MEDIActive Youth

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Centar za drutveno ekonomski razvoj

adresa: Kralja Petra I br.50, 35000 Jagodina
tel: 035/8843 779, 064/19 19 045
fax: 035/8844 598
e-mail: office@cder.org.rs
web: www.cder.org.rs

ERASMUS + PROGRAMME

Project title:

MEDIActive Youth

TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION GUIDE

October 2015

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Dear Participants, this Info Guide contains the description of the project (in particular the
training course), information about the venue and how to reach Krusevac (Kruevac),
and all other necessary information.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Contact person is
Aleksandar Pavlovic aleksandar@cder.org.rs, Mob. +381 66 971 8548.
In case of emergency on the spot, please contact Aleksandar Pavlovic or Vesna Vuksan
vesnavuksan@gmail.com, Mob. +381 064 164 7731

About the Project

In a world where the role of media has been so great that a term 'mediacracy' (the rule of media) has
been frequently used to describe it, the need for media literacy and media activism of young people and
youth NGOs is apparent. That is the main topic of this project.
AIMS
1: Increasing the capacity of youth organisations/workers in the field of media literacy and media activism
and fostering their active participation in society, as well as fostering intraregional and transregional
cooperation between 11 youth NGOs from 5 Partner and 5 Programme countries from Western Balkans
(WB), Western Europe (WE) and North Europe (NE) regions;
2: Strengthening media promotion of youth policy and democratic values in partner countries on
transregional and European level.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
1. Strengthening human and technical (ICT) resources of 11 youth NGOs in the field of media literacy and
media activism;
2. Creating multilingual OER on media literacy and media activism;
3. Creating a transnational e-Magazine for youth policy and democracy;
4. Establishing strong intraregional and transregional cooperation among partner NGOs.
ACTIVITIES
1. Training course (TC) in media literacy and media activism
2. Creating educative content (OER):
- an online course on media literacy and media activism;
- an online course on how to create blog on youth policy and democracy;
- a database of existing open resources on media literacy/activism.
3. Creating an informative-educative portal. The Portal will consist of:
- a transnational e-Magazine for youth policy and promotion of democratic values;
- knowledge database on media literacy/activism (created through Activity 2).
An e-Magazine will publish media content in English created by the youth workers that attended the TC,
as well as other young people, youth workers and experts. This content will partially contain information
from other websites.
The entire project will last 9 months, from October 1 to June 30, 2016.

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Training Course Description
The goal of the TC is to provide media literacy/activism skills for 33 youth workers from 11 partner NGOs.
Participants will develop: technical competences (the ability to access media), critical skills
(understanding, interpreting and critical evaluation of media content) and practical skills (creating media
contents in particular writing texts for the media; developing and using ICT tools for activities through
the media). They will learn to create media content and a blog. Each partner organization will have its
own blog with texts on youth policy and combating antidemocratic manifestations by the end of the TC.
The participants will also learn to use social networks as vehicles for the media activism.
The TC contains several main parts: 1. Media Literacy and The Power of Media, 2. Youth activism
through media, 3. B(l)ogus adventure, 4. Writing skills, 5. Team building and relaxation activities; 6.
Strengthening cooperation among partners.
The TC will be implemented by different working methods and techniques of non-formal learning
workshops, discussions, practical work (news writing, making a blog), watching media content, case
studies and movie projections, group work, online learning, PPT, icebreakers, energizers
The TC will be conducted by three CDER experts on media, communication and youth policy:
- Aleksandar Pavlovic, PhD, assistant professor in Cultural Studies and Communication at the
Department of Journalism, University Union Nikola Tesla in Belgrade. Education: PhD (Southeast
European Studies), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
- PHD candidate Vesna Vuksan, a trainer and an explorer in the world of creative communications and
digital marketing. Graduate assistant at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.
- Bratislav Kostic, visual communications expert, webmaster, filmmaker, designer. Director of Petroglyph
Studio, visual communications and consulting, Belgrade, Serbia.
Host: Centar za drustveno ekomomski razvoj, CDER (eng. Center for Social and Economic Development)
Location: Krusevac (Serbia)
Duration: 4th-13th December, 2015 (10 days, included travel days)
Working language: English

Partners
11 youth NGOs from the Western Balkans, Western Europe and North Europe regions.
Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro
Youth in Free Initiative
Youth Council Prilep
Youth Center Trebinje
Timok Youth Center
Momentum World Community Interest Company
MT SpeakNow
SOCIALAS INOVACIJAS CENTRS
Haus der offenen Tr
Verein zur Frderung von Kulturaustausch und Nachhaltigkeit in Europa
Center for Social and Economic Development (CDER)

Montenegro
Albania
FYR Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
United Kingdom
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Austria
Serbia

PROJECT LEADER: Center for Social and Economic Development, www.cder.org.rs.

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Participants Profile
Participants would ideally meet the following criteria:
- to be youth workers or youth activists;
- possess certain media literacy/activism knowledge or strong desire to acquire it;
- to be creative, interested and capable to write articles and/or do photography, caricature or the like;
- to be interested in youth policy, especially the problems of youth;
- to be motivated to combat undemocratic incidents;
- to be familiar with the current youth policy situation at local/national level, problems and needs of youth;
- to be interested to deal with issues of youth policy in partner countries and at the European level;
- to be willing to cooperate with their European colleagues;
- to be fluent in English.
It is desirable that the participants bring their own laptop.

