ILC Panama 2013 - Booklet #3

Delegate’s Booklet

N°3

April 4th to 10th, 2013

• History

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• Panama Canal http://tinyurl.com/8tjq8l6

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Accommodation

We offer 2 options for accommodation for international delegates. ALL DELEGATES must choose the housing option they prefer and fill the information required for each option and inform their Chief Delegate. SelfContat: You have a panamanian friend and you will stay in his/her house. Hostels: All delegates that arrive before day 0 (April 4th) will have a series of hostels which they can choose to stay. Those hostels will also be available for delegates that come in day 0 in early hours. The cost is not included in the ILC FEE.

Hostels

Hostels Hostels Luna's Castle Hostel Hostel Villa Vento Surf

Casco Viejo Marbella http://www.lunascastlehostel.com/ http://hostelvillaventosurf.com/ [email protected] hostelbookers.com

507-262-1540 [email protected]

(507) 3976001, (507) 3976002, (507) 61518048

Panamericana Hostel Casco Viejo Los Mostros Hostel

http://www.panamericanahostel.com/ Marbella

[email protected] http://www.losmostroshostel.com/

(507) 202-0851 [email protected] 507 - 3966570 Panama by Luis

Coco del Mar Hospedaje Casco Viejo http://panamabyluis.com/ http://www.hospedajecascoviejo.com/

[email protected] [email protected] 6726-6031 / 393-6275 Tel: (507) 211-2027

Hostels Map

National Police 104

Fire 103

Ambulance 911

Tourist Police 511 9200

Civil Defence (SINAPROC) Tel: 512 6190 / 316 3200

National Tourism Authority Hotline

178

Directory Assistance 102

Emergency Numbers in Panama

International Dialing Code: 507

VISA Procedures The following contries DO NOT require VISA to enter Panama: • Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Ecuador • El Salvador • Guatemala • Japan • Mexico

Countries That Require Stamped Visa To Enter Panama • Dominican Republic

• Nicaragua • Paraguay • Peru • Spain • USA • Venezuela

*** If you want more info or if your country is not on this list please visit http://bit.ly/UbV1Xq (in spanish) or email us.

TAXIS Phone Number Maxi Taxi : Tel: 233 4828 America Libre: Tel: 800 8294 Taxi Concordia: Tel: 236 7848

Transportation Costs: • One-way Ticket (Local Transport) : $0.55 • Monthly Pass (Regular Price) : $15.00 • Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) : $1.40 • Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) : $0.70 • Taxi 1 hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) : $20.00 • Gasoline (1 liter) : $1.02

Transportation

The CC will offer transportation from the airport to the city on April 3rd from 8am to 7pm; and April 4th from 8am to 12 (noon). Please feel out the form below, if you haven’t, or the CC will not be able to warranty transportation on the above mention dates. DDL is March 27th.

Special Information Form: http://bit.ly/167i8Lr

Weather

During April the weather can be sunny with showers. The temperature is approximately 30cº to 35cº during the day and 25cº to 30cº during the night. During this season humidity is around 80%. Dress Code: Light summer clothes with something warm for indoors.

Cost Of Living : Expenses

• Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant : $5.1 2

• Meal for 2, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course : $40.00

• Combo Meal at McDonalds or Similar : $4.50

• Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught): $1.50

• Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) : $3.00

• Cappuccino (regular) : $1.50

• Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) : $1.00

• Water (0.33 liter bottle) : $1.00

For more information: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Panama&city=Panama+City

Insurance Information

Is mandatory to have your own insurance as well and if you don’t, you can purchase an insurance valid for hospitalization, accidents and more, including luggage lost from the CC.

The insurance the CC will offer is for: $38.00 which will be for 15 days. If you want more info contact us at: [email protected]

Insurance Information

Price: $38.00

Duration: 15 days.

