contentsFrom�the�EDITOR7-17 March

Directors: Sabina, Andrey PatramanJournalists : Marina, Papuna, Ivetta, Katarina, TamaraCorrector: ValentynaGraphic designer: Andrey Patraman

3…2…1…BE ON AIR!

We started our adventure taking with us heavy luggage, big smiles and �open minds�.Now is the moment when every idea becomes real. When every word becomes wri�en.When every thought is brought to life.Every time you travel you can never image what you will learn. In our intercultural surrounding is even be�er: it's just like you are travelling around 10 countries, just being in the same place. Our report comes from all our surprises and astonishment during these amazing days. We asked to all the participants �What is unusual or particular for you since you are in Greece?��e answers were so funny that we couldn't stop our report like this. So for a few days our journalists went to the streets asking Greek people to give the reasons why they are so.Whether you are a foreigner or a native, here you will �nd the answers to all of your questions�or almost all!

3. Greeknesshow foreign countries see Greece

4. Eleven shades of foodjoin the intercultural night

5. Being on airtraining course for young workers

6. Everybody countsour statistics among countries

7. Just for funfunny stories from us

8. Tell me what you drawartworks from your notebooks

9. Tell it in 7 words...

10. Contact us

NEW

ST

RIT

ION

3 Greekness : how foreign countries see Greece

1. Why do you have so long siesta? - We enjoy our lifes. F 23. - �e law doesn't permit us to be open in the a�ernoon. M 30. - �at's agaisnst the law to have open stores in the a�ernoon. F 26. - Many years ago people worked in the �eld and had siesta to get some rest from hard work, and now it became a tradition. M 33. - We don't have siesta from the beginning of April till the beginning of October because we have a lot of tourists in that period and we work hard. If you are open from 1 p.m to 5 p.m, nobody will come to your shop and you will just waste electricity. F 70.2. Why do you lead such a relaxing lifestyle? - Mediterranean way of life. F 33. - Because of the sun! M 30. - �is is our mentality. F 26. - Not all the people, if you live in Athens you can see that there are more depressed people. M 44. - , for example,Not all of them are like this I work 9 hours a day. F 32.3. Why do you smoke in some public places despite the fact that it is forbidden? - We were born to be independent without alternative ways of thinking. F 33. - It can cause the protest of regular citizens if the law implements strictly. Greek have the highest percentage of smokers in Europe. - It's a part of our culture. M 30. - Against the law! F 26. - We will loose a smoking part of our population with this law and the quantity of smokers is growing daily. M 44. - We stopped smoking in public places, but it happens o�en if Igo to a co�eeshop, they�ll allow me to smoke because they have

a fear that customers won�t come here again. F 32.4. People don't use a helmet and a belt while driving moto or car, can you explain it? - We are good drivers and we don't need them. M 28.- For a small distance we don't wear it. M 30. - Unconsciously, but not all the people. F 26. - Everybody has to be responsible for its own life. M 44.5. Why do you always eat salads at meals? - Scientists say that we have the best nutrition. F 33. - Mediterranian nutrition. F 23. - Salad is a part of Mediterranian cuisine M 30.. 6. Why do you use shu�ers even in shadow streets? - For security, to keep the house warmer and sometimes to hide from the sun. M 28. - We have a lot sun of like nobody else. M 30. - I think to protect from ve M 33. thie s.7. Why do most of the Greeks speak English, at least basic words? - Touristic place. F 26. - Because we have to learn it at school. English is the second language and very important subject. F 32.- English is tought from primary school. For the last years parents send their kids to private schools to learn English be�er and they understand that it's necessary. M 52.8. Why don't you throw a toilet paper into the WC, but into the basket? - Tubes of toilet system are not large. M 28. - Toilet system has a problem. F 26. - You are the strange ones who throw the paper inside the toilet. - I have visited many countries and I haven't heard this before from anyone. M 44. - I don�t know (funny surprized face :) F 26.

continue on the next page...

