Find the luck!
I was lucky! I filled in the application form, passed the selection process
and got scholarship for the internship in United Nations World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO) in Madrid. I was lucky twise! Because I went to my dream
country – Spain.
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| Rita Norvaišaitė (me) at work |
Me
I am studying Creative Industries in
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Creative Industries is quite new
speciality in Lithuania and mostly everyone askes what it is about. I have a
prepared answer for that! Shortly saying, it is business from intelectual
property – the business which uses creativity as the main source (for example:
TV industry, film industry, music industry, advertising and so on). After 3
years of my studies I needed to find an organization for my practical training.
My main objective was to find serious organization which would give me the area
to improve my skills and to grow.
Luckilly,
I found the project "Partners 4 value"!
Organization
United Nations World Tourism
Organization – is the
United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable
and universally accessible tourism. UNWTO generates market knowledge, promotes
competitive and sustainable tourism policies and instruments, fosters tourism
education and training, and works to make tourism an effective tool for
development through technical assistance projects in over 100 countries around
the world.
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| UNWTO Headquarters |
Creative Industries and Tourism
What
does Creative Industries and Tourism have in common? Why I chose UNWTO? The
answer would be – they have a lot. Nowadays tourism could not live without tools
of Creative Industries. Communication, marketing, branding and creativity are most
important elements of tourism today. Cultural and Creative Tourism have even
more elements. I a deeply in Cultural Tourism! I am planning to write my final
thesis about that. UNWTO as the leading organization in tourism sector is the
best to get more information and knowledge about tourism.
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| The main square - el Sol |
The first luck: Responsibilities and
experience
In the UNWTO I was working in Programme and Coordination Unit. I was
responsible mainly for building the database of case studies. I needed to
identify case studies in various publications, describe them and put them in
the table. At the end I have identified more than 400 of them.
Also for 5 weeks I was substituting
the asistant of Executive Director. I did various administrative tasks –
arranged meetings, documents, letters, made calls, organized trips and other. As
well as I was involved in other UNWTO activities – I attended the conference
for travelers safety in the case of force
majeure, watched the
presentation of UNWTO publications, made my personal observations about future
publication...
To sum up, during my time in UNWTO I did various tasks and I improved my
skills considerably.
I was new in the organization, I didn`t know the order of the organization,
I had a lot questions and doubts... And everyone was very nice and helpful for
me. My supervisor was amazing! So friendly and kind! From the first moment I
felt welcome.
It was such a pleasure to grow in
this organization! |
| My entrance card |
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| The card of participant to the conference |
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| Before the conference |
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| One of my working office (Executive Director assistant office) |
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| Internal mail system |
The second luck: personality and
Spain
If you haven`t lived anywhere abroad you definately should! It changes the
perception and worldview. It becomes much easier to understand the world as the
whole.
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| Couchsurfing community in Madrid |
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| Travel to the mountains |
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| My friend street musician |
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| With friends in Valencia |
Living
and prices
The prices are more or less the same as in Lithuania. Just the accomodation
and public transport are a bit more expensive. But public transport in Madrid
is one of the best in the world!
Talking
about accomodation, we started searching the room when we were in Lithuania, we
had the list of most suitable and during the first days we checked all of them.
We were lucky to find very good one. It was just 10 minutes by metro to work
and centre. I shared the room with other Lithuanian girl and we lived together with
two Spanish guys. They helped us a lot – lerning Spanish, dealing with laws,
finding information and explaining Spanish living style. |
| With our flatmates celebrating Spain football team victory in European Cup |
Summary: find your luck
Now I am in Lithuania – continuing my studies. I feel different. The only
thing I could say for everyone – find your luck. Maybe it is somewehere around
"Partners 4 value"? Check it!
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| Toledo |
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