Guide for participants

ON ARRIVAL TRAINING

FOR EVS VOLUNTEERS

ORAHOVICA 18.-22.11.2013.

CROATIA

CONTENT

I. BASIC INFORMATIONS ABOUT TRAINING

WHAT IS EVS ON ARRIVAL TRAINING?

PARTICIPANTS

TRAINING PROGRAMME

LANGUAGE

II. TRAVEL AND ACOMMODATION

LOCATION

TRAVEL

ACOMMODATION

FOOD

TRAVEL REIMBURSMENT

DO NOT FORGET TO BRING!!!!!

III. ADITIONAL INFO

THE ARRIVAL DAY

EMERGENCY / CONTACT NUMBER

I. BASIC INFORMATIONS ABOUT TRAINING

WHAT IS EVS ON ARRIVAL TRAINING?

According to the Youth in Action Programme Guide, all volunteers have the right and responsibility to

attend EVS training sessions in order to receive information about the European Voluntary Service, support

during their service and tools that will help them achieve as much as possible in the time of their service.

Through this training you will:

Get to know other EVS volunteers, what they do and what are their experiences so far

Think about learning through EVS and will make own learning plan

Have the opportunity to discuss your rights and responsibilities as an EVS volunteer

Start to discover the way culture influences people on every day bases, especially your EVS service

Explore potential challenges and strengthen your communication and problem solving skills

Get a chance to share and discuss any worries, concerns or questions you have about the

experience you are undertaking

PARTICIPANTS

There will be about 15 participants on each ON arrival training. All

participants will be EVS volunteers that came to Croatia in last four weeks.

LANGUAGE

Working language of the training will be English and a whole scale of

its variations but we do support multilingualisam as well.

TRAINING PROGRAMME

Training will be implemeted from 18.-22.11.2013.

Time/Day Day 1 Day 2 Day3 Day 4 Day 5

9.30-11.00

The role of a volunteer

Culture Cultural

adaptation

Personal learning

plan 11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00

Me and my host organisation/project

(roles, rights, responsibilities)

Culture influencing EVS

Dealing with challenges and communication

in EVS

Evaluation

13.00-15.00 Lunch

15.00-16.30

Introducing training

Me as a volunteer Free afternoon

Dealing with challenges and communication

in EVS

16.30-17.00 Coffee break

17.00-18.30

Getting to know each

other

Learning through training and through

EVS Free afternoon

Dealing with challenges and communication

in EVS

19.00-20.00 Dinner

TRAINERS

Each ON Arrival training will be run by 2 trainers. Trainers that could meet you at the destination are:

Danijela Jurić, Martina Širol, Lidija Burić, Sunčana Kusturin, Domagoj Kovačić, Milan Ristić, Sandra Deak…

Although they are quite different they share the same idea about EVS ON Arrival course:

This training is supposed to help you to take the most out of your EVS experience. In order to be able to do that we would appreciate you to take few minutes and think about all the questions that you have. Please write them down and bring them with you. We strongly believe that the responsibility for the learning is shared between trainers and participants. That means that you are responsible for your learning. Without you saying what you need and without your active participation in the process of reaching the answers the training will not be beneficial.

And as Danijela would say: Let each one of us be all that one can be!

Let everyone achieve their full potential!

II. TRAVEL AND ACOMMODATION

LOCATION

Trainng course will be held in Red Cross Center for education in Orahovica from 18th November until 22nd

November. The exact adress of the Center is: Put Hrvatskih branitelja BB (Merkur), Orahovica.

Orahovica is a city in Virovitica-Podravina

county, in north-east part of Croatia.

Orahovica is situated about 70 km north-

west from Osijek on the slopes of

mountain Papuk. It is small city with

4.500 inhabitans. This region offers many

resorts and places for recreation. Nearby

Orahovica is atractive lake with

restaurants and wide selection of

entertainment for all ages. It is city

known for its hospitality, fine wines,

bautiful enviroment and natural beauty, why is often called Small Switzerland.

The climate is continental with morning temperature between 5ºC – 10 ºC and daily about 15ºC during

Autumn, but you can also expect lower temperature and possible colder periods in case of bad weather.

