“Young Europeans for a World without Violence” congress in Cracow-Auschwitz by the Community of Sant’Egidio, 20-24 September 2017

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AEB would like to support the congress “Young Europeans for a World without Violence” in Cracow-Auschwitz by the Community of Sant’Egidio, 20-24 September 2017

From 20 to 24 September, the Community of Sant’Egidio will organize the fifth edition of the congress “Young Europeans for a World without Violence” in Cracow-Auschwitz. 

At the congress will participate about 1000 young people from Albania, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia and Ukraine.
The project stimulates awareness of the errors of the past caused by nationalism, racism and anti-semitism, to strengthen cross-cultural ties and promote a responsible sense of European citizenship among the participants. Two witness of concentration camp will meet the students.

Participant attended preparatory courses during 2016/2017 after a selection of target group following a set of criteria, among others:

a) identifying a number of people involved in solidarity-oriented local activities;
b) guaranteeing representation of all social groups;
c) facilitating the matching of students from different European countries;
d) promoting among the younger generations the knowledge of European history. 
 
The project description is available here.

Every contribution into the project is welcome!
 
The forms of eventual sponsorship:
- support for the travel of the group of 100 students from Moscow;
- payment of some invoices in Poland;
- support to the accommodation;
- other options.

Contact persons on the Congress program and sponsorship opportunities:
Alessandro Salacone - the representative of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Moscow Asalac@gmail.com, +7 916 927 7289 

Particularly important is the fact that 100 young Russians and some 200 young Ukrainians will participate. Is probably the event gathering the largest number of young people from these two countries.

N.B. The Community of Sant’Egidio is not a political organization and has regular registration in Russian Federation.

Community of Sant’Egidio
piazza Sant'Egidio, 3
00153 - Roma (Italy)
tel. +39.06.899.22.34
fax +39.06.580.01.97


20.09.201710:00
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