Magazine YOUNG FU firstand last issue

Swimming in the young world

The last youth exchange which took plce in Basko Polje, in 2009, called Editors of  EU, was a real success due to the full involvenent of the people gathered together from differnt countries, having differnt nationalities, ways of thinking and behaving and different background tradition.

Nowadays we leave in a society in which the time and space  have  different values and  in which people are becoming  more selfish, taking  care just of their  lives and  being locked  in a self-oriented world. They don't  realize  that  by giving more they can achieve more. Following  this code  the participants of the  last youth  exchange  íound  themselves  in the situation  of using  the abilities  and knowledge  they gathered  during  the camp,  this  is why,  in a selfless gesture,  the organizing  team has decided  to continue  bringing  this unique  opportunity  to other  people  also. By being  in the camp we hope  that they  can discover  themselves  and become more open-minded and-more  aware  of the world  they  live  in, taking  into consideration  that the  real world does mean lots  of people  and  lots of unique  characteristics,  a varlety  of  life experiences  which can be  in total contrast  of those  one owns, but also  a limitless  source oi learning  and discovering.

The 2011 youth  exchange,  entitled  EU Tick,  focuses  on promoting  pro-activeness  among  the participants,  making  them more  aware  of the  role one  can play  in a peer  to peer  interaction  and also  as a group  representative.  The  activities  planned,  most organized  and  facilitated  by  the  participants,  will help  them  improve  skills and abilities  like:  communication,  problem solving,  dealing with  technology  and also  the ability  of understanding  and  using  new  information.

 
Basko  Polje can be called, without  any  exaggeration,  the perfect  non-formal  learning  environment as it gives  the participants means of interaction  and  relaxation  while  learning  new things about  themselves  and others. Being  an outdoor  camp  situated  on the  seacoast  and  also  close  to the mountainside,  in an environment which does not have  any outooor connection, and here I am speaking  about  the online activity,  they are  forced  to  interact  making  them  to return  to  the basics of human  relationships.  This  is why  the output of the project  goes  beyond  the magazine,  which the participants  put together,  as  it has a more  important  human  output  of strong  friendships and future  collaborations  and plans.


Countries:

Introduction

As you  can  see  in the previous  map of Europe,  participants  of the Youth  Exchange are people  from  the different countries.  We would  like to provide  information  about all these  states. Each has various  culture,  traditions,  customs,  typica! events  and meals  etc. But the base  of our characters  is almost  the same, because we are from the same continent.

 Some  of  the participating  states  are  in the  European union, while another  are candidates  to be admitted,  People  from the  "non-EU"  states  can learn more  about the system  of this  organisation and  they will be able, after becoming  relevant member,  to take part in discussion  about  their admission  and  activities. And  this  is why we are here to  talk about  the  EU and share  our opinions  and knowledge  of it.  lt will help  us to get know each other  better.

We think no matter  the country  you are comming from, your  origin,  age,  if you are male or female... - we all can  talk  together,  have  fun and make new friends  from abroad. We hope you will gain  interesting  facts  about  us from  this magazine  and  you will  be  inspired  to explore  on your own.