The Annual World Cultural Heritage Youth Symposium is being held on the occasion of the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. The Symposium is a contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals promoting “Education 2030” focused on SDG 4.7 as well as SDG17. It is also supported by the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC). The official language of the Symposium is English.
The symposium aims to bring together students and teachers from all over the world in order to raise cultural awareness, develop mutual respect and contribute to the creation of a new generation of world citizens that feel united in diversity and are willing to shape a sustainable future for everyone. This is being achieved through knowledge and experience exchange, interaction and collaboration on a common goal related to the world cultural heritage.
Starting from 2021, the World Cultural Heritage Youth Symposium will have each year a specific agenda. The Symposium 2021 focuses on “Awareness through education” and invites students and teachers to engage with the topic by participating into various activities before and during the Symposium and by collaborating with other delegations.
The above objectives will be met with the help of activities that will be implemented before and during the Symposium.
In the Symposium are welcome to participate teachers and students older than 12 years old of schools, universities and/or educational or cultural organizations and associations from all around the world. Minor students should be accompanied by at least 1 adult. All participants will receive a participation certificate signed by the organizers.
The duration of the Symposium is 4 days. The Opening Ceremony is on the 14th April at 18:00 p.m. and the Closing Ceremony is on the 17th April 2021 in Athens.
The participation forms must be completed and sent until the 13th of December 2020. However, since the number of participants is limited, should the participants have reached the number of 200 earlier than the 13th of December, no further applications will be accepted. If you wish to pre-book participation seats in order to secure seats for you or your delegation, please, send an e-mail to the Organizing Committee: olympiayouthsymposium@gmail.com
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Before the end of the Symposium the participants will sign a resolution on the protection of the World Cultural Heritage.
The Declaration will condemn any assaults and crimes committed against World Heritage sites and focus on the fight against any attack on cultural diversity.
The outcomes of the Workshops on “Awareness through Education” will also be included in the document and will be forwarded by the organizers along with the declaration to:
The Goethe Institute Athens developed the program “17 Ziele – Wir engagieren uns” (17 Goals – We are committed) in collaboration with the Hellenic Cultural and Educational Club for UNESCO. The aim of the Program is to raise awareness and mobilize students around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For the school year 2020 – 2021, 5 schools from 5 countries are participating in the Program: Albania, Germany, Greece, Kosovo and Northern Macedonia. The results of the Program, funded by the Goethe Institute, will be presented by the participants during the 3rd World Heritage Youth Symposium 2020.
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