Goodmorning World.
Firstly apologies for not blogging yesterday it was a busy
day settling in, but don't worry I am going to give you a wholesome catch up
now whilst on my tea break!
Let me start with my arrival on Wednesday. I had a great plane journey with Julia from 198 Arts,
another exceptionally creative youth organization, the 3 hours flew by and
thankfully I managed to fit in a half hour nap after the non-stop chitter
chatter.
We realised upon checking in that 3 of us would be sharing a
room and there was only one key which controls the power of the room, so if
anyone requires the key the other two would be in a dark room! Julia and I got
a sense of being girl scouts! ( We are managing fine though).
The evening set off with a Halloween welcome party which
Mosta Youth put a great deal of effort into. So much so that there were
eyeballs floating in a bowl of Sangria punch!( Did it entice me? You can decide).
This was the first time I had ever been surrounded by people from so many
different countries- Estonia, Latvia,
Germany, Slovenia, Malta, Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania, and Slovakia. Fascinating how different yet similar
everyone was. A good chance to break the ice.
Thursday -
Yesterday the morning set of with team building exercises and more getting to
know each other activities. My name was on a clothes peg which was an
innovative replacement to a generic name badge!
The afternoon was
when I feel the real project began. We all prepared presentations of our
organizations which gave us an insight into what each country does whilst
opening up the chance for us to think about future partnering. Instead of presenting in a usual manner, Luke
from Malta set up an interview setting and he asked us the following questions.
-The main focus and goals of our organizations.
- The areas we are interested.
- What we look for in partner and what would put us off.
- The future of our organization and where we are heading.
- Strengths and weaknesses of the organizations.
Luke broke the interview up by asking informal questions in
between each formal question so that the conversation remained friendly and
flowing. For example- Tell us something no one else knows about you. ( I
answered with my fetish for cheese and onion crisps dipped in melted
chocolate!!)
Time to begin wrapping this up we have a representative of
the National Agency of Cyprus due to come in to speak about the Erasmus plus
2014-2020. Looking forward to the afternoon when we are going to be partner
matching and project writing. Time to see what 10 countries in one room can do!
A x
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