Participant fee and travel costs

Accommodation and food: 100% of the food & accommodation costs will be covered.
Travel costs: Page 177 of the E+ Programme Guide defines the ways of financing travel expenses for the
mobility of youth workers carried out within the Capacity building project. It is specified there that finances
for travel expenses are based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated
using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission
(http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm).
Regarding the specified funding rules, the table below shows maximum amount per participant
intended for financing travel costs (from home town to Krusevac and back). Please note that
corresponding amount will be reimbursed by bank transfer immediately after the training course, upon
receiving all ORIGINAL/SCANNED travel receipts (flight tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, boarding
passes...). Missing tickets will not be reimbursed. Please be aware that we cannot reimburse the costs for
the missing tickets.
Number
of
particip
ants

Sending organisation and country

To venue

Distanc
e (km)

Maximum
amount
per partici
pant

TOTAL max.
amount /for all
participants/

Podgorica,
Montenegro

Krusevac,
Serbia

210

180

540

Kukes, Albania

Krusevac,
Serbia

182

180

540

From home/
departure

Association of Youth with Disabilities of

Montenegro, Montenegro

Youth in Free Initiative, Albania

Youth Council Prilep, Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

Prilep, FYR of
Macedonia

Krusevac,
Serbia

249

180

540

Youth Center Trebinje, Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Trebinje,
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Krusevac,
Serbia

261

180

540

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Momentum World Community Interest

Company, United Kingdom

London, UK

Krusevac,
Serbia

1825

275

825

MT Speak Now, Estonia

Tallinn,
Estonia

Krusevac,
Serbia

1778

275

825

SOCIALAS INOVACIJAS CENTRS, Latvia

Daugmale,
Latvia

Krusevac,
Serbia

1488

275

825

Haus der offenen Tr, Germany

Sinzig,
Germany

Krusevac,
Serbia

1314

275

825

Verein zur Frderung von

Kulturaustausch und Nachhaltigkeit in
Europa, Austria

Graz, Austria

Krusevac,
Serbia

610

275

825

Centar za drustveno ekonomski razvoj

Jagodina,
Serbia

Krusevac,
Serbia

44

Timok Youth Center

Zajecar, Serbia

Krusevac,
Serbia

82

Venue
The TC will be held in Krusevac (Kruevac, Cyrillic ). Krusevac is a city and the administrative
center of the Rasina District. It is situated in the central part of Serbia. It is located 197 km south from
Belgrade, Serbian capital and 74 km north from Nis (Ni).
According to the 2011 census, the administrative area has a population of 127,429, while the town has
73,479. It was founded in 1371, by Prince Lazar of Serbia, who used it as his seat.
Krusevac has a very rich past. Archeological park Lazars town and Lazarica church stand out among
many other archeological remains. Slobodiste memorial park, dedicated to the World War II victims is
also considered an important historical site.
For more information about Krusevac, please find attached Tourist Guide.

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Accommodation
The participants will be accommodated in hotel `Dabi` in Krusevac (http://konacistedabi.com/).
The Hotel is located 1, 5 km from the town centre, in a quiet, residential part of Krusevac in the vicinity of
the Sport Centre (swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts), only 10 minutes by foot from all major
attractions in the town. The hotel has been founded in 2007. It has 2 apartments, 16 single bed, 17
double bed and 10 triple bed rooms, caf bar and restaurant, conference hall with 80 seats, dining hall
with 220 seats, laundry and parking space.
Participants will be accommodated in triple and/or double rooms.
! For your registration by the local authorities do not forget to bring your passport or ID with you!
! If you have specific dietary requirements (if you are vegetarian, vegan, allergic to some products
etc.) please let us know as soon as possible.

Money
The domestic currency is RSD (dinar).
Dinar is one and only legal and valid currency in Serbia, so you must exchange your currency to
dinar!
Best way to get Dinars is to exchange you currency upon arrival to Serbia. Exchange Offices in Serbia
are literally on every corner, so they are easy to find. You can also exchange your money in any bank, but
banks usually have lower course than Exchange offices).
*Dinar versus Euro rate fluctuates a bit, but for 1 EUR you will approximately get 120 RSD.
*Exchange offices and banks will not exchange cents or other foreign metal money (coins).

How to reach Krusevac?

1) If you are coming by plane you are most likely arriving to Belgrade Airport (airport `Nikola Tesla`,
www.beg.aero) or Nis (airport `Constantine the Great`, www.nis-airport.com).
In each case you will need to get to the Main Bus station (Glavna autobuska stanica) and take a bus to
Krusevac from there. There are no direct lines from either Belgrade or Nis Airport to Krusevac.
Transportation from the Belgrade airport to the Main Bus Station: http://www.beg.aero/en/strana/8811/bus
! Public transport is the cheapest (1-3 EUR), but it is occasionally irregular. If you would like to use a
registered taxi service, please contact the staff at the information counter and they will call the taxi for you
(taxi service should not be more than 15 EUR, and some offer fixed rate). Please be aware of the wild
taxi drivers that can approach you and offers you a ride that they charge up to 50 Euros!
Transportation from the Nis airport to the Main Bus Station: Nis Airport is located 2,5 kilometers from the
Bus Station and the taxi service in Nis is quite affordable so we reccommend taking a taxi.
2) If you are coming by bus you can arrive in Belgrade or Nis. You will arrive to the Main Bus station, and
you can buy a ticket to Krusevac from there.
Information about tickets and timetable you can find here:

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Main Bus station Belgrade-BAS (http://www.bas.rs/basweb_eng/RedVoznje.aspx?lng=en)
Main Bus station Nis (No online information available)
3) Upon arriving to Krusevac, we recommend taking a taxi to get to the hotel. Taxi station is nearby, and
the service is affordable and costs approximately around 3 EUR.

Useful maps

The Location of Krusevac on the Map of Europe

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The Location of Krusevac compared to Belgrade and Nis

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Distance from Hotel Dabi to the Krusevac Bus Station (the distance is 1,5 km)