AWARD
Cultural Self-development and Spiritual Self-perfection Programme / Ministry of the Youth, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, RepublicofKarelia / Ministry of Education, Republic of Karelia / Centre for Problems of the North, Arctic and Cross-border Cooperation
with support from
PetrozavodskCity Administration / Karelian Research Centre, RussianAcademy of Sciences / PetrozavodskStateUniversity / KarelianState
PedagogicalAcademy
Karelian Regional Youth Centre / SegezhaandSegezhskyDistrictCentreforSocialAssistanceto
FamiliesandChildren / “Teenager”
MunicipalSocialLeisure Centre
“Birth”
CharityFundforSocialSupporttoMaternity / “Centre for Promotion of Youth and Public Initiatives”
KarelianRegionalPublicCharityFund / SAMPO
Tourist Club
“ChildRepublic”
Karelian Regional Children’s NGO / AWARD Association
Interregional Youth Movement / “Kondopoga – CityoftheYoung” Karelian Regional Youth Movement

CircularandCallforPapers

The team of partners preparing the conference invites you to participate in the

4th International Conference

“Choosing the Way: Joint Responsibility of the Youth and the Adult. PromotingthePotentialofMentorship”

Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia; November29-30, 2011

Objective of the Conference:

Topromotethepotentialofcreativecollaborationbetweentheyouthandtheirmentors, andtofind new content and new forms of its implementation.

Young people and their mentors with good experience of interactions in the personal, professional and public life are invited to participate.

Expected Results of the Conference:

TheConferenceshallbearrangedasacreativitylab,where solutions can be found through coordination of theoretical and practical aspects of cooperation between the youth and their mentors so as to promote conscious choice of the path in life, help build a life success scenario, andbetter reveal a person’s creative potential.

The principal result of the Conference will be presentation and generalization of the experience of organizing efficient interactions in the system of social education of the youth.

Theplenarysessionshallgivethefloortopresentationofthefollow-up resultsofjoint activities, interesting projects and initiatives stemming from the 2010 Conference “Harmony of the North: Man and Nature. YouthView”.

The Conference participants will be given the chance to present their experience both in person and online, using modern means of communication.

Proceeding of the Conference will be produced in the electronic form. Ifinterested, theparticipantscancontributeasco-authorstothejournal “Mentors’ Wise Book”.

ConferenceThemes:

Theplenarysession, creativitylabs, andtheplanningworkshopshall provisionally cover the following thematic areas:

MentorshipinLove–age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, andotheraspectsofrelationshipsbetweenlittle oradolescentboyandgirl, between manandwoman, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • ElenaA. Antoshko, Director, Cultural Self-development and Spiritual Self-perfection Programme AWARD

Tel.: (814 2) 76-24-21, e-mail:

  • Svetlana V. Nesyna, PhD, Dean, Psychology School, Karelian State Pedagogical Academy

Tel.: (814 2) 78-09-80, e-mail:

  • Svetlana V. Goranskaya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Social Work Dept., Petrozavodsk State University

Tel.: (814 2) 73-17-21, e-mail:

  • Sergey A. Svatkovskiy, Student, Petrozavodsk State University, Co-director,Auctorial Programme “From Infatuation to Care and Love”

Tel.: (814 2) 76-24-21, e-mail:

Mentorship in the Family- age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of relationships between the senior, middle and junior generations, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • InnaI. Slobodyanik, Development Director,“AWARDHappyFamily” Cultural-educational Programme

Tel.: (814 2) 76-25-48, e-mail:

  • Natalia I. Klevina, Director, Segezha and Segezhsky District Centre for Social Assistance to Families and Children

Tel.: (81431) 7-35-42, e-mail:

  • Denis A. Sergeev, President,“Birth” Charity Fund for Social Support to Maternity

Tel.: (814 2) 73-43-18, e-mail:

Mentorship in Education - age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of relationships between learners and instructors, students and professors, educatees and educators, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • ZinaidaB. Yeflova, PhD, Head, Scientific Laboratory for the Theory and Practice of Rural School Development in Karelia, Karelian State Pedagogical Academy

Tel.: (814 2) 76-70-62, e-mail:

  • Nadezhda V. Krupnova, Director, “Light of AWARD” Cultural-educational Programme

Tel.: (814 2) 76-25-48, e-mail:

  • AlexandrN. Morozov, Head, EducationInspectorate, Ministry of Education, Republic of Karelia

Tel.: (814 2) 71-73-15, e-mail:

Mentorship in Profession - age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of professional relationships between workers, specialists and managers, colleagues and partners, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • IrinaA. Milyukova, PhD, Head, SociologyDept., Petrozavodsk State University
  • AnnaP. Selina, Lecturer, SociologyDept., Petrozavodsk State University
  • EduardV. Khokhlov, 4th-yearstudent, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University

Tel.: (814 2) 73-17-21, e-mail:

  • Svetlana S. Shamovneva, Deputy Head, Education Inspectorate, Ministry of Education, Republic of Karelia

Tel.: (814 2) 71-73-08, e-mail:

Mentorship and Public Activities - age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of relationships between specialists, members and volunteers of public associations in socially oriented activities, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • IgorN. Shevchuk, Leading Specialist, Organizational Dept., Karelian Research Centre of RAS (international contacts);Director, non-profit partnership “Centre for Problems of the North, Arctic and Cross-border Cooperation”

