INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE! Part financed by the European Union

International Youth Conference on the topic of Climate Change, Cultural Heritage & Energy Efficient Monuments Conference devoted to World Environment Day, 5 th of June 2011 Location: Kohtla-Järve, Estonia Dates: June 1-4, 2011 Organizer: Kohtla-Järve Town Government Part financed by the European Union

June 1, 2011 – Day of arrival June 2, 2011 – Conference, presentations; excursion June 3, 2011 – Workshops; concert/performance; visits to heritage buildings June 4, 2011 – Day of departure Dates: June 1-4, 2011 Part financed by the European Union

Accommodation will be provided in hotel / hostel / host families (Please, inform organizing committee if you prefer to stay with a host family) Local transportation, food and excursions will be paid from the project budget. Participants pay for transportation to Estonia from their own budget. Part financed by the European Union Composition of each team: 5 English-speaking students + 1 adult Age of students: years old Invited countries: Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Finland, Russia

Conference Requirements for presentations: * Each team should work out their own vision of problems and proposed solutions, connected with the topic of the conference * Each team should prepare a Power Point presentation in English * Each team should deliver their presentation/speech in English * Duration of each team’s presentation is 20 minutes Part financed by the European Union

Conference Suggestions for Team work and presentations You may try to consider and answer the following questions: – –Do we need to protect environment and reduce CO 2 by using energy saving methods in historical buildings? – –Do we need to perform conservation of cultural heritage buildings without losing their identity? – –What do you think about the risk of changing historical buildings completely for energetic optimization? – –What do you think about the first wave of technical improvement of historical buildings (modern heating, insulation, thermal insulation windows, plasterwork, etc.)? – –Your vision of the future of your town/region/country with cultural heritage. Part financed by the European Union

Concert / Performance Performance requirements: * Each team should prepare a small presentation/performance of their country/region * Each team can select their own style of performance: singing, dancing, folk performance or anything else characterizing the country and its culture * Concert/performances will take place on the stage of Kohtla-Järve Centre of Culture * If you need any equipment or adjustments, please inform organizing committee in advance * Duration of each team’s performance is 15 minutes Part financed by the European Union

Youth Conference will be held in the framework of the international project “Climate Change, Cultural Heritage & Energy Efficient Monuments” CO 2 OL Bricks Financial support : Baltic Sea Region Programme Priority 1: Fostering of innovations across the BSR Area of support: Technology transfer Project duration: January 2011 – December 2013 Part financed by the European Union

Lead Partner – Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany 18 project partners from 9 countries: Germany – 4, Sweden – 4, Denmark – 1, Estonia – 3, Lithuania – 1, Latvia – 2, Poland – 1, Belarus – 1, Finland – 1 34 Associated Partners Kohtla-Jarve Town Government organizes International Youth Conference in the framework of the above-mentioned project. Part financed by the European Union

Please inform organizing committee about your participation by Registration forms will be forwarded to the teams who are interested in participation and informed organizing committee. Organizing committee: Jelena Keningi: tel , mob , Jelena Scharonberg: tel , mob , Nana Badaljan: tel , mob , Niina Prussakova: tel , fax: ,