The document provides information for participants attending the training course "Art as a tool against discrimination" taking place in Lviv, Ukraine from October 11-21, 2013. The training will bring together 30 youth workers and artists from 6 European and Caucasus countries to discuss using art to promote intercultural dialogue and inclusion through non-formal educational activities like workshops and presentations. Participants will be equipped with new skills and tools for implementing youth projects on these themes.

1. Participants' guide
Lviv, Ukraine
From the 11th to 21st October 2013
Art as a tool against discrimination
"With the support of the Youth in Action Program of the European Union"

2. Information for participants of the training course
Summary
We welcome you to the training course“Art as a tool against discrimination”
organized under the Youth in Action Programme supported by the European
Commission.
This training on intercultural dialogue through the subject of art will take place in
Lviv, from 11th to 21st October 2013, with participants from 6 European and Caucasus
countries: France, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, in the frame of the
Eastern Partnership Youth Window.
The objective is to train youth workers and youth artists to conduct intercultural
projects promoting intercultural dialogue and inclusion through art. The method will be
non-formal education, by creating interactive spaces, propitious for exchange. The 30
participants will share ideas and experiences on the theme of art as a lever of dialogue
within the European and Caucasian areas. Workshops of artistic creation with
intercultural dimension, meetings with local associations/institutions, and elaborating
proposals for the development of new partnerships and multilateral projects, will be
implemented during the training.
An interactive teaching method
Working methods will be based on the approach and tools of non-formal education,
facilitating intercultural learning in the European and Caucasian context. These
methods, participatory and experiential, will foster the valorization of participants and
their active involvement, considered as resources for learning and development of the
group. Particular attention will be paid to the analysis of the experience of each pax,
identification of problems, their causes, and the implementation of cooperation activities.
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Artistic workshops,
Energizers
Expert inputs
Talking, exchanging and confronting experiences
Pedagogical activities and simulation role plays
Individual and group exercises
Workshops on project creation
Workshops on development practices
Reflection groups
Meetings with local civil society and institutional actors
Objectives
To develop and improve the skills of young leaders/artists who will become relays in
their local realities. The project promotes awareness of young people and their
involvement in the fight against discrimination and marginalization in order to establish a
more inclusive society. Also, it fosters initiatives, creativity and entrepreneurship among
young people, through their involvement in all phases of the project.

3. Specific Objectives
- Explore and analyze intercultural cooperation, integration and social cohesion through
the participation and inclusion of disadvantaged youth
- Stimulate reflection by sharing ideas and encourage participants to learn about art as
a tool for tolerance, social inclusion and fight against discrimination
- Provide the participants with new knowledge, skills and tools for the implementation of
youth projects
- Encourage solidarity of participants towards others
- Allow project's leaders to share their experiences and expertise in order to familiarize
themselves with socio-cultural and administrative contexts
- Improve the knowledge of the YiAP and promote the realization of projects according
to its priorities/objectives
In preparation for the training course, each participant needs to:
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Fill out and send back the questionnaire attached before 1st of October to
savaryn678@hotmail.com . This will allow the pedagogical team to identify your
expectations and your needs.
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Do research and collect pedagogical materials and case studies (problems
and/or good practices) on the theme of " art as a tool to fight against
discrimination and exclusion of marginalized children and young people” in your
respective countries in order to make the most of the exchanges during the
various training workshops.
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Prepare, using your own creativity and innovation (but no Powerpoint, please), a
presentation of your country, region and a typical traditional food speciality from
your community for sharing with the other participants and the local population
during the intercultural night. Be aware that it will not be possible to cook in
the hostel.
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Be ready to participate in workshops and concert, where you will have to
demonstrate your talent on an amateur or professional level (traditional or
modern dances, playing the instruments, theatrical performance, singing etc.).
Artistic workshops will be held for orphans and young people with disabilities in
boarding schools. Gala concert will consist of performances of participants, as
well as local artists. Please don’t forget to take traditional or contemporary
costumes, music, instruments etc. or anything that will help you to showcase
your talent (type of art you are engaged in).
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Prepare in advance a creative and interactive presentation of your sending
organisation, explaining the domains in which it works as well as its objectives
and activities. You need to be able to find a creative way of presenting it that will
allow other participants to grasp the basic ideas in no more than 5 minutes.
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Bring good mood, positive energy, humour and dynamism .

