Simulation Games: Seeking Asylum
International Training Course
When? Where? With whom?
Dates: October, 9th – 16th, 2016
Location: Sumy region, Okhtyrka area, Ukraine
Who: youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, educators from Sweden, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Croatia, Romania, and Turkey
Project idea
The International Training Course is designed to help youth leaders and youth workers, trainers and educators to learn how they can use simulation games (role play simulation games) to teach young people the issue of forced migration and refugees; to help their integration into local communities and to prevent or solve conflicts between the locals and forced migrants.
The European migration crisis or European refugee crisis began in 2015, when a rising number of refugees and migrants made the journey to the European Union to seek asylum, traveling across the Mediterranean Sea, or through Southeast Europe. Local armed conflicts, such as the one in Eastern Ukraine (ongoing since 2014) or in Georgia (in 2008) always lead to such consequences when people are forced to leave their homes and to seek refuge in another area in their own country or a asylum abroad. Thus the interactions between locals and migrants is a very critical issue when many open and hidden problems emerge. Communities from all over the Europe should work on solutions to overcome challenges connected with today's phenomenon of forced migration.
The participants of the TC will learn about the method of the role-play simulation games: how to use, how to adapt for the certain learning purposes, and how to create their own simulation activities based on the local realities. We will start with more abstract simulations and then will continue to develop the games and simulations that will help to prevent or to solve existing conflict between locals and forced migrants.
Aims and objectives
- to discover the challenges which appear in the communities in Europe connected with the forced migration and refugees and to look for solutions to these challenges;
- to learn about how youth can be active on the local level to help in the integration of the forced migrants;
- to learn about the role-play simulation games method (structure, specifics, usage, adaptation for the certain needs, creation of the games) and how it can be used to prevent or solve problematic issues connected with forced migration;
- to create new role play simulation activities based on the participants’ realities which will be used in future for prevention or solving local conflicts connected with forced migration.
Programme
Participants
The participants background:
- youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, educators and migrants who have direct access to young people to multiply new experience and skills in their communities;
- to have connection with community which is linked to the issue of forced migrants, refugees;
- to get support from their sending organisations in the implementing of future activities based on the experience gained in the TC;
- to be motivated to take part in the TC and to be personally interested in the topic of the TC;
- to be motivated to implement knowledge gained in the TC back in the domestic communities;
- to be motivated to build and support international partnerships that will be initiated during the TC for perspective Erasmus+ projects.
Practicalities
Accommodation: the participants will be lodged in rooms for 3 people in the house park “Slavna” (Sumy region, Okhtyrka area).
Food: you will have three meals and two coffee-breaks a day. Please, inform about your food habits and needs (fast, vegetarian, vegan etc).
Working language: English.
Internet Access: there will be free wi-fi awailable in the hotel.
Plugs: the type of the plugs in Ukraine is European. Make sure that you have adapters for your electrical devises.
What to bring with you:
- “Standard international project equipment”: an alarm clock, any dictionaries you might require, music, comfortable clothes, personal first aid kit etc;
- To present your country: food, souvenirs and other materials you'll find useful. AUE (coordinating organisation) advocates non-alcohol policy, but we will be happy to sample your national drinks during intercultural night;
- To present your organisation: posters, flyers, pictures etc;
- Additionally we will inform you about the things which you need to prepare and bring for the programme elements.
Crossing the border and identification in Ukraine
While crossing the border you might be asked to provide information about the hosting organization:
Center for European Initiatives
22 Naberezhna r. Strilky Street
40009, Sumy, Ukraine
+38 (0542) 79-86-68
Participants from Ukraine: bring your national IDs (national passport, driver license or student ID card).
Travel arrangements
The day of departure: 16 October 2016
How to get to Ukraine:
The closest airport to Sumy is Kharkiv (HRK). But there are not many flights, so it may be more convenient for you to fly from Kyiv: Boryspil (KBP) or Zhulyany (IEV).
We will organize your trip from the airport to the venue:
1) If you fly to Kharkiv: the trip will take around 2-3 hours (200 UAH ~ 7.5 EUR, one way);
2) If you fly to Kyiv: the trip will take around 6-7 hours (400 UAH ~ 15 EUR, one way).
In case you are coming to Kyiv by bus or train we will also assist with the transfer to the venue.
Ukrainian participants, please plan your trip to Sumy. The trip from the venue to Sumy is around 2 hours (100 UAH ~ 4 EUR, one way).
Before buying any tickets, please contact Larisa Kondratenko (larisa.kondratenko.cei@gmail.com) and provide her information about your travel plans (means, place of arrival, timing, prices). She will consult you about the best travel solutions and will help you to arrange your trip to the venue.
Travel costs
Maximum amounts to be reimbursed (EUR):
Sweden - 275
Armenia - 275
Georgia - 275
Azerbaijan - 275
Romania - 275
Turkey - 275
Croatia - 275
Ukraine - 180
Reimbursement of the travel costs will only be done after submitting all original tickets, receipt/invoices, boarding passes and later sending of the return documents and boarding passes. Save the boarding passes from your airport check in as well. Please, be aware that in case you loose any invoices or tickets we will not be able to reimburse the cost. Reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and receipt/invoice according to the official currency exchange rate of European Commission.
! Note: in case of higher travel cost, you will need to cover excess yourself.
Important: the reimbursement of travel costs for participants will be done via a bank transfer to the bank account, providing we receive all original travel documents within two months after the training.
You are welcome to consult with us before purchasing the tickets. Please make the copies (better scan or photo) of all the tickets and invoices before your arrival to the youth exchange. Email those to Larisa Kondratenko (larisa.kondratenko.cei@gmail.com).
Health insurance
Currency in Ukraine
Weather
Please check the weather forecast before coming and make sure that you have an appropriate cloth.
Hosting place
Sumy
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Partners
- Sweden - Active Ukrainians in Europe
- Ukraine - Center for European Initiatives
- Armenia - Armenian Progressive Youth
- Georgia - Student-Youth Council
- Romania - C.A.D.D.R.U.
- Turkey - Genclik ve Degisim Dernegi
- Azerbaijan - AIESEC
- Croatia - LUMEN
Contacts
Yuliya Usova – coordinator of the project from coordinating organization Active Ukrainian in Europe, actukreu@gmail.com
Larisa Kondratenko – logistic support of the project from hosting organization Center for European Initiatives, larisa.kondratenko.cei@gmail.com