[IJB] IJBC 2016 InfoPack#2

Content Information IJBC 2016 4 Facilitators 6 Gov. Board Elections 8 Further Reading 10 Junior Branch Review 12 IJR Candidates 14

Logistics Information Forms 16 Payment 18 Travel Information 20 Important Travel 22 Information

IJBC 2016

IJBC 2016 = Conexion and Participacion con Innovacion “Junior Branches are part of a global movement” (Junior Branch Essential #1). This sentence truly grasps its full meaning at IJBC: a group of CISVers, JBers, individuals meeting to make a difference and grow together. Youth groups have a tremendous impact on their societies all around the world and we are part of that. But what better way to fully leverage this than to bring our experiences, skills and motivation together to further develop our organization?

To achieve this, IJBC 2016 will be focusing on 3 themes:

Conexión

is key for any group of people or organizational movement. This theme will dive in how we connect with other individuals in Junior Branch, CISV and outside of our organization. We will also investigate with you why and how people remain engaged and the meaning of that for individuals.

Participación is what makes Junior Branch and CISV exciting:

people taking part in active discussions and activities on topics which matter to us. It is what makes us want to truly be “active global citizens”.

Innovación

Where would we be without ?

Constant inspiration, diverse ideas and a lot of creativity are some factors that make Junior Branch what it is. It is time to go deeper, understanding the vision of our organization and recognizing our role as youth. Looking at CISV today, how can we increase our impact and contribute to it even further?

Facilitators

This year, the facilitators’ team is composed of 9 committed, motivated and well trained JBers:

Oliver Deane (GB)

Sebastián Jaramillo (COL) Lourenço Vaz Pinto (POR)

Gaspard Simon (FRA) Flora Simon Gurgel (BRA)

Sophie Gepp (GER)

Dow Linnell (CAN)

Anton Ruus (SWE)

Daniel Krajack (USA)

Governing Board Elections

This summer, 3 new members will be elected to the CISV’s Governing Board. And this year, National Junior Representatives are electing one out of those 3 members. This will be done between the 15th and the 22nd of July. During a second election round, National Representatives including the International Junior Representatives will be voting for the two remaining open positions.

4 candidates are running and it is very important that all CISVers get to know the candidates and share their views with their NJRs and National Representative. Information about the candidate can be found here.

Further Reading

To fully leverage the potential of IJBC, we have created a Google Drive folder which will include interesting documents we recommend you read prior to the meeting. They will be regularly updated prior to IJBC so do not hesitate to often take a look.

GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER (1 for each thread, JB Review documents, Info Files, IJB LIF, ...)

Junior Branch Review

The Junior Branch Review is now on its second phase. Sessions were run this year at Regional Meetings and Regional Training Forums in order to get further feedback from all CISV members on this topic very close to our interest. A couple of weeks ago, surveys were sent out, both to all JBers and to NJRs specifically. If you haven’t done so, we strongly encourage you to fill in those surveys.

At IJBC, sessions will be run using the data gathered in those surveys in order to continue this process which has been outlined in the Mandate of the new Junior Branch Review Team.

To keep up with the current findings and work of the Junior Branch Review Team go check out their page on CISV’s website.

CISV Website: http://www.cisv.org/resources/junior-branch/junior-branch-review/

IJR Candidates

This year, 3 JBers are running to be become International Junior Representatives. Each National Junior Branch holds one vote in this election.

It is thus important that you read their questionnaire and get to know them prior to IJBC. You can find this here: (you need to be logged to myCISV) or Junior Branch’s Issuu account.

Here: https://www.cisv.org/mycisv/ijr-election-2016/ Issuu: https://issuu.com/cisvjuniorbranch.

Forms

You need to bring to IJBC 2016 only one form: The IJB Legal Information Form & Event Registration (IJB-LIF). This form was created to simplify the process. Every person attending IJBC, no matter the age or role, must bring a filled-out and signed the IJB-LIF. You can find it here.

Here: http://www.cisv.org/_resources/assets/attachment/full/0/160234.pdf

Payment

As we said on the first infopack, you will have to contact you NA in order to pay for the event, they will have to transfer the money directly to CISV International. The Home Staff will not receive money when you arrive.

Travel Information

Medellín has two main airports: José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) This one closes after 2pm and has very limited flights.

From the MDE: You may take a bus from Bus Combuses S.A. “Aeropuerto JMC” hasta (until) Centro Comercial San Diego, it should cost around 10.000 COP, it’s a long enjoyable ride. In Centro Comercial San Diego’s stop, you can take the Metro, line A from South to North and you should arrive at Niquia Metro Station which is the last one. The tickets are 1.900 COP and they are sold in a booth right by the entrance. The Metro works from Monday through Saturday from 4:30 am to 11:00 pm and on Sundays or holidays from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Take into account there are rush hours, when the metro is extremely crowded.

From the EOH: This airport is mainly regional, but in case your flight isn’t direct to Medellin but you must stop in any other city in Colombia, there is a possibility you may arrive to this airport, please check with your airline first.

In that case you can take a taxi to the closest Metro Stop that will cost around 6.000 COP Aprox. or just walk to it

since its close by, and from the Metro, take line A from South to North until the last station, Niquia Station.

We will provide a bus from Niquía to the campsite on the 2nd at 11:00 am, 12:00 and 1 pm.

Safe Taxi: If you would like to take a taxi from the airport please contact the staff , it would cost about 60.000 COP From Bogotá: You can also take a bus from Bogota from the bus terminal, it would cost around 60.000 - 70.000 COP and it can take up to 12 hours.

Important Travel Information

If you are arriving early or staying a few days after please take into account that Medellín is having the Flower Festival, best known as “Feria de las Flores”, the most important event of the city. That means the city is going to be full of tourist those dates so please book your hotel/ hostel and flights as soon as you can, as things usually get too crowded around these dates.

WE WILL PROVIDE A SHUTTLE WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGES FROM NIQUÍA METRO STATION TO THE CAMPSITE ON THE 2ND AT 11:00 AM, 12:00 AND 1 PM. AND ANOTHER SHUTTLE TO NIQUIA METRO STATION ON THE 7TH PLEASE FILL THIS FORM BEFORE JULY 24TH SO WE CAN HAVE YOUR TRAVEL INwFORMATION, this form needs to be filled by everyone attending to IJBC. https://goo.gl/fEbMTf