GC - infopack 3 - CISV International

Infopack#3
JUN2015
Oslo, Norway 4-9 Aug 2015
Summary
Registration update
IJBC
Global Conference
Culture
Forms
Following the
#cisvgc15 online
Social activities
What can you find in
the other Infopacks
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Guest Speakers
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Mosaic
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Conference rules
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Deadlines
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Services
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Getting to the site
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Information and Contact
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Registration update
We are happy to announce that we have a full Global Conference!
Together, we will be 450 participants from 43 different countries. We
will be offering over 75 different sessions.
The sessions are divided into four areas (or strands) for growth:
Foundation, Resources, Profiles and Impact.
The sessions are contributing to the theme of the Global Conference:
A Vision for Growth.
Read
more
about
the
areas
and
sessions
in
the
Global
Conference
Brochure,
which
you
can
download from the Global Conference Website.
If you need to change your registration (for example to correct your date
of birth or add a phone number), click HERE.
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Guest Speakers
We’ve already introduced Jeremy Gilley and Genevieve Bailey, founder of Peace One Day and director of the film
“I am eleven” respectively. We’re also proud to present our Alumni Panel, who will share their stories about, among
other things, how CISV helped them to get to where they are today. The panellists are:
• Caecilia Johanna van Peski - Deployed to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe special
monitoring mission to Ukraine.
• Luca Crudeli - Private Sector Development Expert working to foster private-public dialogue, innovation and
public reform in developing countries.
• Ronald Saborio - Costa Rican Ambassador, president of the World Trade Organization dispute settlement body.
• Per Olsson - State Secretary for the Ministry of Culture in Sweden. Member of the Green Party.
The panel will be moderated by:
• Omri Marcus - Founder of “Comedy for a Change” - an international conference on comedy as a driving force
for social change
In addition to this, we have over 60 session presenters who have all been selected from those who submitted
session proposals to the Conference Working Group.
IJBC
Please note that two IJBC-sessions start on the afternoon of the 4th of August. That means they start before the
official programme begins. So if you plan to attend these sessions, you may want to arrange your travel
arrangements accordingly.
The IJBC sessions are open to everyone! We encourage you to consider selecting one to see what IJBC is all about!
They will definitely be high-energy sessions! They will focus on one of three “threads”: Link: Exploring ways to link and grow together as people, JBs, and a global movement. How can we collaborate
every day of the year?
Look Ahead: Delving into the potential of youth impact in our organization and how we communicate that to
ourselves and the rest of the world. Let’s strategize how to move forward as an organization together!
Learn: Junior Branch takes a unique approach to experiential learning and to CISV’s educational content areas.
In this thread, we will work on the 2015 content area and develop ways to focus on it in the upcoming six months.
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Mosaic Activities by CISV Norway
During the Global Conference CISV Norway will offer two Mosaic activities, which can be identified as Impact
sessions. Both of the sessions will enable you to gain attitudes, skills and knowledge important for your personal
development. It will also help you recognize how you can use them to make your Chapter stronger and how to
impact your local community.
A-M01 Conflict & Resolution
Participants attending this session will gain a better understanding of CISV peace education, as the activity will focus
on this year’s content area, conflict and resolution. You will learn how to recognize and approach conflicts in your
local environment. We hope that by attending this session you will be inspired to make a difference in your local
communities.
A-M02 Are you OnBoard?
Would you like to be a part of developing a CISV board game? Do you want to know how youth in CISV can
contribute to their Chapters’ growth? Do you prefer experiential and fun learning? If you answered yes to any of the
above-mentioned questions, then this session is for you! CISV On Board is an innovative Mosaic Project, led by youth
and aims to develop a board game. It will serve as a new educational tool for peace education on a local level. During
this session you will have a chance to not only playtest the game, but also get an insight into the work behind it.
While waiting for the Global Conference and this amazing session, you can follow the On Board Team - Agathe, Sigrid,
Håkon and Rasmus - on onboard.cisv.no
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Global Conference Culture
The primary purpose of the Global Conference is to provide a platform for Chapter volunteers to network, share best
practices, get motivated and inspired to bring back a great set of tools to each Chapter. As such, the Conference
culture needs to foster the best of CISV values and principles. The Global Conference should give CISV volunteers a
more complete understanding of CISV as an organization as a whole and pave the way to help envision the future
of our organization. Our goal is for all of the participants attending to keep an open mind, practice tolerance and
understanding and come with an attitude of wanting to learn, as well as contribute their knowledge to others and
the organization as a whole. The success of CISV’s first Global Conference relies on us adopting what we call an
‘open door culture’ that is inclusive, welcoming, safe and comfortable for all our Chapter volunteers.