Tel.: (814 2) 78-01-09, e-mail:

  • Lyudmila F. Isaeva, Head, Dept. for Youth Organizations, Ministry of the Youth, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Karelia

Tel.: (814 2) 78-17-40, e-mail:

  • Elena A. Yesina, Leading Specialist, Dept. for Youth Projects and Programmes, Ministry of the Youth, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Karelia

Tel.: (814 2) 78-46-89, e-mail:

  • AnnaV. Bekhtereva, Head, Dept. forContactswithYouthAssociations, KarelianRegionalYouthCentre

Tel.: (814 2) 56-06-25, e-mail:

Mentorship in the Internet - age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of relationships between the youth and adults in the Internet, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • Vasiliy V. Chajkin, Head, Dept. forYouthAffairs, PetrozavodskCityAdministration

Tel.: (814 2) 71-34-47, e-mail:

  • Sergey A. Lyubimov, Chairman of the Board, Karelian Regional Public Charity Fund “Centre for Promotion of Youth and Public Initiatives”; National Director, AWARD International Youth Programme

Tel.: (814 2) 76-25-48, e-mail:

Peer Mentorship - age-related, physiological, social-educational, psychological, information- and energy-related, and other aspects of relationships between peers as mentors, and the potential for their development are disclosed.

Co-ordinators:

  • ElenaN. Kolechenok, President, International Youth Public Movement “AWARD Association”

Tel.: (814 2) 76-25-48, e-mail:

  • Anita V. Rumyantseva, PhD, Deputy Dean, Psychology School, Karelian State Pedagogical Academy

Tel.: (814 2) 78-09-80, e-mail:

  • Tatyana A. Mkrtychan, Head, Socio-psychological Service,“Teenager” Municipal Social Leisure Centre

Tel.: (814 2) 53-52-42, e-mail:

  • Mikhail S. Abramov, Specialist, Kondopoga Municipal Youth Cultural Centre; Chairman of the Board, Karelian Regional Youth Movement “Kondopoga – City of the Young”

Tel.: (814 51) 4-31-10, e-mail:

The Conference Preparation Team invites individuals, organizations and associations to act as co-authors of the Conference programme, and take up the responsibility of becoming:

  • a Conference participant;
  • a speaker on one of the above-mentioned topics at the plenary session or a creativity lab;
  • the workshop leader/facilitator.

Conference Languages: Russian and English.

Conference Venue:

  • Karelian State Pedagogical Academy
  • Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Petrozavodsk State University

Terms of Participation:

  • AllConferenceparticipantscovertheirowndirectcostsoftravellingtoPetrozavodskandhome, mealsandaccommodation.Costs related to implementation of the Conference programme shall be covered by the organizers.
  • Participants are required to register electronicallyat the AWARD Programme website November 20, 2011.

Submission Requirements:

  • The deadline for submitting materials (articles, developments in methods, creative papers on mentorship) forpublicationinthemethodsjournal “Mentors’ WiseBook” is November 10, 2011.
  • Outcomeelectronicproceedingswillcomprisescientific papers and presentations by the participants. Thedeadlineforsubmittingthematerialsfortheproceedingsis December 1, 2011.

Paper Format Requirements:

  • Size – 10000 symbols at maximum.
  • Margins: topandbottom – 2cm, left – 3 cm, right – 1.5 cm.Paragraphs 1.25 cmindented;word processor – Word’97 or higher; 1.5 line spacing; font12 pt. “TimesNewRoman”; RTF format for text.
  • Manuscript structure:
  • Author’sname, degree, title;
  • position, affiliation, city;
  • papertitle (centered, uppercase);
  • body text;
  • references (alphabetic listing).

PROVISIONALCONFERENCEPLAN

November 29, 2011, Tuesday
10.00 11.00 / - / Registration of participants
11.00 11.45 / - / Opening of the Conference. WelcomeAddresses.
Keynotelecturesdealingwith “MentorshipinCognitionofLife”
12.00 13.00 / - / On-linePlenarySession “Development of the Youth Creativity Potential”
Presentationsofthefollow-up of the 2010 Conference
13.00 14.00 / - / Lunch
14.00 17.00 / - / Creativity Labs:
Mentorship in Love
Mentorship in the Family
Mentorship in Education
Mentorship in Profession
Mentorship in Public Activities
Mentorship in the Internet
Peer Mentorship
17.00 18.00 / - / Dinner
18.00 20.00 / - / Evening Social Event
“Open Up Your Hearts to Creativity”
November 30, 2011, Wednesday
09.00 11.00 / - / Freetimeforcreativework.Socialprogramme
YouthtoursofPetrozavodskforparticipants - optional
11.00 13.00 / - / Final plenary session
Presentations of the results of the work of creativity labs
13.00 14.00 / - / Lunch
14.00 - 16.00 / - / Planningworkshop “Disclosing the Potential of Cooperation between the Youth and Adults”
16.30 17.30 / - / AppreciationCeremony “The Gift of Being a Mentor”
Acknowledgingthefinestexemplars ofMentorshipoftheYouth

LET US JOIN TOGETHER

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