TMP in Bulgaria

We are planning our next Transnational Meeting Project in Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) in October 2019.

The meeting will have a two-tier objective:

- organise the implementation of the project's Year-2 scheduled activities,

- outline then write up the draft of the following Erasmus+ project

The Bulgarian partner sent us details to prepare the partners' stay.

Needed information

Prices might change in a year, but we will be flexible and arrange things within the budget requirements.

Means of transport

*Nearest international airport – Sofia airport

*Underground from the airport to Central bus station Sofia (around 1 euro)

*Change, to travel to partner’s city – bus from Central bus station Sofia (around 10 euros)

*Local transportation, day card or week card – not necessary (the hotel is in the centre, across the street from the school)

* Minibus? – possible if we agree on trips around Veliko Tarnovo

Accommodation

*Identify youth hostel, cheap hotel – a hotel across the street from the school

*Double rooms price around 25 euros

*Breakfast included - yes

Eateries

*Identify places for lunch and dinner – the hotel restaurant

Places of visits

*Council – meeting with the town Council?

*Newspaper – yes Yantra, Borba – at the school

*Regional radio station

*Monuments – Fortress Tsarevets (remains of former Kings’ palace), The National Assembly, The Horsemen, the Old town (preserved old houses and museums, craftsmen workshops)

School

*High capacity room (check chairs/tables) for transnational meetings with students – yes, 50-60 places

*video projector - yes

*interactive board - yes

*Loudspeakers - yes

*Canteen - yes 

November 2018 TPM - questionnaire and its results

Results of the questionnaire 

November 2018 TPM report

Transnational Project Meeting report November 2018, in Ermont (France)
Actions or Decisions taken	Partners involved	Achieved /   Pending
1. Participating partners to the Project Transnational Meeting
·      Present partners: France, Greece, Italy and Malta ·      Bulgaria participated to the meeting via Skype ·      Poland informed us of its absence and sent us the required information	all partners	achieved
2. Updating documents
·      The document presenting the Partners’ holidays has been updated and uploaded onto the Yahoo Platform under the file section	all partners	achieved
3. Project Logo
·       Each school selects 2 logos made by students on an A4 paper ·       Logos should include the project title, the 6 project countries, the project dates: 2018/2020) ·       Each school sends its selected logos to France before the end of January 2019 ·       France uploads the selected logos onto the project website and informs its partners of an election day to start voting early February 2019	all partners	pending
4. LTT’s in 2019 in Italy and in Greece
dates (exclude travelling dates) ·      April 8 – 12 (Italy) ·      May 13 – 17 (Greece)	all partners	achieved
accommodation: ·      students will be lodged at a hotel. Information will be sent by the hosting countries (type of hotel and prices) ·      travelling delegations will send details about their respective groups (names, age, gender, specific diets, medical restrictions)	all partners	pending
meals: ·      will be arranged by the hosting countries according to local structures	all partners	pending
participants: ·      students: 6 ·      teachers: 2 (one must be a sports teacher with knowledge of 1st Aid)	all partners	pending
students’ selection ·      Sports-inclined (motivated to practise sports, i.e. participation in the 5 km trek), ·      If possible and when torn between students’ bid, favour students who never travelled abroad, ·      Willing to make efforts in sports activities and in interpersonal relations, ·      Linguistic prerequisite : A2/B1 level ·      Different participating students in each LTT ·      Make sure the consent form for photo or video publication is signed	all partners	pending
transportation from the airport: ·      Italy: take a train from the Leonardo Da Vinci International airport to Roma Trastevere Railway Station; take a train from Roma Trastevere Railway Station to Civitavecchia train station ·      Greece : take a bus (“X1” outside terminals ; € 2 per person) from Thessalonique international airport to the bus station (the bus station is the last stop) ; at the bus station, on the right-handside, on top of one desk is written “Katerini” (buy a ticket from the desk ; € 7 one way) and board a bus on the left to Katerini; at Katerini, phone to Sofia or to Georgios for pick up	all partners	pending
finances ·      Each travelling country will pay for its expenses in advance or on premises ·      The Italian school only accepts payments by bank transfer	all partners	pending
activities: In Italy (April 8 – 12): ·      Day 1:  -       video or PowerPoint presentation: students introduce themselves (name, age, likes, sports, photos…) -       workshop: 6 multinational groups reflect on a sports-related subject and create a poster each (doping in sports, disability in sports, gender equality in sports, money in sports, nutrition in sports, sports and media) ·      Day 2 : -       Outdoor sports activities (beach volley, windsurfing, …..) ·      Day 3 : -       All nationals go to Roma (sightseeing ; can share the cost of a guide ; return train ticket costs € 13) ·      Day 4 : -       Orienteering in Civitavecchia or trekking by the river ·      Day 5 : -       Sailing boat	all partners	pending
In Greece (May 13 – 17) ·      Day 1:  -       Ice-breaking activity: each participating student will make a short oral presentation (name, age, 3 truths and 1 lie). The objective is for the listeners to discover the lie -       A short sports game organized by participating P.E. teachers (e.g. a roundel, a office tennis) -       An oral short presentation of topics (5 minutes maximum): Greece will prepare a presentation on the 1st Olympics and on Pierros Demas (weightlifter) ; Italy will prepare a presentation on Pietro Mennea (best of Europe in athletics, and recordman) ; Malta will prepare a presentation on the events that occurred during the Munich Olympics ; France will prepare a presentation on the events that occurred during the Berlin Olympics ; Poland and Bulgaria will inform its partners of their respective Olympic-related topic for this short oral presentation ·      Day 2 : -       Hiking to the Olympus mountain (trainers ore trekking are required) ·      Day 3 : -       Visit of the city Thessaloniki : cultural discovery (e.g. the white tower, churches, ...) a guided tour of the places of interest ·      Day 4 : -       Orienteering in Katerini with paper maps, in multinational groups assisted with 2 multinational teachers in each of the 6 groups : the objective will be to locate cultural historical landmarks ·      Day 5 : -       Creation of tangibles : Ø a sports dictionary on computers Ø a 120-word text written in English by students dispatched in 6 multinational groups, then translated in each nationals’ language with phonetic transcriptions (for pronunciation purpose) ; each multinational group will write a 20-word text on a specific theme (on athletics, volleyball, basketball, football, handball, hockey) ; the final 120-word text will be saved as an e-book	all partners all partners	pending pending
5. LTT Malta
·      In November 2019 from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd
6. LTT in Poland
·      In April 2020 from Monday 20th to Friday 24th
7. TPM in Bulgaria
·      Depending on each partner’s financing balance, Bulgaria will be able to host the 2nd TPM during the first half of October 2019, not after (in Bulgaria, school starts during the second half of October): Ø From Thursday 3th to Friday 4th October 2019 or Ø From Thursday 10th to Friday 11th October 2019 ·      This 2nd TPM will permit us to organize the LTT in Poland and the final LTT of this project ·      This 2nd TPM will also permit us to start writing up a new Erasmus+ project to sustain our collaboration	all partners	pending