Balkan Youth Eco Village

INFO SHEET
Short info

The Center for Sustainable Development and

Green Economy organizes an inter-personal
working camp in Ravno Village near Vrbas from
11th to 21st of May 2018 in two shifts.

Friends of nature, the goal of this initiative is

the construction of the Youth Ecological Village
or facilities made up of various natural and
recycled materials for the organization of
training in the field of environmental protection, starting a business, organic food
production, writing project proposals and project management, association, but also the
exchange of experiences and completion of ideas from said and other areas.

The camp is educational and lasts 9 days, with

accommodation in tents and food (3 meals per
day). The main idea will be to build
multifunctional objects using the most
sustainable methods. These facilities will be at
disposal of the educational camp. Volunteers will
gain practical and useful knowledge in
construction using natural and recycled
materials, writing project proposals, team
management, organization of construction
projects and fundraising for projects.

Those who are involved in the construction will have the right to accommodation each
following year, which will create connections between young people and mark the
beginning of the construction of an international network/community of people around this
model of sustainable educational exchanges/youth camps from around the world.

All young volunteers aged 18-30 are welcome to join us on the project.

Participation is free, so invite all friends of nature, to build together a better and greener
society.

Additional info: Registration:

www.facebook.com/balkanyouthecovillage https://goo.gl/QwZeGR
balkanyouthecovillage@gmail.com
 Technical information

PLACE
Ravno Selo, Serbia

 Distance from Belgrade 107 km. About 1 hour 13 mins.

 Distance from Novi Sad 34.9 km. About 34 mins.

DATES
First shift: from 11th to 20st of May 2018.
Second shift: from 18th to 27th of May 2018.

TRANSPORT
Regarding your arrival, we recommend, you book your transportation as soon as possible.

Our volunteers will meet you in Belgrade/Novi Sad.

Preffered Airports: Belgrade, Budapest, Timisoara. Other: Nis, Zagreb.

Connecting neighbouring Airports:

 Budapest – Novi Sad

Train:

11.05.2018. Budapest- Belgrade

Departure 08:06 Arrival 16:22
Departure 12:06 Arrival 20:22
Departure 22:24 Arrival 06:13
Ticket price 15EUR one way, return ticket 26EUR
 Timisoara – Novi Sad

Minibus:

Ticket price 15EUR one way, return ticket 25EUR

 City of Novi Sad, closest city (34km)

Novi Sad was founded in 1694,

when Serb merchants formed a colony
across the Danube from the Petrovaradin
fortress, a Habsburg strategic military
post. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it
became an important trading and
manufacturing centre, as well as a centre
of Serbian culture of that period, earning
the nickname of the Serbian Athens The
city was heavily devastated in the 1848
Revolution, but it was subsequently restored. Today, along with the capital city of Belgrade,
Novi Sad is the industrial and financial center of the Serbian economy. Novi Sad was named
to be European Youth Capital in 2019 and one of three 2021 European Capital of
Culture cities which is good clue on its potential and capacity.
The name Novi Sad means "New Plant" (noun) in Serbian. Its Latin name, stemming from
establishment of city rights, is "Neoplanta".

Older settlements
Human dwelling on the territory of
present-day Novi Sad has been
traced as far back as the Stone
Age (about 4500 BC). Several
settlements and necropoleis were
unearthed during the construction
of a new boulevard in Avijaticarsko
Naselje, and were dated to 5000
BC. A settlement was located on
the right bank of the
river Danube in the territory of
present-day Petrovaradin.
In antiquity, the region was inhabited by Celtic tribes, especially by the Scordisci. Celts were
present in the area since the 4th century BC and founded the first fortress on the right bank
of the Danube. Later, in the 1st century BC, the region was conquered by the Romans.
During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century with the name Cusum and
was included in the Roman province of Pannonia.
 Ravno selo, location of Youth Eco Village

is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the

municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka
District, Vojvodina province.

The village was first recorded in the end of

the 15th century (between 1484 and 1502).
During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century),
the village of Šove was populated by Serbs.
In 1786, Germans settled in the village as

well. In 1820, population of Šove numbered

2,598 inhabitants, of whom 1,643 were Serbs.
In 1893, the population of the village
numbered 2,136 inhabitants, including
1,436 Serbs, 653 Germans, 15 Hungarians,
and 32 others. After World War II, as a
consequence of the war events, the German
population fled from the village. The village
has a Serb ethnic majority and its population
is now numbering 3,478 people.

Famous Serbian
actor, director,
producer and
writer, Lazar
Ristovski is founder
of Ravno Selo Film
Festival which is
taking place in june.

Additional info: Registration:

www.facebook.com/balkanyouthecovillage https://goo.gl/QwZeGR
balkanyouthecovillage@gmail.com