4. Location
The training course will take place at The Hotel “Hostel” 38 Pulyuya Str. Lviv,
Ukraine
The hotel is a 15 minute bus ride from the city centre. All activities will be held here, and
this is also where participants will sleep and have all their meals. Rooms are double or
triple (2 or 3 persons) with a separate bathroom and toilet in the hallway. Two rooms
(five people at the most) will share one bathroom and one toilet.
Please note the following:
- Smoking is not allowed inside the hotel
- Refrain from making noises that may disturb others at night from midnight to
8am
- The hotel is equipped with WIFI, Internet
- Payphones are available at the hotel
Do not forget to bring
- Towels
- Your personal toiletries (shampoo, soap …)
- Rain gear, as it frequently rains in Ukraine at this time of the year

5. Entering Ukraine !
On the Ukrainian border / airport Border Guard Service can ask you:
- Information about the place of stay in Ukraine:
Hotel “Hostel”, 38, Ivana Pulyuya street, Lviv
- Purpose of the trip:
Cultural Exchange - part in the international project “Art as a tool against
discrimination”
- Name and address of the organization who invited you in Ukraine:
Youth Pablic Organisation “Human World”, identification code is 38008116
Address: 16, Kulykivska street, Lviv, Ukraine, 79044
Phones: 0038 0980403336, 0038 0633076883, fax: 0032 2388223
e-mail: ngo.human.world@hotmail.com
Director – Lesya SAVARYN
Phones: 0038 0980403336, 0038 0633076883
Before coming to Ukraine you will receive by email the scanned invitation
Instructions to get to the Hotel “Hostel”
1. From Airport “Lviv” Danylo Halytkyj
Detailed description of the route
Walking to the bus stop Airport (New Terminal) 0 min
Bus number 48
The interval of motion: 10-15 min.
Depart: bus stop Airport (New Terminal)
On the road: 8 min. Price: 2.00 UAH
Arrive: bus stop Pivdennyj Bazaar (Ринок «Південний»)

6. Chang the bus № 25 or 23 from the same bus stop: Pivdennyj Bazaar (Ринок
«Південний»)
Bus number 48
Bus number 25 or 23
From the stop: Pivdennyj Bazaar
To stop: Pivdennyj Bazaar
0 m (0 min.)
Bus number 25 or 23
The interval of motion: 10 min.
Depart: bus stop: Pivdennyj Bazaar (Ринок «Південний»)
On the road: 8 min. Price: 2.00 UAH
Arrive: the bus stop: Ivana Pulyuya street ( Івана Пулюя вулиця)
Walking from the bus stop Ivana Pulyuya street to Ivana Pulyuya, 38:
mins.)
527 m (6
2. From Central Railway Station
Detailed description of the route
Walk to the bus stop: Central Railway Station 1 min
1
Bus number 32 or 10
Range of motion: 10-15 min.
Depart: bus stop Central Railway Station
On the road: 20 min. Price: 2.00 UAN
Arrive: the bus stop: Ivana Pulyuya street ( Пулюя )
Walking from the bus stop Ivana Pulyuya street to Ivana Pulyuya, 38:
mins.)
527 m (6

7. 3. From Kiev
From Boryspil airport / Kyiv goes the bus to the main railway station of Kyiv
Please note that to get from the airport to the railway station, you may need 1.5 or 2
hours.
On this web address you can book or buy a ticket for the train to Lviv:
http://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetables/
Trains schedule to Lviv:
Train Number
Train Route
year-round daily
Departure time from
Kyiv
Arrival time to Lviv
43
Kyiv - Ivano-Frankivsk
18:49
02:52
49
Kyiv-Truskavec
20:18
05:27
81
Kyiv - Uzhhorod
18:37
03:47
91
Kyiv - Lviv
22:40
06:26
99
Kyiv - Uzhhorod
15:22
00:23
141
Kyiv - Lviv
15:52
04:37
143
Kyiv - Ivano-Frankivsk
21:00
06:42
169
Darnytsya / Kyiv - Lviv
INTERSITY+
17:01
22:20
Information about Ukraine
Lviv is the cultural capital of Ukraine thanks to the more than 150 festivals annually,
60 museums, 100 churches of various denominations. The city is known as a center of
painters, literature, music, dance and theater arts. Lviv is the largest city in western
Ukraine. The architectural ensemble of the old city of Lviv is listed as a World
Heritage by UNESCO.
Lviv is located about 70 km from the Polish border and 469 km west of Kiev.
Ukraine shares its borders with seven 7 countries: Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to
the west, Romania and Moldova to the south-west, Russia to the east and the
north-east, and Belarus to the north. The country measures 1,316 kilometers from east
to west and 893 kilometers from north to south, covering a total area of 603,550
sq. km. This is a relatively flat country, with fertile land in the interior, creating
favorable conditions for agriculture. The mountains of Ukraine are in fact the
terminal parts of reliefs in Central Europe and the Mediterranean.

8. The climate of most of Ukraine is continental with cold winters and
hot summers (Mediterranean only on the southern coast of Crimea).
The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian. The most Ukrainians can speak
russian fluently, in part because 17% of the population is Russian.
Ukraine was the home of the first East Slavic state: the Kievan Rus' that during the
tenth and eleventh centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe.
Useful tips for travellers
The Ukrainian currency is the hryvnia. We recommend that you exchange money at
the airport as it is can be problem to exchange foreign currencies anywhere in
the centre. You may be charged a fee for withdrawing money with a foreign card in
Ukraine. Check with your bank.
Useful contact information !
YO ”Human World”
Phone: 0038 0980403336, 0038 0633076883
Lesya SAVARYN: savaryn678@hotmail.com
0038 0633076883
Natalya BABYAK: natalj4uk@rambler.ru
0038 0631024877