Slovenia 2008

Youth Exchange “Bridging” was organized by Mladinski Center Dravinjske Doline between 5-12 of October 2008 in beautiful mountain town Rogla. Project was financed by European Commision Programme “Youth In Action”.

The 2008 was a year of intercultural dialog and it was the main topic of the Project. Youngsters from Slovenia, Malta, Poland, Egypt, Libanon and Palestine was exchanging knowledge about their culture, traditions, discovering own points of views and spreading the horizon of “intercultural”. Thanks to workshops and discussions youngsters was able to recognize differences and similarities among them and leave some of stereotypes and prejudices behind. Participants could presents their countries and cultures through arts, combined with national fairytales and comics, using  methods like photography, drawing and video and creative writing.