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1. DAY: Jump into the topic!

The first day of the project was targeted mainly on getting to know each other and preparing our group for getting deeper into the topic in the upcoming days. Finally, we were complete on our venue and ready to start to work hard.

We started outside with an energizer facilitated by Sorin. We were jumping in the circle front and back according to the fruits, that Sorin was saying. Then we continued in the conference room with an introduction of the trainers and of the organizational team, as well as the brief introduction of the background of our project.

We went through the timing during the project and we learn more about the agenda for the next two days. Our other task was to think about our fears, contributions, and expectations. We summarized them on colorful post-its and we sticked them to the flipchart. At the end of the project, we’ll come back to this flipchart to see if our expectations were reached, fears broken etc.

Just before the coffee break, we created our paper “Facebook profiles”, including some general information about ourselves. Then we could take a look at the profiles of the others and thus to find some topics in common to talk about during the upcoming free time.

After the coffee break, it was necessary to go through some basic rules, both organizational regarding the venue, but also those ensuring the peaceful and respectful environment within our group. Another introduced tool was a chart of tasks (Ubuntu), where all of us signed up for certain responsibilities, such as for energizers, timekeeping, evening programs, cleaning, reports or taking photos.

Last activity of the morning block was rather ice breaking, we divided into six groups, in which we spent rest of the time until the lunch. Some of us went for a short walk to the park, some of us stayed inside. Meanwhile, we were talking about various topics according to the set of questions, e.g. about our top moment of our volunteer experience, about people we go to for an advice in our lives, our most embarrassing moment from school, etc.  

In the afternoon, we started with a teambuilding activity, during which we supposed save ourselves from the catastrophic island by getting over the wall under the electricity. The whole team had to get over the wall without any single touch within 30 minutes. We were trying different tactics, but we didn’t manage to finish the task. Afterwards, we properly debriefed the whole activity.

After the lunch, Berka started with a name game. The presentation of the Erasmus+ Programme, YouthPass, and the personal competencies followed. Then we divided into the reflection groups, which we’ll hold every day before the dinner to evaluate the whole day. 


After the dinner, teams from Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, and Bulgaria presented their countries in different ways. They also brought delicious food to taste. 

Author of the article: Andrea Surá



Teambuilding games, Photos made by Gabbi



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