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Never alone guide
Never Alone Guide provides additional information for participants accepted to BEST events.
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BEST quality standards
To assure the quality of the BEST events, we have established standards that should be fulfilled in all of them. Your Local BEST
Group will ask you for a deposit, which has to be paid before the confirmation of your participation. The organisers may ask you for a fee
that must be collected during the first three days of the event. Be sure that you get receipts when you pay deposit and fee.
- The maximum fee is 4 euro per day (including arrival and departure day) but no more than 45 euro.
- There is a division of deposit and fee amount, which depends on the country where your Local BEST Group is. Current division of categories is as follows.
- For season autumn08 division is
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100% of the fee:
Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway.
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67% of the fee:
Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
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33% of the fee:
Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia.
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0% of the fee:
Bulgaria, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of, Moldova, Republic Of, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.
- For season winter08 division is
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100% of the fee:
Austria, Netherlands, Norway.
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67% of the fee:
Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
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33% of the fee:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia.
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0% of the fee:
Iceland, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of, Moldova, Republic Of, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.
- For Leisure Events: the amount of fee can be higher than the maximum one specified for Learning events and you should be aware that for Leisure Events ALL students are expected to pay full fee.
The organisers will provide you the following at no extra cost:
- A survival kit containing information about the activity, at latest 3 weeks before the beginning of the activity
- Approximately 20 academic hours per week (for BEST courses). Academic hours consist of lectures, factory and company visits, case studies, laboratory work, group work, training etc.
- Course materials written in English
- A course certificate and a Course Information Form, if you take an active part in the course and you pass the final exam
- Transportation to the lectures and all organised activities
- An organised social/cultural program
- Three meals / day - at least one cooked - during the whole course including the week-ends
- Proper sleeping facilities and an easy access to a shower
What is not included:
Although we are striving to offer you as much as possible to make the activity an unforgettable experience, you should be aware that
you may have extra expenses related to the course, such as:
- Travelling to and from the course
- Extra drinks and food
- Some of the evening activities (e.g. disco tickets)
What do we expect from you?
As you can see, we are trying to impose high quality standards in our work.
In return, there are a few things we expect from you:
- If you are sure that you will participate in the BEST event where you were accepted in, don't forget to pay the deposit to your Local BEST Group. It is needed to get confirmed to the event. The confirmation deadline is on the
- Inform the organisers in time about your arrival (when and how).
- Pay the course fee (in case there is one) to the organisers at the beginning of the course.
- Be on time!
- Respect other people and their work.
- In order to get your deposit back, you must:
- Take an active part in the course, and if you do so, be sure to get a document certifying this.
- Fill out an evaluation form. You must do this before:
How to find the Evaluation Form?
The Evaluation form is located on the My Applications page of BEST website, in the box of the event in which you participated. You need to login to be able to evaluate.
How to fill the Evaluation Form?
Answer the questions based on your experience with the course. Be honest because the information you provide is valuable for the organisers and will be used to improve the quality of BEST events in the future.
Got a problem?
If you have any serious problems getting in contact with organisers, or if you consider that one of the rules stated in this guide
has not been fulfilled and you can’t find a solution together with your hosts, please contact either Helpdesk or your own Local BEST Group.
At the end of the course, you’ll be asked to express your opinion about the course in an evaluation form. We will take your evaluation
into consideration and use the outcomes to improve our events in the future.
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