The 5th of June, at the Central Library of Narva, Estonia, it took place the Transnational Reading Day on Interculture planned by the Read-Over partnership. The organization and coordination was in the hands of the Narva Central Libray, namely - in particular - Larisa Sheparenko and Stiina Koit.
Conference
had 58 registered participants. That included the project partners and guests
from Lithuania (Šiauliai) and Russia (Ivangorod), but did not include Russian
guests via Skype.
The event started with welcoming words from Maritsa Ort, Narva Central Library director. Followed by the introduction of READ-OVER project by Cristina Miliacca from Tecnopra s.a.s..
The speakers focused in different issues and opportunities for immigrants both in Narva and as a whole. Representatives of Narva Central Library (Tatjana and Stiina) spoke of different methods they use in working with books and reading for adults. Guest speaker from Lithuania spoke of their experiences in working with international exchange students and guests from Russia spoke (via Skype) about working with children of immigrants and the issues of adapting them into the cities social-cultural environment.
The conference ended with an evaluation workshop provided by Élan Interculturel.
The event started with welcoming words from Maritsa Ort, Narva Central Library director. Followed by the introduction of READ-OVER project by Cristina Miliacca from Tecnopra s.a.s..
The speakers focused in different issues and opportunities for immigrants both in Narva and as a whole. Representatives of Narva Central Library (Tatjana and Stiina) spoke of different methods they use in working with books and reading for adults. Guest speaker from Lithuania spoke of their experiences in working with international exchange students and guests from Russia spoke (via Skype) about working with children of immigrants and the issues of adapting them into the cities social-cultural environment.
The conference ended with an evaluation workshop provided by Élan Interculturel.
