Wednesday 22. January  

15.40     Flight to Kirkenes from Oslo

              Arrival in Kirkenes from Rovaniemi and Murmansk (by bus)

18.45     Arrival in Kirkenes from Oslo

              Check in at Rica Arctic Hotel and Kirkenes Hotel

19.30     Dinner at Rica Arctic Hotel ?

21.00     Welcome session

              Introduction of participants and “ice breaking” games

Thursday 23. January

09.00-09.15

09.15-09.40

Welcome speech by Linda Beate Randal, Mayor in Sør-Varanger

Presentation of Finnmark county and Sør-Varanger municipality

by young people from Finnmark

09.40-10.00

Introduction to the conference and the field work,

by the project management team

Setting up multinational project groups for the field work:

1 - architecture and infrastructure,

2 - culture and leisure activities,

3 - tourism and marketing,

4 – PIPE on web and media

10.00-10.45

Preparation for the field work in multinational project groups

Introduction into issues and techniques by group guides

10.45-11.00

Coffee break

11.00-13.00

Field work in Kirkenes town

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.30

Field work continues (if necessary)

Preparation of reports of the field work

15.30-16.00

Coffee break

16.00-16.15

Reports of the field work and plenary discussions

Preparation for the presentation for next day (groups 1, 2 and 3)

16.15-17.00

The Barents region – threats and opportunities

by Morten Jentoft, journalist NRK (Norwegian National Broadcasting)

17.30

21:30

Breakaway ( warm clothes, gloves and hats needed. )

Return to the hotel

Friday 24. January 

08.50-09.00

Departure to Sør-Varanger town hall

09.00-09.15

Short introduction of the municipal administration in Sør-Varanger

by Jack Sture Muotka, Head of administration

09.15-10.15

Presentation of findings of the field work from the previous day (groups 1, 2 and 3) in front of political and administrative representatives from Sør-Varanger municipality

10.15-11.00

Kirkenes town from the view of an expert in town planning

by professor Mike Fuller-Gee, NLH

Discussion

11.00-11.30

Coffee break at the hotel

11.30-11.40

“Energiser”

11.40-12.30

Presentation and discussion about PIPE website and PR

12.30-13.00

Youth participation in local democracy

Introduction to discussions and presentation of the results from survey, by Bjørn Opjordsmoen, senior adviser in the management team (N)

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00

Discussions on youth participation in multinational groups

(participation in local democracy in general and participation in the PIPE project in particular – evaluation and proposals)

15.00-15.30

Feedback from discussions about youth participation

15.30-16.00

Coffee break

16.00-17.00

What have we achieved in our local projects and what are we going to do ? Discussions in multinational groups about local examples and best practise

17.00-17.30

Presentation of the Murmansk region

by young people from Murmansk and Severomorsk

17.30

End of day 2

19.00

Consert at the youth club “Gorbie”

Saturday 25. January

09.30.-09.45

“Energisers”

09.45-11.00

How to work with PIPE the next months?

-   The future workshops

-   The innovation camp

-   The youth exchange program

-   The final Expo

-   Other activities

11.00

Check out and lunch-bags