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Five days full of fun, laughter and
acquiring new knowledge. That is
how I can describe our week on a
training course in Giovinazzo.
Giovinazzo is a little village in a
southeast Italy, which has a lot to
offer to its visitors. Our program
was tight, but we still found some time for strolling alongside its coast and trying out some famous
Italian coffee in a local café.
The participants were really diverse from countries such as: Greece, Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Turkey and of course Czech Republic. This project was about empowering young people to
be active citizens, to become the people, who are not afraid to speak up and tackle the most burning
problems in a society.
For us in Italy it was different every day. One day we were having lectures that were more formal,
the other we played teambuilding games and discussing topics that are connected to the main topic
of DEMOCRACY.
We cannot forget the intercultural evening, where we could taste products typical for the countries
of participants as well as listen to their traditional music and try traditional Turkish and Greek
dances. I believe that we represented Czech Republic well, people enjoyed our selection of cheese,
chocolate and wine that are originating in our country.
The program was indeed interesting but on projects such as this you also realize how much you can
learn from each other just by simple talking to the people and discussing various topics and
comparing everyday realities in your countries. We were lucky to have participants that were very
enthusiastic and knowledgeable in many fields and getting to know them broadened my horizons.
Atmosphere throughout the whole seminar was great so saying good-bye was hard, but I am pretty
sure I will get the chance to see some of the people I've met there in a future and that we developed
few friendships that will last. ( Leona Kunayová www.eycb.eu )

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