About the project

Project title: "We like to move it, move it!"

Youngsters from Bulgaria, Latvia and Germany discover how the Freedom of Movement changed - from communisum until today.

Description: 

The project is pointing out the key issues of one of the main human rights - Free Movement of Persons. The main idea is gathering young people form 3 European countries (Germany, Latvia and Bulgaria) who will discuss and outline the problems and perspectives that young people have nowadays to travel, study and work abroad. The out comes of the project will be created based on historical and present point of view by creating a provokative blog that will rise the awareness of the youngsters that will go through it and it will motivate them to aprriciate more and take advantage more of the freedoms that they have now.

Programme of the encounter in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

02.03.2013 – This was the arrival day for the participants from Latvia and Germany. The youngsters from Bulgaria also stay in the hostel with the other two groups.

03.03.2013 – Start of the day with icebreaking games and energizers. On the first day we made the main introduction of the project and initial project presentations. In the rest of the day we discussed the project blog and conduct brainstorming. Welcome party organized by the participants.

04.03.2013 – The participants presented the video interviews and had meeting with historical witnesses - Freedom of movement before the democratic changes and now; Young people were assigned a task to think of situation, in which human rights are violated and had to express these ideas in a role play. Latvian evening.

05.03.2013 – On this day were implemented workshop on the National Socialism; Meeting with Roma leader and debate on the minority issues connected with the Free movement of people in the partner countries. German evening.

06.03.2013 – City game - getting to know the cultural and historical background of Plovdiv; Meeting with representative of the Plovdiv Municipality. Bulgarian evening.

07.03.2013 – Meeting with Human Trafficking expert with discussion and workshop.

08.03.2013 – Evaluation; Planning the follow up activities; Final work on the blog. Farewell party

09.03.2013 – Departure of the groups

The project is being funded in the EUROPEANS FOR PEACE programme of the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future

This publication is no expression of opinion of the Foundation EVZ. The author is responsible for the content of statements

Partners: 

1. Association Alpha 

2. STATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF JELGAVA
3. LKJ Sachsen-Anhalt/ GOEUROPA