CULTURE+ | Top 15 Useful Greek Phrases For Tourists

Hello from ICDETv! In this video our intern Υρώ Λυκάκη will be helping you to learn some basic Greek words and phrases. If you are interested in learning more, you can come on our event: https://www.facebook.com/events/636178700344335/

Enjoy this video and we can't wait to meet you and have fun together during the learning process, so see you soon!

LIFE+ | From an Asian student to Europe

My name is RanSeya, I am from Vietnam and I am currently studying for a Master of Tourism and Recreation in Poland. When I was a student from secondary school, I was thinking about studying and doing internship abroad in order to broaden my knowledge in terms of enhancing soft and hard skills and emerging myself to the international environment as I wish not only to be a citizen of a country but also a global citizen as well that means I am able to work and live in different environment. Actually, it is not quite easy to make the dream come true, I was born in a small city in the South of Vietnam so it can be imagined how hard it is to access and find the best program to study and join an internship abroad. I did not give up though, I have tried my best to find an opportunity for me.

First of all, I need to improve my English in order to meet one of the school and employers’ requirements by participating in an English speaking club as a volunteer there for a year and also applied for various international exchange activities back in my country.

Secondly, I got advice from experienced friends who previously studied and worked abroad, they did give me an image of what studying and doing an oversea internship look like so I better prepare myself in order to avoid and limit the situation of culture shock. Thirdly, I did a lot of research about which country I should go and experience.

Finally, I figure out what I really need to improve and learn so I decide to come to Europe. In Europe, I actually have an eye open when each country speaks different languages and has such an amazing culture which I have never experienced before.

The first stage of my dream is completed and I would be confident to say that my next wish on the list is almost filled in when I was accepted to do an internship and got funding by the ERASMUS program to work at ICDET in Sofia, Bulgaria. My first expectation for the internship here is to fulfil my desire of exploring new culture and cuisine and traveling as it is related to my major as mentioned above.

Moreover, I want to challenge myself in multitasking and experience the working environment and meet new people from different countries.

Last but not least, I hope my two months here will promise to be an unforgettable moment of my life in Europe.

LIFE+ | Welcome on INTERNSHIP@ICDET, Iro!

My name is Iro Lykaki, I am 22 years old and I am a fourth-year student in the department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies in the direction of Political Sciences in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Since this was my last year in university, I thought I should try and make the most of it and use the benefits that the university provides. This, alongside the worry of what I will do as soon as I graduate, made me realize that an Erasmus+ Internship is the best option. I started searching through the page of ERASMUSINTERN, to find an internship that I would be interested in. As soon as I was getting disappointed, because I couldn’t find what I had in mind, I came across International Center for Development of Education and Training.

After reading what ICDET is about, I immediately applied for internship. I was really eager to be an intern in ICDET because it is a youth organization, who promotes personal growth, action and European values through implementation of different kind of projects. I believe that by engaging in activities and projects with an international and intercultural aspect empowers young people, like myself, to become active citizens and make an impact on the word. What is more, creative youth engagement programmes brings together different cultures and bridges gaps. I really appreciated also the fact that I could choose in which field of work I could involve, according to my interest and knowledge.

Furthermore, the fact that I speak bulgarian was also one of the reasons why I chose to come. Living and working in a bulgarian speaking environment is a desirable challenge for me, because despite the contiguity between Bulgaria and Greece, the working culture between these two varies in many aspects.

This internship I expect to expose me to many new challenges and help me gain professional experience, while involved in a real working environment. Also, I expect to provide me the ability to improve my soft skills, have practical experiences and enhance my future career.

I hope that this internship will give me the opportunity to get a better insight of the bulgarian culture, as well as to further improve my language skills. Not only that, but also to develop my personality and to broad my horizons through my expose to an intercultural environment, meet new people, and make new friends.

While I am here, I would like to learn and offer as much as I can.