NEW

ST

RIT

ION4

- In the big cities like Athens, we like to dance, but not here. Because we live in a small community mostly we know each other and feel a li�le bit shy. If you start to dance, people will stare on you. We have special dance for men. All people should make a circle and just one man should go inside of the circle and start improvisation dance other people in the circle should clap their hands. Now this kind of dance isn't so popular, but many many years ago you could be killed if you were disturbing man in the circle, it was very very serious . M 33. - �ere is not enough space in clubs for dancing. F 23.14. Why drivers are so crazy? - They have learned it this way , we are aggressive drivers. M 33. - �is is our mentality. F 26. 15. Why don't you have tea a�er the meal? - Tea is not a tradition to us. M 28. - Our culture is to drink more co�ee. M 30. - W mostly e have tea only when we are sick, green tea. F 32. - Greeks go to sleep and rest a�er a meal. We drink tea when we are sick.

9. We have noticed that children stay up late till 10 pm, why? - Le�ada is a safe place, but the majority of parents try to put them early to bed. M 28. - In Le�ada the crime rate is very low. - Children live so free! F 26. - �ere's no need to to be afraid to stay out. We don't want our kids to be nerds like other Europeans! M 44. - Kids are too free because of their parents. Most of them are in bars and their parents are ok with this because they know everybody. F 32. - Our way of living. M 52. 11. Why don't you put your working hours on the shop windows, maybe people need to know? - It's not obligatory. M 28. - All big shopping centres have it , it would be good if there is a sign with working hours everywhere. F 26. - I have never seen it in Greece, maybe, because shop owners think nobody needs it because we are s community.mall F 32. - put M 52.�ey should them.13. Why don't you dance in clubs ? - �e most of us prefer to observe, maybe we have complexes.

Eleven shades of foodEverybody knows, when you meet foreign people you meet their language, their clothes and especially their food. Be on Air gave us an opportunity to discover what is good in every culture. Some dishes were just like �hot pies� and not everybody could taste it. �anks to us you will see what you had missed!

join the intercultural night

NEW

ST

RIT

ION

5 “Be On Air” Training Course for youth workers from 11 countries

Nowadays young people are the most a�ected by media. Information from TV, radio, Internet and newspaper can in�uence their daily social life. Considering the important role that media play in young people lives, media education is a priority to educate and inform them about the right use of these tools. At the same time, young people are now becoming active m a k e r s i n i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n .In this context, 16 youth organizations from Europe, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, will spend a 10-days training course in Le�as, Greece, in order to allow youngsters to use media for their educational projects, to encourage them to produce their tools of communication, to �nd objectively their sources of information, and involve them to advance understanding between the cultures of partners countries and to promote the mutual respect, cultural diversity and the values of peace, solidarity and sustainable development among young people of our countr ies.

1- To exchange experiences between youth workers and youth leaders from Europe and from Caucasus on the media of young people, and share di�erent strategies and types of expression related of this topic.

2 - To enable participants to acquire new skills, in order to educate young people to be more a�entive to the various elements of media, and to be able to decipher, interpret, analyze, evaluate the information, and evaluate its sources.

3 - To Allow participants to develop their knowledge and skills on media technology, in order to transfer this knowledge to the youngsters in their communities.

4 - Allow participants to take more active role for the development of their communities through youth media.

5 - Create together a pedagogical tool, in order to help young people from partner's countries to create their media outlet through which they will promote intercultural dialogue, solidarity, and peace.

�ese future media will strengthen the links and encourage cooperation between young Europeans and young people Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Aims of our Training Course Be active!

Fill me

Everybody counts our statistics among countries

We asked our participants to answer these questions about freedom in media. 1. Answer with a YES or NOIf you were a journalist or a radio speaker in your country, could you write or say a sentence like this one?�Our government is wrong and they totally forgot about our Constitution. �is is a scandal!�

BulgariaUkraine Moldova Gagauzia Georgia ArmeniaRomania Latvia Hungary Italy SpainGreece

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

BulgariaUkraine Moldova Gagauzia Georgia ArmeniaRomania Latvia Hungary Italy SpainGreece

6.5 5 6 6 7 6.6 7 7.5 7 5 7.5 7

Media freedom is an urgent issue to discuss nowadays. Di�erent countries have di�erent political situations, so each journalist has di�erent rights to express his/her thoughts and ideas. For this reason, we have made a small statistic research among participants from �Be on Air�. Twelve countries gave their point of view about this problem.

