Dear friends

The YMCA – Youth in Maribor Culturally Active is a youth exchange, a European event combining sport, European awareness, cultural diversity and ability of working in multicultural teams. The project will be held in Maribor between 15. 3. and 23. 3 .2010. Participants will come from Spain, Italy, Turkey, Lithuania, Cyprus, Hungary and Slovenia.

In nationally mixed teams of four people, participants will discuss the relation between sport and intolerance. They will also participate in team games that develop team spirit, friendship and fair play. Participation in the activities of the exchange will provide an interesting and value-added insight into cultural preservation and openness of our countries, our differences and perception of the European union. Participants will be actively involved in the process of getting to know other cultures, shattering stereotypes and prejudices about a certain culture, creating a desired European citizenship and invoking awareness about ecological problems.

Our aim is to provide a platform where participants can meet, discuss about topics, exchange ideas and build a basis for future cooperation.



AEGEE - Maribor team

Participants

A list of all participants, grouped in countries and organizations.

  • Spain: AEGEE - Madrid
    1. Leader: Alberto Valdavida
    2. Isabel Sodric Golmayo
    3. Alicia Sintas CHeca
    4. Diego Cervantes Garcia de la Cruz
    5. Leurys Emmanuel Jiménez Tejada
    6.  
  • Italy: AEGEE - Catania
    1. Leader: Giuseppe Gianni
    2. Maria Licari
    3. Celeste Franchina
    4. Christian Costantino
    5. Francesco Spampinato
    6.  
  • Turkey: Group ARMONI
    1. Leader: Emine Seda Arslan
    2. Derya Sari
    3. Selçuk Akbas
    4. Abdurrahman Sahin
    5. Ufuk Demirci
    6.  
  • Cyprus: Agros Youth Group
    1. Leader: Nikolas Christofi
    2. Marios Polycarpou
    3. Elena Petridou
    4. Michaelia Avani
    5. Andreas Ioannides
    6.  
  • Portugal:
    1. Leader: Pedro Gabriel Sousa Aguilar Henriques
    2. Élvio Pereira Abreu
    3. Francisco Amaro Macedo Azevedo
    4. Marcio José Chaves Oliveira
    5. Sandra Soraia Silva Gouveia
    6.  
  • Poland: AEGEE - Wroclaw
    1. Leader: Marta Kopij
    2. Natalia Gemza
    3. Olga Kwasnik
    4. Michal Filipek
    5. Michal Wach
    6.  
  • Slovenia: AEGEE - Maribor
    1. Leader: Roman Medved
    2. Tina Krajnc
    3. Ines Ogorevc
    4. Rebeka Breznik
    5. Gregor Susanj
    6.  

Things that you have to bring as participant

  • Sport shoes and gym suit
  • Shoes for snow
  • Warm clothes
  • Sleepers
  • Clothes for parties ;)
    • Typical dress for your country party
    • Red / Yellow / Green clothes for Traffic light party
    • Black and white clothes for the MAFIA black&white party + accesories
    • Clothes for Hawaian beach party
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  • Stuff for your cultural night
    • Traditional national drinks, sweets and food (already prepared food, because you won't be able to cook here)
    • National music or your favorite music on CDs or MP3s
    • Promotional material, movies...
    • Presentation of your association (PowerPoint)
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Programme "YMCA- Youth in Maribor Cultural Active"

  • Day 1 - Monday, 15.3.2010

    • 10.00-18.00 Arrival
    • 17.00-18.00 Registration
    • 19.00-21.00 Dinner in ALF
    • 21.00-2.00 Welcome party in ALF
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  • Day 2 - Tuesday, 16.3.2010

    • 8.30 Waking up
    • 9.00 Breakfast
    • 9.30 Workshop 1:Introduction to the event and programme
    • 13.00 Lunch in TUŠ Pobrežje
    • 15.00 Workshop 2: Stereotype dances
    • 17.00 Going back to the hostel
    • 18.00 Debate about stereotype dances
    • 18.30 Evaluation of the day
    • 19.30 Dinner in Toti Rotovž
    • 21.30 National night I. (Spain, Turkey)
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  • Day 3 - Wednesday, 17.3.2010

    • 8.30 Waking up
    • 9.00 Breakfast
    • 9.30 Workshop 1- Youth in Action introduction
    • 11.00 Coffe break
    • 14.00 Lunch
    • 14.30 City Rally
    • 16.00 Free time
    • 18.00 Evaluation
    • 20.30 Dinner - Eat Smart
    • 22.00 Party time in Trust - Black & White party
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  • Day 4 - Thursday, 18.3.2010

    • 9.00 Waking up
    • 9.30 Breakfast
    • 10.00 Workshop 1: Amnesty international
    • 13.00 Lunch in Moja picerija
    • 15.00 Workshop: EU citizenship
    • 19.00 Evaluation
    • 19.30 Going to dinner in Cantante
    • 21.00 National night II. (Portugal, Italy, Poland)
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  • Day 5 - Friday, 19.3.2010

    • 8.30 Waking up
    • 9.00 Breakfast
    • 9.30 Workshop 1: Dancing lesson
    • 13.00 Lunch
    • 15.00 Wood rafting on Drava river
    • 18.00 Presentation of the project in City centre
    • 18.30 Evaluvation of the day
    • 19.00 Slovenian night
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  • Day 6 - Saturday, 20.3.2010 GREEN DAY

