This document provides information about a training course taking place from September 18-28, 2012 in Strasbourg, France to combat discrimination against migrant and Roma minorities. The training will bring together 36 youth leaders and community leaders from EU and neighboring countries to exchange experiences and ideas. Through non-formal educational methods, the training will facilitate understanding of discrimination faced by minorities and promote their inclusion. Participants will learn about concepts like discrimination and develop recommendations and partnerships to promote social cohesion. The training will focus on identifying and addressing prejudices that lead to discrimination against Roma and migrant minorities in Europe.

1. Participant’s Guide
Strasbourg – September 18-28, 2012

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Training Course
Combating Discrimination against Migrant and Roma Minorities
September 18-28, 2012 – Strasbourg, France
OVERVIEW:
The purpose of the project is to train and equip youth leaders and community leaders of
skills, attitudes, knowledge and values related to the conduct of intercultural youth projects
promoting inclusion of migrant and Roma minorities in Europe. This is achieved through non-
formal educational methods that create comfortable, confident, respectful and empathetic
spaces for exchange. The participants will exchange their views and share their ideas and
experiences on the theme of discrimination against the Roma and migrant minorities in their
different social realities in the European, Oriental Europe and Caucasus, Mediterranean and
Balkans regions. The awareness of non-respected rights of migrant and Roma minorities and
the promotion of their inclusion will be facilitated by inputs of experts, exchange of best
practices, and the development of recommendations. These ideas will then be used to
develop new quality partnerships, as well as sustainable multilateral projects on the individual
and collective level of the development of new partnerships with quality and sustainable
multilateral projects. This training will focus on the inclusion of minorities in Europe, in
particular, the discrimination against the Roma and migrant minorities resulting from
prejudices, stereotypes and ignorance of the ways of life and realities of these minorities. This
training will be held for 10 days, in September 2012 and will bring 36 young youth workers,
from EU and neighboring partner countries (Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Caucasus).
OVERALL OBJECTIVES:
To train and to empower community leaders, volunteers, youth and social workers, as well as
leaders of youth projects of knowledge and related tools to conduct intercultural projects,
fostering the understanding and analysis of the realities and practices on the issue of
discrimination against minorities, in particular migrant and Roma, in trans-European (EU,
Eastern Europe and Caucasus) and Mediterranean countries. In addition, allow participants to
raise awareness to combat stereotypes and prejudices towards minorities, promote the
inclusion of young people from minorities in Europe and encourage social cohesion and living
together.
OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
 To identify, analyze and understand the concepts of "minorities", "migrant",
"discrimination", "inclusion" and "Roma, Gypsies, people of travel", together with the
participant learners;
 To exchange and compare experiences, perceptions and emotions experienced by the
participants from non-minority and minority background, in their professional or
personal practices in terms of discrimination and exclusion;
 To allow learners to raise awareness of rights relating to the status of minorities and
the forms of discrimination they suffer, to be at their turn true multipliers in their local
reality;
 To explore situations of exclusion and discrimination against minorities, including
Roma, by pedagogical and simulation activities;

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 To support, develop and improve the competences of partner organizations and that
of youth leaders, in the field of management of intercultural projects fostering the
promotion of the rights and the inclusion of young people from migrant or Roma
minorities, in the trans-European and Mediterranean contexts with educational tools
and new methods of non-formal education;
 To encourage empathy and solidarity of the young participants to the other in terms of
justice, respect for equality and diversity work on facilitating a positive evaluation of
the differences;
 To create new projects in the inclusion of young people from minorities background
area, promoting social cohesion and living together;
 To familiarize participants with the socio-cultural and administrative areas (legislation,
insurance, Visa, residence permit) of youth mobility projects in trans-European and
Mediterranean contexts;
 To improve the knowledge and control of the European youth in Action Program
explaining the roles of the different structures, actors and materials that exist
(Executive Agency, national agencies, SALTO, unit Euromed, etc.);
 To raise awareness amongst youth workers about the challenges and discrimination
minorities face in Europe, through voluntary actions so that they can act locally to
extinguish inequality;
 To give learners the opportunity to acquire new skills and tools for the design and
management of projects that promote respect and inclusion of migrant and Roma
minorities in the EU, Eastern Europe and Caucasus and the Mediterranean countries.
WORKING METHODS:
Methods will be based on tools that facilitate intercultural learning in a trans-European,
Caucasus and Mediterranean context. It will be participatory and experiential in order to
promote active involvement amongst participants, who are considered as resources for
learning and the development of the group. Special attention will be given to the analysis of
the experience of all participants and the analysis to the issues and their causes, so as to to
plan and coordinate actions of cooperation. Some of the working methods may include:
 Icebreakers;
 Presentations;
 Conference;
 Discussions, exchange and confrontation of experiences;
 Activities from educational textbooks with case studies;
 Individual and group exercises;
 Workshops to create projects;
 Workshops for skills development;
 Group reflections;
 Meetings of associational and institutional players;
 Immersion into local realities
Working languages: French and English

