!!Freguesia de Vila Real de Santo António Algarve, Portugal

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WELCOME!! We are really very happy, that you join us in our first EVS Project, MOVING

EXCHANGES!

First of all, thank you for embracing this project with us.

We want this project to give you space to learn from each other but essentially to

implement your ideas as part of our activities. Here, in this InfoPack, you will find “key

points” about our project.

We are waiting for you, enjoy your reading! ☺

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GENERAL INFORMATION!ORGANISER: Freguesia de Vila Real de Santo António (Algarve, Portugal) !THEMES:

• Enhance Social Inclusion, Equal Opportunities and Participation in Sports • Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) • Creativity and Culture !

PROJECT CODE: 2016-1-PT02-KA105-003183 !PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Spain, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. !NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS: Total: 6 (3 in 2016 and other 3 in 2017 – 1 for each partner association) !DATES AND DURATION 6 months – First round: 20th June 2016 – 20th December 2016

Second round: 13th March2017 – 13th September 2017 !!

WHO ARE WE?!! The Vila Real de Santo Antonio’s Parish (VRSA Parish) is a public body, non-profit;

Local. The VRSA Parish provides various administrative support services to the

population (issuing and confirmation certificates, document authentication, voter

registration control) but in addition to these skills, we promote and support the

development of various social, cultural, sport and youth activities, with clear

interest for the entire country population and also to all visitors. Our team, GAJUCE,

aims to assist the Executive of the VRSA Parish to implement and streamline their

actions. GAJUCE has its physical working space in a headquarters building room of VRSA

Parish, although some of their work is done abroad, either due to stimulation of

activities they are involved in, either by monitoring other action relating to other

services of VRSA Parish. At this point the GAJUCE consists of two elements:

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RITA BARRADA – Degree in Education Science, at the University of Évora, Técnica

de Educação. She has Experience in the areas of youth participation and non-formal education.

She’s Responsible for creating and implementing projects in the field of youth and culture,

within the GAJUCE and in this project she will have the role of coordinator.

ANDRÉ OLIVEIRA – Degree in Literature Languages and Cultures at the University of

Algarve, graduate in Communication, Culture and Art, in the University of Algarve. He is

Responsible for creating and implementing projects in the areas of youth and culture, GAJUCE.

In this project he will have the role of mentor and supervisor.

BRUNO CAVACO – Degree in Marketing Management at the ISCTE – Lisbon University

institute. He is helping creating and implementing projects in the field of youth and culture

within GAJUCE and lending a hand in the VRSA parish. In this project he is taking care of

recording the activities of the volunteers as well as any help they could need.

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THE PLACE!VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO, Algarve, Portugal

Vila Real de Santo Antonio (VRSA), old town of fishermen previously called Santo

Antonio de Arenilha, currently has around 12.000 habitants. Today, it is one of the most

touristic successful towns in Portugal, with numerous esplanades that provide a relaxed

feeling. At the town, or by the sea, VRSA soaks its feet on the waters of the Guadiana

River, leans over the dunes of Monte Gordo and watches the Atlantic Ocean on Cacela

Velha’s fortress.

The beach it’s warm and nice! Vila Real de Santo António may be a quiet peaceful

town, especially in winter, but transforms itself during summer presenting itself as an

energetic, vibrant and lively town. With an economy based on tourism, restoration and

commerce, VRSA it’s a town rich in history, with good gastronomy, a pleasant night life

and with an unsurpassable life quality. We can find Faro at 63 km, which is the capital

of the Algarve region, where the International Faro Airport and the Algarve University

are located.

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At a cultural level it is a very interesting town, having in mind the number of

monuments and cultural places of interest. The Historic Archive, the Antonio Aleixo

Cultural Center, the royal square, the folk house among others are the ones that stand

out the most.

The VRSA parish council is located at the town center, near the main places of

interest. There are restaurants, shops, cafés and the more important places near it.

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The volunteers will be allocated to different activities classified into three

distinct areas: sports and social nature; pedagogical and social and youth participation;

and cultural/artistic nature. The next activities will be held in summer, in which our

participants will take part of.

! ENCONTROS AO LARGO - is a cultural and artistic event that fills some of

the summer nights of our Parish. It ranges from music, to painting, through dance and

the alternative arts. It’s a rule that the program is full of diverse and thematic shows,

so as to cover the varied tastes of the population;

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FÉRIAS EM MOVIMENTO - a project focused on the areas of physical activity,

health education, learning and socialization of children and young people. It allows

young people enjoy a daily program of fun and dynamic activities during the summer. It

aims to improve the quality of life and well-being, promoting the learning of a set of

new knowledge in the field of physical activity, nature, society and motivate for

cooperation and social relationships. The participants will be in direct contact with

children from 6 to 14 years old and with the monitors and the teachers.

