Video makers project

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Via Guerrieri 3, 00153 – Rome (IT)
C.F. 97834840585
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Movie Makers in Movement
Project n. 2017 2IT03 KA105 011303
funded by Erasmus + youth mobility KA 1 2017
Marzamemi, Italy
10-20 October 2017
Information package
Dear participant,
we would be very happy to have you on board of the project Movie Makers in
Movement! We are confident that this will be an inspiring experience for you, for
all other 35 participants, as well as for all of us. Don’t hesitate to contact us for
any additional information or support.
The package includes information on:
1. The project and its objectives;
2. Daily activities and timetable;

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3. Accommodation
4. Meals
5. Travels;
6. Venue, geographical area, surroundings;
7. List of items that participants are recommended to bring along ;
8. Other participants;
9. Description of project partners;
10. Information on EuGen staff involved: profiles and contacts;
1. Description of the project and its objectives
You and other 35 young people will spend two weeks achieving a common goal:
the creation of a short movie. This experience will support your personal
development, you will get the chance to enhance your video making skills and
improve your English. In the while, you will have fun with other youths and
discover a beautiful place in Europe.
The objective is integration of young people with different cultural backgrounds.
You will gain an understanding of yourself and of each other. We want to bring a
positive message of inclusiveness, to support a society that fosters respect for
the rights and dignity of every person, regardless of ethnicity, religion or gender.
We started this project as a weapon against ethnic discrimination, which almost
two in three Europeans perceive as widespread in the EU. Xenophobic
sentiments have become increasingly present in Europe. This is what MMM aims
to contrast, and we believe it is important now to show the general public that
when different cultures come together to collaborate the result can be amazing!
2. Daily activities and timetable
During the project, you will be involved in several activities, supported by
Rossana Cingolani (see paragraph on EuGen staff involved) and 2 facilitators.
These activities will take place from 9 am to 1 pm and again from 2 pm to 6:30
pm every day, thus leaving time for a social lunch between 1 and 2 pm and for
dinner, cooking together and relaxing during the evening. The activities we have
selected for you are designed with two main purposes: help you get comfortable
with each other as well as yourself, and give you the technical skills required to
make a short documentary.
A few examples are workshops on body expressions, relaxations techniques and
exercises for mutual trust, writing a script, acting, video making and
editing. Throughout the whole project, there will be many chances for debate

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and discussion. Furthermore, every evening from 6 to 6:30 pm, a “Conscious
evening” will take place. These group reflections on the activities and
achievements will be an opportunity for personal reflection as well as a peer
group discussion.
3. Accommodation
Activities will be hosted in the camping Agriturismo San Lorenzo
(sanlorenzoagriturismo.net) a beautiful farmhouse located in the south of Sicily,
near its eastern coast. The structure is absorbed in the green and committed to
echo sustainability and respect for environment.
Participants will be accommodated in tents, women separated from men. The
camping provides cooking facilities, grills, large tables and large spaces to
socialize, toilets, showers, and a bar/restaurant.
4. Meals
Eu-Gen provides food supplies during the entire mobility. Before the mobility,
participants will be invited to point out any dietary requirements; EuGen will do
its best to supply preferred choices. Participants will be invited to participate in
cooking, thus fostering intercultural exchange around food and enhancing team
building.
5. Travel
EuGen buys the flight tickets for all participants.
Expenses for coaches or trains to/from the airports of departures are paid in
advance by the participants or by the project partners, and reimbursed by
EuGen. Participants from London and Istanbul fly from/to airports in their own
cities, while those from Burgos, Dresden, Zagreb and will travel to/from airports
of departure (respectively Madrid, Berlin and Trieste) by coach or train.
All participants will arrive at the airport of Catania Fontanarossa. EuGen pays
bus tickets from/to the camping.
Group leaders are in charge of accompanying the participants during the travel.
In due time before the departure they will help to make sure all participants’
tickets, travel documents and visas are in order.
6. Information on the venue, geographical area, surroundings
The location is ideal as it is situated halfway between the beautiful Vendicari
reservoir and Marzamemi with its lovely coast. Inside the “Wildlife Oasis of
Vendicari” reserve, an entire ecosystem lives undisturbed.
It is full of breath-taking landscapes, dense vegetation that suddenly opens to a
clear sea, very long and golden beaches, that in a few hundred meters become
rocky cliffs and then deep sea.

