Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

It was my first Grundtvig Workshop. A great and challenging experience... After two days spent in Istanbul, I arrived to Gaziantep, the 6th biggest city in south Turkey, near the Syrian border. The recent problems did not change my decision to join this event. Actually, I was amazed by the way Turkish Government and people are managing the situation. It was one of the key aspects of the workshop. The topic, literacy, the ability of reading and writing, is much more complex than it seems to be at the first hearing. The group was heterogeneous, with people aged between 25 to 53 years old from different domains: academics, linguistics, international relations, education& innovation, finance, media and history; and different countries: Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Scotland and Turkey.   The workshop was structured in several parts: the concept, the methodology, practical tasks, study visits, presentation of the new program called Erasmus + and the evaluation.

  I arrived to Costești, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova on Monday, 7th of October 2013. It was a challenging trip, but I was happy to find myself in such position. After all, it was only the beginning… 9 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine), 2 trainers (Basia and Meg), an interesting topic (European citizenship) and many things to learn. In the first evening we had the chance to get to know each other and to explore a little bit the area. Starting Tuesday, we have participated to the course sessions, having different tasks (mostly designed as non-informal education): role plays, games, team work, project idea. The intercultural night was a real success, we brought in Moldova a small part of our countries (traditional costumes, food and drinks) and we presented the traditional dances and songs. We learned about active European citizenship and its dimensions (social, political, economic and cultural), identity and hum