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Meeting-workshop
in Florence
(5-11 march 2001)
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| Marialuisa
Stringa - Centro UNESCO di Firenze |
| Reading,
libraries, new technologies |
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Who
promotes the project?
The
UNESCO Centre of Florence with UNESCO - Paris - Division of
the Information and Technology -Direction of the UNESCO Associated
Libraries and Co-ordination of the UNESCO Clubs and Centres,
with the support of the UNESCO World Federation and the Italian
Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Centres, with the co-operation
of the Italian National Committee for UNESCO, of the Ministry
of Education, of the Ministry of Culture, of the Library of
the Pompidou Centre of Paris, of the National Library of Florence,
of the Romualdo del Bianco Foundation of Florence, and with
the support of the Tuscany Region, the municipality of Florence
and the Association of Italian Libraries.
Whom
are we addressing to?
TO
THE YOUTH UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE, TO THE TEACHERS AND TO THE
LIBRARIANS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA.
It is to them that I have the pleasure of presenting my project
of "Reading to build peace".
"Reading
to build peace" suggests to unite three issues that play
a fundamental role in the lives of the youth in the third millennium:
reading, new technologies, and libraries. The project anticipates
that a combination of these three components will forge a medium
by which to achieve international peace.
The
project provides two means of participation:
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a
competition for students between the ages of 15 and 18;
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the
participation of young people of different ages and different
levels of school.
We
invite students of all ages to:
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enjoy
lectures in the library in the company of other students;
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teach
students how to obtain certain books by means of the internet.
What
are the aims of the project?
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To
stimulate the youth to read, read, and read;
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to
help them to know the library and to learn how to use it;
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to
favour the knowledge of the opportunities offered by new
technologies and their use;
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to
make the youth realise that peace must be constructed through
various means, in a society that
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changes
and where "culture counts", as it has been underlined
during the World Conference held in Florence in 1999 by
the World Bank and UNESCO.
How
to Participate in the project?
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Establish
a connection with a local library, whether UNESCO associated
or public, which is available to the notion of world peace,
and which is committed to helping young people in such matters;
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find
books, materials, essays, stories, which in the opinion
of the students is useful in "building peace";
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complete
an index card for the selected material, indicating the
reasons why it is useful to the instruction of world peace;
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once
the index card has been filled out in English or French,
it should be sent, via email, to the UNESCO Center in Florence;
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from
Florence, the index cards will be sent to Paris to be added
to a central bibliography which will be available to all
participating countries;
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there
will be prizes, in books, for the authors of the best index
cards.
How
to initiate participation?
All
students, from all ages under 18 are invited to:
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select
literature regarding the "building of peace";
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find
the library which best suitws their needs;
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compose
index cards of books read, and send them to their local
club.
Every
reading is valid; however, we suggest some themes which could
make the choice easier:
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exclusion:
social, economic, racially, handicap
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stories
on the life at school;
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safeguard
of local traditions;
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meeting
of the different cultures in the daily reality.
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