HELCOM Youth Forum 2006

HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan

15 – 17 August 2006

Flensburg (GERMANY)

S A V E   T H E   D A T E

Dear Student,

the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission - HELCOM) is the focal point for Marine Protection Policy in the Baltic Sea Region. For more than 30 years HELCOM has effectively contributed to the improvement of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM has furthermore very much contributed to the overall development of this new European ecologically and economically prospering region.

What’s behind? / What is it about?

HELCOM is convinced that Public Awareness Raising - in particular with regard to the youth around the Baltic - is of utmost importance for safeguarding future generations’ interest concerning the Baltic. By regularly performing youth forums (the first has been held in Helsinki in 2004) HELCOM has started a process of raising youth’s attention by proactively involving students into HELCOM-processes.

The third HELCOM Youth Forum will be organised by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in co-operation with other partners from 15 to 17 August 2006 in Flensburg (Germany).

Students from all Baltic Sea Riparian Countries will be invited to apply for participation in the event.

What should possible participants have to offer?

They should be inhabitant of one of the Baltic Sea riparian states and be interested in Baltic Sea affairs, regardless what discipline – be it natural or political science, law or other – if related to the issue of “cooperation for the Baltic”. Being interested in a prospering future development of the Baltic Sea Region they should like to share their views and visions with representatives of the “young generation” around the Baltic. It should be their wish to be part of an open and transparent exchange of views with the aim of feeding in personal visions into a future Baltic Sea Policy.

As regards the formal qualification possible participants should be at university and have reached a bachelor’s or comparable degree, and they should be willing to support the Youth Forum process in terms of discussion and written contributions.

What do WE offer?

The HELCOM Youth Forum is intended to further the exchange amongst representatives of the “future generation” around the Baltic Sea. An interesting event including an attractive social programme will offer the possibility to feed in and receive new and additional impulses with regard to co-operation in a developing and prospering region.

So please,

SAVE THE DATE !

if you would in principle be interested in participating in this event.

Please have a regular look at www.helcom.fi since further documents, starting with a concrete “call for participation” will be presented there in due time.

For the organisers

Heike Imhoff

Federal Ministry for the Environment,

Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Division WA I 5

Robert Schuman Platz 3

53 175 Bonn

E-mail: Heike.Imhoff@bmu.bund.de