    • 8.30 Waking up
    • 9.00 Breakfast
    • 9.30 Workshop 1: Ecology
    • 13.00 Lunch in Patricks pub
    • 15.00 Workshop 2: Healthy with Nature
    • 19.30 Evaluation of the day
    • 19.30 Dinner - Alf
    • 21.30 Hawain Party
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  • Day 7 - Sunday, 21.3.2010

    • 8.30 Waking up
    • 9.00 Breakfast, packing
    • 10.00 Going to Ljubljana
    • 12.00 Sightseeing
    • 14.00 Lunch
    • 16.00 Workshop 1: Volunteering
    • 18.00 Closing of the event
    • 20.00 Good bye party in Sachmo
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  • Day 8 - Monday, 22.3.2010

    • 9.00 Waking up
    • 9.30 Breakfast
    • 10.00 Departure
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Contacts

If you need any kind of information, you can contact us via our email, or our in office in Faculty of Law in Maribor. 

		
		Location:		Maribor, Slovenia	
		
		E-mail: 		info@aegee-maribor.si			
			
		Coordinator:	Roman Medved
		Support:		Tina Krajnc

Event location

Youth exchange is going to take part in Maribor: Wikipedia about Maribor

You can reach Maribor in several ways.

By air:

Maribor is best served by Graz International airport (Austria), 40 km Northwest of the city. Airlines flying from/to there: Austrian Airlines, Ryan Air, InterSky, WelcomeAir, RheinAir, Lufthansa.


Tranfer from Graz airport to Maribor is the best by train (5-7 trains per day).

There are additional air services via Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (Brnik), 100 km west of Maribor:

  • Aerodrom Ljubljana
  • Zg. Brnik 130a
  • 4210 Brnik
  • tel.: ++386 4 206 19 81
  • fax: ++386 4 202 12 20
  • e-mail: info@lju-airport.si

Airlines: Adria Airways, WizzAir, easyJet, Malev, Austrian Airlines, Turkish airlines, JAT Airways, CSA Czech Airlines, Air France, Finnair, Brussels Airlines


There are frequent bus connections between Ljubljana Airport and the City of Ljubljana. The journey time is approximately 45 minutes. Tickets are purchased on the bus.

Check also other close airports as Klagenfurt (Austria) 90 km north of Maribor and Zagreb (Croatia) 100 km Southeast of Maribor.

By train:

Maribor may also be reached by train from major European cities through bordering countries (Italy, Austria, Hungary, ...)

  • Berlin - München - Salzburg - Beljak - Ljubljana - Zagreb (Eurocity Mimara)
  • Wien - Graz - Maribor (Emona)
  • Geneve - Venezia - Ljubljana - Zagreb (Simplon exspres)
  • Budapest - Ljubljana - Venezia (Drava)
  • Maribor - Zidani most & Zagreb

Slovenian rail

Railway station Maribor - information tel.: +386-2-292 21 64; or +386-2-292 21 60

Call centre from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. tel.: +386-1-291 33 32 or e-mail: potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si

Timetables with prices for train routes in Slovenia can be found here:

www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/


Some special international railway links:

www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/international_transport/international_links/

Very good site for european railway routes:

reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

By Bus:

Maribor is directly connected with towns in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Italy. More information you can find in Maribor bus station.

There are some international bus lines going through Maribor:

  • LJUBLJANA - BEOGRAD - LJUBLJANA
  • LJUTOMER - ORMOŽ - MARIBOR - MUNCHEN
  • ORMOŽ - MARIBOR - MUNCHEN - STUTTGART
  • MARIBOR - SARAJEVO - NEUM
  • MARIBOR - WIEN
  • MARIBOR - TUZLA

Prices: www.veolia-transport.si


Information for bus traffic:

  • Brdnikova 44
  • 1000 Ljubljana
  • Phone: +386-1-24 45 640
Armoni group

ARMONI is a youth, culture and project club, which have many students and lecturers from different universities in Turkey. We start our activities in 2005. In this year we have a youth seminar called "Ecology For Life" as our first youth project. Our second project was a youth exchange project called "Fishing On The Culture Boat" in 2007 After this we made a contact making seminar project called "Let’s Create Green World" in 2008. As a armoni youth club; Our main aim is to activate potential of the YOUTHS in order to make them calloborative, creative and productive by their different big mind. We are especially work on the environmental subjects and ecological problems. After this year; we are going to plan a new project about diffrences and sameness between cultural and ecological areas in Europe.

AEGEE Madrid

Was founded in 1986, just one year after the foundation of AEGEE-EUROPE in Paris, was one of the first six associations founded. AEGEE Madrid, have been working a lot in the integration of the European youth with the help of "Youth in Action". This year will have a event for the celebration of the 25 Anniversary of AEGEE under the name "I Was There".

AEGEE Madrid

The students association AEGEE-Catania is a social organisation for university students and youth in the east area of Sicily. We organise social events throughout the semester, ranging from pub crawls and dances to debates and guest speakers. We also have weekly smaller students’ events. AEGEE-Catania is an integral part of the University and plays a vital role in improving the quality of life that most Students' expect whilst at University.

AEGEE Wroclaw

Wroclaw is town located in south west part of Poland in Upper Silesia region. There are about 20 active members and most of them are students. We are young people that are open for discussions and new ideas. Due to many projects we have made so far we have got to know each other very well and become almost like family:) Last year for example we did EDL (European Day of Language), City game called Mafia Wars and Hollywood New Year's Eve party. Our goal is to create as many great projects as it is possible and make new friends, explore countries and have a lot of fun along the way!!!