Friedrichshafen Week will be held in Polotsk
From September 4 to 9, 2013, Friedrichshafen Week will be held in Polotsk.
For over 23 years, friendship and active cooperation between Polotsk and Friedrichshafen have been ongoing in the fields of education, healthcare, culture, sports, and urban development.
In 2009, as part of City Day in Polotsk, Friedrichshafen Week was held for the first time. In 2012, Polotsk Week was held in Friedrichshafen. Now, for the second time, events dedicated to the development and strengthening of twin-city relations have been organized by agreement between the two sides.
53 representatives of the German delegation, led by the Burgomaster of the Friedrichshafen administration, Peter Hauswald, will arrive in the ancient city of Polotsk.
Friedrichshafen Week promises to be eventful, interesting, and beneficial for both cities. On September 5, an official reception of the German delegation and representatives of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Republic of Belarus by the Chairman of the District Executive Committee, N.N. Shevchuk, will take place at the Polotsk District Executive Committee. On this day, joint projects of Polotsk and Friedrichshafen will be presented, a cooperation program for 2014-2015 between the German and Belarusian cities will be signed, and a press conference for the media will be held with the leadership of the District Executive Committee and the heads of the German delegation.
At the festive concert dedicated to the opening of Friedrichshafen Week in Polotsk, the best representatives of the partner community will be awarded diplomas and commendations of the district for their significant contribution to the development and strengthening of twin-city relations.
With the aim of attracting foreign investors and strengthening economic relations between Polotsk and Friedrichshafen, an expanded conference on the development of cooperation between enterprises and businesses of Polotsk, Polotsk District, and Friedrichshafen will be held. Representatives of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Republic of Belarus, heads of JV "Zeppelin Belarus" LLC, and the board of the German-Belarusian Economic Club have been invited to participate in the economic day.
A German delegation will visit industrial enterprises in Polotsk: JSC "Polotsk Dairy Plant", RUPP "Vitebskhleboprom" Polotsk Bakery, PU "Polotskgaz", and OOO "Balhim-garant".
The fourth day of Friedrichshafen Week will be remembered by about fifty German guests with a visit to Polotsk State University, where works within the journalistic project "Polotsk Writes for Friedrichshafen" will be presented to the general public. This project is part of the youth exchange agreement and the contract with the daily newspaper "Südkurier" of Friedrichshafen on publishing articles and photographs about life in Belarus and Germany, signed in October 2012. Throughout 2013, students from the Polotsk region participated in this journalistic project. In December of this year, summing up the results and awarding the best participants of the project is planned.
By touching the Polotsk amulet, the Center of Crafts and National Cultures of Polotsk will introduce every member of the delegation from Friedrichshafen to the rich national culture and identity of the Belarusian people.
On September 8, German friends will visit the parish of St. Andrew Bobola in Polotsk of the Vitebsk Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and will also go on an excursion tour to Vitebsk, where they will get acquainted with the main attractions of the regional center, visit the I.E. Repin "Zdravnevo" museum-estate, and the Marc Chagall house-museum.
The hospitable land of Polotsk will undoubtedly leave joy and warmth in the hearts of the German guests, and Friedrichshafen Week will contribute to the preservation and continuation of established traditions and the development of partnerships in various fields of activity.
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