With the participation of university students, youth conferences are being organised by the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey for the last 4 years in one of the provinces where there are the 22 EU Information Centres of the EU Information Network (Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Denizli, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Istanbul/Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul/Marmara University, Izmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Mersin, Samsun, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon and Van). The conference consists of mainly 3 levels; namely, the local, regional and national level.
Following introductory meetings held in provinces at local level, the applications are received. This is followed by the selection of university students, who are Turkish or EU citizens and who especially participate in the Erasmus Program, with whom the regional meetings are held. This year regional meetings are foreseen to be held in the provinces of Trabzon, Izmir, Kayseri and Şanlıurfa. At regional level, students will get together in provinces in different regions and informative conferences and workshops on “Values we share with Europe, perception of culture, history and identity” as well as cultural events to ensure interaction of students will be organized. National Bosphorus Youth Conference will be held with the participation of 225 students selected for national level from among 360 students who are expected to participate in regional levels.
Bosphorus Conference involves panel sessions and workshops held with the participation of speakers from the EU and Turkey who are experts on the European Union, as well as cultural activities. An interactive session on “Identity, Belonging and Europeanness”, chaired by a moderator, will be held with the audience composed of local and foreign writers, directors, artists and academicians from the EU countries and Turkey, with the participation of students.
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For information: www.abbilgi.info.tr
Youth Conference short film links:
https://hotfile.com/dl/149670230/8aa2296/AB_Genlik_Konferans_2011.part1.rar.html
https://hotfile.com/dl/149671019/63f2d6c/AB_Genlik_Konferans_2011.part2.rar.html
https://hotfile.com/dl/149667989/003ec25/AB_Genlik_Konferans_2011.part3.rar.html