Financed by European Union

Active for Health

Youth exchange

General information
Active for health, youth exchange, is willing to promote healthy lifestyle. The
initial idea was born from the understanding that nutrition and sport activities
has become an important aspect which has lots of implications on our everyday
life and our society. The fast rhythms of living, the anxiety, the fast food diets
and the constant unhealthy habits are becoming more and more visible. We have
realized how important is to bring more information about variety of healthy
diets, sport and exercises, to include youngsters into active participation and
focus on healthy behaviors.
The main idea of this youth exchange is for the participants to understand and
experience how a healthy life looks like, which of our habits are affecting
positively or negatively our routine and find out ways to change whatever does
not work in a good way for the body, mind and soul. The participants are going
to have the opportunity to experience health in many different levels: sports,
yoga, meditation, diets, safety in sexual life, humor as a healthy lifestyle and
increase their awareness around these sensitive topics.

Activities & Dates

APV : 29-31 October 2016

Youth Exchange : 21 - 29 November 2016

Participants profile
30 participants from 6 different countries.
From each country we expect 5 people , 4 participants + 1 group leader
Participants must be 18-25 years old, there is no age limit for the group
leader
Gender balance is mandatory for each team
The working language is English, so all the participants must have a good
command in spoken and written English.

The target group for the youth exchange Active for health are youngsters
who have problems with health, have bad habits and want to fight them or
youngsters who simply would like to gain new ideas, knowledge and inspiration
for living a healthy lifestyle. We expect to gather participants without previous
experience within Erasmus+ programme to involve new people with new ideas
and attitudes into the project. We will also include youngsters who are facing
economic, geographical and social obstacles.
Group leaders should be youth workers, people connected with sport
activities, yoga or nutrition specialists, facilitators in nonformal education,
motivated to develop their competences about healthy lifestyle and to share their
experiences with other participants. It is expected that experienced group leaders
will take the responsibilities of tutoring and supporting youngsters from their
national groups. The most important qualities for a group leader are good
interpersonal skills, positive thinking, the ability to create a friendly atmosphere
among participants of different backgrounds and to prevent any kind of conflicts.
He/she should have developed organizational, planning and coordination skills.
It is advisable for group leaders to know the basics of first aid (a tutorial will be
held also during the APV).

Objectives
The main objectives are:
To promote healthy and active lifestyle;
To raise awareness about having a healthy lifestyle, healthy eating habits,
and being physically and mentally healthy;
To raise awareness about sexual education, sexual health and
preventions;
To inform youngsters about different diets, and food sustainability;
To develop healthy lifestyle habits with the help of outdoor activities,
yoga, meditation and alternative exercises;
To reflect on different healthy policies, debate about different realities
around Europe and exchange good practices;
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 To encourage youngsters to participate in intercultural events and include

others through healthy lifestyles;
To create online and offline campaigns to promote healthy lifestyle in local
communities and all around Europe.

The organization
Naytikos Omilos Larisas (NOL) is a non profit swimming and water polo
sports association in the city of Larissa. There are activities for all ages ( 3-4
years old to elderly people). More than 600 people are members and it employs
17 trainers. It promotes physical activity through swimming water- polo and
aqua aerobic , help people to adopt a healthy lifestyle and
it fights
discrimination enrolling people (especially students) from every cultural,
religious or minority background to sports activities . It participates to
nationwide
swimming and water- polo tournaments
and organises a
nationwide swimming meeting every year and several meeting in the region of
Thessaly. It is also organises lectures and projects about nutrition, healthy life,
social inclusion, mental health and well being. Besides the key stuff there are
volunteers supporting its activities. The organisation has developed a long life
cooperation with the University of Thessaly, with other swimming and
water-polo associations in Greece and Europe. NOL is new in the Erasmus plus
Family, but wills to create a network of partners and participants to continue
working in a non-discrimination campaign promoting social inclusion and
healthy lifestyle in Greece, Europe and the World.

