Baltic Bridges Programme
1 st Day: Wednesday May 01, 2002 up to 20.00 h Arrival of Guests to Schleswig-Holstein
Welcome by the Minister President Simonis; setting up accomodations
2 nd Day: Thursday, May 02, 2002
08.30 h
Breakfast in youth hostels
Travel from the State Parliament in Kiel to Lübeck
11.00 h
Opening of the European Week in the St. Peters Church in Lübeck
Music by young musicians
11.20 h Welcome
Ernst-Dieter Lubeseder, Chairman of the Europa Union Schleswig-
Holstein
11.25 h
11.40 h
Speech and Opening
Minister President Simonis
„My Blueprint for Europe“
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, alternative Joschka Fischer or Adam Michnik on the future of Europe
11.55 h Talk Round on the Future of Europe
„Which Europe should it be?“ with the Minister President and three youth from Danzig, Kaliningrad and Sweden and a Member of the European Parliament from
Schleswig-Holstein
-Music in the breaks-
12.55 h
13.00 h
14.00 h
17.00 h
Closing with music
Lunch in the St. Peters Church in Lübeck
Free time for the youth in Lübeck
Meeting at the St. Peters Church for travels back to Kiel
19.00 h Arrival to the State Parliament in Kiel
3 rd Day; Friday, May 03, 2002
Breakfast in the hostels
09.00 h Participation of foreign guests in school lessons in Schleswig-Holstein schools

12.00 h
14.00 h
Lunch in the schools
Discussions/Film or video with a student council representative in Halle
400 in Kiel, topic:
Student Representation? Dream or Reality, with
State Secretary Dr. Ralf Stegner, Ministry for Education, Science,
Research and Culture and representative from a student council
15.30 h
16.00 h
Coffee (Halle 400)
17.00 h
19.30 h
Discussions/Film or Video with the Baltic Youth Forum in Halle 400,
Topic:
Baltic Youth: Working on a common future,
With the Minister for Justice, Women, Youth and Family, Anne Lütkes and representatives of the Baltic Youth Forum
Free time at the Kiel harbour
10.30 h
11.00 h
11.15 h
Concert and Party in the Halle 400:
Beginning with a snack, then a talk show with
Minister President Simonis and Marschall Zarebski, other VIPs and above all Baltic Sea Youth,
Moderation, at the end three youth bands from the Baltic Sea region will play (one of them from Schleswig-Holstein)
23.30 h End of Party
4 th Day: Saturday, May 04, 2002
Breakfast in Hostels
09.45 h Boarding the Stena Line, accompanied by music of a school or youth band
10.15 h Congress on the Stena Line: Baltic Bridges – From the Present to the
Future
Opened by Minister President Simonis
Minister President introduces the speakers of the Fora
Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia gives an introductory statement: „Why am I here today!“
Stena Line leaves the harbour
Fora (take place parallel to each other)
Beginn of discussions in the fora
Forum 1:
Maintaining Peace – The Baltic Sea as a Bridge

Moderation and Introductory Statement: Hans Koschnick, former
Bosnia Representative of the Federal Government and Jan Zarebski,
Marschall of the Wojewodship of Pommerania
Forum 2:
Environmental Protection – The „Baltic Sea Project“ of UNESCO
Moderation and Introductory Statement: Koichiro Matsuura
General Director of the UNESCO Europe, Paris and
State Secretary Dr. Ralf Stegner, Ministry for Education, Science,
Research and Culture
Forum 3:
Creating Europe – „Prosperity for all“ as a goal and „Why be for
Europe?“
Moderation and Introductory statement: State Secretary Klaus Gärtner,
Head of the State Chancellory and Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
Forum 4:
Do sports – Sports contacts promote regional identity
Moderation and Introductory Statements: Sports Youth of
Schleswig-Holstein
Forum 5:
Looking for Jobs – Crossing borders
Moderation and Introductory Statements: General Management of the
Stena Line and Elisabeth Herold, State Employment Office
Forum 6:
Making Culture: Getting closer by way of expressive forms
Moderation and Introductory Statements: Tadeusz Galia, Polish Theatre
Kiel and Norbert Aust, Children and Youth Theatre, Kiel
Forum 7:
Civil Service – „Voluntary European Year“ and other Voluntary
Services in the Baltic Sea Region
Moderation and Introductory Statements: Dr. Michael Bürsch, Member of the Federal Parliament and Chairman of the Enquete Commission
„Future of Civil Service“ and a young member of the Baltic Youth
Forum
Forum 8:
How do youth envision future youth exchanges?
Moderation and Introductory Statements: Sandra Redmann,
Ombudswoman for Children and Youth of the State Government of
Schleswig-Holstein and Ina Werner, Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth
Affairs

13.15 h
14.15 h
Lunch
Summary of the conclusions from the eight Fora
Plenary Session, a speaker will be chosen in the Fora, maximum of five minutes per report
14.45 h Final discussion
with Minister President Heide Simonis (as host)
with Marschall Jan Zarebski (as host)
with two youth
Topic of the final discussion:
Prespectives of the project „Baltic Bridges – From the Present to the
Future“ or: How should we continue?
Moderation: Minster President Simonis
15.00 h
15.30 h
15.45 h
16.00 h
16.45 h
18.00 h
Stena Line reenters the harbour
Closing words by Minister President Simonis
All sing the European Hymne
Closing of congress with coffee and cake, free time on the ferry until
16.45 h
Departure to Camp Fire Romantic (from the Stena Line to Noer Castle)
Camp Fire Romantic on the Beach of Noer: Barbeque with salad, drinks
Anne Lütkes, Minister for Justice, Women, Youth and Family and
Marschall Zarebski say goodbye to the youth
21.00 h Departure from the beach
21.30 h Arrival at accomodations
5 th Day: Sunday May 05, 2002
Breakfast at accomodations
Afterwards departure home