Report by Darko Dimitrioski By Ilija Binoski, Xenia Abramova, Davor Nikoloski (Beauty and BeastS) We are very happy to have implemented this project, it definitely turned out to be better than we expected. We have been working on the project since spring 2020, it got approved in the summer of the same year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t implement it then, because of pandemic. However, when situation got better we got to work right away. We really wanted to make this project interesting, but at the same time useful for participants. During the project, we’ve covered many important topics like ways to deal with crises, money and time management, online platforms for education and work, etc. For that we’ve used differed methods like fish bowl, role play, performance and many others to make activities more creative and give a chance to our dear participants explore themselves and their hidden talents. Our team really enjoy every day we spent together, but the project wasn’t great only because of activities, participants are the other very important part of our success. Everyone turned out to be open and that’s why we clicked immediately. And in short time of 5 days we managed to establish connection for life. Nothing of this wouldn't be possible if we didn't get the chance to work on a project and be part of the organization from our mentors - Marjan and Kyro who were guiding and supporting us throughout the whole youth exchange. By Taller d'Art, Cultura i Creació From the 23rd to the 27th of August, 5 young people participated at the youth exchange “There is always a way” in Prilep, a little city surrounded by mountains in North Macedonia. This project was coordinated by Info Front-Prilep, and it gathered a total of 38 young people from North Macedonia, Catalonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia and Serbia. “There is always a way” aimed to share and learn about digital tools, applications and learning platforms through non-formal education dynamics such as interactive sessions and simulation workshops. Participants had the chance to discover the city, not only during the free time, but also through the activity 'ActionBound’, an interesting App that, throughout games and challenges, fostered the interaction with people and the place. The days flowed fast with trainings ("Erasmus and possibilities", "Multimedia"...); team building dynamics; reflections ("Fish bowl"); they were able to discuss how they had managed the pandemic situation, both politically and personally as individuals; and, they did lots of ENERGIZERS! As a final product, the participants created a brochure of all the activities carried out during the exchange. The participants from the Spanish team came back really happy and during the ‘evaluation meeting’ we had in September, some of their comments were: “We are all very different, and we got along"; "I have become enriched emotionally and socially, which I missed a lot this past year. In addition, I have brought together people from other countries with similar and divergent perspectives"; "it was a lot of learning, especially that, within the difference, we have many things in common, and we only have to open, share and learn about new cultures. And also objective facts about countries that were not very present," .... and there was only one ‘bad’ remark: "Why has everything been so short?".
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