Project: The festival of optimism - BABY EXIT in Novi Sad

The biggest festival for children in southeastern Europe - The festival of optimism - baby Exit

THE MISSION: promotion of new cosmopolitan values through the creativity of children from southestern Europe and the Danube region.

LOCATION: The fortress of Petrovaradin (the second biggest fortress in Europe) as a PLACE of promotion and creativity of children from 20 different ccountries.

Every trench, bulwark, tunnel, wall, studio, gallery, museum, sidewalk... will be a stage, gallery... for promoting talents of cosmopolitan values told and shown by the children

20 countries will be invited in the year 2007:

- 10 from the Danube region: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Moldavia, Ukraine, Bulgaria

- 5 from southeastern Europe: Macedonia, Bisnia&Herzegovina, Albania, Turkey

- 5 soecial guests: Greece, Italy, Great Britain, China, Russia

The PRO's for this festival:

- UN - promotion of Millenium goals in Serbia till 2015 in the way children would do it

- EU - the promotion of friends of EU and partners in Serbia

- DANUBE REGION - the tourist attraction of the region

- The fortress of Petrovaradin on the Danube = The main stage in the main street of Europe

- SERBIA - promotion of Serbias greatest treasures -young generations of future equal members of the EU

- VOJVODINA – promotion of the difference tresures

- NOVI SAD – a new jewel in the collection of the Serbian Athene

THE SOCIAL POTENTIAL OF THE FESTIVAL:

- new working places

- a motiv for a greater movement of young people and an organized experience exchange of different regions and destinations

- sensibilization of the public regarding the margine peers in the society

- a promotion of creativity and creative achivement of talented chidren and of schildren with special needs

- a place for making friends and a good time from children of different nationalities

Special curiosity: The project Idea exists for 5 years already

- in the year 2007 a visit of 3.000 people from 19 Europian countries is planed

- in the year 2007, 10.000 children will visit the festival as tourists with their schools, kindergardens and parents

- in the year 2007 about 1.500 people from Serbia will take part

The project owners: EPICENTAR Novi Sad

the main project manager is Maja Bolehradski 021 450 492, ink@EUnet.yu