Place & Accommodation

Platamon is a small seaside town at the Aegean Sea 50 kilometers away from
Larissa town which is NOL organisations base. Platamon has a good train and
bus connection with Thessaloniki and Larissa and is a perfect destination for our
projects activities because it combines a rich nature to modern facilities as
hotels, sport centers, marina and restaurants. APV will be held in Larissa, next to
NOLs base. Its a big city, with Universities, nature, history and nightlife!
More info :http://www.platamonas.gr/
http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/main_cities/larissa
The hotel :
PV : www.hotelmetropol.gr
Youth Exchange : www.royalpalace.gr

Our Partners

GERMANY - FID Forum fr interkulturellen Dialog e.V

ITALY - EDU LAB
POLAND - Cooperation Without Borders Warsaw
SPAIN - Asociacin Las Nias del Tul
TURKEY - ECYON European Cooperative Youth Network

Travel details
As you already know APV and Youth Exchange will take place in Larissa city
(APV) and in Platamon seaside (Youth Exchange). You have the following
options:
-

to Athens International Airport, Eleutherios Venizelos. From airport you

should take the metro ( M3 blue line) to Syntagma and change to M2 red
line -direction to Anthoupoli and stop in Larissa station (Stathmos
Larissis)*. Larissa station is the main train station of the city. Total
duration is around 1 hour. Tickets cost 8 euros (ask if you are applicable
for student/ european youth card discount, which will cost 4 euro).
From there you will take the train -direction to Thessaloniki and stop in
Larissa.Train Ticket will be around 40 - 50 euros both ways. Duration of
the trip will be 4-5 hours (depends on the train).

- To Thessaloniki International Airport, Makedonia. From airport you

should take the bus No 78 (bus link) and stop in the rain Station Neos
Sidirodromikos Stathmos. Duration of the trip is approximately 40
minutes. Tickets cost 2 euros (ask if you are applicable for student/
european youth card discount, which will cost 1 euro).
From there, you will take the train with direction to Athens. Final Stop for
APV will be Larissa and for youth Exchange will be ei Pori =
. Train ticket will be around 25-30 euros both ways. And total
duration will be 1 h 30 minutes.
In both APV and Youth exchange a member of the organizing team will
welcome you in Larissa/ Neoi Poroi train Station and take you to the
meeting points.
Information regarding the trains you can find in the following link:
http://www.trainose.gr/

* A little tip! The main train Station of Athens is named Larissa Station BUT your
destination will be Larissa city (!)

Financial Conditions
Both activities are financed from Erasmus plus program and participants
dont have to pay any additional fee.
Accommodation and Food will be fully covered by the Organizers.
Travel expenses will be covered 100% from your location to Larissa and back
and only in economy class. Reimbursement will be done by bank transfer after
the project and when we select all the documents.
Travel Costs will be reimbursed upon Erasmus + regulations to the following
amounts for each country:
COUNTRY

Travel Grant per

participant for APV /
euros

Travel Grant per

participant for YE /
euros

Germany

170

170

Greece

20

20

Italy

170

170

Poland

170

170

Spain

270

270

Turkey

170

170

For reimbursement we will need the following documents:

-

Invoice of your travel

Itinerary of your flights/ e-ticket
Boarding passes
Metro / bus/ train tickets

Make sure that in all your travel documents the personal details are correct,
written in English (or Greek) and also says the prices and the dates. If the prices
are calculated in different currencies than Euro, we will calculate it regarding
the
European
Commission
official
rate
as
follows:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/contracts_grants/info_contracts/inforeuro/index_
en.cfm

Insurance and Safety

We need to inform you that medical insurance is your responsibility and its not
covered by the organizers. For EU citizens, insurance is given for free from your
health Institutes. Otherwise you can purchase a private insurance for the
duration of your stay in Greece.

APV details

APV will bring together the 6 leaders of the 6 country-teams in a

2-days-meeting with the organizing team. Team leaders will have the
opportunity to :
- Meet the partners
- Have a project overview and get to know better the theme of the activities
- Get informed about the place, hosting organizations and the logistics
- Brainstorm and Organize activities and discuss the working methods
- Collect ideas and prepare them for the Youth Exchange
- Get information about project planning, time management and risk
prevention
- Share tasks, responsibilities and activities.

9:00 -10:00

29 October

30 October

31 October

ARRIVALS

breakfast

breakfast

10:3013:30

Planning of
workshops and
activities for the
youth exchange

14:0016:00

Lunch break

Lunch break

16:00-18:0
0

Welcome, presentations,
project overview

Creating infopack

18:20-20:0
0

Safety rules, time

management, projects
priorities, logistics

Sharing
responsibilities
& Evaluation

20:00-21:0
0

Dinner

Traditional Dinner

DEPARTURES

Keep in mind that the final infopack and the final activities will be organized
during the APV and will shared with the rest of the participants 2 weeks before
the arrival dates.

Next Steps
Selected participants should start searching for flights to Greece. Do not
purchase any tickets without the approval of the organizers.
Contact info:
Nefeli Papagiannakou
Email: act4health.ye@gmail.com
Tel : +30 6945039582
Ioanna Theodoropoulou
Email : ioannatheo@gmail.com
Tel : +30 6932430230

SEE YOU

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