The School for Leaders Association kindly invites you to participate in the Young Leaders Forum where young people from Central and Eastern Europe will be able to exchange ideas about the current situation in the region and exchange their views and opinions. The Young Leaders Forum is an event accompanying the Economic Forum in Krynica. Young representatives both from the EU as well as from neighbouring East European countries will participate in the Forum.
The EU enlargement eastwards will bring many changes in the area of security, solidarity and effective cooperation among social partners in Europe. This new situation brings with it new opportunities and challenges in regional cooperation, including the cooperation of young people themselves.
WHO IS INVITED
Active young (18-26 years old) people from the following countries were asked to participate: Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Kalinigrad (Russian Federation),
Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary.
Candidates for the Forum for Young Leaders should be active in social, scientific or political fields as:
? members of local government and NGOs,
? members of scientific circles / clubs,
? leaders of NGOs and other organizations working for children,
? young political activists involved in social issues.
PROGRAM
Participants of the forum can sit on panels regarding future regional cooperation and the EU’s eastern policy, currently being drafted. Guests will includes experts, business people and civil
servants taking part in the Economic Forum in Krynica. The forum will focus on developing youth coopera?ion in the Region.
Participants should be able to communicate either in Polish, Russian or English well engouh as to allow them to take part in the discussions.
The Forum for Young Leaders Program is enclosed.
WHERE AND WHEN
The Forum will be held on September 8-10, 2004 in Nowy Sacz, approximately 25 km outside of Krynica. Participants will live in the dormitories of the National Louis University in Nowy S¹cz.
The room and board costs will be covered. We will also reimburse travel costs for participants outside of Poland.
The conference charge is 10 EUR for EU participants and 5 EUR for those not in the EU.
REGISTRATION
Everyone interested in participating in the forum must submit an electronic version of the form by July 9, 2004 (http:// [url=http://www.szkola-liderow.pl/forum)]www.szkola-liderow.pl/forum)[/url] The form is also available from the national offices of the YOUTH Program in countries participating in the Forum. Please call the School for Leaders Association on +48 22 828 64 05 or +48 22 828 64 23 (ask for Aleksandra Kujawska, the project coordinator) or email (fml@szkola-liderow.pl) for more information.