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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 13.09.2011 2
Antwerp 13.09.2011 3
Accommodation 13.09.2011 4
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 13.09.2011 5
Sophie Studio with small kitchen and bathroom Very basically equipped 550 each month Weekly cleaning Internet included 13.09.2011 6
Living in Belgium 13.09.2011 7
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 13.09.2011 8
Public Transport Fietshaven http://www.fietshaven.be/welkom.643.0.html Bike for two month 45 + 100 deposit DeLijn (http://www.delijn.be/index.htm) 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 13.09.2011 9
Travels Go-pass (http://www.b-rail.be/nat/d/tarifs/passes/go/) 10 rides for 50 (transferable not personalized) For inner Belgian journeys (Gent, Oostende) Book your international journeys in advance (Paris, London etc.) 13.09.2011 10
Airport Bus Express 13.09.2011 11
Shopping Groceries Colruyt (super store) Delhaize (little more expensive) Food and cosmetics are more expensive than in Germany!!! Everything else: Meir 13.09.2011 12
Specialities Waffles Fries (not French Fries!!!) Smoetbollen Chocolate Belgium Beer (be aware ) 13.09.2011 13
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 13.09.2011 14
Preparation 13.09.2011 15
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 13.09.2011 16
Internships 13.09.2011 17
Safmarine Container Lines N. V. The Company Shipping company within Maersk Main business in India, Middle East and Africa Flat hierarchies 13.09.2011 18
My Workplace 13.09.2011 19
My Team Laris a Victo r Kathlee n 13.09.2011 20
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 13.09.2011 21
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 13.09.2011 22
Safmarine Hercules Trophy 2011 650 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) 13.09.2011 23
Internship at Stad Antwerpen Department: General Education policy in the City of Antwerp (Algemeen onderwijsbeleid) Marleen Baillieul, Koen Bastiaens 38 hours per week 13.09.2011 24
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 13.09.2011 25
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 13.09.2011 26
Dank u voor uw aandacht! Thank you for your attention! 13.09.2011 27
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