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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
O R A H O V I C A