Exchange in Lyon

“Getting employed – the non formal way”

AEGEE Lyon in partnership with YuE and HED will be organizing a youth exchange “Getting employed – the non formal way” in Lyon, from 20th till 26th May 2012. The partner countries are France, Georgia, Albania and Bulgaria. The main objective of the project is to enable young people coming from 4 very different countries to explore different kinds of voluntary work, in order to stress on the importance of social conscience and non formal skills in a person’s employability, and encourage young people to get involved in voluntary projects in their home towns.

Programme

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
ARRIVALIntroduction games/
ice breaking games- AEGEE-Lyon will present AEGEE in general, its aim, missions and objectives.- Presentation of the programme of the week, which will have been sent beforehand to the participants.
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00 – 14:00: Meeting with members of a cultural association- introduction about the association; work & commitment of the volunteers
– kind of taks they do                        – participants take an active role
9h-11h30: Learning process and learning expectations 9h-13h: Voluntary work – a valuable and evaluable experience?
Coffee Break
12h-13h30: teambuilding games
Lunch Lunch Lunch
15:00-18:00:
– Reflexion about the morning voluntary session.
15h-18h: Inspirational session: speach of people who have been actvive in volunteer work and who will share wth the participants their stories. 14:00 – 17:00:
Participant will come back to the same association (A) of the first time and help in the activities that members have (cleaning the cultural space, organising activities…)
Break Coffee Break
18:00 – 20:00: City rally in Lyon. 19-20: preparation for the cultural night & free time 18h-20h: Reflexion session about the afternoon activities
Mid-evaluation
Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Social Program Cultural night:
France will present its country
Cultural night: Albania
will present its country
Social Program

 

Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9h-13h: Visit at an association (B) acting for social integration of young people. Introduction and help in giving language classes 9:00 – 13:00: Discussion with EVS from an ONG in Lyon. Presentation of European Volunteer Service by the volunteers and questions/answers with participants 9h-11h30: Game exchange among cultures. 9h-12h : “Different but Together”
Coffee Break
12h-13h30: Youth in Action presentation
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
15:00 – 17:00: Reflexion about the morning session 15h-17h: Rally of Lyon II & cultural visits 15:00 – 19:00: Reflexion about the previous voluntary experiences (volunteering & new skills) 14h-16h: Conclusion about voluntary work and employment.(in the university, open to young people)
Coffee Break
18:00 – 20:00:  What is YOUR Europe? (teambuilding session on European topic) 17h30-19h: Reflexion about the morning session 19h-20h: visualizing and choosing the pictures for the flyer 17h-19h: Evaluation session
Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Cultural night:
Georgia will present its country
Cultural night:
Bulgaria will present its country
International cultural  night Social night