This activity is also held in one week between March and April, on Easter

vacations;

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NOITES DE LUA CHEIA – it’s an activity that is already indispensable in the

summer of our parish. They are nights consisting of a nice moonlight stroll;

BIBLIOTECA DA PRAIA DE SANTO ANTÓNIO - is a free service that

provides daily press, diverse literature and a toy library, to all citizens who frequent the

beach of San Antonio, located in our parish, in order to promote reading habits and

games for children in a place where, as a rule, don’t make use of this possibility;

ANIMAÇÃO DESPORTIVA DA PRAIA DE SANTO ANTÓNIO - sports

animation consists of a number of different activities that aim to promote the love of

sport and physical activity during vacation. For the realization of this dynamic, they are

installed on the beach with the adequate equipment that together with a serious

monitoring, give wings to the most diverse sporting activities, events and the

organization of tournaments and group classes.

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Both activities take place in the beach of Santo António with and

for people of all ages!

You can also relax, take some sunbath and go swimming in the sea! ☺

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PROJECT DETAILS!!WORKING METHODS: Moving Exchanges VRSA is based on the principles of non-

formal education. To recognize and validate the learning process realized by the

volunteers involved in our project, we will use Youthpass.

To be successful this will require participants to have an active input in sharing

knowledge and experience, and to be willing to learn new skills from each other. The

methods employed will include:

★ Verbal and visual presentations;

★ Small group discussions;

★ Game playing;

★ Study visits;

★ Cultural presentations.

! OBJECTIVES:

✋ Promote European values, citizenship, equality and inclusion, youth

participation;

✋ We want our activities to become richer when it comes to sharing experience,

knowledge and international experiences;

✋ Produce positive and lasting effects on participants of activities, partner

organizations involved and the wider community;

✋ Sharing of knowledge and experience.

!VOLUNTEER PROFILE: The fact that the volunteers have previous experience in the

areas of sport, sociality, and education and cultural will not be a deciding factor, such as

speaking the English language will be considered a plus, as we believe that the most

relevant point will be the motivation and the will to learn and contribute to the

project.

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Factors such as sex, religion and sexual orientation are not important to us, just

like the previous experience. We are ready to welcome volunteers with fewer chances,

based on social, economic and cultural aspects.

We pretend to offer opportunities to these young people with the purpose of

expanding their horizons promote their personal and professional growth and expand

their European conscience and active citizenship.

!TRANSPORTATION:

Fly to Faro, Portugal, your organization will suggest you the best solution. Please,

inform us as soon as possible how are you going to get to Faro. Faro’s trip to Vila Real de

Santo António will be paid by us. Very important is that you KEEP ALL THE BILLS,

TICKETS AND BOARDING PASSES from your travel, so that we were able to reimburse

you the costs.

!PROJECT COSTS:

The food, accommodation and pocket money will be fully provided and paid by

the organizers. Sending organizations will be responsible for the preparation and

monitoring of volunteers. These still have the responsibility to register volunteers in

Cigna Health Insurance.

♦ POCKET MONEY: €100 per month by person

♦ FOOD: €140 per month by person

!ACCOMODATION:

The accommodation is in Vila Real de Santo António. All the participants will be

accommodated in an apartment. It will be a house with 2 bedrooms (for 3 persons),

living room, kitchen, bathroom and all required conditions and equipped with basic

furniture and accessories.

Soon we will give you news about the accommodation!

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WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING?! In order to everybody have a really good time, we would like you to bring some

things which we believe are important for the participation of all participants and for

the success of the project:

A typical taste (typical drink or snack) of your Country for the “intercultural

evening”;

Cameras, laptops and other equipment making life and work easier;

Information about the organization you come from (brochures, PowerPoint

presentation, video, photos…);

Information about your country (books, brochures, posters, postcards, video,

PowerPoint presentation, music…);

Comfortable clothes – our summer is very hot (30 degrees up!) and winter is cold

in the winter (10 degrees);

Endless amounts of good mood and motivation for work and leisure!

!We hope that this project contributes to a new life experience, hoping that

everyone involved can acquire different types of competences with the purpose

that the volunteers can replicate these activities in their own country. We hope

that this project can have a positive impact in a local, regional and national/

international level. We also hope to create a solid contact network with our

partners to future projects, the international dimension of the activities in the

youth sector and strengthen the capacity of the organizations involved.

!We wish you all nice preparations, nice trips and we are

looking forward to meet you soon!!

See you very soon!!

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CONTACT LIST!!MAILING LIST:

GAJUCE - gabinetejuventudefreguesiavrsa@gmail.com

ANDRÉ DE OLIVEIRA - andreoliveira.freguesiavrsa@gmail.com

RITA BARRADA - ritabarrada.juntafreguesiavrsa@gmail.com

BRUNO CAVACO – bruno.h.cavaco@gmail.com

!PHONE NUMBERS:

Junta de Freguesia de VRSA - (+351)962881651

!WEB SITE INFORMATION: !http://www.cm-vrsa.pt/pt/Default.aspx https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila_Real_de_Santo_António http://www.turismodeportugal.pt/Português/Pages/Homepage.aspx http://www.visitalgarve.pt https://www.facebook.com/freguesiadevrsa http://www.turismodoalgarve.pt/home.html https://www.facebook.com/Moving-Exchanges-Freguesia-VRSA-273560413009917/ !!!!

!If you have any questions contact us!

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