BARCELONA 2001: INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN SUMMIT
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM

• Theme: "Building a new world together"
• Date: August 1-4, 2001, Barcelona
• Ages:
• Children summit: from 8 to 12 years
• Youth Forum:
• Group A: from 13-17
• Group B: from 18-25
• Main topics:
• Mass media and new ways of communicating:
• On line show (programming + maths), algorythmic programming.
• Exhibition of creative computer works, indicated previously: graphic design or animation, scientific programs, games, interactive tales, programming tools and other computer applications.
  Registration time from January, 1, 2001
  Deadline: April, 31, 2001
  Format: Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT
• Assistance to New Technology Strand in the Conference.
• At the end of every day an abstract of the activities would be included in the web.
• Cultural Diversity
• Conferences and discussions with the assistance of different NGO representative people and several international experts.
• Children and youth will come from their countries with a work indicated previously.
• Repercussion of the ICT into the different cultures.
• Other topics:
• Promoting the talent and artistic aptitudes: VIII Sample of creative paintings for the XXI century. It will be hold in Barceló Sants Hotel.
• Sample of musical artist youth.
• Youth, Family, Handicaps, Talent...
• Tours and visits.
• Methodology and other issues:
• Educational strategies : creative, recreational, social activities/discussions/ sessions with speakers, who will deal with the topics from the point of view of the unfavoured societies.
• This summer summit aims to let applicants develop their abilities in their present and professional life, by:
• Understanding economical, social and cultural life of the host country, in this case Barcelona (Spain), by getting into touch with Spanish people.
• Creating cooperative and friendly relations among young people groups coming from different countries.
• Exchanging ideas and discussing mutual interests.
• Applicants must be proposed by their specific state organization: ministry, governement, society, specialized institution..., which will be responsible for each personïs proposal. Participants or each country group of participants will have to go with a leader (generally a teacher) who will work with the participants and will take part in the summit under a general coordination. The leaderïs expenses of registration and accomodation ("Martí Codolar" residence) will be free of charge. He/She must pay his/her travel expenses and other expenses he/she makes out of the residence.
• The summit will imply an intercultural meeting, that is the reason why applicants are required to know about Spanish country and about the languages going to be spoken; and besides applicants must be prepared to avercome prejudgements and stereotypes.
• English and Spanish will be the official languages.
• Reservations and registrations:
• Registration fee:
• US$ 325 deadline February, 1
• US$ 350 deadline June, 15
• The fee includes: Activity program, accomodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner from the dinner on July 31, 2001 to the lunch on August 4, 2001.
• Registrations will be restricted and those who migth be interested in being registered, please contact by fax, e-mail or mail to the following address:

Centro "HUERTA DEL REY"
Pío del Río Hortega, 10
47014 VALLADOLID (SPAIN)
Fax : 34 - 83 - 34 13 82
e-mail:c_h_rey@correo.cop.es
http://www.tds.es/c_h_rey