International Participants wanted for large Summercamp in Lithuania, August 16th to 24th 2007
SILBA hereby invites 35 participants from all over Europe to participate in our large Summercamp held in Lithuania from Thursday 16th of August to Friday 24th of August.
We are looking for:
. 35 participants, (age 16-35, both genders) from political or politics related youth organisations from all over Europe (incl. South Caucasus). The camp is held in a forest in Lithuania. We will sleep in tents. We will transport you from Vilnius and back to Vilnius. We will provide you with tents, sleeping bags, air madrases, food, and materials and a great programme.
Special offer!!!
By "coincidence" a huge rock concert "Be2Gether" is held in Norviliskes 80 km from Vilnius, near the border to Belarus, from Friday 24th in the afternoon to Sunday 26th of August, just when our summercamp ends. (If you want, you are welcome to go back to Belarus directly after the camp). But if you would rather like to continue the fun, come with us in our rented busses to the concert. We will bring all the tents and stuff and build up our tent camp at the rock-concert Friday 24th and stay
until Sunday 26th. We will pay the tent fee (20 litas) for you, provided that you stay with us in our joint tent camp. (There is a participation fee of 88 litas = 26 Euro).
The camp itself will consist of 3+1 teams:
. Team Mogilev with 35 participants consisting of 3-7 members from 5-10 different youth organisations
. Team Grodno with 35 participants consisting of 3-7 members from 5-10 different youth organisations
. The International team consisting of 35 participants from different European countries
. and The organizer team consisting of 15-20 Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Dutch, Lithuanians and Belarusians.
We are inviting 70 Belarusians from Mogilev and Grodno regions and 35 participants from all over Europe to come as the third team. If you have friends in Belarus, you are welcome to invite them as well. They will have to apply as everyone else. If they live in Mogilev/Grodno their participation will be decided by the regional recruiting officer in Mogilev/Grodno. If your Belarusian friend is from another region, he/she will join the International team.
If your Belarusian friends are from Mogilev/Grodno, they will then become your "enemy" at least for some of the time. There will however be plenty of time hanging out with old friends as well as making new friends.
The camp concept:
The camps 3 teams will compete against each other in a 7-days long "teambuilding game" to become the winners (the best at teambuilding) . Each team will during 4 of the days and nights be living on their own in 3 separate team-camps. The teams will live in the main camp for 3 days, during their preparations and during the evaluation.
The 3 competing camps will be fighting against each other to score points. To complicate the game the point are called "funny money" which also function as the currency in the camp, with which the team has to "buy" everything. The team that has most points (funny money) left, in the end of the game is the winner. The specific rules will be available in writing for all participants before the camp starts, making sure that everybody understands the game-rules.
The teams can win funny-money by:
. Taking one of the 3 flags of the other team(s)
. Catching someone from another team and taking of his/her armband (the looser has to leave the game for a period)
. Building something everyday (everyday the three teams are told to build boats, towers, bridges etc.)
. Winning during the "afternoon games" held every day (dividing the region-team in smaller groups for participation in several simultaneous games)
. Be good at cooperating, communication, delegating, involving everybody in each team
. Be good at cleaning up the team camps after the end of the game
During the game the teams have to use funny-money to:
. Buy better food (than the boring pasta and bread you get for free)
. Buy materials for the building jobs
. Buy materials for the camp infrastructure and defence
. Pay to have killed team mates freed from jail so that they can come back to the team (The price falls the longer you wait to free them)
How to become a participant?
Visit www.silba.dk and read about the camp in the "News". Here you will find a link to the "application form". Your application form will be sent to Denmark and sorted according to region.
http://www.silba. dk/index. phtml?sek_ id=94
After the deadline announced at the website, we will decide the names of the 35 applicants from each team who are accepted as participants and inform everyone if they have been accepted (or not). The accepted participants will then be contacted about time of arrival / departure.
We will reimburse:
. Visa expenses (single entry visas)
. Health insurance (16th of August to 26th of August) (only Caucasians/Russians /Ukrainians/ Moldavians)
. Transport from Vilnius to the camp in a rented bus / cars (depending on your arrival / departure)
. Transport from the camp to Vilnius (for those who do not go to the rock concert)
. Train from Vilnius to Mogilev and bus to Grodno (for those who do not go to the rock concert)
We are NOT reimbursing:
. Local transport in your own country / region
. International transport (plane/bus/train/ car) to/from Vilnius
. Health insurance for EU citizens
. Personal belongings that are forgotten, lost, broken, stolen or ruined during the travel or stay in the camp or concert
Visa to Lithuania
Lithuania is an EU country, but not yet a Schengen
If you need a visainvitation, contact
jakob.knudsen@ silba.dk
(SILBA is NOT reimbursing visa expenses and/or heath insurances for international participants / Belarusians from other regions than Mogilev/Grodno)
Participation fee:
If you are from South Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia or Moldova: Each participant shall bring one litre of good quality national drink/wine, (not refunded) which we will bring to Scandinavia and serve it during our Awareness Projects (lectures about the countries in which we work), where we try to make more Scandinavians aware of the situation in your country. (The alcohol/wine will not be used in the camp!). Also bring good mood, the will to cooperate with your colleagues from your team and the will to fight for your team. If possible bring the flags and symbols of your organisation (to decorate the camp). If you are going to the Rock Concert, bring your national flagg!!!
If you are from EU countries:
Bring good mood, the will to cooperate with your colleagues from your team and the will to fight for your team. If possible bring the flags and symbols of your organisation (to decorate the camp). If you are going to the Rock Concert, bring your national flagg!!!
Alcohol policy
Participants are forbidden to bring their own alcohol to the camp. The organisers will organise parties during the camp with available drinks (punch and beers), so you don't have to bring your own alcohol. Don't worry; we know how to throw a good party.
Click here to apply to participate:
http://www.silba. dk/index. phtml?sek_ id=94
I hope to see you in Lithuania
Jakob Knudsen, Head of Office
SILBA
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