EU Comunic

E.U.Comunic

PROJECT BRIEF

TITLE: "E.U. Comunic" means "I Communicate" in romanian.

OBJECTIVES: “E.U. Comunic” was born in the context of Intercultural Dialog Year 2008 in order to further express the need for intercultural communication in our society.

This project gives the participants the oportunity of knowing better other cultures and learning how to be more tolerant. The project uses the Common project approach: working together for fulfilling our task as an intercultural team will teach us how important is to know to communicate eficiently, help us test stereotypes and common prejudices. The training courses are designed as an open learning process based on experience and exchange. Starting from this project we will not only learn how to be more tolerant and open minded, but also how to pratice other projects aim at spreading intercultural communitication inside our society. We will create a short movie and a Black Book for improving the process of intercultural communication.

The project’s results (a Black Book of bad practices, prejudices, 5 short videoclips, a Blog etc) will further impact youth communities using the internet and printed media, and will help us share the experiences and the newfound mutual understanding.

BUDGET: E.U. Comunic has a budget of 13 000 euros and is financed bu the E.C. through the Youth in Action Programme, and by our partners or sponsors, the most notable contribution coming from the Hellenic Union from Romania.

LOCATION: Toplita, Sibiu, Bucharest, Timisoara. web www.eucomunic.caddru.ro

DURATION: 7 months starting 1st July 2008 until 1st of March 2009.

TARGET GROUP: 25 young people from 12 ethnic groups in Romania

FINANTATOR: Comisia Europeana prin Progamul Tineret in Actiune 2007-2013

PARTENER & SPONSOR: Uniunea Elena din Romania. Coordonator din partea Uniunii Elene: Dl Deputat ing. pr. Dragoş Zisopol

DG EDU Tineret

PROJECT PRESENTATION

“E.U. Comunic” was born in the context of Intercultural Dialog Year 2008 in order to further express the need for intercultural communication in our society.

Being an intercultural project, “E.U. Comunic” has all the key elements: multicultural, multiethnic participants, hot spot locations, specialised trainers, etc. The project aims to develop abilities for intercultural dialogue and targets a group of twenty young people from four different ethnic groups (Rroma, Serbians, Hungarians, etc) in Romania. The project will take place in Sibiu, Praid and other locations that will be futher decided by the participants themselves according to their potential interest regarding the cultural communities residing in that area, starting 1st July 2008 until 1st of March 2009.

This project will get us the oportunity of knowing better other cultures and learning how to be more tolerant. The project uses the Common project approach:working together for fulfilling our task as an intercultural team will teach us how important is to know to communicate eficiently, help us test stereotypes and common prejudices. The training courses are designed as an open learning process based on experience and exchange.Starting from this project we will not only learn how to be more tolerant and open minded, but also how to pratice other projects aim at spreading intercultural communitication inside our society.We will create a short movie and a Black Book for improving the process of intercultural communication.

The project “E.U. Comunic” will contribute to a better understanding and acceptance of minority cultural groups and also will provide the know how for further development of intercultural projects.