Youth Exchange ParkArt, in Krsko, Slovenia - August 2011

Name:       “ParkArt”

Duration:     12 – 19 August 2011

Location:     Krško, Slovenia

Organizers:  MC Krško

Supporters: Youth in Action Programme (Action 1.1.)

Romanian participants:

          - Andrei  (M - team leader)

          - Andreea Nicolaescu  (F)

          - Robert Tanase  (M)

          - Andreea Dragomir  (F)

          - Monica Stan  (F)

Theme and aim:

The 8 days in city of Krško were dedicated to park arrangement, but the evenings brought also some more relaxed activities. One of the aims of the project was also to create space for a lot of socializing with young people and simply having fun. One of the relaxing activities was the field trip to Kostanjevica and a cave in the same area, on a beautiful Sunday. 

In the cultural evening of each country, the "evening host" cooked it's own dish for the rest of the participants and there was a movie night dedicated to art film. 

The project had a devision of work in 3 groups:

1.      Working with wood, making new benches, baskets,...

2.      Working with stone, making a centre mozaik and new pathways ... 

3.      Working with planst/green, arranging grass surface, bushes, flower beds,...
 At the following link you can see some pictures and read, if you know slovenian :) , an article from the local press, about the ParkArt project : http://www.eposavje.com/on/5423-parkart-krsko.html 

The participants managed to set up in the park a carved monument for each partner country involved in the project. In the next picture you can see the Romanian monument...  :) 

More pictures at : http://fbaddfriends.cwahi.net/ParkArt_Exchange/index.html

Testimonial:

„ My name is Andreea and I want to say that the "ParkArt" Youth in Action exchange was an experience that made us, all the participants, very proud. Some unexpierienced young people from 5 different countries, managed to built a park almost from scratch. We did everything: from gardening to sculpture in rock, from cleaning to making benches, from designing to painting. All in all we had fun, we made new friends, while working in the benefit of the community. „

Training Course "All Colours of Peace – Conflict Management Training", ASHA Centre (Gloucestershire) - Ianuarie 2012

Name:       “ALL COLOURS OF PEACE – CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TRAINING”

Duration:     17 – 24 January 2012

Location:     Flaxley, Gloucestershire

Organizers:  ASHA Centre

Supporters: Youth in Action Programme (Action 4.3.)

Romanian participants:

          - Andrei (M)

          - Emilia Radu (F)

          - Marius Jianu (M)

Theme and aim:

The course included a mixture of non‐formal educational methods including theatre, appreciative

inquiry, conflict management (CM) and human rights education, in order to assure high impact on participants and to allow them to benefit both in professional and personal sense.

The course aimed at equipping participants with peace education tools and methods used in conflict management and conflict resolution with young people.

The final outcome of the project increased the use of peace education methods and conflict management to empower young people in participating countries and organisations.

Testimonial:

„ Hello my friends, my name is Marius and I was one of the participants in the project "All colours of peace". It was a different experience for me, because during one week I've been part not only of ASHA Centre, but also of ASHA Spirit. I can say that those people managed to create a wonderful place for living, learning and knowing not only the british life, but also another international marks of culture. As for the project, we had two professional trainers from Albania who in one week teached us a lot about conflicts, about how can we solve a conflict and how conflicts appear and dissappear from the picture. Like in projects I've been before, I found open-minded participants and we had a great week together. My romanians were very good at what they're doing and we promoted Romania as we all love it, with tasty food and nice dances. I hope I'll repeat this experience, it was a great lesson for me ! „