cosmetics (shampoo, shower gel etc.), flip flops, beach towels, sunscreen, and anything else you might want to bring to the beach, mosquito repellent spray or lotion given the close proximity to the Danube river.
❗️If you need anything beyond what is provided for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, we will organize occasional trips to the nearest big supermarket, which is a 9-minute drive away. These shopping trips will occur every 3 days, and each national group will select a member to join the project team on these trips. Please note that the shop is not within walking distance. If additional trips are necessary beyond the scheduled ones, you can use a taxi at your own expense (approximately 10-12 euro round trip).
TRAVEL AND REIMBURSEMENT RULES
✈️ You should fly into Henri Coandă Airport, as it is the only airport in Bucharest and the closest to Călărași City.
💸 The maximal international transportation costs that can be reimbursed is up to:
🇹🇩 Romania - 26 EUR (distance band 10 - 99 km)
🇧🇬 Bulgaria - 255 EUR using green transportation such as car sharing, bus, train (distance band 100 - 499 km)
🇬🇷 Greece - 279 EUR (distance band 500 - 1999 km)
🇱🇹 Lithuania - 279 EUR (distance band 500 - 1999 km)
🇸🇪 Sweden - 279 EUR (distance band 500 - 1999 km)
🇪🇸 Spain - 365 EUR (distance band 2000 - 2999 km)
IMPORTANT: Please consider that we have minimized the standard international transportation grant by 30 euros in order to cover the costs of the bus from the meeting point in Bucharest to the venue on the 8th of May, as well as the bus from the venue back to Henri Coandă Airport on the 19th of May.
The meeting point will be in Bucharest - Piața Constituției (the parking space in front of the Palace of Parliament) on 8th of May, 18:00, from where we will travel 1h30 min to the location in Calarași by bus.❗️Please book your flights taking into account this arrival hour and the fact that, from the airport to the pick-up spot in Piața Constituției, it can take you up to one hour by bus during rush hour!
IMPORTANT: Please take great care of your travel documents! In order for us to be able to reimburse you the whole amount that you are going to spend during your travel, we will need all your tickets, Boarding passes and invoices (the documents that show how much you have paid for your flights/train/bus - in PDF form) and fuel receipts in original if you come by car! We will collect all the physical documents you have in the first morning in Călărași and fill in together a Reimbursement Form.
TRANSPORTATION FROM AIRPORT TO THE PICK-UP POINT
📍Pick-up point: A private bus rented for the whole group will pick us up from Piața Constituției, Bucharest (Parking lot in front of Palace of Parliament) at 18:00. This bus will take us directly to Albatros Complex.
🚌 Day Bus: To reach the pick-up point, from Henri Coandă Airport you need to take bus 100 to Piața Unirii (the last station which is less than 10 minutes walking distance from our pick up point in Piața Constituției). You can follow the signs in the airport which will take you to the bus station. The bus station is right as you exist the airport - you don’t have to walk to get to it.
💸 How to pay for your trip:
Best option! You can buy your ticket from the machine located in the bus station using both cash and card. The cost of one trip is 3 RON (0.60 EUR). This price is the same regardless of how many stations you travel. This way, you will receive a receipt that will allow us to reimburse you the cost of your trip (as long as you do not throw the receipt away).
You can pay for the trip directly in the bus contactless by using Mastercard or Visa. Although this is the easiest option, the issue is that you will not receive a receipt, therefore we can not reimburse you the 0.60 EUR spent for the trip.
🔍 More info about transportation: http://stbsa.ro/eng/index
IMPORTANT: However you choose to pay for your trip, please make sure to buy your ticket because there are high chances for a control❗️
IMPORTANT: We do not cover taxi or private car (such as Uber or Bolt). Also, please keep in mind that we strongly recommend you to avoid cabs from airport.
IMPORTANT: For those who want to explore Bucharest or any other parts of Romania, please consider coming 2 days before the mobility or staying 2 days longer after, on your own expenses.
PREPARATION OF PARTICIPANTS & PRE-ASSIGNMENTS
✨ Facilitation of activitiesIn order to achieve the main aim of the project, a special working method will be applied during the project, as stated in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide regarding mobilities for young people. In this sense, each national team, with continuous support from the hosting organisation, will take up the role of the facilitator.
Don’t worry! A few weeks before the mobility we will organise an online preparatory meeting to discuss more details about this process and answer any additional questions that you may have! Briefly, you and your team will try your best to:
✨ Intercultural eveningsWe will have traditional evenings during the project through which you will have the chance to represent your country's culture. Unfortunately, we don’t have budget to reimburse you the expenses made for the things that you are bringing, but try to be creative and funny! You can bring typical costumes, ornaments, leaflets, posters, flyers, food, sweets… and so on! You can show videos, photos, sing and dance traditional dances from your countries! We are counting on you to make these evenings as interesting as possible and promise to help you in any way that we can!
