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18/02/2020. The teleconference "Karelia - Belgium"
February 15, 2020:
The National Library became a platform for a unique international teleconference Petrozavodsk- Brussels in the framework of the contest of young readers Living Classics.
Students from Karelia and Belgium met each other, talked about their homeland, about their favorite books and activities in addition to learning activities. Olga Egorova, the regional curator of Living Classics, spoke about the launching of the IX All-Russian and VIII International Contest of Young Readers, in which 85 regions of Russia and more than 80 countries of the world took part. Next year, the project will turn 10 years old, and during this time more than 10 million children from different parts of the globe have taken part in the competition.
– Now the Internet connects people from around the world, but this communication is mostly virtual. We also want the collocutors to have the opportunity to see each other, to discuss, hearing voices, seeing what kind of situation their counterparts are in. Such events are very effective for building friendships and creating a children's international community, said Marina Smirnova, the president of the Living Classics Foundation. The first teleconference between participants from St. Petersburg and the city of Perth (Australia) was held on December 16, 2018. Then a series of teleconferences took place: Moscow - the USA, Udmurtia - England, Kaliningrad region - Greece, Chelyabinsk region - Spain, North Ossetia - Ethiopia. In December 2019, participants from South Korea and Sakhalin, from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Jordan, Morocco and Vologda, from Moscow and Qatar, Australia and the Samara Region, Estonia and Chuvashia got acquainted thanks to the teleconferences. Living Classics unites children from different countries, develops their potential, makes it possible to make friends and exchange favorite books. The National Library of Karelia is pleased to provide organizational and informational support to the Living Classics project. We are ready to participate in the activities of the project, which positively affects children's reading, the development of Russian culture in the world.
