Servas Turkey and Servas Youth invite you to the next International Youth Meeting event in
Istanbul-Turkey. Following the Youth meetings in Patagonia’06 and Yorkshire’07, you are all
welcome to the 3rd annual Youth Meeting in Istanbul.

• An opportunity for all young travellers and hosts (18-30) to get together and to share their
Servas experiences.
• Also open to other Servas members of whatever age.
• Under18’s welcome if accompanied by an adult.

VENUE

Main Campus of Sabanci University will be our venue. Campus settlement is in Tuzla which is 45
minutes away from the city center. For more information- http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/eng/

ACCOMMODATION

Participants have the possibility to stay either in dormitory rooms or in the hotel located within the campus area. The dormitory rooms have two-bed or four-bed options. The beds in the dormitory rooms are bunks, which most of them have upper bunk beds (If you have request for lower bunk beds please contact us). The hotel rooms are private rooms for one person only. We have no tent option.

CATERING

• Participants will have full board meals at the cafeteria of the university.
• Meals will be taken all together
• For excursion days, lunch will be taken outside the campus.

PRICE LIST

Prices include:

• Accommodation and catering
• Costs for workshops, presentations etc.
• Costs for logistics and other conference expenses

Prices exclude:

• Entrance fees to museums, historical places, national parks etc.
• Transportation to the campus from main city centres and transportation from the campus to the main city centres.
• Transportation expenses for the excursions

* Discounted prices will be applied to the applicants upon the criteria below:

• Servas members with a valid Servas LOI
• Who applied and needs discount, expected to be fair
• Discount is limited up to 80 people
• Early applications will have priority
• Each evaluation will be done on personal level
• Servas countries whose membership status is “Contact” have higher priority
• Servas Youth officers have priority
• Who have not funded in any Servas event before have priority
Please indicate your request for discount when completing the application form under
“Discount Request” Section.

THE PROGRAMME SO FAR………… more to follow :

The focus of the event is for Servas young people from around the world to enjoy time together. All with an interest in Youth in Servas are welcome. Let us know if you have ideas or want to make a contribution to the programme. Each day has a concept which is actually a part of Servas and the Youth Meeting. The activities
of each day will generally be about that specific day's concept.
1st day: Open Doors: Come whoever you are
2nd day: Peace within, peace without
3rd day: Istanbul, two sides of water
4th day: Be the change
5th day: Journey/Experience
6th day: Imagine
7th day: We are one

Activities

• Plenty of activities for all ages and interests.
• Closed and open area activities at the Campus for both small and large groups
• Activities related to getting to know each other better, understanding the value of peace, developing Servas spirit and discovering Turkish culture
• Entertaining and informative workshops
• Travelling in and around the city Discussions
• What Servas has to offer young people for the future.
• Share ideas and concerns about world issues and look at what contribution Servas can make to a more peaceful world.

ARRIVING AT SABANCI UNIVERSITY

Sabanci University is situated on the Asian side of Istanbul, close to Izmit. For arrivals on the meeting day, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is closer to the University location rather than main airport - Atatürk Airport.
There will be also shuttle buses on 18th from main centers of Istanbul such as Taksim and Kadıköy in order to transport you to the campus. You may use one of these shuttle buses or prefer to come on your own. Further information will be sent to participants for details of the shuttle buses.

BOOKING

We will be open to take bookings from the beginning of February 2008.
You can apply via our online application form:
http://www.servasturkiye.org/youth2008
• Click to Registration Form on the left menu
• You will see our registration page. Click to “New”
• Now you will see our online form. Fill in the form, then click “Send”. Your application will be registered!
• You will receive a confirmation e-mail with your password included. If you want to edit your information later, you can use your e-mail and password to login to the page.
• If you encounter any problem about displaying the online application form, please
contact to Servas Turkey Youth Team:
Servas Turkey Youth Team
Email: youth@servasturkiye.org
Tel: + 90 533 240 69 52

PAYMENT

We would like you to pay the conference fee in full in order to make your registration complete. The account numbers are as follows. You can pay either in Euro or in US Dollar:

For Euro Payments:

Account Holder: Ömer Özkan
Bank Name: HSBC Bank
Account No: 706 1009005 770 99
IBAN No: TR570012300706100900577099
SWIFT No: HSBCTRIX
Address: Büyükdere Cad. Özsezen Ps Mrk. No:122/B Esentepe Pstanbul-TURKEY

For Dollar Payments:

Account Holder: Ömer Özkan
Bank Name: HSBC Bank
Account No: 706 1009005 770 01
IBAN No: TR840012300706100900577001
SWIFT No: HSBCTRIX
Address: Büyükdere Cad. Özsezen Ps Mrk. No:122/B Esentepe Pstanbul-TURKEY

CANCELLATION POLICY:

The following rules apply for those who register and pay for the meeting but cancel their registration before the meeting:
• Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the event will be refunded 80% of the registration fees.
• Registrations cancelled less than 60 but more than 30 days before the event will be refunded 50% of the registration fees.
• Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the event will not be eligible for a refund.

SOME OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

If you would like to get involved in planning and running an event-workshop, play, presentation etc., let us know:
Evren Atvur: evrenozkan@gmail.com
or
Pablo Chufeni: pablochufeni@yahoo.com.ar