Youthpass, 8 key competences & final evaluation

The Youthpass working session was dedicated to the 8 key competencies.

Thanks to the first day session on Youthpass, young people have learned that they will receive a certificate that will validate the key competencies acquired / developed in this youth exchange. 

At the same time, the facilitators have insisted on these competencies through another session from the last day of activities, during which the participants were please write on paper sheets what they consider to be the 8 competencies and in which activities of the project they had the opportunity to develop or use them. 

Finally, some volunteers participants read the 8 sheets corresponding to the 8 key competencies, in plenary and a discussion and a recapitulation of the entire mobility took place.

Also, our participants were informed how they can fill in the Youthpass Certificate online, which they will receive as a result of participating in this youth exchange.

On the other hand, a final activity, the "secret friends" were revealed through a game that brought a lot of laughter and emotions.

The friendships were so well defined that, even at the end of the project, the participants continued to communicate on the joint What’sAPP group, sending each other pictures and messages.

Moreover, during the final evaluation, on the 9th day of the activity, a series of non-formal activities were carried out, such as: the symbolic use of the image of a backpack and a trash can to give each participant the opportunity to reflect and express himself/ herself on the aspects he/ she would take with him/ her or the aspects he would give up. 

Thus, in turn, the participants came in front of the group and symbolically threw in the trash the things they left behind (fear of public speaking, fear of taking the initiative), things they disliked, etc. and just as symbolically, they put in their backpacks the elements they brought with them home, to carry them on in their further experiences (new friends, new information about entrepreneurship, about other cultures, etc.).

For a general feedback, the "pizza" method was used, on which the participants scored their satisfaction with: facilitators, working spaces, food, location, acommodation, workshops, their own participation, cultural evenings.

Sketching ideas...

The morning sessions addressed the actions of dissemination and follow-up / multiplication of mobility.

Our participants worked in teams to think about new project ideas. 

It was really interesting to hear, what kind of projects people want to develop in the future, and in which they would be interested to participate in. 

Ideas were really different starting from nature and ending with gender disscrimination.

Subsequently, our "business pioneers" were divided into national groups and had to discuss how they would disseminate the experience and knowledge they had gained during this project.

Thus, they established the dissemination plans that they will follow when they get back home.

After making the plans, they shared them with the other participants. Each national group outlined and participated with very creative dissemination ideas. "

Spanish intercultural evening

We had really much fun, we ate some delicious spanish delicacies, we drank Sangria, we played games and we dance a lot of reggaeton. 

Viva l'Espana!!!

Business Pioneers: Presentations of the business plans

Today all groups present their project in front of all people, the potential investors.

It was a real pitch in maximum 10 minutes, when all groups showed some slides, websites, adv, media products and strategies.

The presentations were as following:

• Future Vision Festival
• Unchained bakery
• GrandTells
• Muse I AM
• Metamorhosis
• WATStoys

Working on the final business plan

On this sessions we continued working on the final business plan that we needed to present later that day!

We made the last corrections on the presentation and the speech.

But at the end it was all worth it

Greek intercultural evening

Not a good day for the world, however we had a good night with greeks. A lot of food and drinks made us happier. We did kahoot game and some traditional music.

Fine tuning ...

This session was composed of all the final discussions before the big day of the actual presentations of the ideas. We debated the last changes of our businesses, as well as receiving suggestions or opinions from all the other team members.

Business Pioneers (chaper V: Financing opportunities)

On our second session we worked on our business group.

Creating our financial planning and working on our financial opportunities was quite a challenging activity. 

Every team worked hard to maximize the profit while reducing the costs.

Business Pioneers (chaper IV: Target groups & Distribution process)

We started the session with Sasha's Surprise Session. It was about telling one of your unique feature. If the feature is shared with other people too, they need to sit on each others lap. 

Then we worked on our project groups about finding for target groups and distribution processes of our business plan.

Latvian intercultural evening

Latvian cultural night - great food, amazing music, amazing folk dances, super funny presentation - also we learn some latvian words.

Business Pioneers (chaper III: facebook page/ blog/ video advertising)

Session 2 of 23rd of February, reported by Dogs. 

During this session, we continued improving our business ideas with promotion. 

We had Facebook pages, beautiful websites, also some interesting videos. 

Canvas was a really useful tool in this!

Business Pioneers (chaper II: Company name, logo & motto)

Today we worked on our business group: the first step was create a logo and a motto about our projects. 

Every team worked to find the best shape for their image and riassume their aim in a single phrase.

Our tasks in Costanta

1. Done

2. In he beginning the city was called Tomis and was later renamed to Constantiana in honour of Constantia, the half-sister of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.

3. We ask a local student about the most common and succesful business in Costanta and he told us that thanks to the tourist and night life before the pandemic, the bar are the most active business that you can have there. The most famous one is called "GreenBar" (Video below)

4. As you can see in the video (also if it's in Romanian), we asked the question to a girl that worked in a market and she aswer to us that one of the most popular product that young buy in a market is vodka

5. Minorities in Constanta: Gypsis, Turkish, Greek.

Constanta's Heritage!

On February the 22nd we went to visit the city of Constanta. 

We started the day doing group activities to get to know the city, like for example, which was originally called Tomis. 

The rest of the day we were enjoying our time together. 

We were able to visit the mosque and enjoy the view of the city. It was a lovely and fun day!

Constanta's Day

Constanta from our view:

1. Task one you’ll find below

2. Originally the city was called Tomis and was later renamed to Constantiana in honour of Constantia, the half-sister of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.

3. Two gentlemen shared that the most business are in the tourism and costumer service fields. There are also lots of pizza places around the city, so obviously we visited one of them.

4. Found the product, used it to mix cocktails for Latvian night.

5. Minorities in Constanta: Turkish, Tatars, Gypsis, Greek.

Discovering the city of Constanta...

Hello, guys!

Hope you're all good and energized for today's mission.

We prepared some tasks for you to complete, so please save the proof or the answer for each task. As discussed, this city quest is a teamwork activity and we're going to use the Sharing is Caring teams. Find your team and have fun together!

Here are the tasks:

T1. Take a picture in front of *Statuia lui Ovidiu* (Statue of Ovidiu), located in front of the National Museum of History and Archaeology. The whole team should be in the picture and please make sure you also wear the T-shirts provided to you for this mission.

T2. You're in Constanta, so you should find some info about the city. Try and find out what was the name of the city in the past and who finally changed it to Constanta.

T3. Talk to some local people and find out which are the most successful businesses in Constanța. You should find the name of the business and the activity domain.

T4. Go to a shop and find the price of a very popular product that's typically used by the youth.

T5. Talk to local people and find out which minorities live in Constanta.

Thanks guys! Please be safe, wear the masks when necessary.

P.S. Take care and have fun!