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The Riga EYV Tour Stop - a strong impulse for volunteering in LatviaThe first day of the Latvian European Year of Volunteering Tour stop was dedicated to civic participation. During the morning the first debates took place. An interactive discussion on “Voluntary Work and Public participation” was followed by the “Youth coffee with politicians”, an open space discussion which brought together more than 120 young people and politicians in the middle of the marketplace and enabled a debate about the possibilities of Youth participation in the decision making process at school, local municipality, country level and EU level.
The official opening ceremony was held in the afternoon with the participation of high officials including Mr. Rolands Broks, Minister of Education and Science, Mrs. Inna Šteinbuka, the Head of the EC Representation in Latvia and Mrs. Solvita Aboltina, speaker of the Latvian Parliament. The ceremony was accompanied by several musical performances by well known Latvian artists and EYV national ambassadors such as the popular opera singer Evita Zālīte and Vairis Nartišs, a famous trombone player. Four more days full of activities, exchanges of good practices, debates and workshops will follow and will focus on environment, health and sport, social issues, culture and education and intergenerational issues. Website: Tour Stop Riga Programme. The European Year of Volunteering 2011 campaign is operated entirely by P.A.U. Education and implemented in the 27 EU Member States and some of our colleagues are in Riga coordinating this current event. http://europa.eu/volunteering/en |    |