Roverway – facts

• Event offered by WAGGGS and WOSM Europe for young people age 16-22.

• Hosted by the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association

• We are following the great success of Roverway in Portugal 2003 and Italy 2006

www.roverway.is

Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

President of Iceland is a patron of Roverway 2009

Roverway is an opportunity to:• Experience true international event• Meet others• Accept a challenge• Do your duty • Intake and experience Iceland’s unique

nature• Establish new friendships• Try something new

Educational Goals• Develop their understanding and experience of belonging to a world

wide movement of Scouts and Guides in a European Context

• Be challenged by new perspectives of culture, origin, ideas, behavior and experience

• Experience the influence and power of nature and the environment on everyday life

• Be challenged to think about their lifestyle and its impact on the environment and on their individual health.

• Think about their place as a European citizen and the rights and responsibilities that go with it.

Roverway – Who

• Participants: Rovers, Scouts and Guides, Ventures, Explorers, and young people between 16 and 22 years old (born 1987 to 1993).

• IST: 23 years and older (1986 and older).

www.roverway.is

Symbolic framework

Open Up!• Open up your mind

• Open up your heart

• Open up to challenges

• Open up to culture

• Open up to creativity

• Open up to environment

The programme

• Phase 1 Getting to know each other via internet

• Phase 2 The Journey traveling around in Iceland

• Phase 3 AlthingiProgramme at Lake Ulfljotsvatn

• Phase 4 Follow up…via internet

Teams and Tribes

• Participants register in teams of 5-15 people

• The teams choose a Journey from our list

• Teams from different countries form a tribe of 50 participants including Leaders.

• The tribe takes a Journey together and camp together at Althingi

Timeframe

• 20.July at 10am Opening ceremony in Reykjavik first meal at 12am

• 20.July the Journey starts right after the Opening ceremony

• 24.July tribes arrive to Althingi • 28.July Closing ceremony at 10am last

meal at 12am– After lunch - Everyone cleaning up, packing

and heading home

Timeframe - Before and after

• From 17.July we provide accommodation at low cost and assist you with planning sightseeing tours in Reykjavik area.

• After Roverway you can stay free of charge at Lake Ulfljotsvatn till 31.July

• We can also provide accommodation at low cost in Reykjavik area till 31.July and help you plan sightseeing tours in Reykjavik area

The Journey

• All around Iceland, north, east, south, west,

• Cycling, rafting, flying, hiking, skiing, crawling ...

• Skaftafell, Thorsmork, Reykjavik, Akureyri, Isafjordur…

The Journey may for example feature river rafting, hiking, glacier

tours, fishing, horseback riding and boat tours.

Úlfljótsvatn Scout Centre

Althingi

Althingi programme

• Walk in activities• Round table • Sailing, hiking• Craft work• Share culture• Carnival • Make new friends, but

keep the old…• Good ideas and

programs accepted

IST members 23 years and older

• IST will start to work at Lake Ulfljotsvatn during the Journey period (Ground staff)

• Some of the IST members will be signed to a Journey (Journey staff)

• IST starts working when Roverway starts and stays 2 days after Roverway ends

IST programme will be organized for all staff both duty and fun!

Much of Iceland is still taking shape before your very eyes — raw, dramatic

landscapes born from volcanic eruptions and carved out by glaciers.

ROVERWAY 20.-28. JULY 2009

www.roverway.is

The weather…

Be prepared!

You can expect all kinds

of weather in Iceland

Equipment

• You will need warm clothes, waterproofs and good boots

• Each team need to bring (or hire) a sleeping tent

• Each person to bring their own sleeping bag and sleeping mattress

The food…

• First meal will be packed lunch 20.July

• The tribes will be cooking together during Roverway.

• Information about special needs i.e. Food allergy has to be notified before arrival

• Last meal offered will be lunch 28.July

Registration

• Open from October 2008

• Closes 1.February 2009

• After 1.February 2009 – higher fee

• Onlinewww.roverway.is

Roverway – fee

• How much?– EUR 449,--

• (First level)

– EUR 339.--• (Intermediate)

– EUR 295,--• (Last level)

IST fee– EUR 280.--

Jambassadors

• From all associations

• Official representative of Roverway 2009

• Introduce and promote Roverway 2009

• Encourage individuals to form a team and participate in RW09

• Promote RW09 in associations magazine and internet sites

• Distribute promotional material