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European culture crossroad in Rezekne
Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Short-term EVS project "European culture crossroad in Rezekne" will gather 10 European volunteers from 4 European countries - Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France in Rezekne. Volunteers will work in European Association "World-Our Home" for 2 months (59 days). Whole project duration is 9 month. The main aim of this project is to promote cooperation between Latgale region and European countries, creating closer links between young people from different countries, developing their skills, intercultural knowledge and acquiring international experience organizing European People Festival 2016 in Rezekne. In this way we want to raise awareness of European citizenship among young people and people around and to involve them in European social processes, giving them the opportunity to communicate, gain experience and learn something new about European cultures.Volunteers from Italy, Portugal, Spain and France will work in European Association "World-Our Home", as well will help Rezekne city Culture Department in organisation of European People Festival 2016 in Rezekne. Important job responsibilities for volunteers will be to share their national culture, traditions, to prepare local people for International Festival, to inform people about the event and EVS possibilities. Volunteers will share their knowledge, experience and skills, at the same time receiving new skills, knowledge, and competences from the staff, festival organizers, cultural workers. Volunteers will help to build Eurovillage, information Office, will help to arrange the schools for living, create decorations. Volunteers will meet festival delegations in Rezekne, provide them with booklets, EPF map. During the European People Festival volunteers will assist national delegations, will inform about any changes in the time table, timing, rules. Participating in this project, young people will be able to get to know another culture, will be able to meet delegations from different European countries, evaluate their and EPF participant`s integration in local and international environment. They will see diversity of people, will make conclusions, will see that each culture is unique. Project will develop tolerance and understanding of diversity. Volunteers will gain new knowledge and experience in organisation of large events.
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