1st Partnership Meeting
The first partnership meeting of a Grundtvig project “Integration, Volunteerism and Adult Learning, through an Intercultural Pathway” (IVALIP) was hosted by Intercultura-AFS Portugal and held in Lisboa and Leiria, from November 13th to 17th, 2008.
12 participants came to this meeting from all organizations involved in IVALIP project – Intercultura-AFS Portugal (Portugal), Polish Humanitarian Organisation (Poland), Giresun Halk Egitimi Merkezi ve Aso Mudurlugu (Turkey), Foundation Institute of Transnational Education and Research (Slovakia) and Association LIA / Window to the Future (Lithuania).
During the meeting partners presented their own organizations, volunteerism situation, local minorities and social disadvantaged groups situations in each country. From these presentations participants had an opportunity to know more about other organizations (their missions and aims, activities, structure, etc.) and countries, to share each partner knowledge and experience in main project issues. Also decisions regarding project dissemination products, partners’ tasks, next phase activities and meetings were made.
Beside work host partners organized
cultural activities and showed beautiful views of