The GEN-Europe Assembly 2009 Опции

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The GEN-Europe Assembly 2009 will be held in Keuruu Ecovillage
(www.keuruunekokyla.fi) in the middle of Finland in July 11th -16th.
This year, the actual assembly will only be half a day, in the morning
of July 11. There we will have the financial report and decide the
budget. Please make sure to send at least one representative of each
full member.

After that we will have a six day course: European Ecovillage Network
- Research and Training for Sustainability. Some of you have applied
for Grundtvig grants for this.

The course includes the presentations, open space sessions, world café
and short workshops on Dragon Dreaming and fund raising. In parallel
there will be practical workshops. You will find the detailed program
below.

PRICES
total July 11-16 per extra night
Tents 100 20
Dormitories and outsidecabins 120 24
Rooms for 4-6 persons 155 31
Rooms for 2-3 persons 170 34
Single room 180 36

Accommodation for 0-6 -years old children free
Accommodation for 7-15 -years old children half the price


TRAVEL REFUNDS

Full members of GEN-Europe may apply for travel refunds. We offer 33%
travel refund for one representative of each full member ecovillage or
national network, up to a maximum of 200 Euros.
Please remember to pay your membership fee before the GA, and we ask
you to contribute as much as possible. Thanks to all members who did
so already! Of course we continue to offer to pay in Eco-rates. In
travel refunds please contact
ulrike@gen-europe.org.

WHAT TO BRING

Please take warm clothes, rain coats and good shoes for forest walks with you.
Only housing accommodation includes linen. For the tent you will need
sleeping bags etc.
Don't forget mosquito repellents.

HOW TO TRAVEL TO KEURUU ECOVILLAGE

Keuruu Ecovillage is situated near a small town of Keuruu, which is
located 280 kilometres to the North from Helsinki. You can travel to
Keuruu by train or by bus. The Ecovillage is situated 7 kilometers
from the center of Keuruu. You can take a taxi from Keuruu to
Ecovillage. Please inform us when you are arriving so that we can
arrange a taxi for a group of people.

When traveling to Finland by airplane, you can take a bus Nr 61 from
Helsinki-Vantaa airport to Tikkurila train station. There are several
trains going to Tampere. From Tampere you can continue by train to
Keuruu with one change in Haapamäki.
You can also travel by bus from Airport to Tampere and from there to
Keuruu. You' ll find the timetables and other related information by
searching in the Travel Service Matkahuolto' s site. (From:
Helsinki-Vantaa airport To: Keuruu). Anyway the train is mostly
cheaper than the bus.

Please see the timetables of the public transports here:

http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/index.html (train timetables)
http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en (bus timetables)

For more information and reservations, please contact the Keuruu
office: info(at)keuruunekokyla.fi.
You are all very warmly welcome, we wish to see you here in the
beautiful Finnish summer!

With best regards Seija and Kirsi from Keuruu Ecovillage
and Ulrike on behalf of the GEN-Europe council


Program of the course in Keuruu Ecovillage 11th - 16th of July 2009

July 11
15.00 Welcome and overview
16.00 Tour of Keuruu
20.00 3-5 presentations of participants' projects

July 12
9.30 Report on activities of GEN-Europe over the past year: cutting
edge developments of the European ecovillage and sustainability
movement
10.45 Introduction to the methodology of Open Space (by Capra Carruba)
15.00 Open Space: Exchange of experience
15.00 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning (by
Marjaana Kuusela)
20.00 3-5 Presentations of participants' projects

July 13
9.30 Introduction to and practice of World Café Methodology (by Kosha
Anja Joubert): Exploring possibilities for Partnerships within the
European Ecovillage Movement
9.30 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
15.00 Introduction to Dragon Dreaming Process (by John Croft)
15.00 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
20.00 3-5 Presentations of participants' projects

July 14
9.30 Introduction to Dragon Dreaming Process (by John Croft):
Practical Designs for Partnerships
9.30 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
15.00 Empowered fundraising (John Croft)
15.00 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
20.00 3-5 Presentations of participants' projects

July 15
9.30 Open Space: Networking for Sustainability accross Europe
12.00 Presentations of Ecovillage Excellence Award canditates
9.30 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
15.00 Open Space: Networking for Sustainability accross Europe
17.00 Nomination of the Excellence Award Winner
15.00 (parallel) Appropriate Technology – Experiential Learning
20.00 Party: Cultural exchange of songs, dances and stories

July 16
9.30 Reporting back from the Open Space sessions, next steps
11.00 Evaluation and Feedback
12.30 Closing circle