Preparation Activities

🛠 Preparation Activities

Before we meet in Cyprus, let's get ready together!

To make sure we start this Erasmus+ Youth Exchange strong, we're asking all participants and national teams to complete a few fun and creative pre-departure activities. These will help us connect, learn about the project theme, and co-create amazing outcomes together in Cyprus.

🎨 1. Logo Contest

Each national team is invited to design a project logo for "Myths and Facts: Unveiling the Truth."

  • It should reflect the theme: truth, myths, critical thinking, and cultural diversity

  • Must include the project name

  • Format: .jpg or .png
    🏆 The winning logo will be used in all project materials!

  • Logo contest Rules in the link: https://mythsfacts.webnode.page/logo-contest/

  • ⏰ Deadline: 30 of August 2025  

👤 2. Personal Posters

Each participant should prepare a fun and colorful A4-sized personal poster that will be displayed during our first day in Cyprus.
Please include:

  • Name, age, country

  • One myth you find interesting or funny

  • A photo or self-drawing of yourself

  • Three things that describe you

  • Something personal that inspires you (quote, book, hero, symbol)

🎨 Be as creative as possible – use colors, stickers, drawings, or even collages!

Similar posters, for example, at the poster: https://emc25.webnode.page/participants/

⏰ Deadline: 30 of August 2025  

Procedure and results of the logo contest: https://mythsfacts.webnode.page/logo-contest-results/ 

📚 3. Team Research: Youth Participation - National Myths & Facts

Each national team will research youth participation and popular myths in their country and prepare a creative presentation.
🗂 You can use: posters, storytelling, mini skits, role-plays, videos, or quizzes.

Key Research Nodes for Participants

  • Youth Participation Structures in Your Country
    • What official bodies (youth councils, parliaments, municipal youth boards) exist?
    • How can young people influence decision-making?
    • Are there national youth strategies or policies?
  • Opportunities for Youth Empowerment
    • NGOs, clubs, or informal groups supporting young people.
    • Examples of programs helping youth develop skills (leadership, volunteering, employment).
    • How Erasmus+ or other EU/international projects are used locally.
  • Barriers to Youth Participation
    • What challenges do young people face in engaging with society (lack of information, resources, inclusion, discrimination)?
    • Are there groups with fewer opportunities (migrants, rural youth, minorities) that face special obstacles?
  • Myths and Facts about Youth in Society
    • Collect common stereotypes about young people in your country (e.g., "youth are lazy," "youth don't care about politics").
    • Contrast these with real facts (statistics, examples of youth activism, successful youth-led initiatives).
  • Role of Culture, Media, and Traditions
    • How do media portray youth?
    • Are there cultural traditions/myths influencing how young people are perceived?
    • Any positive or negative narratives shaping youth empowerment?
  • Good Practices and Inspiring Stories
    • Identify at least 1–2 successful local initiatives where young people made a difference.
    • This could be in environment, human rights, arts, sports, or digital activism.
  • Future Vision
    • What do young people in your country want for their future?
    • What solutions could increase participation, empowerment, and inclusion?

👉 Suggested output per national team:

  • A short written report (2–3 pages)
  • Visual elements (poster, infographic, or comic – as planned in your project)
  • Interviews or surveys with 2–3 young people from their community

📢 This will be presented during our "Myths and Facts Fair" in Cyprus.

⏰ Deadline: 10 of October 2025 

📌 4. National Team Posters

🎨 The 4 Posters per Country

  • Poster 1 – Youth Participation in Our Country
    • Show existing structures: youth councils, parliaments, NGOs, school/university groups.
    • Highlight ways young people can participate.
    • Use visuals: logos, photos, or icons representing institutions.
  • Poster 2 – Myths vs Facts about Youth
    • Divide the poster into two halves:
      1. MYTHS: Common stereotypes (e.g., "young people are lazy," "they don't vote").
      2. FACTS: Evidence/statistics/examples (youth turnout rates, volunteer activities, success stories).
    • Add creative comics, speech bubbles, or cartoons to make it fun and visual.
  • Poster 3 – Challenges and Barriers
    • Illustrate difficulties young people face (unemployment, lack of opportunities, discrimination, rural isolation, mental health struggles).
    • This can be symbolic (chains, walls, closed doors) versus solutions (keys, bridges, open hands).
  • Poster 4 – Solutions and Inspirations
    • Show real examples of inspiring youth projects or role models in their country.
    • Include a "Vision for the Future" with ideas from the group: what can be done to empower youth further?
    • Make it positive and motivational.

👉 By following this structure:

  • Poster 1 = Context (What exists)
  • Poster 2 = Myths & Facts (Breaking stereotypes)
  • Poster 3 = Problems (What stops youth)
  • Poster 4 = Solutions & Visions (Future & empowerment)

This way, when all countries bring their posters to Cyprus, you'll have a full puzzle of youth realities in 6 countries—comparable and inspiring.

🖼 These will be represented so as to have an icon for all countries during the Youth Exchange.

⏰ Deadline: 10 of October 2025 

📅 Summary of Deadlines

Activity Deadline

Logo Contest: 30 of August 2025
Personal Posters: 30 of August 2025
National Team Research: 10 of October 2025
Posters of National Team: 10 of October 2025

📧 Questions? Contact your team leader or write to us at acpeliacy@gmail.com
Let's get started—the truth is waiting to be unveiled in Pissouri! 🌍✨