So, Us !
We met in 2001 during a seminar that we called the "Pink Bus"
but that was probably called differently... but I don't remember...
The mobile seminar?
It was a mobile seminar yes! But it was called something like "From Exclusion to Inclusion"
I don't remember!
And yes, it was a mobile seminar. It started and finished in Munich, Germany
And we drove through some central countries and some of the Balkan countries
And we would stop in some places
To visit structures that worked on the topic of Inclusion
Among the memories I have of that mobile seminar, I remember this big bus without any seats in the middle
This bus was our home
We would sleep there, we would juggle
We would tell stories to each other, we would sing songs
We would talk about young people in Europe...
I made beautiful memories there, of magical moments!
It was my first international experience
And after it, I never stopped and made it my job
It was the starting point of my professional path
And then, we also met there, PJ and I!
Our relationship started in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
In Metelkova (alternative cultural centre)
We went back to this place after, before we had our little girl
We went on holidays around there and so we made a stop there
Another thing I remember from this seminar was this group of participants
that was kind of magical, and also the team of trainers who were with us
during this project. So, Fabrice was there with us,
and then I remember Dadou, a big thought goes to him
and his wife Cathy
And Bjorn and Charlotte
This meeting was true, beautiful and important, it created something
for both of our lives
Because it marked the start of our carriers in the international field
Yes! Well, for me it's the same, I share the same memories! Because I was there!
It was... It started... I remember I travelled with Eva, a friend from Belgium
It was Jo Claeys, who was part of the Board at the time,
He had contacted me and said to me: "It will be awesome! An amazing project!"
"It's in a bus and you'll do a lot of amazing stuff, and the people will be awesome"
So I said "Okay! Let's do it!"
Then, yes, we made friends there
We still see 5-6 of the people regularly
People we kept contact with
And it was my first project as well
and I got in contact with people who were part of Y-E-N
or also ENOA, which was starting as an European network during those years
and for which I worked until... well until this week actually, we closed ENOA
Officially as a matter of fact
Beautiful encounters, both personally and professionally
that deeply changed me
A lot of things happened within the projects, after the bus seminar
After the seminar, we took part in a youth exchange on a barge
Then after this project on a boat
We continued organising mobile projects. One of them in Romania
With Eugen, who is still part of Y-E-N, big hug to him
It was called "Romanimation", and we left in wooden caravans
We would go from village to village, in Romania, and organise street animations
Which was the same topic of the boat project
"Through public space animations,
how to create social links between the youth and the local community and create citizenship spaces
Those were projects that meant a lot to us and that were born from this mobile seminar
Yes, since then we have been doing serious stuff !
And then, some months later, PJ and I met again on a ENOA project
which was starting, and in a way was also a Y-E-N baby actually
because it formed an opportunity
for people who had taken part in international projects
to try out their skills and get experience in a networking space
And this was a truly beautiful experience for us,
and thanks to this project, everything started
It really was the beginning for us in this field
So, for all of this: Thank you Y-E-N!
For having given us the opportunity of participating in this project
For helping us to meet each other
and so, in a way, for our beautiful daughter too!
Because, Lena... we didn't call her Y-E-N
but we almost could have called her Y-E-N, because after all, she is a Y-E-N baby
*Happy Birthday to Y-E-N*
*Happy Birthday to Y-E-N*
*Happy Birthday dear Y-E-N*
*Happy Birthday to Y-E-N*
Blow the candles? *Blowing the candles*
Yes!! Bravo Y-E-N! And Thank you!
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