The NGO Help for Youth and Families
will be hosting an autumn IFS Europe seminar October 21st through the
24th in St.
Petersburg, Russia! The seminar is being held in
conjunction with the IFS Inc. board meeting and the meeting of national
federations. The fee for the seminar will be 85 euros per person for the first
40 people who register and 90 euros for additional participants. This fee will
cover the Wednesday evening reception (location will be announced at a later
date, lunches on Thursday and Friday, and dinner and a program on Thursday. To
simplify the process you should plan to pay for the seminar once you arrive in
St. Petersburg.
Advance registration is required. Click here to complete the registration process.
Our host, Nadezda Malysheva, is
putting together a program for Thursday October 22nd which includes
general information about social conditions in St. Petersburg; more about the organization
Help for Youth and Families; a site visit; and an evening
program.
For Friday, October 23rd,
IFS Europe members are preparing three
workshops and building in some intentional time for members to network, share
knowledge and discuss new initiative ideas. Highlights of the day include
Organizational Speed Dating which
is an opportunity for people to visit briefly with another person by answering
two or three questions then moving on to the next person. The purpose of this
lively and interactive session is for individuals to learn a little about the
organizations of their colleague to determine areas of common interest. The Youth Workshop will provide new information about
the youth program and give people the opportunity to learn more about our goals
and visions as well as share experiences in youth work. The session will also
focus on how we can strengthen the youth staff in our
organizations.
Workshop Roots or Business will address the question what happens when an organization grows, develops business and earn money by selling social or other services or products? What are the issues and implications for our organizations and the people we serve?
Saturday, October 24th will be a
general planning/brainstorming session, followed by the IFS Board Meeting and a
meeting of the national federations.
The hotel Nadezda is recommending is
Hotel Russ at http://www.hotelruss.spb.ru/?lang=eng. It
is centrally located within the city.
Russia requires a letter of
invitation and Nadezda or Yvonne Olsen can provide an application form if you
email Nadezda at nmalysheva@gmail.com or Yvonne at olseny@mcwmn.org Once completed please send
the form directly to Nadezda. She
is working with the hotel to send out the letters of invitation and the hotel
will charge a fee of approximately $20 USD. The tourist visa will be good
for one month from the time it is issued. You must have the letter of invitation
in order to apply for your visa. The hotel had asked Nadezda to coordinate these
requests and the collection of the fees (which would need to be transfered). The
following website may be helpful to you as well. http://www.russianconsulate.com/e/home.htm
We hope you can come tour and learn
more about the beautiful and historic city of St. Petersburg and the important
work of The NGO Help for Youth and
Families. To register please click here.