Please to meet you, Sirena

Sirena is an association of students from the Faculty of Koper. It was founded on April 12, 2005 by three students who wanted to find in college Koper several extracurricular events. The main objective of the organization is through the implementation of significant extracurricular activities complement and enrich the university study.

Our activities include the organization of the freshman week, picnicking, mountain expeditions, various workshops, roundtables, a newsletter for students of our college (PEFeron), an online forum for our students (PeForator), encourage and support the participation of our students in youth exchanges, sports events, among others.

And now for something completely different.. here is Euocircle

Founded in 1993 in Berlin, since 2006 EUROCIRCLE is a European NGO that develops and produces transnational projects, particularly in the field of international youth mobility. These projects aim to foster the emergence of European citizenship, intercultural based on the values ​​of tolerance, equality, peace, ecology and solidarity.

Introducing Vicolocorto

VICOLOCORTO is a non-political, non profitable youth cultural association, based in Pesaro (Italy) and mainly working in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, but also spread information and involves young people at regional and national level.

His specialization in youth work concerns the education and mobility fields.

From Spain

ENG: consortia.es (Nepres Nature XXI Group) is an organization based in Seville, Spain, created in 2006 by a group of experienced European Programmes Management technicians. We offer guidance to the actions of companies, governmental entities, education centres, non-profit organizations and volunteering organizations from EU. countries who are interested in developing an European project.
Our daily activity is focused on the promotion and management of projects framed in four different activity areas:

1. European Programmes: Lifelong Learning Programme, Youth in Action Programme and Culture Programme, acting as coordinating, sending and hosting partner.

2. Language courses: Our language school offers different levels of Spanish courses to the students and professionals who come to Andalucía to study the Spanish language and to improve their professional competences.

3. Volunteering: We develop international volunteering projects (EVS), National Work camps and Social Dialogue events, such as the Annual Volunteering Fair in Seville.

4. Envinronment & Sustainable Development

These are the spanish participants:

· I'm Dani, I’m 20 years old. I'm from Arahal, a town of Seville. I'm studying Geography and LandMmanagement at the University of Seville. In this exchange I would like to get a global vision of cultural diversity in Europe.

· Hello! My name is Cristina, I am 21 and I am from Arahal. I decided to go to Portugal because I want to have a good experience living with other people from other countries.

· Hello! My name is Clara, I'm from Arahal in Seville. I am currently studying Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Seville. I'm in this exchange to meet other people and their cultures, interacting with other Europeans. My fear I have is to share private space with people who don’t speak my language and I don’t know if we could understand each other… But I’ll try to bring an open mind and desire to have fun!

· My name is Ana and I’m from Cádiz (Andalusia). I would like to participate in this cultural event in order to gain both personal and professional experience. I am very interested in meeting people from different countries as I think they can help me to know their culture as well as give me new ideas. I also hope to share my own ideas about the topic of the meeting with people from different cultures as well as give them information about my culture.

· My name is José Manuel Pastor Bermúdez and I´m 20 years old. I´m form Arahal, a little city near Seville, my Spanish mates come from there too. I live in a house with my mother, my brother and my sister. At the moment I´m an architecture student in the Universidad de Sevilla, and the next year I´m going to do my fourth course there. Going to “Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step” in Setubal I hope to meet a lot of people, who are coming from many different countries. I´d like to learn how are they, what do they think about environment, ecological things, for example, cities, food… and, where are we going to with all of the ambient science, of course. Finally, I know that sounds incredible, but I want to go to Portugal because I´ve never been there and I´d like to know how is our neighbor country.

"Put on your walking shoes and take the next step" on press (5)

Os 36 jovens participantes provenientes da Espanha, França, Itália, Eslovénia, Noruega e Portugal apresentaram no dia 28 de Setembro, na Escola Profissional de Setúbal, as conclusões e ideias recolhidas no âmbito do intercâmbio europeu "Put on your walking shoes and take the next step", em que a Experimentáculo promoveu workshops e caminhadas pela Arrábida, Tróia, Sesimbra e o Arco Ribeirinho Sul.

More > http://www.rostos.pt/inicio2.asp?cronica=94486&mostra=2

"Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step" on press (4)

Durante semana e meia cerca de quatro dezenas de jovens provenientes de vários países europeus visitarão o distrito de Setúbal.

More > http://www.osetubalense.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=539&id=18287&idSeccao=4032&Action=noticia

Press conference (1)

On press > here

Facebook group

Right over here.

Photos from APV (1)

"Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step" on press (3)

Os representantes das associações envolvidas no intercâmbio europeu Put on your walking shoes and take the next step estão “ansiosos” por explorar o “potencial imenso” da região de Setúbal. Durante a visita de preparação antecipada que decorreu entre 10 e 12 de Setembro, os responsáveis de cada associação parceira do projecto puderam conhecer a cidade e um pouco da região, bem como visitar as instalações onde vão permanecer durante o intercâmbio e discutir os respectivos pormenores.

more > http://www.setubalnarede.pt/content/index.php?action=articlesDetailFo&rec=13063

"Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step" on press (2)

A associação norueguesa Nuo vai substituir o International Research and Development Club da universidade de Ankara, Turquia, no intercâmbio europeu de jovens sobre o desenvolvimento da região de Setúbal intitulado Put on your walking shoes and take the next step. Pedro Soares, presidente da Experimentáculo, associação promotora da iniciativa, explica ao “Setúbal na Rede” que isso se deveu à “impossibilidade de os participantes turcos conseguirem os vistos para entrarem em Portugal em tempo útil”.

more > http://www.setubalnarede.pt/content/index.php?action=articlesDetailFo&rec=12994

Program

"Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step" on press (1)

A cidade de Setúbal vai acolher o projecto europeu Put on your walking shoes and take the next step, entre os dias 21 e 29 de Setembro, no qual 36 jovens irão “contactar de perto com a realidade social, política e cultural” da região e procurar chegar a “algumas conclusões para o seu desenvolvimento sustentável e equilibrado”. Pedro Soares, presidente da Experimentáculo, a associação promotora da iniciativa, explica ao “Setúbal na Rede” que a ideia deste tema surgiu com a “posição em que Setúbal se encontra actualmente”, decorrentes dos vários investimentos públicos e privados previstos, como o novo aeroporto, a terceira travessia sobre o Tejo ou os resorts turísticos na costa alentejana.

more > http://www.setubalnarede.pt/content/index.php?action=articlesDetailFo&rec=12649

Summary

The project Put on your walking shoes... and take the next step will be held in Setúbal, Portugal, during a period of 10 days in September 2010. This project will bring together 36 participants from 6 European countries.

Setúbal is the eighth largest district in Portugal and currently is the region with the highest propensity of development. While the world is experiencing a serious financial crisis, the portuguese Government has planned a strategic approach based on Setubal, with an unrivaled investment crucial to the development of the country.

Setubal is a region of great natural wealth and diversity, since it lies along the Atlantic ocean, is crossed by the river Sado and counts on both Arrábida mountain range and Grândola mountain range. For all those mentioned above, it´s essential to have attention to the environmental impact of this strategic plan.

The aim is to promote intercultural dialogue and good environmental practices by direct contact with nature and with the portuguese social and cultural identity, using tools of non-formal education, developing a new sense of active dialogue, stimulating the youth and the population for a sense of active citizenship.

The walks by those sites will be a key tool to implement this challenge, especially through activities such as: energizers, break the ice games, workshops and problem solving together. However, as the title suggests, will be given a community dimension to the project, in which young people can discuss their conclusions with the community and its entities.