What is DAGAL?
Is a unique project that aims to gather young imaginative people in picturesque and inspiring context of Alta Langa area (Piedmont region, Italy) and give them opportunity to discover and experience its cultural and natural potential, to develop an artistic outcome to its heritage, and draw attention of the outer world to this authentic place.
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Inside the project young people can find a place and courage to see the world outside of usual socio/cultural echo chamber and safe zone, develop cross-cultural and crosslinguistic interactions using the one of most powerful tools - Art!
DAGAL Project includes 3 Steps
*Participation in Youth Exchanges includes 3 steps: Preparation, Youth Exchange and Follow Up
NB! PARTICIPATING PARTIALLY OR PASSIVELY CAN NOT BE AN OPTION AS BY THE REGULATIONS OF THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAM
Goals & Objectives
*to see the future of arts, how it is linked with the present
and how participants can develop and use artistic skills to express themself and the cultural heritage of any place they will be experiencing
*allow people to discover the cultural heritage and share different perspectives on it
*support youth empowerment and minorities empowerment
*propose artistic activities in the area and with the perspective to replicate them in the partners locations in future
*create a digital artistic reaction to attract attention to local area, and use it's potential to let voices of young people be heard and express their stories
This project is for you!
WHO
CAN PARTICIPATE
🔸young people with link to arts, expressive practices and relationship with digital arts
🔸ready to experience, share and explore
🔸with interest in new media, social media, communication
🔸18 - 26 years old (no age limits for Group Leaders)
🔸who have a connection or a real interest in the topics of CREATIVITY, CULTURE and DIGITAL COMPETENCES
🔸residents in Italy, Albania, Egypt, Greece, Georgia, Portugal
🔸ready to take part in all the 3 parts of the project: Preparation, following Youth Exchanges and Dissemination
PROGRAM & DATES
Costs & Reimbursement
– Travel costs, accommodation, food and the program itself are co-funded by the European Union through the ERASMUS+ program
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- There is participation fee to be paid upon arrival 20€. With this contribution each participant will obtain Parco Culturale membership that is valid until the end of the year and allows to participate in all three steps of the project (APV, 1st and 2nd Youth Exchange).
– The travel costs will be reimbursed for the amount shown in the original boarding passes, tickets and invoices, up to the limits indicated in the chart
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- According to Erasmus+ regulation you can travel up to 48h before and after the Youth Exchange.
Arrival day - 28th September, departure day - 8th October
– Please note that the amounts in the chart are the MAXIMUM amounts that will be reimbursed, all the costs exceeding these amounts should be covered by the participant as well as the costs for accommodation sustained in case you decide to start your travel before the arrival day and after the departure day
- VISA costs will be reimbursed according to the amount shown on the ORIGINAL documents, up to a MAXIMUM amount 100€
– For this reason, is essential that you keep and bring all the original tickets and invoices of the traveling and VISA
Italy
20€
Albania
235€
Egypt
320€
Greece
235€
Georgia
320€
Portugal
235€
*private shuttles are arranged in order to bring the whole group of participants from the pick up points in Milan to the accommodation of the Youth Exchange in Bergolo. The cost for the round-trip bus (40 EUR per person) is already deducted from the original amount available for travel reimbursement.
VENUE
Youth Exchange will take place in Bergolo, a village of 50 inhabitants located on the hills of south Piedmont, in Italy. The village doesn’t have shops and it is the ideal place for disconnecting, dive in nature and stay together as a group without external distractions.
Bergolo has a long tradition of music, art & cultural festivals. It is a peaceful destination for nature and outdoor activities lovers.
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We'll stay in L'Alveare hostel (meaning "The Hive"). The hostel provides shared rooms for 2-3-4 persons.
FOOD
​3 meals per day + 2 coffee breaks will be offered to participants. The food during the project will be vegan / vegetarian
CONDITIONS
Participants will be involved in light household duties (cleaning the common areas, checking that people are on time and similar)
POLICY
No alcohol is allowed during the working sessions to ensure active and positive involvement of the participants
CREATED BY
ORGANISED BY
Meet the Team
Francesco Pipparelli
Facilitator and Project Coordinator with artistic methodologies (theater, creative writing, music).
Communication expert and brand identity consultant, specialized in storytelling/campaign design and sustainable and inclusive communication, social media manager with experience in videomaking. Internationally active in the fields of inclusion and empowerment of minorities, he has participated in several projects and initiatives on a European level, winning the European Charlemagne Youth Prize in 2017 (within the TCFT project, English winner) and in 2022 (The Giufà Project, Italian winner), shortlisted for the European Citizen's Prize 2020. In 2022 he participates as a non-formal educator in the European Parliament - Educators Event in Brussels, directs theater workshops for the Nuova Accademia degli Arrischianti in Sarteano (SI) and works with Laura Fatini on workshops for Rondine Cittadella della Pace (AR)
PARTNERS
* In case you have any questions, or you need clarifications, contact the partner organization based in your country
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