*Amounts are shown in $USD

Benefits INDIVIDUAL

Medical Assistance due to an accident 3000 Medical Assistance due to illness 3000 Prescribe Medications 3000 Dental Emergency 100 Medical Transportation 3000 Transportation of family member due to Hospitalization

Up to 300

Hotel expenses due to illness 200 Funeral Repatriation 3000 Travel back due to family member deceased 200 Urgent message transfer Yes Assistance with Lost documents, plane tickets or baggage lost

Yes

Assitance phone line Yes Compensation due to baggage lost on regular airline 600 Fund Transfer 10000 Legal Fine Fund Transfer 10000 Legal Assistance due to car accident 1000 Pre-Existing Medical Condition No Late Arrival 500 Amateur Sport Coverage No Deductible 0 Geographical Coverage Worldwide

Special Events

Let’s give youth the voice and also tangible knowledge about Education, Corporate Social Responsibility, Technology & Innovation. Global Youth Voice will be held at one of our LCs auditorium, Universidad Latina de Panama. We will also have a job fair with our partners. Date: April 3rd, 2013

Dress Code: Business Casual

Partners:

Special Events Regional Youth to Business! Youth Shaping the world through Business The first initiative to bring a Global event to Iberoamerica, experience a different side of the Y2B in which you will really be able to connect with companies face to face and together create the commitments to shape the future of Iberoamerica and the World. The topics this time are going to be: Responsible Business, 21st Century Leadership and Innovation Technologies. • 1 main speaker • 2 Topic speakers • 7 Simultaneous Workshops • 5 Minds discussing in the Closing Panel • 300 delegates sharing their ideas in a

business network. Companies like EDGE, BBVA, Adidas and Copa Airlines are ready for this; now is your turn to pump up your minds and entrepreneur ideas for this Youth to Business Forum.

Dress Code:

Business Casual

edge Award

AIESEC International and edge want to recognize entities who leverage on the Global Partnership between edge and AIESEC to move closer to achieving AIESEC 2015.

At the AIESEC ILC 2013 in Panama, we will showcase and reward activities, that "develop responsible and entrepreneurial leadership"

This award is open to all AIESEC entities representing an emerging market in Asia, Africa and Latin America whose membership has actively engaged with edge in the year 2012/13. edge global partner will be here and give out this award. Meet them to talk about Social Business!

Other Events

ALUMNI Gala Dinner Saturday, March 6th

Dress Code: Formal for both nights

AWARDS Dinner Tuesday, March 9th

Study Tours City Tour (1 Day tour)

During the tour you will first visit the ruins Panama Viejo, the first official city founded by Europeans on the Pacific coast of the Americas and the starting point of the treasure trails that crossed the isthmus to the Caribbean. Visit the Old Panama Museum, climb up the Cathedral tower, and stroll among the stone walls and remnants of what was once considered the richest city in the Americas. Continue to Casco Antiguo (the old city compound) which dates from the late 1600's. Casco Viejo is home to monuments to Ferdinand de Lesseps and other Frenchmen instrumental in the ill-fated attempt of the French to construct a canal through Panama became the new Panama City of the times. This part of town was never successfully attacked, being protected by a wall that surrounded the new settlement. Continue the tour with a box lunch and a tour of the Panama Canal area, including the town of Balboa, formerly part of the Panama Canal Zone. You will then visit the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal where large ships can be seen transiting the canal.

Date: April 2nd, 2013 / 8:00 am

$40.00 (Lunch Included)

Study Tours Embera Community A perfect opportunity to visit an indigenous village in the midst of an exceptionally wonderful natural setting that supports in harmony their lifestyle and traditions. Embera Drua is located on the Upper Chagres River. A dam built on the river in 1924 produced Lake Alajuela, the main water Supply to the Panama Canal, The village is four miles upriver from the lake, and encircled by a 129.000 hectare National Park of primary rainforest. You will learn about Embera customs and their relationship with nature. There will be handcrafts available for sale and you will have a chance to be painted with the traditional jagua, a natural dye the Embera use to adorn their bodies. After a traditional Embera lunch (fish) you will be heading back to Panama City.

Date: April 11th, 2013 / 7:30am

$80.00 (Lunch Included)

Study Tours San Blas (2 days / 1 night)

Home to the Kuna Indians, the San Blas Archipelago is comprised of hundreds of islands and islets found just off the coast of the Comarca de Kuna Yala. This Comarca, or autonomous territory, is a thin strip of land that stretches across Panama's northeastern coast. While some of the San Blas Panama islands are inhabited, others remain isolated, showing no signs of life at all. Enjoy a true get away just a few hours driving from Panama City with stunning beaches, swaying palm trees, laid-back attitude and rustic accommodations of the San Blas islands might just be the ideal fit.

Date: April 11 & 12, 2013 / 7:30am

$180.00

* Beverages not included.

Special Events

Friday, April 5th Albook Mall

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