Creativity for the World of Youth

Who: 36 Youth's from Slovenia, Turkey, China and Vietnam
Age: Teens
What: "Creativity for the World of Youth".

This event gave the opportunity for these youth's to get creative and learn from each other. Reading this got me to thinking: in the near future, I hope more Intercultural Dialogue can include American Youths.


Youths join int'l project "Creativity for the World of Youth"
18:17' 22/04/2008 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - Thirty six youths from Slovenia, Turkey, China and Vietnam had a chance to show their talent and solidarity in world youth spirit in a project called "Creativity for the World of Youth".

The project is a youth activity of youth of the European Union. The EU has designated 2008 as the year of Intercultural Dialogue. The project gave participants a chance to share experience and learn from each other. Creative and coordinated methods were applied for youths to learn skills and promote their activeness and ability.

Mr. Robert Krizanic from Slovenia, head of the project, said that he was very surprised at Vietnamese and Chinese youths' pleasure and enthusiasm toward the project. "They joined the project very quickly," he added. "I hope to see many other programs like this project for Asian and European youths to exchange and learn from each other."

A preparatory seminar was held in Shanghai, China in late February. The second phase of the project was held in Vietnam. Each country sent 9 youths to participate in the project.


Thirty six participants were divided into four small groups working in different activities such as painting, music, circus, puppetry and community games.

The groups visited and took part in youth activities in Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong. They contributed ideas on developing street art, worked out activities for the project in Slovenia in August, and prepared for a project review in Izmit, Turkey which is expected to be held in late December.

Volken Muderrisoglu from Turkey and Wei Chao Bin from China said that members did not meet any obstacles even in such an international activity as all used English as a common language and they joined the project with a fervent spirit and enthusiasm and saw no big difference between Asia and Europe. "This is a great opportunity for us to know more about the cultures of other countries," they added.

This was also a good environment for youth and youth leaders to exchange knowledge in youth work. The project has introduced some new and effective tools to apply in youth work, including street arts and community painting.

Tran Anh Duc, 23 from Vietnam said: "I think programs like this are very practical. I have myself learned a lot from the project, and hope that Vietnamese youth will have more chances to integrate and learn more from international youths in the next steps of the project."

Although "Creativity for the World of Youth" is only in the second phase, it has greatly contributed to establishing long-term relationships and cooperation among international youth. It has created a foundation for regular and harmonious coordination in youth activities in each country.