International event in IASI - Iashington

Iashington is a conference organized by AIESEC IASI from 1 to 7 September 2008.

The goal of the event is to bring 160 international young people to Iasi for a week of multiculturalism and discussions about: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Leadership and Development.

The goal is quite ambitious as I see it. 160 international people to come in Iasi is a very high number considering that the total number of foreign people that visited Iasi in 2007 was only a little bit more than 20.000. This means that there are no more than 1700 foreign people to come in Iasi on the average each month. Increasing the number of international people that arrive in Iasi in September 2008 with 10% will be a very good achievement!

The conference will start with an "Opening Gala" on 1st September.

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From 1 to 4 September there will be working-groups around the specific topics: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Leadership and Development. In the evenings there are planned relaxing activities: parties, traditional meals (Bolta Rece), visiting cultural places and touristic attractions in Iasi, treasure hunt, teambuildings and others.

On 5th September the organizers planned a tour of Iasi so that the participants will have the opportunity to visit various interesting places such as: memorial houses, museums, The Botanical Garden. Hopefully they will be as impressed as I was of these small wonders hidden around Iasi.

But the greatest event, in my opinion, will be a Global Village organized in Copou park. On 6th September, people from Iasi will have the chance to see the whole world in miniature in their city. Young people from allover the world will be in the same place presenting their culture, their values and traditions. I think that there are a lot of people in Iasi that never saw someone from Africa or from Latin America in flesh an bones. How about seeing people from different religions sharing the same food and talking and sharing ideas in a constructive way.

Youth allover the world faces similar problems. I think it will be great for young people in Iasi to meet and interact with peers from different countries. To learn from them, to see the realities in their countries. See the sittuation in countries that are more developed than Romania but also in countries that are less developed.

The whole project will end on 8th September with a "Closing Gala" that will also be attended by the Partners of the project.

Interested people can contact the organizing team for more details or write an e-mail to: iashington2008@gmail.com