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The European Youth Parliament (EYP) Sophienstr. 28-29 10178 Berlin Germany

www.eypej.org [email protected]

The European Youth Parliament Georgia Batumi 3rd International Forum 2 Melikishvili Avenue 0179 Tbilisi www.eyp.org.ge [email protected]

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Batumi and its vicinity is one of the important tourism and resort zones on the Georgian Black Sea littoral. The climate is humid subtropical. The low annual change of temperature, with a warm winter and hot summer is a characteristic of the city. The average annual temperature is 14,5C. The average temperature in January, the coldest month, is 7,1C and in August, the warmest month, 23,2 C. The annual precipitation is 2560 mm. Showers are frequent. It rarely snows but when it does, the snow melts easily. The average annual temperature of the sea is 16,7 C at the shore.

More info is available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batumi http://www.virtualtour.ge/BatumiCityTour/ http://visitadjara.com/ http://www.hansrossel.com/travel-information/georgiatbilisi/batumi.htm http://batumitravelguide.blogspot.com/

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Accomodation: Batumi, a beautiful town, located at the Black Sea coast; easily charms the visitors. The town, surrounded by the splendid aroma of the sea, magnolia and acacia is attractive and fascinating all around the year. In the case of your business trip or leisure is planned, the Hotel “Era Palace” is the best choice. Eight storied hotel with 6 sorts of comfortably designed 39 rooms (with WIFI access) is located in the center of Batumi, in one of the main streets, giving possibility to move and reach any place of the town easy and freely. There are many trade and entertainment centers around the hotel. Batumi International Airport, Business centers or any other recreation places are in several minutes’ way. You need no more 5 minutes walk to reach the Black Sea coast via Batumi Boulevard. We provide high class service at “Era Palace” to remain the best memories about your visit to Batumi. Feel comfortably at “Era Palace” (see more: http://erapalace.com/geo/index.php?lang=en)

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE? Given that the organizing team has diligently worked on the forum for several months, it is our

utmost honor to announce call for participants open.

Travel costs to and from the session are at participants own expense. Officials are asked to arrive one

day prior to the session to take part in officials’ teambuilding.

Participation fee for foreign officials is 50 euros, for delegates it amounts only 70 euros.

Selected officials from Georgia should pay 40 euros, for delegates it costs 50 euros.

Deadline for board members is 30th of May, but for officials 5th of June.

Delegates should apply before 12th of June.

Applications are to be sent to: [email protected]

Online applications are also available:

Application Form for Delegates: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdKelFqVHJDZng1NDZ0NzJwMGVGZnc6MQ

Application Form for Jounos and Editors: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEM3ZEpuX0Q4NGsyY0dxVmVGNUNpMWc6MQ

Application From for Chais, Vice President and President:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs5T2VHc2IwWHdHUlMtZE9uZ2phWmc6MQ

In case of having questions do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected]

Head organizers’ private contacts are also available in case of emergency:

Mariam Chikhladze Vakhtang Tsanava

[email protected] [email protected]

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TRAVEL INFORMATION:

How to Reach Georgia:

Georgia is not that far and East as it may seem while having a glance at the map of Europe.

There are 2 ways you can use to reach Georgia. In case you prefer arriving in Tbilisi, transfer to Batumi is

covered for the forum participants.

• AIR WAYS TO GEORGIA

Flights from the centre of Europe take around 3-4

hours, daily flights to Tbilisi

(http://www.tbilisiairport.com/ ) are from Kiev,

Munich, Istanbul, Riga and Baku. Aktau; Alma-

Ata, Amsterdam, Athens, Dnepropetrovsk,

Donetsk, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kharkov,

London, Nicosia, Minsk, Munich, Paris, Prague,

Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Yerevan are also linked to

Tbilisi via non-stop flights. Batumi International

Airport

(http://www.batumiairport.com/ ) operates daily

flights with Kiev and Istanbul.

• ROAD WAYS TO GEORGIA

Daily buses to Tbilisi depart from Salonika,

Baku, Istanbul, Ankara, Trabzon and Yerevan.

From Athens buses depart several times a week.

International railway connections are available

from Azerbaijan and Armenia

(http://www.railway.ge/index.php?lang=en ). In

the nearest future railway main line will enable

Georgia to be connected with Turkey.

Georgia is directly connected to turkey via

highway which will enable participants from the

Balkans to travel by car to Georgia.

• SEA WAYS TO GEORGIA

Another option for getting to Georgia is by

sea.

Georgia’s main port Poti receives ferries from

Ukrainian ports of Ilichevsk and Odessa

(http://www.potiseaport.com/?psp-lang=en ).

Departures are twice a week and is financially

and logistically convenient for Eastern

European participants.

Booking your flight to Georgia:

Airplane ticket prices to Georgia are relatively

high in comparison with Western Europe.

However, early booking, or special offers e.g.

by AirBaltic may reduce your travel costs.

Most of the delegation could take a cheap

Ryanair flight to Riga and travel Via Riga.

Another option is Wizzair cheap flight to

Ukraine and getting via Kiyv to Georgia.The

following air companies fly to Tbilisi

International airport on a regular basis:

Turkish Airlines

(http://www.turkishairlines.com/ ),

Lufthansa

(http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh_

com/de/homepage),

Austrian Airlines

(http://www.aua.com/ge/eng )

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Entry visa to Georgia is not required for

staying up to 360 days for nationals of: the

European Union Member States, Andorra,

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Iceland

Moldova, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland,

Turkey, and Ukraine. Citizens of states not

mentioned above will be required to obtain

visa either in the Georgian consulates in their

home countries (Citizens of the Russian

federation via the Swiss embassy in Moscow)

or once they arrive at Tbilisi or Batumi

International Airports. Checkpoints are also

available in Batumi and Poti ports and on the

border with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The visa fee is 100 GEL/40 EUR. The

procedures for issuing the visa take no longer

than 1o minutes.

Money: Georgia’s currency is Lari, sub-

divided into 100 Tetri. One Lari is roughly 2.3

Euros and 1.7 USD (8/09/ 2010). Currency can

be changed easily across the city and there is

no quantity limit. Credit & debit cards are

accepted in hotels.

Telephone: Country code: 995. Area code for Borgomi: 267. Coverage is good and extends the whole region.

Sky Georgia

(http://www.skygeorgia.org/index_en.html ),

Airzena Georgian Airways

(www.airzena.com ),

Czech Airlines

(http://www.czechairlines.com/en/worldwide/p

ortal_intropage.html/),

Aerosvit (www.aerosvit.com ),

Belavia (http://belavia.by/ ),

Air Baltic (www.airbaltic.com ),

Ukraine International Airlines

(http://www.ukraine-international.com/ ).

Newly launched railway station “Airport” is

the cheapest and the easiest mean of

transportation as it connects Tbilisi central

railway station with the airport. It is located 70

meters away from the airport building. The

train departs every two hours and costs 50

Tetris or 20 Euro cents.

Shuttle from the airport -

http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=E

NG&sec_id=2720

Buses in Tbilisi -

http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=E

NG&sec_id=2718

Subway -

http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=E

NG&sec_id=2719