"The Sunny Side Of The Alps"
THE SLOVENIAN ROTARY SUMMER CAMP
Dates:
First day (Arrival): Thu, 22 June 2017 Last day (Departure): Sat, 01 July 2017
Host country and district:
Slovenia, District 1912 Organised by: Rotary Youth Exchange - STEP Slovenia, coordinated by RYE Officer - Inbounds.
Participating Rotary Clubs:
SUNNY SIDE IS A ROTARY NEW GENERATIONS CAMP, WITH THE PROUD PARTICIPATION OF MORE THAN 15 ROTARY AND ROTARACT CLUBS FROM ALL PARTS OF SLOVENIA.
DETAILS ABOUT THE TECHNICAL PART, PARTICIPATING CLUBS AND ROTARIANS WILL BE COMMUNIC- ATED TO PARTICIPANTS.
The YE Camp “On the Sunny Side of the Alps” was kindly star ted by Rotary Club Bled and developed over years jointly by Rotary Club Bled and Rotary Club Kranj. Sincere thanks.
Contact addresses:
First contact:
Coordinator for Rotary summer camp »The Sunny Side Of The Alps«
Mr. Ivan Mikić
Rotary Club Medvode
Address:
Partizanska cesta 82
SI-6210 Sežana
Slovenia
Mobile: + 386 (0) 30 713 330
E-mail: sunnyside (at) rotaryslovenija.org
District office contact:
Address:
Zveza Rotary klubov Slovenije, RI Distrikt 1912
Stegne 23a
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: + 386 (0) 1 500 3268
E-mail: info (at) rotaryslovenija.org
Arrival:
Participants will be collected individually upon their arrival at:
- Ljubljana (Brnik) international airport (code: LJU)
- Ljubljana Bus/Train station
- other individually arranged meeting point
NOTE! In case that the participant is not arriving by plane, he/she should arrange the meeting point with the organizers prior to the arrival.
Participants:
Maximum number of participants: 7
Maximum numbers of participants from each country: 2 (girls or boys).
Acceptance at organizers’ discretion!
Age:
Minimum age: 18 (born before June 20, 1999)
Maximum age: 30 (born after July 20, 1986)
Application:
Closing date: May 20th 2017
You shall always receive a confirmation of your application. Candidates will be notified upon our decision in the end of May 2017.
The reservation will be completed after we receive your bank transfer acknowledging that your subscription order has been received and successfully processed. Please see section “Costs” below for more information. We will not be responsible if you fail to receive confirmation because you have supplied us with an incorrect e-mail or other data. If you do not obtain anything, please send an e-mail to sunnyside (at) rotaryslovenija.org or call as at: + 386 (0) 30 713 330 to make sure that we have received your booking. Please notify us immediately of any corrections necessary to your registration.
For registration please fill the enclosed Application form, and send us a scanned copy to the Contact email address! For any related question don't hesitate to give us a call.
The applicants who will need a visa to enter Slovenia should please take into con- sideration that at least 5 weeks are needed for them to obtain the visa.
Cancellations:
We reserve the right to defer or cancel any course if there are insufficient bookings, or conditions arise, which are beyond our control.
Cancellations by the registrant must be received in writing by e-mail to sunnyside (at) rotaryslovenija.org.
Refunds:
Cancellations will not be refunded.
Special remarks:
- The participating Slovenian Rotary Clubs have the right to invite one parti- cipant outside the national quota (wild card). The maximum number of participants though shouldn't be exceeded.
- It is expected from each participant has to contribute his/her impressions (about one page long) of the camp (one day) for the final report.
Aims:
- Discovering one of the smallest countries of Europe with exceptional differences from one place to another.
- Meeting people and experiencing the nature and culture.
- Bringing Slovenian Rotarians closer to the Rotarian youth from other countries by offering them hospitality.
- Education in form of meeting and having the chance to talk to important people from different areas of social life, as from education, politics, religion, economy etc.
- Bringing Rotarian youth from different countries together giving them chance to jointly experience new things and thus establishing new fri- endships
- Fun and relaxation
Languages:
English (fluency in everyday conversation is expected)
Place:
Participants will be hosted by 10 to 15 Rotary and Rotaract Clubs, from all parts of Slovenia. During the whole stay, there will be a bus at their disposal. The camp will visit most parts of Slovenia.
Lodging:
Clubs will join regionally and provide the joint hosting (Hotels, Hostels) within the region in order to avoid daily moves. We are providing hosting, so there will be a Rotarian host with participants at their daily activities and Camp leader with them at all times.
Costs:
Arrival - Departure - Insurance
The registration fee includes entry to the event, full board accommodation through the event, meals during the event, all ground transfers for sightseeing and entrance fees to all sightseeing spots included in the packages.
Application to the event does not require any payment. Only the chosen participants will get an e-mail with payment details (Slovenian bank account with IBAN and BIC, payable in EUR). Payment is accepted by bank transfer only. Costs of money transfer must be paid by the participant. Participation fee is 170 EUR, chosen participants will have to transfer 70 EUR upfront on bank account, the rest of the fee (100 EUR) will be paid at the arrival in Slovenia.
Cost of journey to and from the camp (arrival & departure points) should be covered by the participant. Some pocket money is required. Food and lodging are part of the camp and thus covered by the organizers. Participation fee also includes Insurance for participant.
Please note that the departure from Ljubljana City to the port of departure (bus, train, plane,…) is is borne and set by participants individually. On their last night, participants will be accommodated a walking distance to train and bus stations, from where they have the connection to the Airport. Bus fare to the Airport is less than 5 EUR. Taxi fare is around 30-40 EUR.
Organizers will not provide individual transfers to departure points.
Insurance:
The Insurance is set prior to the arrival by District 1210 in Multidistrict, regardless of the existence of other individual insurance policies and will be valid for 30 days, covering 7 days before the start of the Camp, 10 days of the duration of the camp and 9 days after.
The insurance is obligatory! Costs of insurance are included in participation fee.
Changes:
We reserve the right to make changes to the published program if necessary. However,
you will have no claim against us in respect of such changes, and these do not entitle you to cancel your registration.
Data protection:
The personal information provided by you will be held on Rotary Slovenia database. It will be used to choose the participants for the tour. The e-mail addresses of all applicants will be used to keep you up-to-date with developments of our activities and tours in the following years. If you do not wish your details to be used for this purpose, please send your request to sunnyside (at) rotaryslovenija.org.
Rights of pictures:
During the tour we will take pictures and videos. By submitting your application you agree on using these pictures for marketing purposes.
By completing the registration process and making payment you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
We are looking forward to meet you, to be your hosts and friends at our trip this year!
With warm regards,
Ivan Mikić
for the organizers RYE and participating Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of District 1912 Slovenia.