Working Programme
Day One, 7th May – Conference Day – to get introduced and prepare for
the Art Festival Day
9 am Welcoming
10 am School and team presentations
12 am – 2 pm Lunch time – lunch at the nearest restaurant
2 pm – 4 pm Presentations on workshops and products, proposals for
murals, drawings, graffiti, etc..
4 pm - 4.30 Coffee /Tea Break
4.30 - 5.30 Discussion – logo; allotment of tasks for the festival; joint
teams; clarifying ideas on activities and final
products, glossary;
5.30 – 8pm -A stroll downtown /to show our guests around and also
show them the way to their hotel from the city centre/
Day Two, 8th May -
An excursion to Sofia –
7.30 am Leaving for Sofia
10am-11am St Alexander Nevsky`s Cathedral – the National Assembly
11-11.15 am Changing of Guards ceremony in front of the President` s
Building
11.15-12 noon National Art Gallery, the Round Church, United Teddy Bears
Exhibition
12-1 pm Lunch
1-1.30 back to starting point
/using another itinerary – more places of interest/
1.30-2pm a trip to the National Historical Museum
2-4 pm Visiting the National Historical Museum
4 -5pm Bells Complex/ Piece Banner Assembly
5pm Leaving for Plovdiv
Free evening
Day Three, 9th May, Festival Day - to disseminate the project ideas through
artistic expression and taking part in
Europe Day celebrations
9-10 am - Final preparations
10 am - Opening Ceremony / Mr Riskov- or the mayor- addresses
the participants/
10.15 -10.30 - Clarifying rules, tasks, etc. Participants are divided into
groups according to age and the team in charge takes
them to the drawing site. Task may be explained via
overhead projector to everybody so that it will be easier
for some to choose what they would like to do
10.30- 12.30 - Drawing and painting for tolerance
12.30-1pm - Seeing-off Ceremony / we see the graduates off/.
Changing Banner Bearers Ceremony
1-1.30pm - Lunch for the guests – Catering Service
1.30 -2pm - Puppet show performance on tolerance – graduate
students` greeting for our guests
2pm - Join in the celebration and events in honour of Europe
Day in Plovdiv/downtown/
- take the opportunity to disseminate project ideas
Day Four, 10th May
- A visit to Asenovgrad /the Little Jerusalem /, a nearby
city, populated by ethnic minorities,
- Assen`s Fortress - or Bachkovo Monastery
/tolerance to religious differences/
- Lunch at 40 Springs Complex, organized by the
Tourist Agency in the open/ barbecue/
Rounding up Festival Day, photos and films; interviews, getting to know each other furthermore. Some work on the glossary.
Evening - free
Day Five, 11th May
10- 11 am - Take part in St. Cyril and St. Metodius Day Celebration –
meeting students from other schools in Plovdiv and
disseminating project ideas.
11.30– 1.30 pm - Visiting galleries in Plovdiv; sightseeing in the main street
and the Old Town
2 pm - Lunch
Free Afternoon - Getting ready for the party
6 pm -10 pm - A Farewell Party
Day Six, 12th May
10 am - A Farewell ceremony at school - participants are given
Certificates of Attendance, a tree is to be planted in the
Alley of Tolerance
- Departure of the Polish team; Shopping and free time
for the Hungarian team
