turkish-greek civic dialogue - AEGEE Europe

LOOKING FORWARD TO
2 ND PHASE OF PROJECT
............................................................................................. Panagiotis Kontolemos
AEGEE-Rodos, Board Member
Turkish-Greek Civic Dialogue Project,
Public Relations Responsible
Dear Friends,
It is really a great pleasure to have the opportunity to write you few words
about the Turkish-Greek Civic Dialogue Programme. The past 3 years I have
been working and participating in this creative programme. As one of the
Greek member of AEGEE, I strongly believe that through such initiatives we
accomplish a lot and give to young people the opportunity to express themselves
freely and friendly to each other. We alert the whole society on issues
concerning any kind of relations between their country and their neighbours.
The events took place within the framework of this project motivated
many people in both countries to deal with the formation of their
national beliefs and prejudices. I hope that most of them are ready
to create new opportunities for peace and stability in our region.
Personally, I will never forget the interest of the people in the first event
in Sakarya, the interesting debates that took place between academics and
journalists of the two countries. It will be also very difficult to erase from
my memory all the useful conclusions of the symposium in Istanbul, about the
exchange of the populations. I will always regret that I couldn’t participate in the
KayaFest, and experience the joyful atmosphere of all those young people there!
I think that the experience of the organisation of such a project will be useful
for all the coordinators of the programme and will be a nice way to pass
experiences to AEGEE organisers in local level.
I do look forward to participate in the potential second phase of the project
with the hope that more and more young people will be involved. I do
hope we will achieve the most successful programme in the whole Balkans.
Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’Europe
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