Alchol consumption
The legal drinking age in Norway is 18, and the conference hotel will provide alcoholic beverages for purchase
in legally approved locations, such as bar(s) and restaurants. Norway’s alcohol rules are strict and prohibit the
consumption of any outside purchased alcohol in any public spaces in the hotel, with permanent ejection
from the hotel property. This consequence stated by the hotel policy.
Conference rules
Badge: You will be given a nametag;
you are required to wear it at all
times. Anyone without a nametag
will be escorted out of the
conference area.
Guests: You are not allowed to bring
guests to the Global Conference site.
The site is exclusive to paying
participants.
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Forms
These are the forms you are required to bring to the Conference:
• Everyone must bring an Insurance form, either ALIF (if you are
older than 18) or TWAL (if you are younger than 18);
• Everyone under 18 must bring a Health Form;
• Anyone over 18 who knows that they have allergies, a chronic
disease, heart disease etc. is encouraged to bring a Health Form.
You can find the forms here: resources.cisv.org. If you cannot provide
evidence of valid travel insurance, you must purchase one from CISV
International on arrival.
Deadlines
Last day to pay fees.
Last day to cancel registrations
with a refund*.
June 14th
June 20th
Last
day to request a shuttle
In cases of cancellation due to force majeure only, full payment will be refunded (except bank fees
and late registration fees) until 30 June 2015.
After this date a 10% processing fee will be retained for force majeure cases.
Following the #cisvgc15 online
Whether you are attending the Global Conference or following it from home, you can keep up with the events from
your computer, tablet or mobile. The most important thing to remember is the hashtag, which will help you find
all the tweets, Instagram pictures and Facebook updates. The hashtag is: #cisvgc15
Facebook
The quickest and easiest way to get updates from the Global Conference is by liking the Official Global Conference Facebook
page. Leading up to August, this page will broadcast important information about the Global Conference. During the Global
Conference it will be filled with updates from sessions and meetings.
Social Hub
We will use a social media event display platform that will gather information from all social media using the hashtag. It will
be shown around the site. Keep your eyes open on Twitter and Facebook in August for the exact URL.
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Streaming
We’ll also stream the sessions that take place in the plenary. This way you’ll be able to see Jeremy Gilley, the panel and the
Members’ Meeting (and more), from your computer. See the official Global Conference website and Facebook page for more
information.
Twitter
Follow CISV International on Twitter: cisvint
Instagram
Follow the Global Conference on Instagram for pictures from the
conference: cisvglobalconference
Services
The hotel offers a modern fitness centre, an outdoor jacuzzi and a beautiful garden for small walks and
recreation. In the lobby there is a gift store with souvenirs and gifts. There is a laundry service available upon
request. The hotel has 4 electric bikes and 4 kayaks that you can borrow free of charge.
In all rooms there are coffee machines and coffee is free of charge.
There is ironing facilities in close proximity to all rooms.
Child care: Due to few registered children, there will be no child care facilities provided. Contact the staff for
personal arrangements
Religious services: If you want to attend a religious service, please send an e-mail to travel@no.cisv.org, and
we’ll try to accommodate your wishes.
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Social Activities
Parties: There will be both a welcome party and a farewell party. The parties do not have any themes, but we ask
that people dress nicely. If you bring a national costume, you will be most welcome to wear it - but a shirt and
trousers or a dress will suffice.
Running: Every morning you have the opportunity to join in a morning jog in the surroundings. So bring your
running shoes.
Swimming: Every morning you can wake up by joining in a morning dip in the fjord. Don’t forget your swim wear.
Hiking: Those arriving early on the 4’th, will have the opportunity to join in an easy hike up a hill to enjoy a great
view over the fjord. No need for hiking shoes, trainers are enough.
Evening activities: Every evening there will be voluntary social activities. We will screen movies, arrange “pub
quizzes”, have discos and more.
Getting to the site
Shuttle
We will provide a shuttle service to/from the site on the first day (04 August) and last day (09 August) day of the Global
Conference. The shuttle leaves from Oslo Gardermoen airport only. The price of the shuttle will be 250 NOK. You should specify
in the second tier of the registration if you will make a use of the shuttle service provided by the organisers. There will be also
volunteers waiting for you at the airport on the arrival date to provide you with assistance.
We have a very important deadline for you all! In order for us to be able to organize transport from/to the airport,
we need to know if you want to use the shuttle service. The deadline will be June 20th. After this it will not be possible
to request a shuttle and you must fix your own transport to the Global Conference site. There will be information provided on
how to get to the Global Conference site on the Global Conference website.
