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1 Antwerpen rockt

2 Agenda Antwerp Accommodation Ineke & Jenny Sophie Living in Belgium Money Public Transport Travels Airport Bus Express Shopping Specialities Spare Time Activities Preparation Language Internships Safmarine (Sophie & Jenny) Stad Antwerpen

3 Antwerp

4 Accommodation

5 Ineke & Jenny Organized by the city administration staff / Xarxa-contact Fully equipped Approx. 350,00 per month 150,00 down payment Cleaning lady every two weeks Internet included

6 Sophie Studio with small kitchen and bathroom Very basically equipped 550 each month Weekly cleaning Internet included

7 Living in Belgium

8 Money Leonardo da Vinci grant: 335,00 for preparation (Dutch lessons and other activities) 1.850,00 grant in advance 439,00 grant afterwards Telekom salary

9 Public Transport Fietshaven Bike for two month deposit DeLijn ( BuzzyPass 21,50 per month For people between 6 and 24 years Valid in all belgian cities where DeLijn operates Buy tickets upfront! It s cheaper

10 Travels Go-pass ( 10 rides for 50 (transferable not personalized) For inner Belgian journeys (Gent, Oostende) Book your international journeys in advance (Paris, London etc.)

11 Airport Bus Express

12 Shopping Groceries Colruyt (super store) Delhaize (little more expensive) Food and cosmetics are more expensive than in Germany!!! Everything else: Meir

13 Specialities Waffles Fries (not French Fries!!!) Smoetbollen Chocolate Belgium Beer (be aware )

14 Spare Time Activities Cafe Local Diamond Museum MAS Fashion Museum Pool Bioscop Tunnel underneath the Schelde (only wodden escalator in the world) Zoo boat trips Strandwerpen China Town Middelheim Park, Park Spoor Nord Rubenshuis

15 Preparation

16 Language 18 Dutch lessons in Berlin at the AZ 19 Intercultural workshop in Berlin Presentation about Antwerp before leaving Visiting the Flemish representative office of the Belgium Embassy Dutch lessons in Antwerp

17 Internships

18 Safmarine Container Lines N. V. The Company Shipping company within Maersk Main business in India, Middle East and Africa Flat hierarchies

19 My Workplace

20 My Team Laris a Victo r Kathlee n

21 My Tasks Sustainability related topics Research on Sustainability related topics Setup a intranet page Collect material for the Sustainability charter Branding of meeting rooms Travel expenses accounting General assistance PR & Comms and Legal Registration of the change of ownership of the trademark Prepare documents for signature, notarization, legalization Work together with cooperating attorney agencies Check invoices, instruct payments Arrange meetings Pursue and improve the filing system for trademark related documents

22 Safmarine Container Lines N. V. Global Sales Department: Rudi Labeau (Senior Sales Manager) organising Hercules Trophy 2011 supported by CCO s assistant Nadine Poppe general tasks: editing Saftrophy mailbox collecting general team details booking flights for European participants creating different budget overviews developing hotel room sharing plans monitoring whole planing for Hercules weekend: Welcome Dinner, event, BBQ party

23 Safmarine Hercules Trophy people from 80 countries traveling to Mechelen (03/06 05/06/2011) 72 teams (57 Safmarine teams, 15 customer teams) 12 labours Friday, 03/06/11: arrivals of almost every participant coming from abroad bus transfer to hotels Welcome Dinner at Lamotte Saturday, 04/06/2011: Safmarine Hercules Trophy 2011 BBQ Party Sunday, 05/06/2011: flying back home transfer to Antwerp (meetings at Head Office)

24 Internship at Stad Antwerpen Department: General Education policy in the City of Antwerp (Algemeen onderwijsbeleid) Marleen Baillieul, Koen Bastiaens 38 hours per week

25 My Tasks Administrative support for a European project: Creation of a financial final report Support in finalizing a book as one of the end products of a project Finalizing a website Communication with project partners Logistical support at different events Creating a statistics in excel Participation in project meetings Translation between German and English Creating and giving presentations

26 Evidence Based Policy and Practice Education policy at a local level in Europe Networking and evidence-based policy in medium-sized European cities for tackling local education challenges. Book Website

27 Dank u voor uw aandacht! Thank you for your attention!

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