RIJEKA, CROATIA

15-24 MARCH 2016

MY NEXT JOB
EXCHANGE
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE
AND A BASIC SYNERGY TRAINING

"My Next Job Exchange" is a 10-day international youth exchange that

will bring together 30 participants (team leaders included) from 5
different countries.This educational project is financed by Erasmus+
program for youth, education and sport.

Croatia

Greece
Romania
Lithuania
Bulgaria

WHAT IS
IT

In this international youth exchange, the focus is to give a better chance to unemployed
people to either get the job they want, or create it by themselves.
In this project, we will explore job market changings, outdated concepts about work, high
youth unemployment,deficient guidance for unemployed young people, as well as too
narrowly focused formal education.
The idea is to give young unemployed people a chance to play with the concepts they
were brought up to believe were true.

MAIN
GOAL

The participants will be given a set of skills that will help them to be more creative when facing
the job market, whether in presenting themselves, whether in creating their own jobs.
The concept of the whole program is what we call Basic Synergy Training that its all about doing,
involving the participants fully, to take ownership of their learning and the content of the exchange,
to be engaged physically, mentally and emotionally. This approach will have a big impact on the
questions we are raising in the exchange

Improveyourleadershipskills

Developcommunicationskills

Increasecooperationskills
Freeyourcreativityandproactivity
Improveorganizationalskills

Workininternationalgroups

Assessanduseyourownpotential

EXPECT
TO

TRAINING
METHOD

Ourtrainingmethodisbasedonlearningbyexperience.Weinvite
participantstopointoutwheretheyfindthemselvesatthemomentintheir
learningprocess,whattheywanttolearnandhowtheywanttodevelop
themselves.Themethodisfocusedonanexperienceofanindividualandis
connectedtothespecificneedsandtheleveloflearningoftheparticipantat
themoment.Theprogramisatoolfortheparticipant,nottheotherway
around.

DATES & PROGRAM

Arrival date:
14th March 2016 until 18h
Start of the program:
15th March 2016 morning

End of the program:

24th March 2016 evening
Departure day:
25th March 2016 morning
My next job exchange is a 10-day youth exchange. The program consists of
four parts (personal development, outdoor, workshops and closing part).
Personal development part will last for the first 5 days, it will be
implemented indoor in the training room with the aim to fulfill the objectives
above mentioned.
Outdoors part will last 2 days and itis designed to allow participants to put in
practice the knowledge gained in the previous 5 days.
Workshop part will last 2 days, it is dedicated to workshops focused on
unemployment issues, employability, self-employment.
Closing part will be about evaluation, analysis of learning process,
recognition of gained skills, competences, feedback.

FOLLOW UP
Once the participants will be back home after the project, they will be able to use the gained knowledge in real life.
They will be encouraged and supported from us and from their sending organizations to share the most useful tools, tips and
tricks, from the exchange that can help other young people to increase their employability.
They will be supported and encouraged to implement activities such as: writing and publishing articles in their local media,
holding presentations and workshops about the exchange in order to spread the word and the results of the project in their
local communities.
Participants will be also encouraged to fill in the Youthpass form after the project, in order to officially state the competences
acquired.

VENUE &
ACCOMODATION
My next job exchange will take place in the city of Rijeka, on the
Croatian coast. Our accommodation for the duration of the project
will be Dharma hostel.
Dharma hostel is a cozy hostel that promotes the philosophy of
healthy lifestyle. Meals will be ONLY vegetarian. The hostel and the
surrounding areas are smoking and alcohol free. Participants will get
accommodation in shared rooms, each with own private bathrooms.
Bed linen will be provided. Wi-Fi access will be available.
Participants will be in charge of taking care of light household duties
of maintaining the accommodation during the period of the project.
More about the hostel here: www.dharmahostels.com.

PARTICIPANTS
Fill in the application form provided and send it to your sending organization as well as
to Syncro at mynextjobexchange@synergy-croatia.com till January 30th 2016.
We ask you to fill in the application form and answer all the questions in it. If you have
any physical limitations, disease and/or you some use medicine we need to know about,
indicate it on the application form. If you have any special diet, let us know, indicating in
your application what you can and cannot eat so that we can arrange suitable food.

SELECTION
Syncro will make the selection of the projects participants in
agreement with the partner organizations from your country.
If you are accepted for the project you will receive a
''Confirmation letter with more practical information regarding
the accommodation, the exact address of the venue and
directions how to reach it.
DO NOT buy tickets until you get our confirmation!
IMPORTANT INFO: As soon as you get your confirmation letter,
you may book your tickets and inform the organizers about your
arrival and departure time. We require that you take part during
the whole exchange.
Please note:
- You have specific travel days for arrival and departure.
- ARRIVING LATE OR LEAVING EARLY IS NOT ALLOWED.
- Your stay during the days not included in the program
of the project will not be covered by organizers.

PARTICIPATION
FEE
We ask for the contribution to the organizing
costs of 60 per person as indicated in the
table below, which you can pay upon arrival.

REIMBURSMENT
According to the rules of the Erasmus+ Program you can get
your travel costs reimbursed up to amount stated in the
table below, depending on your country of origin. If your
travel costs are lower or same as this amount, you get
reimbursement of 100% of your travel costs. If your travel
costs are higher than the maximum reimbursable amount,
the difference is covered by you. That is why we
recommend to book your ticket as soon as you receive the
confirmation letter, since they are often much cheaper when
bought in advance.

Country

IMPORTANT
To be eligible for reimbursement, we ask you to keep all your
tickets, boarding passes and invoices (originals). ONLY if you
have the travel tickets, boarding passes and invoices we are able
to reimburse your travel costs!
You are only eligible for reimbursement of travel cost if you
participate fully during the whole exchange and the follow-up
activities afterwards. Please note that the reimbursement process
can take up to 6 months after the activity, according to the
availability of the project funds.

Max. travel costs to be reimbursed,

per participant in
(to the venue and back)

Participation fee

Croatia

20

60

Lithuania

170

60

Greece

170

60

Bulgaria

170

60

Romania

170

60

PARTNERS
Each partner organization will take part in the project with 5 participants between 18 and 30 years (+ 1 team leader with no age limit).

Country

Organization

Contact

Croatia

Centar za osobni i profesionalni razvoj Syncro SynergyCroatia

Antonio Greco
mynextjobexchange@syncro-croatia.com

Lithuania

ASOCIACIJA ESTA SALTES

Ernesta Berzinyte
evs@saltes.net

Greece

Greece Synergy Flow

Anna Cheimona
info.synergyflow@gmail.com

Bulgaria

Smokinya Informal
Youth Group

Tihomir Georgiev
info@smokinya.com

Romania Asociatia Synergy

Anca Acatanoaie
anca.acatanoaie@gmail.com

Romania

WHAT TO BRING
Towel
Clothes for the outdoor & indoor activities
Hygienic kit
Medicines that you usually take
Passport or other official personal identification
Visa, invoices and travel tickets
Sleeping bag
Swimming suit
Health insurance (European Health Insurance Card)

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Centar za osobni i profesionalni razvoj

Syncro Synergy Croatia
www.synergy-croatia.com
Skype: syncro.office
Address: Opatovina 23
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
mynextjobexchange@synergy-croatia.com
Syncro Office: +385 1 557 4894
Facebook page: synergycroatia
Facebook group: syncro - synergy croatia