YOUTH WORK FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND EUROPEAN FUTURE

INFOSHEET
Training course
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
02. -10. July 2015.

Dear friends,

We are sending you some important information about the training, logistic and
accommodation for our training course. Good luck with travelling and looking forward to see
you soon!

What is our project about

Project "YOUTH WORK FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND EUROPEAN FUTURE" aims at
broadening knowledge of youth workers from different countries; those who are old
European Union members, those who are new members and those who are not members
but they will become part of EU in close future by prediction of their leaders and EU
representatives. Youth workers are all facing different situations in their everyday work
because of different countrys policies, regulations etc. This project will offer unique
possibility for youth workers to meet at one place, discuss their experience and situations;
problems, they are facing with as youth workers and provide them with new knowledge and
skills which will be helpful in their work in future. Youth workers from partner countries will
get knowledge and information about possibilities for their work and changes that will
happen and influence on youth work once the country becomes part of the European Union
important topic for their work in the future.
Main objectives of the project are:

Implement one training for 23 youth workers from 5 countries;

Share experience and methodologies of work between youth workers from different
countries (both programme and partner countries);
Improve knowledge about topic of youth work, participation of youth in projects;
Sharing and learning common information about youth work policies and laws in the
EU countries.

VENUE AND HOW TO GET THERE

Place of our training is in Blagaj small place next to Mostar (7-9 km from Mostar). You can
get to Blagaj by taking a taxi from the bus station where you will most probably arrive. Once
you get to Mostar please contact Nedim Miijevi (contact information visible on the end of
this infopack) to arrange taxi drive to the training place.
In order to do proper planning and minimize waiting time send us your estimated arrival
time. We recommend you to use taxi as a group to minimize your costs. Taxi drive will cost
up to 20,00 BAM (around 10 ).

Contact us once you arrive at the bus station in Mostar so we can organize a
taxi fare for you to the place of the training.
Please travel by taxi in group so we can plan reimbursement of the costs (if money is left
from the amount approved for your country).
Taxi fares done for one person will not and cannot be reimbursed if not agreed before.
Pictures of place of our training

Travel reimbursement
We will reimburse you amount of money for your travel cost according to the table below.
The travel reimbursement will be done by bank transfers to private bank accounts of yours
after you return home and send us the ORIGINAL boarding passes and tickets.
When you are buying a ticket, ask for additional bill as well, if possible! The transfer of
money for travel reimbursement will be done by direct transfer to preferably organizations
bank accounts, and when possibly to individuals bank accounts.
Also, when you plan your travel, please make sure you arrive to Bosnia and Herzegovina not
more than 1 day before the training course and to leave the latest 1 day after the training
course - if you wish to stay longer. This is due to the fact that the funding Agency for this
training course (our donor) is strict with reimbursing the travel costs for the training courses
and they will not reimburse the tickets that are for more than 1 day before and after the
training course dates. If your planned travel itineraries are different than the training dates
and above mentioned conditions, please inform us in advance, so we can ask our Agency for
the approval of your tickets.
Also, if you need to travel from elsewhere than your country, please, inform us as well, so
we could ask approval for that as well.
Thanks a lot in advance!

Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovakia
Croatia
Albania
Turkey

Number
of Travel Grant
participants
Participant ()
5
180
4
275
4
180
4
180
6
275

per Travel Grant

Organization ()
900
1.100
720
720
1.650

per

Practical information

Local currency in Bosnia and Herzegovina is convertible mark BAM

1 Euro = 1,95 BAM
We suggest you to change Euros in BAM in exchange office since only accepted currency is
BAM.
Please note that in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is not possible to exchange EURO coins,
exchange offices accept only paper bills!

Some things you should bring...

In order to organize a specialty evening and some tasty intercultural learning, you are very
welcomed and invited to bring some specialties from your country or region (food, drinks,
candies...). Music, games, photos and other are also welcome. Also please bring some
promotional material of your organizations and information about the projects organisation
is having.

IMPORTANT!!!
Please bring your towels. Place we are staying is not provided with enough amount of
towels so it is obligatory for everyone to bring themselves towels both for washing and
swimming since we have two swimming pools for us.

Contact information
In case of any problem during your travel or if you need any further information please dont
hesitate to contact us! Please send an sms, e-mail or call once you arrive at the bus station in
Mostar.
Nedim Miijevi
e-mail: nedim.yp@gmail.com
Mobile phone: +387 62 263 779
We wish you a safe and easy journey and we are looking forward to see and meet you :D
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