Distance from major cities in Croatia: Table 1: Road distance from Orahovica

Cities Road distance from Orahovica

Zagreb 209 km

Osijek 70 km

Vukovar 94 km

Rijeka 360 km

Split 620 km

Dubrovnik 880 km

TRAVEL

Please make your travel arrangements carefully. It is important that you arrive before 02.00 PM on the

first day and that you leave after 01.00 PM on the last day.

We recomended that you travel by train!!!!

If you are arriving by train:

If you travel by train you should look for line that stops at station Zdenci-Orahovica.

ZAGREB – ZDENCI-ORAHOVICA – 18th November 2013

Departure from

Zagreb (Main station) Train No. Arrival to Zdenci-Orahovica

07:04 783 10:24

07:30 985 11:21

10:00 703 13:26

OSIJEK – ZDENCI-ORAHOVICA – 18th November 2013

Departure from Osijek Train No. Arrival to Zdenci-Orahovica

04:05 6010 05:41

09:40 6012 11:13

12:03 702 13:08

Departure:

ZDENCI-ORAHOVICA – ZAGREB – 22nd November 2013

Departure from Zdenci-Orahovica Train No. Arrival to Zagreb

13:09 702 16:25

17:26 782 20:52

ZDENCI-ORAHOVICA – OSIJEK – 22nd November 2013

Departure from Zdenci-Orahovica Train No. Arrival to Osijek

13:27 703 14:35

14:45 6013 16:17

17:01 981 18:30

20:30 6015 21:58

At the train station in Zdenci-Orahovica a Red Cross vehicle will be provided that will take you to the

education centar.

Air lines Split-Zagreb you can find on: http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en/gm_sezonski/

No matter how you are arriving there will be a person from

a Red Cross waiting for you at the bus or train station in Orahovica!!!

ACOMMODATION

Red Cross Centar for education in Orahovica has three

buildings. In the first one you can find bedrooms, living

room with small kitchen and recreation room. Second

building contains a restaurant, a dining room and two

conference rooms for workshops and social activities.

Internet connection is available in education Centre.

The third building is a pool area with sauna and whirpool, and also some

bedrooms.

Accommodation is in rooms with 2 beds, each room has its own bathroom with toilet and

shower. All rooms are air conditioned.

FOOD

Food (menu) will be typical for the area in wich the training will be held. You can expect-soups, chicken,

beef, pork and fish dishes, vegetables in different ways, salads and desserts-cakes, ice cream and fruit.

Croatia is known for its diversity and wealth of culinary

specialties in which you will be able to enjoy. A typical meal

for Croatia can be found on the Internet with a note to follow

the food in the continental part of the Croatia -Slavonia. We

planned three meals a day as well as coffee and tea during

breaks. Of course, the menu can be adapted to personal needs

(in case of medical, religious or other reasons).

If you have any special needs regarding your diet, please specify that in your application!

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT

If possible, we ask your host organizations to give you

advance for travel expenses. Please keep your ticket

and account for a train, bus, ferry, plane or boat (bills

for a couchette or berth, bills paid booking seats,

luggage, airport taxes, etc.)!!! After training, based on

your attached bills and tickets, organizations will

receive reimbursement of your travel costs.

Travel cost will be refunded to the organization

depended on the price of train, bus or plane ticket

wich was used durring the travel.

III. ADDITIONAL INFO

EMERGENCY/CONTACT NUMBER: For additional information please contact:

+385992280249 – miss. Martina Hećimović, Croatian Red Cross, Red Cross city branch Osijek

We will contact you few days before your arrival for the details about your travel.

DO NOT FORGET TO BRING!!!!!

Personal documents (Passport, residence registration, ...)

Bathing suit (slim bathing suit is obligatory for men)

Towels for swimming pool and showering

Personal hygienic kit, your favourite soap and toothbrush

Camera (optional)

Everything that you will need to feel good

Good shoes and sportive outfit for outdoor activities

Good mood (and a bit more also to share with others :-)

Alarm clock and bring also charging cable for your mobile

PACK YOUR ENERGY AND BE READY FOR THE UNKNOWN

SEE YOU IN

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