Please update your travel information in your registration form before June 20th.
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On your own
From Oslo Gardermoen Airport
There is also a regular airport coach Askeladden Reiser Flybuss available for other days, leaving from the platform number
32 at the Gardermoen Airport and stopping outside the Sundvolden Hotel. The trip will take approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
and the fare is about 280 NOK.
From Sandefjord Torp Airport (TRF)
There is no direct transport from the Sandefjord Torp Airport to the Conference site. If landing at Torp, you can take a
Torp-ekspressen bus into direction of the Oslo Bus Station (Oslo Bussterminalen), get off at Lysaker stop and change there to
the TIMEkspressen bus number 4 going into Hønefoss direction. You should then get off at Sundvollen stop. Both buses stop
at the bus station in Lysaker, but in order to change you will need to go to the opposite side of the E-18 highway (there is a
pedestrian overpass crossing the highway nearby the bus stop). The bus from Torp to Lysaker takes approximately 1 hour
30 minutes and costs 200 NOK. The bus departs around 35 minutes after the actual flight arrival from Ryanair, Wizz Air and
most Norwegian international flights. The trip from Lysaker to Sundvollen will take app. 36 minutes and cost 115 NOK.
From Oslo Rygge Airport (RYG)
There is no direct transport from the Oslo Rygge Airport to the Conference site. If landing at Rygge, you can take a
Rygge-ekspressen to the Oslo Bus Station (Oslo Bussterminalen) and from there take a TIMEkspressen bus number 4 going to
Hønefoss direction, and get off at Sundvollen stop. The travel from Rygge to Oslo will take app. 1 hour and cost 170 NOK. The
bus is connected with all Ryanair’s flights and departs app. 40 minutes after each landing. The trip from Oslo to Sundvollen
takes approximately 45-60 minutes and costs about 115 NOK.
By train/bus
Oslo Bus Station
When travelling to the Conference from Oslo, you can take a TIMEkspressen bus number 4 to Hønefoss, which leaves from the
Oslo Bus Station (Oslo Bussterminalen) and stops at Sundvollen. The trip takes app. 45-60 minutes and costs about 115 NOK.
Oslo Central Station/Oslo S
If you are arriving at Oslo Central Station (Oslo Sentralstasjon/Oslo S), which is Oslo’s main rail station, you need to take a few
minutes’ walk to the Oslo Bus Station and take a TIMEkspressen bus number 4 (see Oslo Bus Station).
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By car
If you are driving, the address of the site is Dronningveien 2, 3531 Krokkleiva and the GPS coordinates are: 60°03’47.4”N
10°18’33.0”E
*All the prices, except of the shuttle provided by organizers which is fixed for everyone, are the adult ticket prices. If you are
a student, ask a driver if you are entitled to a student discount. Remember to take your student card with you!
*Norwegians are very helpful and speak English quite well, so if you feel like you are getting lost, don’t hesitate to approach
them and ask for help. In case of any travel related questions, please contact: travel@no.cisv.org
For the duration of the Conference there will be also a phone contact available in case you will have questions regarding your
travel. Please, consult the website for this information.
What can you find in the other Infopacks?
Infopack#1 (December 2014)
Theme and logo - Keynote speakers - Social Activities Mosaic - Hotel - Meals - Getting there - Deadlines - Dates
- Fees - Cost Sharing - Payment details - About Norway.
Infopack#2 (March 2015)
What sessions are being offered? - The OnBoard Project
- Deadlines - Cancellations and refunds - How to register
- Location - Hotel information - Room mates - Shop and
bar - Meals - Traveling to Norway - Currency and prices
- Visa requirements - Weather and Clothing - Travel and
tourism - Plugs and voltage - Risk management.
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Information and Contact
For instant updates:
CISV - Global Conference
Website:
cisv.org/globalconference
Important updates are also communicated via the IO-Update
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Registration questions
global.conference.registration@no.cisv.org
General questions
global.conference.questions@no.cisv.org
IJBC related questions
ijbc@no.cisv.org
Travel related questions
travel@no.cisv.org
Working Group
global.conference.working.group@cisv.org
Content - Henrik Arvidsson (NO); Kristina Moshuus (NO); Bruna Dias (BR); Joanna Lewandowska (PL).
Graphic Design and Creative Concept - Emanuele Fiocco (IT).
This InfoPack is proudly made with the contribution of EVSers at CISV Norway 2014/2015.
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