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A TOTAL MAKEOVER – IS IT NECESSARY
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The international youth work conference
A TOTAL MAKEOVER – IS IT NECESSARY?
22-23 November 2007 in the Conference and Cultural Centre Athena in Tartu
During the conference the question about the role of open youth centres and open youth work as a non-formal educational method in contemporary society was arisen, the histories of open youth centres in different European countries was compared, and good practices in open youth work were shared.
The conference was a part of an international project the aim of which was the thematic network development between Tartu and Tartu’s twinned towns. As an expanded result of the project a handbook “Good practices in open youth work” was published and the conference DVD was produced. The handbook presents a variety of successful projects from different European countries in both working languages of the conference – English and Estonian. The conference DVD provides an overview of the presentations and workshops including the video records of the key-presentations and the conclusions of the workshops and the conference.
There were 161 participants – youth workers, youth work administrators, youth researchers, and youth leaders from different European countries in the conference.
The conference was organised by Youth Policy Service of Department of Culture of Tartu City Government and financed by Tartu city, the European Union within the programme “Europe for Citizens” 2007-2013, Estonian Council of Gambling Taxes, and Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.
The programme was compiled and accomplished by the conference team as follows:
Anne Õuemaa – project manager
Raul Oreškin – project co-ordinator
Reimo Rehkli – project assistant
Kristel Altosaar – compiler of the handbook „Good practices in open youth work”
Hele Riit-Vällik – organiser of the reception and programme for delegates
Jaanika Palm – organiser of the reception and programme for delegates
Auli Auväärt – organiser of the reception and programme for delegates
Kerli Otti – organiser of the programme for delegates
Andres Lokk – multimedia
Urmas Reisberg – multimedia and video
And, of course, many volunteers who gave their hand where it was needed!
Tartu twinned cities involved in a project:
Ruta Masalska - contact person of delegation of Riga
Antti Heinonen - contact person of delegation of Tampere
Tiina Karppinen - contact person of delegation of Turku
Krisztina Ferenczy - contact person of delegation of Veszprém
Conference logo and design: Maris Aare, Kaili Kask and Jaanus Kaasik
See you in the next conference!
Raul Oreškin
Head of the Department of Culture
Tartu City Government
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
All communication and publications within this project reflect the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