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PEDAGOGICAL PREPARATION:
- Register on the blog of the training course “Combating discrimination towards migrant and
Roma minorities” and introduce yourself online.....
- Identify the context of migrant and Roma minorities in your country;
- Identify challenges and discrimination faced by migrant and Roma minorities in your context
/ country;
- Search the best practices, experiences or civil society, NGO’s actions that promote inclusion
of minorities and migrant Roma in your country context;
- Prepare according to your own creativity and innovation, a presentation of your country,
region and a typical traditional meal in your community; that you will present during the
intercultural evening, for the other participants;
- Prepare a creative / interactive presentation of your sending organization, specifying the
issues, objectives, activities and target group.
All these researches are important in the preparation because you will share them with the
other participants during the training.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
 18+ years old;
 Motivated to take part to all the training sessions (i.e., punctual, respectful towards
the program);
 Be a beginner to the European Youth in Action Programme;
 Create a youth project which will be structured and developed during the training,
then sent to participant’s national agency for funding and recognition;
 Must pay 30% of own airline ticket. The other 70% will be reimbursed by AMSED;
 Must pay 50 € fee during the training to become member of the AMSED network.
TARGET GROUP: 2-3 participants per country : Youth, volunteers, leaders, youth workers,
associations and youth organization leaders wishing to engage on the order and
Mediterranean youth projects. The group will be composed of 36 participants.
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS:
 Accommodation and catering will be provided;
 70% of transportation to and from Rosheim will be reimbursed ;
 50 € fee for participation in the TC which will be paid during the training.
REIMBURSEMENT CONDITIONS & RESTRICTIONS:
1. What is reimbursed?
 Visa expenses (after providing receipt);
 70 % of transport from respective country to Strasbourg-Rosheim within the dates of
the project (i.e., arrive in Strasbourg September 18, depart September 28) – ticket
cannot exceed amounts estimated (see table below, section 4).

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2. How will be reimbursed?
 35% of the travel expenses and visa expenses, by cash, during the TC, upon receiving
(1) filled documents of travel and the copies of expenses by e-mail; (2) having with you
the ORIGINALS of boarding pass(es) / train ticket(s) / bus ticket(s); (3) having with you
original of invoices (visa, flight ticket, other handling charges)
 35% of the travel expenses by money transfer (bank transfer, Western Union....) upon
receiving by Post Office in AMSED (17 rue de Boston, 67000 Strasbourg) the
ORIGINALS RETURN of the boarding pass and others transportations costs.
3. What expenses will not be reimbursed?
 Passport renewal;
 Insurance;
 Flight change penalty fees;
 Travelling outside of itinerary of your country to Strasbourg-Rosheim and back;
 Travelling expenses outside of training dates;
 Price difference between granted amount and real price of trip.
From 1st of August, please purchase tickets according to price lists indicated below. If you
have any questions, PLEASE CONTACT US.
After purchasing the tickets, please fill out the document in attachment "OUTIL DE
VOYAGE" and send it back to us.
 Each person must purchase a ticket within the following budget costs in order to get
the full 70% reimbursement from AMSED. If you have any doubts, please contact us.
Pays de Number Maximum total price per person in Euros.
résidence of Pax Transport tickets to Rosheim (go/back)
Germany 3 202 €
Bulgaria 3 300 €
Spain 3 370 €
Romania 4 352 €
Turkey 4 287 €
Palestine 3 666 €
Morocco 4 336 €
Algeria 3 388 €
Ukraine 4 386 €
Azerbaidjan 4 625 €
Georgia 3 630 €

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DATES OF TRAINING: September 18-28, 2012
LOCATION & VENUE: Rosheim, Alsace region, France
The seminar will take place at "Benedictine Monastery," in Rosheim, a small town 30 km from
Strasbourg (http://www.rosheim.com/)
Adress is
Monastère des Bénédictines
1, rue Saint-Benoît F-67560 ROSHEIM
www.benedictines-rosheim.com
DIRECTIONS:
I. From Strasbourg's Airport to Strasbourg train station
1. Walk to the Entzheim train station (a footbridge will direct you from the airport to the
train station)
2. Take the shuttle train to Strasbourg Central Station – “Strasbourg Gare Centrale”
 9-minute ride, there’s a train every 15 minutes
 Price of the ticket: 3.90 €
 for more information and timetable of train :
http://www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr/index.php/airport-information/access-to-the-
airport/shuttle-train
3. Get off at Strasbourg Central Station
II. From Strasbourg Central Station to venue
At the station, take a train to Rosheim and we will be waiting at the station Rosheim. This is
the line STRASBOURG - SELESTAT via MOLSHEIM.
Please find the PJ train schedule sheet