NEW

ST

RIT

ION6

2. Answer for this question with a number from 1 to 10.What is in your opinion the level of the freedom for what concerning o�cial media?

Media freedom

Statistics show us who we are !

1.How many hours do you use Internet per day?

2. What is Internet for you? 3. The most favorite source of ge�ng informa�on for you?

4. Which media is less effec�ve?

5. What is the most popularmedia for you?

6. What are you afraid of? 7. How o�en do youa�end par�es?

8. At what do you usuallygo to bed during BOA?

Less than 2 h 17%2-3 h ��� 37%4-5 h ��� 18%6-8 h ��� 6%More than 8 h �� 22%

Way to communicate 23%Place to make new friends � 10%Way to exposure yourself � 4%Time was�ng � 7%It's my work � 56%

Google � 52%News web pages � 8%Printed newspapers � 12%Books � 7%Internet � 21%

Newspapers �� 28%Radio � � 32%Magazines � ��� � 17%�TV 11%Blogs �� 6%All of them are equally effec�ve 6%

Internet � 47%Social media � 11%Radio � 16%Web pages � 11%TV � 5%Intermedia � 5%People � 5%

Snakes 25%

Darkness � 17%

Nothing � 17%

Other 41%

Once a week � 45%

Few �mes per week � 13%

Once per month � 19%

Less than once per month � 23%

At 10 p.m. 8� %11-12 p.m. 5� 7%12 p.m.-2 a.m. 1� 4%3 a.m.-4 a.m. �14%5 a.m.-6 a.m. 7� %

So we are 27.2 years old and during the project "Be on air" go to sleep mostly at 23-24 p.m. You can see other data about BOA participant�s preference in my li�le report about mediaand some kind of funny information about you. �anks members for the help!

How old are we?Average age of BOA par�cipants 27.2 years old.

NEW

ST

RIT

ION

7Just for fun : funny stories from us

continue on the next page...

Simple questionSabina was asking few ques�ons to

all par�cipants wri�ng their na�onality.

Was Moldovian's turn and she asked

a par�cipant

“Are you Moldowian?”

“Yes”

“So you can answer to this simple ques�on”

“Even a difficult one if you want.

I am Moldowian not stupid”

We wanted to rent bikes but the owner told

us that we should come tomorrow.

At 13 we came exactly at that �me but he

said that he've forgo�en and we should do

it in a half an hour . We came, and he said

that we should wait for a minute and

Valen�na asked: “Is it an ordinary minute or

a Greek one?”

Greek minute

Marina goes to shop and asks:

“Is it 20 euro ?”

The shop assistant answers

“Ne”. Marina replies:

“Why not? There is s�cker with

price!”

“Greek Lesson number one!

“Ne” is Yes!

Greek lesson �1

I heard this funny story from Moldovian guys. Two Spanish girls were in Moldova as volunteers. Their mission was to contribute in agricultural development. They had to cul�vate some kind of plants in specific fields. They put seeds of “weed” and they grew up. They wanted to have some weed to smoke. When their coordinator discovered what they did, she got mad.

Magic seeds

NEW

ST

RIT

ION8Bright moments

Tell me what you draw...Artworks from your notebooksI have found out, that "Be on air" participants are not only very smart, but also very creative persons.What do you think they do during BOA activities? They cannot only learn, but also make art! Let's peek at their notebooks!

ADVIT / ICYE Moldova

C V SC V SB U L G A R I A

C O O P E R A T I O NC O O P E R A T I O NFOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEB U L G A R I A

YOUTHAND LIFELONGLEARNINGFOUNDATION

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUTHORGANIZATIONS OF GEORGIA

https://www.facebook.com/beonairlefkas?fref=tshttp://beonairlefkas.wordpress.com

This has been done during Be On Air training course organized by Solidarity Tracks organization trough the Youth in Action Program (3.1.2)

with financial support from the European Commission trough the Hellenic Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any

use which may be made of the information contained therein.