Azerbaijan to host international conference "Youth for ecological progress"

The conference will be held on the initiative of Azerbaijan’s Youth and Sport Ministry, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and UNICEF within the framework of the Ecological Year, on the occasion of International Youth Year 2010 declared by the UN, in accordance with the Working Plan 2010 of the CIS Youth Council of participating states.

Press service of the Youth and Sport Ministry told APA that the aim of the conference is to stimulate innovative thinking and youth participation - young scholars, experts, businessmen, representatives of public organizations, mass media - not only in the resolution of nature-conservation issues, but also in the construction of innovative economy, which could consider ecological challenges of new century, to encourage the realization of the right of sustainable development and healthy environment with the adherence to economical and social interests.

Young scientists, researchers, specialists of production companies, master degree holders and students, NGO representatives from US, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkey will participate in the conference. UNICEF Climate Ambassadors will also attend the conference. Over 200 scientists and young people are expected to participate in the conference.

The program of the event includes plenary meeting, discussions on the environmental law and security, ecological innovations in science, ecological education, formation of ecological way of thinking, adoption of the final resolution, lectures for pupils and students by scientists and experts.

The website of the conference has also bee launched – www.ecoyouth.az. The conference materials will be published.


/APA/