Conference

"Youth For Culture, Peace and Dialogue Among Sivilizations in Third Millenium"

Forum of the Youth of Caucasus

Date
March 28-31, 2001

For registration and information please contact
Nadir Kamaladdinov
Tel: (99 450)328-83-26 ; (99 4 12) 93-91-28 or (99 412) 68-38-39
E-mail: nadir_kamaldinov@hotmail.com

Organizers
United Nations Department of Public Information
UNESCO
Caucasus Youth Center "BIRLIK"
United Nations Association of Azerbaijan
International Forum "CAUCASUS HOME"
Center of Legal and Economic Education
Resource Center on National Minorities

Participants
Representatives of youth organizations from state and non-governmental organizations of all regions of Caucasus.

Aim
In line with the Preamble of the UN Charter, in particular, its provision "to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors", to create conditions for the Caucasus youth to engage in an open dialogue about the role of young leaders in the development of peaceful relationships and good neighborhood in the name of peace.

Main ideas
To bring together young leaders from state and non-governmental youth organizations from all over the Caucasus region, including refugees, disabled and ethnic minority representatives;
To discuss general problems of youth of the Caucasus;
To launch a dialogue among representatives of state and non-governmental youth organizations for assessment of their needs and current capacities in development of relationships based on the ideals of peace and good neighborhoods in the name of peace in Caucasus;
To undertake inter-cultural activities as one of main elements in the youth policy.

In the XXth century, the mankind had gone through two world and number of civil wars, which severally impacted the conditions of human life, left the people without housing and means to existence, destroyed and devastated the world spiritual and cultural heritage.

In the cause of building peace in the world there is a role played not only by politicians, but also youth being the future of each state.

Youth are active participate of major process in the society, ranging from peace and development to humanitarian and emergency activities.

The important role played by youth is implemented through the dialogue on international, regional and local levels.

Studying experience of each other, the culture and traditions, is an important contribution to the success of networking on the regional level, in particular, development of tolerant attitudes and good neighborhood.

The efforts aimed at formation of the civil and legal society, economic and social conditions for a better human life should constitute the fundamentals of youth policy of the Caucasus.

The young people, being trained and through life experience, become a creative force, a valuable property of each society and providers of mutual understanding between the nations.

Youth are responsible for consolidating moral values, tolerance, solidarity, democracy, respect to human rights and especially to the neighbors through study and replication of patterns of behavior on how to live in peace, tolerance and good neighborhood with each other. The policy of sustainable development of the society shall be translated into life with concerted efforts of all stakeholders - state organs, governments, public organizations and different youth institutions. This will pave the way for the future.

The youth suffers most from economic and social crises, therefore it is youth, which should be interested most and start to realize the idea of sustainable development, to undertake implementation of a culture of peace and democracy.

The youth should run in new epicycle ethics a new system of values and learn to live on their basis.

The overall objective of modern youth policy lies in the creation of favorable environment for youth development by means of massive support to the innovative activities, social protection, formation of creative activity, capacities, skills and incentives to self-development.

But the youth policy implementation has an individual country approach and difference case by case. For this reason, the coordinated and organized activity, concerted efforts, cooperation of nations, transformation of differences between the parties into a playground for cooperation, exchange of experience, mutual enrichment of youth policy as an independent area of activity, youth participation in the world-wide process of development are absolutely vital.

For this reason, it is so important within the framework of international youth cooperation to develop a coordinated operation mechanism, aiming at realization of radical measures and policies for addressing youth problems, to support different state and non-governmental agencies in the cause of protection of the rights of youth, to strengthen capacity for creation of the ground for a reasonable model of balanced youth policy.

The youth policy should be coordinated, humane, integral, ensuring health, emancipation and valuable development of youth in the form democratic, socially protected and cooperating local pattern.

Forum Program

28 March

Arriving of participants
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner

29 March - First Day

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 10:00 Registration of participants
10:00 - 11:30 Official opening

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Chairman of Azerbaijan National Commission for UNESCO Mr. Vilayat Guliyev;
Resident Coordinator of UN in Azerbaijan Mr. Ercan Murad;
Secretary General of Azerbaijanian National Commission of UNESCO Mr. Ramiz Abutalibov;
Head of UNDPI in Azerbaijan Mr. Abdulla Dorani;
Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan Mr. Abulfaz Garayev;
Director of Caucasus Youth Center "BIRLIK" Ms. Elyura Mamedova;
Director of Consultative Council of International Forum "Caucasus Home" Mr. Rafik Aliyev

11:30 - 11:45 Collective Memory Photo
11:45 - 12:00 Coffee - break
12:00 - 13:00 Intro to program; presentation of participants; expectetion of participants
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Presentation of working group
15:00 - 16:30 Working groups

Government and YNGO: the ways of interaction
Youth and mass-media
International youth cooperation and partnership
Human rights and youth
Spiritual - morality and cultural education of youth
Unemployment among youth
Health problems and ways of prophylactic
Violence in the youth environment

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00 Working group presentation
18:00 - 19:00 Feed-back groups
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
21:00 - Evening program

30 March - Second Day

08:30 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 10:30 Intro to program
10:30 - 13:00 Simulation game "The Grunland"
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Presentation of "The Grunland" game
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee - break
16:00 - 17:00 Caucasus is general home - Presentation
17:00 - 17:30 Plenary
17:30 - 18:00 Conclusion
18:30 - 19:00 The bonfire of closing
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner
20:30 - International Party

31 March - Departure


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