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Live Nature Live Together 2026

Braga, Portugal

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CTI Live Nature Live Together 26 is an initiative focused on promoting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a special focus on environmental preservation and social inclusion. The project aims to involve the Braga district community in various actions that address both ecological and social issues, with a strong volunteer component.
Among the main objectives of the district network, the following stand out:
-Promotion and development of social inclusion activities.
-Environmental awareness and combating climate change.
-Distribution of ecological material and gadgets;
-Increased awareness about the impact of single-use plastic on the forest and marine environment.
-Creation of an international and district network of young people to guarantee impact and sustainability of the proposed challenge


Description du travail

The environmental awareness actions proposed by CTI Live Nature Live Together 26 are diverse and encompass a wide range of activities with the aim of raising awareness, involving and educating the population of the district of Braga about the importance of environmental sustainability and social inclusion. The initiatives target both environmental and social issues, creating opportunities for dialogue and active participation of communities, especially young people, including minority groups
● Public Campaigns;
● Actions to combat the use and contamination through plastic, through cleaning of forest areas, beaches and forests around
them;
● Creation of leaflets and videos on the theme for dissemination of the environmental message;
● Organization of inclusive Cultural and Sporting Events;
● Actions to encourage the reduction of emissions and toxic waste, with the realization of group tours in the communities of Braga district and in some communities of the network created online;
● Organization of creative and recreational activities in public transport;
● Creation and distribution of environmentally friendly ashtrays;
● Meeting with groups of minority youth through existing SYnergia projects and partner
institutions;
● Involvement of minority youth through traditional games, theater and music activities, sports tournaments, etc.;
● Creation of Laboratories for Planning of awareness-raising campaigns and community interventions;
● Realization of Leisure activities and Visits, namely Bom Jesus, Sameiro, Guimarães Castle, canoeing in the Póvoa de Lanhoso, Visit to the Penha in Guimarães;


Hébergement & Nourriture

Accommodation: Braga Camping - Individual Camping Tent and shared bathrooms
Food: 5 meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner and coffe breaks)


Lieu & Loisirs

Accommodation Adress: Camping Braga, Portugal, N101 12, Braga

The Braga municipal camping and caravanning park is located in the south of Braga's urban park, Parque da Ponte, in a leisure area within a sports complex, with the same name and adjacent to the Picoto urban park. It offers spaces with excellent shade and is, due to its location, a privileged place to explore the surrounding city with all its architectural and historical splendor.
Characteristics: This place, which provides us with tranquility, practically in the city center, with its surroundings of sports and leisure areas, where you can enjoy the magnificent panoramic view over the city of Braga from the Picoto urban park


Appointment

Participants must take a plane to Sá Carneiro airport, in Porto, and then come by bus from the airport to Braga.
Available bus companies: Getbus - ticket price is €10 (http://getbus.eu/); Flixbus - ticket price is €5 (https://www.flixbus.pt/)
This is the cheapest and easiest way, as there are buses right outside the airport
If you wish to travel by train, you must: Take the metro to Campanhã station and then take the train to Braga (https://www.metrodoporto.pt/; https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/pt)


Organisation d'accueil

IPDJ or Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude is a governmental organization that has the task to implement in the whole national territory and at international level the youth policy. The PORTUGUESE SPORTS AND YOUTH INSTITUTE (IPDJ), results of the fusion in 2012, and succeeds in all the powers and obligations, of public bodies in the area of sport and youth, in particular the Portuguese Sport Institute, the Portuguese Youth Institute, the Foundation for the Dissemination of Information Technologies and MoviJovem (Youth Hostels and Youth Card). IPDJ is widespread in the whole continental territory, with presence in the 5 regions (North, Center, Lisbon, Alentejo and Algarve) and their 18 district capitals. We have 8 areas of intervention as we develop several national programs about it – support youth organizations, citizenship and participation; health and healthy lifestyles, studies on youth; Non-formal education, social inclusion and gender quality and innovation and entrepreneurship and employment. At International level we have several youth actions. We are a member of CCIVS and we have been an active partner on International Workcamps (especially through SCI) more than 30 years till now (as ex-IPJ). https://programasjuventude.ipdj.gov.pt/