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“Armenian PR association” scientific-informational NGO has an approved project VIRTrUrAL CROSSROAD which is a Youth Exchange funded by Youth in Action program. The project will take place on 15-23, August 2013 (including arrival and departure) in beautiful Dilijan city, Armenia. The main theme of the project is the activation of rural youth.
During the project, we are going to touch the problems of active citizenship and unemployment of rural youth. The aim of this youth exchange is to give space to young people to reflect about the meaning of volunteering and how it relates to active citizenship. Participants will be invited to explore why it is important to be active citizens and how volunteering can play an important role in society and for sure we will discover the key ways of finding jobs. Participants will discuss about these issues and will try to reach a basic common agreement on the role of volunteering in improving society and environment. Then they will be invited to create a web-site that will reflect their learning and conclusions and on this web-site will be published all materials that will be used during the project. The local community also will be involved in the Youth Exchange: participants will share ideas with local people. There will be organized some activities where participants will deal with local people.
Through this project we expect participants to reflect about the added value of cultural diversity in a community, which allows its members to share different ideas and be more creative in finding new solutions for the problems of youth unemployment.
The project will be held based on the creative workshops, seminars, discussions intercultural evenings, working groups, city games, meeting with experts etc. Each partner country will participate with 5 participant (4participant+1 leader) from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy from different social economic backgrounds between the ages 16-25 whole number of participants is 31.

About the venue
The location of the project is Dilijan city which is 100km far from Yerevan capital of Armenia. Dilijan is a spa town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It is situated near the forests and is one of the most beautiful resorts of Armenia, situated in Dilijan National Park. The forested and reclusive city is home to numerous Armenian artists, composers, and filmmakers and features some traditional Armenian architecture. Hiking, mountain biking, and picnicking are popular recreational activities. The city’s population is steadily declining from the 23,700 reported in the 1989 census, to 14,846 in the 2001 census, with an estimated 15,600 by 2009. The Armenian government is planning to turn Dilijan into a regional financial capital, beginning with the move of much of the Central Bank‘s operations to Dilijan in 2013.
Travel Information
Your travel expenses will ONLY be reimbursed upon presentation of documentary evidence of the sum actually paid and you need to present:
1. Original Invoices
2. Original travel tickets (train, flight or bus)
3. Bank /credit card overview with your e-tickets ‘payment
4. Copy of your passport
5. Original Boarding passes
We don’t cover any travel expenses without presenting the original travel tickets on spot.
Visa Information
We are happy to announce that there is no visa for coming to Armenia. So there is no visa, no visa costs 🙂