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT FRANCE:
Geography:
France has a surface area of 550,000 km2,which makes it the largest country in Western
Europe - larger than Spain, Germany and Sweden. It lies on the western edge of the continent
of Europe and shares borders with six neighbouring countries: Belgium and Luxembourg in the
north; Germany and Switzerland in the east; Italy in the south-east; and Spain in the south-
west.
This geographical position gives France two salient advantages. On the one hand, partly due
to its excellent communications network, it is a crossroad at the heart of the European Union,
linked to the east with the vast industrial and urban area stretching from the mouth of the
Rhine to the plains of the Po River; to the north-west, it is within easy reach of the industrial
centres of the United Kingdom and to the south it forms an integral part of the Mediterranean
arc running from Catalonia to central Italy.
The French coastline provides access by sea to Northern Europe, America and Africa via the
North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, which are amongst the world’s busiest
waters. Mainland France is compact and forms a hexagon of which no side is longer than
1,000 km. Within these boundaries, France has exceptionally varied scenery; this, together
with its rich cultural heritage, helps make it popular amongst tourists.
Climate:
France is located between latitudes 41° and 52° North, on the western edge of the Eurasian
continent, and thus, lies within the northern temperate zone. The Mediterranean climate
prevails in the south-east and Corsica.
History:
Most modern historians consider that France was born under the Carolingians after the
dissolution of the Frankish Empire in AD 843. The country’s political history thus spans more
than eleven centuries that cannot be simply summarised. A few key dates do stand out. But
France’s past is made up of a heritage of buildings and culture accumulated from the Stone
Age to the present day, from the Lascaux caves to the Louvre Pyramid, including the cities of
Roman Gaul, cathedrals, princely chateaux and industrial architecture. The French love their
history. They also like to act it out: in cartoons and official ceremonies, the discourse of
memory, always subject to fashion and variation, both elevates and distorts the past.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ALSACE:
Strong with a cultural identity forged by its history, the smallest region of France, situated in
the northeast of the country, is also one of the most original, for its cultural, gastronomic,
geographical diversity.
Forests, plains, mountains, vineyards and meadows are just some of the so many landscapes
offered by the departments of Bas-Rhin (situated in the North) and the Haut-Rhin (situated in
the South). Within the massive Vosges on the West and the Rhine River in the East, the plains
of Alsace are formed with cities and villages that are typically medieval, revival or gothic in
architecture.

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Alsace is located on border the of France and Germany, thus it developed a double culture in
the mist of the Latin and Germanic universes. The region was under the reign of the French
kingdom until 1648, and later, between 1870 and 1945, underwent four changes of
nationality. Strasbourg, its capital, was chosen in 1949 to shelter the European institutions:
the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and more recently, the Palace of Human
Rights in 1995.
GOING TO FRANCE:
All foreign citizens who wish to come to France must be able to present regulatory proof of
the purpose of their stay, means of support and accommodation. In some cases, except
exemption (are exempted from visa for the European territory of France: the citizens of the
EU, the EEE and Switzerland) they need a visa to enter France. Visas must be applied for
before leaving for France at a French consular office. For more information, please visit:
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/france_829/venir-france_4062/entrer-
france_4063/index.html#so_6
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR TRAVELLERS:
 Currency: Euro
o We recommend you to change your currency at the airport. There will be no
possibility of exchange in the city centre.
 It is possible to cash traveller’s checks and Visa cards are almost everywhere accepted.
Stores, restaurants, etc. often indicate which credit cards they accept.
 There may be bank charges to withdraw with a foreign credit card. Ask your bank for
more precise information.
CONTACTS INFORMATION:
AMSED office : 00 333 88 61 71 67
Project coordinator : Myriam Brahmi
E-mail: mobilite@amsed.fr
Website : www.amsed.fr
Phone: 00 336 67 60 23 75
Trainer : Djilali Kabeche
E-mail: contact@amsed.fr
Website : www.amsed.fr
Phone: 00 336 61 34 2603
Logistic : Audrey LIENHARD
e-mail : gestion@amsed.fr
Phone : 00 333 88 61 71 67