Nowadays we live in a media world full of new technologies, where people, especially youth, are fed with media messages which influence their views and behaviours in many different ways. Through their lifetime youth learn how to use these technologies for addressing issues that affect them. Media and information literacy – the ability to access, analyse, and process information created and disseminated by different types of media – becomes more and more essential and vital civic skill in today’s modern democratic society. In fact, media and information literacy can be used as a tool for youth representation since it can improve their understanding about media and information, as well as the work of youth organisations. Also, media and information literacy can be adopted as a communication practice for stimulating informed dialogue, but also for promotion of intercultural and interreligious understanding among youth who work in different areas. Thus, this project ‘Real Facts Matter’ aims to allow youth through their organisations working in different fields, such as, environment, sport, democracy, human rights, etc., to learn and apply media and information literacy skills and competences in their everyday life and work. The project’s objectives are set as following:

– to spread information and knowledge among young people from different parts of Europe
about the media and information literacy policies and strategies,
-to help young people understand the deeper meaning of information and media literacy
and the importance of acquiring media literacy skills, especially among young people as driving force in society,
– to show young people and youth organisations how to use the information at their
disposal in an effective, critical and ethical way, as well as to support and promote
freedom of expression, access to information and other human rights,
– to advise young people to be constructive when sharing information and how to detect fake news,
– to encourage young people and youth organisations to be more creative and
involved in production of knowledge and information,
– to increase participant’s digital skills, as well as other soft skills, such as presentation, public speaking, teamwork and leadership skills, etc.,
_ to enable intercultural learning and support for cultural diversity,
– To promote the Erasmus+ Programme, YouthPass certificate and NFE (non-formal education).

• Young people between 18 and 26 years of age residents of the participating countries;
• Young people interested in acquiring and making advance skills, knowledge and
  competences in the field of media literacy and information, taking into account the principles of non-formal education.
•  Young people who have knowledge in the creation of digital products, such as info
  graphics, or those who want to know more about it;
• Young people interested in non-formal education and seeking to better understand experiential learning and its methodology;
• Young people with fewer opportunities such as unemployed young people, young people
  with problems cultural inclusion, young people living in peripheral or rural areas, etc.

Plan, prepare and facilitate activities with young people

Enable youthworkers to use their learning to enhance their future development

Supporting the exchange of experience and good practices in the field of volunteer engagement by using online communication and collaborative working tools

– Learning by doing methods.
– Name games, ice-breaking and team building activities.
– Creative workshops, discussions, role plays, interactive presentations and other methods
and techniques that are consistent with the tenets of experiential learning.
– Outdoor activities, creating a video, Booklet & project’s Blog.
– Intercultural and various social activities.

In the heart of the village of Domino, in the town of Saint-Georges-d’Oléron, the Domino is a Scol’Voyages center. Refurbished, it offers a large plot of 3000m² and is located 500 meters from the beach. The Domino is made up of 3 buildings: 2 for the bedrooms and 1 for the dining room and the kitchen. Suitable for any type of group, the rooms are arranged as follows: 8 rooms that can accommodate 4 people, and 16 rooms of 2. Almost all rooms have a private bathroom. There are also 35 places in Marabout tents, equipped with beds, mattresses, wardrobes and electricity. This arrangement is ideal for distributing and managing groups of young people during their multi-activity stay, or groups during the summer holidays.

YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE PROJECT ONE DAY EARLY TO CATCH YOUR FLIGHT OR BUS. PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS ACCORDING TO PROJECT’S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DATES. IF THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS ON THE PROJECT’S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DATES, YOU CAN COME TWO DAYS BEFORE OR LEAVE TWO DAYS AFTER THE PROJECT.

Traveling sometimes requires an additional day for catching a flight and staying for additional nights. We are aware of such situations, but such costs can’t be covered by the project’s budget, thus it is on participants’ own cost. For that reason, we recommend you to use hostels or friends https://www.couchsurfing.org/

We need you to buy round trip tickets, and send us a copy by email before arriving here, IF POSSIBLE. We advise you to buy your tickets as soon as possible, so that it fits in our limited budget for 100% reimbursement.

We kindly ask you to save all documents (original tickets, boarding passes, invoices or bills with the ticket price) which are related to your travel, since the documentation background is obligatory for reimbursement.

IMPORTANT: We cannot refund any travel costs done by TAXI according to the rules of the Erasmus+ Programme.

After sending tickets and boarding cards, participants will receive the reimbursement of their travel costs. Travel (flights, other means of transport) expenses are compensated (up to 100%), based on the actual expenses incurred and the distance from your location of residence to the location of the project. These distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission. We will transfer the reimbursement to the sending organisation who will be responsible to distribute the money according to the participant’s travel expenses.

We are not able to reimburse missing tickets!

Please note if you buy your tickets in a currency other than EUROs, we will convert the amount in EUROs according to the current exchange rates found at the official European Commission web-site:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/inforeuro.html
Participants must travel from the country of the sending organisation and back.
Following the guidelines of the Erasmus+ Programme the travel back must be realized by the participants on direct way within a maximum of 2 days.

Spain – 275€

WHEN COMING TO FRANCE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A VALID EUROPEAN HEALTH INSURANCE CARD WITH YOU OR A TRAVEL HEALTH INSURANCE. Also, make sure you bring your Green Certificate of vaccination against Covid-19 if immunized, or proof of negative PCR test in hard copy IF IT IS REQUIRED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. NOTE: The cost for the PCR test cannot be covered by the project budget, thus it will be on participant’s expense.

– Passport or ID
– Comfortable clothes for the activities
– Please bring clothes according to the local weather forecast
– Towels and personal care products: shampoo, toothpaste etc.
– Camera, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.
– Pills and medicine you might need,
– Positive attitude.

– Intercultural evenings – Participants are expected to create interesting, interactive and creative intercultural evening. The intercultural evening gives you a unique opportunity
in a creative way to promote your country and culture. Show us what you eat, drink, what are your traditions, music, culture, etc.
– Feel free to find interesting games/exercises/educational activities related to the topic.
– Morning/Afternoon energizers: We would be really happy if each group prepare some energizers to increase the group energy.
– Social activities – feel free to bring musical instruments, games or any other means of entertainment that can be used in the evenings for social activities.
– Wherever possible, take your laptops, digital cameras, smartphones and tablets – we will be doing some multimedia work that requires mobile equipment!

All the participants will be expected to be present and active in all activities, unless being ill. Unauthorized absence from the activities and workshops won’t be tolerated. Stress, nerves and bad mood is prohibited everywhere. Bring your best mood and a big smile with you and keep it through the exchange! Prepare for fun! ☺

– It’s very important to care for the scheduled time, be kind, respectful, positive, and
cheerful and have maximum fun.
– If any, share your issues with us kindly and try to be part of the solution.
– Contribute, learn, achieve and grow in a positive way.
– This is a YOUTH EXCHANGE activity and the program will be facilitated by the group
leaders, there will be NO trainers.
– We are all equal partners in this Youth exchange, so when arranging something we do it
all together.