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(http://www.vendicari.net/vendicari-reserve-sicily/)
7. Items that participants are recommended to bring along
- sleeping bag*,
- roll matt*,
- towel,
- toothbrush
- clothing for a range of weathers (e.g. jumper, t-shirts, a pair of long and short
trousers, swimsuit, waterproofs)
Tents and other toiletries are provide by EuGen
Please note that participants will have a ticket with only cabin bags included.
*Participants not being able to bring the above-mentioned items please get in
contact with EuGen for support.
8. Who will be the other participants?
Over the course of the project you will spend time with other 35 youths between
24 and 28 years old respecting a gender balance principle. Amongst them, there
will be refugees, migrants, and EU nationals having experienced living abroad.
Participants will be selected from 6 countries (Italy, Spain, Germany, Croatia,
Turkey and the UK) through our local partners.
9. Who are the other project partners?
• EuGen (IT)
EuGen (European Generation) is an association of Social Promotion set up to
support local communities in the process of European integration, and
strengthen social, human and civil rights.
Based in Rome EuGen works with European partners to develop international
initiatives for the social and working inclusion of vulnerable migrants and for
students, with social benefits and scalable impact for the whole community.
• Burgos (ES)
The youth department of the Municipality of Burgos promotes and manages
different European activities and initiatives, promoting connections between

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young Spanish people and the EU as well as equality and support amongst
youths. They manage various facilities (from a radio station to a youth hostel)
and host a range of different activities such as artistic performances, public
exhibitions, Erasmus+ programmes and workshops.
• Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V.
Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. was founded in 2004 aiming to promote the
cultural exchange among European countries and to contribute to the social
integration of young people and adults. Through international projects, the
association is dedicated to the coaching of volunteers, youth workers and
professionals in the fields of youth and culture at European level. Recently JKPeV
has started to develop projects tackling political issues and refugee integration,
supporting democratic engagement and civic participation.
• Center for Peace Studies, CPS (HR)
The Center for Peace Studies (CPS) is a grassroots NGO focused on promoting a
lasting and positive peace in the region. Its work encompasses direct aid,
research, activism and policy change, civic education and awareness - building
about racism and xenophobia, and monitoring of Croatian police and military.
In its work for refugees and migrants, more specifically, CPS provides legal aid,
psychosocial support, language and other integration services, and coordinates
Initiative Welcome! which is focused on protection and integration of refugees
arriving or held in Croatia.
• YouInclusion (TR)
Younclusion is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which aims to
improve the situation of young people, women and marginal groups of the
society in all areas of social life. This is achieved by partnering up with the
community, local government, universities, NGOs and foundations to promote
gender equality, democracy, human rights, social development, volunteerism,
integration, inclusiveness and the social independence of youth & women.
• TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network)
TERN assists refugee entrepreneurs in the UK and Germany thus aiming to
transform the public perception of refugees. They select refugees with
promising business ideas through refugee centers. The participants are then
initiated into the TERN network and assigned a local business mentor that helps
them in developing a business plan and connects them with relevant business

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networks. TERN then proceeds to help refugees find funding to put their idea in
action and keeps providing support and advice s stakeholders within the refugee
business.
10. Information on EuGen staff participating in the activities
• Francesca Romana Zotta
Francesca has a background in human rights, and experience in public policies
for migrants’ reception and integration in the EU, as well as EU project planning
and management. In February 2015 she set up EuGen in Rome, she currently
represents it as President, she will coordinates the activities during the
exchange of MMM.
Contacts
Email: info@eu-gen.org
Phone number: +39 3388619924
• Rossana Cingolani
Rossana has worked in the Film Industry for over 20 years, specifically in the
editing. In recent years, she began to produce awarded documentaries on her
own (i.e. "A Corto di Donne", “Steve’s Celio Azzurro", "Chiara Vigo, the last
Master of Byssus/Sea Silk", "The Thread of Water"). She will be the director and
movie-maker during the exchange of MMM. She will also complete the editing
and post-production of the video produced.
• Franca Abategiovanni
Franca is an Italian actress with a background in teaching acting to young
people. She has studied acting in Napoli and worked in theatre, filmmaking and
television. She will be offering her expertise and support during the entire
duration of the exchange.
More staff is involved to support the activities, their profiles will be described on
a later communication.