Don’t worry! A few weeks before the mobility we will organise an online preparatory meeting to discuss more details about this process and answer any additional questions that you may have! Briefly, you and your team will try your best to:
- design the activity prior to the project (basic structure, objectives and outcomes, separation in groups, rules, deliverables, preparation of materials needed - Monomyths Association will be in charge of buying these materials)
- facilitate the activity during the project (assuming active role as facilitators, explaining the activity to the rest of participants, time-management etc.)
✨ Intercultural eveningsWe will have traditional evenings during the project through which you will have the chance to represent your country's culture. Unfortunately, we don’t have budget to reimburse you the expenses made for the things that you are bringing, but try to be creative and funny! You can bring typical costumes, ornaments, leaflets, posters, flyers, food, sweets… and so on! You can show videos, photos, sing and dance traditional dances from your countries! We are counting on you to make these evenings as interesting as possible and promise to help you in any way that we can!
ABOUT MONOMYTHS ASSOCIATION (HOST ORGANISATION)
Imagine that you could go back to school, but instead of geometry and spelling, you could learn valuable skills that transform your work and life - like how to handle difficult conversations, solve problems through playful creative methods or build brick by brick your life-project.
We guide young people and qualify youth workers both vocationally and personally, both independent and in cooperation with other experts and mentors, by developing their know-how and methodology on 4 main areas: positive intelligence, talent management, creativity and entrepreneurship education.
During the learning process, the youth workers and youngsters discover that there is more than one path, that with customized training they can gain strength to embrace changes and appreciate small things that make them happy. Ultimately, they become conscious, determined and positive about their journey, and make a positive impact in their community.
Check more info:
🌐 Our website: www.monomyths.ro
🌐 Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/monomyths
🌐 Monomyths Learning - our educational platform https://learning.monomyths.ro/
We guide young people and qualify youth workers both vocationally and personally, both independent and in cooperation with other experts and mentors, by developing their know-how and methodology on 4 main areas: positive intelligence, talent management, creativity and entrepreneurship education.
During the learning process, the youth workers and youngsters discover that there is more than one path, that with customized training they can gain strength to embrace changes and appreciate small things that make them happy. Ultimately, they become conscious, determined and positive about their journey, and make a positive impact in their community.
Check more info:
🌐 Our website: www.monomyths.ro
🌐 Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/monomyths
🌐 Monomyths Learning - our educational platform https://learning.monomyths.ro/
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
The international NGOs making this learning journey possible are:
🇹🇩 Monomyths Association, Romania
🇧🇬 ALMA Foundation, Bulgaria
🇬🇷 Dream Team, Greece
🇪🇸 ALPE, Spain
🇱🇹 Tavo Europa, Lithuania
🇸🇪 Studiefrämjandet, Suedia
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
This project is coordinated by Monomyths Association, Romania, and co-funded through Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.
So what is ERASMUS+?
Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also:
supports the European Pillar of Social Rights
implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027
develops the European dimension in sport
The outcomes of Erasmus+ are available in reports and compendia of statistics, as well as through the Erasmus+ Projects Platform. This includes most of the initiatives funded by the programme and a selection of good practices and success stories. If you would like to know more about the Erasmus+ Programme, check out the following site.
YOUTHPASS CERTIFICATE
All young people attending the youth exchange are entitled to receive an international certificate that validates the collection of key-competencies, knowledge and attitudes acquired or improved during the mobility. The Youthpass certificate can be used during the learning process as a self-reflection tool where you explore the following 8 Key competencies:
1. Multilingual competence;
2. Personal, social and learning to learn competence;
3. Citizenship competence;
4. Entrepreneurship competence;
5. Competence in cultural awareness and expression;
6. Digital competence;
7. Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology, engineering (STEM);
8. Literacy competence.
Discover and read more about the Youthpass competences here!
LIFECOMP FRAMEWORK
LifeComp is a European framework that helps young people develop the essential skills to thrive in life - personally, socially, and as lifelong learners. It focuses on managing emotions, staying adaptable, building strong relationships, thinking critically, and continuously improving yourself. These aren’t school subjects but real-life superpowers that help you handle challenges, work with others, and grow into the best version of yourself.
By mastering these skills, you can stay confident in tough situations, communicate better, make smarter decisions, and keep learning without feeling overwhelmed. Whether it’s dealing with stress, working in a team, or staying motivated, LifeComp gives you the tools to navigate life!
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