Project Stage 5 - Training Course in Bali, Indonesia
The tropic island Bali gathered from 05.05.2017 to 14.05.2017 36 highly motivated people in the field of migration from Bulgaria, Germany, FYR Macedonia and Indonesia on 10 days Training Course which was the 5th stage of the Erasmus + KA2 project Capacity Building Youth “Development of capacities for work with (i)migrants”.
Our training started with an introduction session about health and safety, a bit information about Bali life, project information and the plan for the whole week. After the name games, we had a city game which gave us an opportunity to explore the city and learn more about the locals' life.During the lunch time, we had a chance to interact more with the local surrounding in Bali, because the organizers provided some amount of money and we had to manage to find a place to eat and talk with the locals. The city game had a competitive character and the winner was the group which collected more likes on the facebookpage of the project. Anyway, everybody's efforts were rewarded and all of us received prizes from the organizers.
As a part of the project, we visited the Monkey forest. We were divided into several international groups with Indonesian in each group who was the local guide in the forest. During the walking, we had some discussions about the migration and the situation in Bali. After that, the group headed to the mountain area for an organized lunch in Kintamani area. The Indonesian cuisine is very different from the European. During the whole project the most frequently asked questions were “What is this? What is this made of?”. We tried a lot of food which we hadn't seen before. Typically the Indonesians eat very spicy food and instead of bread, they eat rice.
The training program was very dynamic with a lot of energizers, workshops, and discussions. Through a simulation game, we were put into the shoes of the refugees which helped us to realize how difficult choices the refugees make when they decide to leave their own countries. We experienced the feeling of exclusion on another game where we were divided into different groups according to something common between us. A volunteer who didn’t know what this common thing is, wanted to join the groups. She wasn't accepted in many of them until she finally found the group which she belonged according to the division. We had also a workshop with associations where everybody shared its knowledge about the refugees and immigration with the others. In a very interesting way, we learned about the push and pull factors of immigration. In international groups, we created posters and presented them. The workshop continued with work on national groups which also created posters but this time for the current situation of migration in Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia and Indonesia. We learned a lot about the push and pull factors in the other partner countries of our project.We had a task to do interviews with emigrants in Bali. During the implementation of this task, we met many people who had different reasons for migration. It was very interesting to hear their stories, for some of them the migration was a permanent decision but the others considered the migration as an opportunity to earn more money and go back.In the end of each day, we had an evaluation where we shared our impressions about the workshop and the things we learned.
On the intercultural evening the participants presented traditional food, drinks, dance and some interesting facts about their countries.We ended the night by taking crazy pictures together.
After a series of working days we had an organized visit to Bratan Temple, GitGit Waterfall, and Bedugul Market. The temple complex is located on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul. Featured in 50,000-rupiah banknote it is the most emblematic temple in Bali.
In the course of our work with migration, it was invited Professor I Made Budi Arsika, Lecturer at International Law Departmet, Faculty of Law University of Udayana as well as other guests and students from Udayana University. MrBoskoNelkoski presented Erasmus+ program and the project "Development of capacities for work (i)mmigrants". After that, Professor I Made Budi Arsika had a presentation about Social Consequences of Migration: A Human Rights Law Perspective. After the presentations, all participants, students and guests had an open discussion with both lecturers.Having a lunch together we continued talking about migration.
Using some printed pictures and articles about the refugees we had to write a story for the refugees' journey and what they face on their way to “Dreamland”. We created posters in the context of migration and employability. To understand better the people's prejudices about the migrants and other nationalities we had a workshop about intercultural learning. Another session showed us that the thinking out of the box is necessary for solving different problems. In a non-formal way, we learned about the steps for developing Erasmus+ projects.
Another part of the project was organized visit to Uluwatu Temple where we enjoyed the performance of the traditional Kecak dance. It is performed by a group of 70 men who dance in a circle. In the evening we delight a dinner with full plates of mussels, shrimps, crab and fish on the coast of the Indian ocean.
On the last day the web platform developed as a part of the project was presented to the all participants.The site contains all materials developed under the project as the GUIDE and the information’s from the study visits in Germany and workshops in Macedonia and Bulgaria.After the final evaluation, we had the last organized dinner in Balinese restaurant where we discussed the details about the future work on the project.
Development of capacities for work with (i)migrants is an Erasmus + projects co-funded by the EU’s EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) department. The project aims to address the issues of migration in both Indonesia and Europe, looking to share best practices for supporting migrant populations.
