Sochi-Russia, June 6, 2012: Kids Contest, To celebrate International Children’s Day, Sochi 2014 is holding an all-Russian contest of children’s Novellas as part of the Class Mira project. The drive is part of a series of initiatives of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad aimed at fully integrating children with a disability into society. This unique contest will see children from all over Russia competing to create a winning musical performance. It will be the first time that children with a disability take part in a national musical competition along with their healthy peers to find the best young musical performance in the country.
Young writers from all over Russia between the ages of 13-16 are eligible to take part. The competition closes on the 31 July, when the Board of Trustees will select twenty of the best submissions.
These finalists will visit Sochi and attend master classes taught by leading stars of the Russian theatrical stage, culminating in a musical show performed at the Winter Theater in Sochi. The master classes will give these young writers the opportunity to write plays, songs and even produce music. Their work will be given to composers and producers who will transform the children’s work into a musical performance.
This contest provides an opportunity for children living with a disability to develop their talents, improve their confidence in a creative environment and make new friends.
Environmental Projects to Conserve the Region’s Biodiversity launched in Sochi
On the occasion of World Environment Day in Sochi, several projects have been launched by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, including an important initiative to save the Nikolsky turtles, which have faced near extinction in the past decades. Other initiatives comprised a united effort to clean and develop the nature trails around Sochi by the Sochi 2014 employees, partners and volunteers.
Additionally, the environmental management system (EMS) of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee was recognized for its environmental activities and was awarded a certificate of conformity to high international standards ISO 14001. An EMS is a system for managing a business or an organization, which makes it possible to establish necessary conditions for the implementation of environmental protection programs and to conform to international environmental standards. In 1996, the International Standards Organization (ISO) adopted the first basic standards for environmental management, known as ISO 14001.
The President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, noted:
“Environmental recognition, received by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee today, is proving that we have been able to create the necessary conditions for environmental protection programs development. This once again confirms the organizers’ aspiration to create a “green” legacy that will remain long after the Games for generations to come”.
On World Environment Day on June 5, at the Sochi Environmental and Biological Center, with the support of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Sochi branch of the Russian Geographic Society, the “Attention to the Turtle!” initiative was launched. This is one of several special environmental initiatives from the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee. It was developed to promote the conservation of biodiversity in the region hosting the Games. The project is aimed at restoring the population of the rare Mediterranean Nikolsky turtle. These turtles lived on Earth 200 million years ago, and in recent decades have been in danger of extinction.
The staff of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee along with the Sochi Branch of the Russian Geographic Society and Sochi 2014 volunteers, distributed hundreds of leaflets to residents and guests of the resort town, with a call to report to environmentalists and specialists about the location of any turtles of this species found. The Environmental and Biological Center has been equipped with aquariums, where any saved turtles will be housed. The center’s staff and volunteers will be responsible for taking care of the turtles.
On World Environment Day, numerous eco-awareness events were held in other Russian cities, with the support of numerous volunteers from ten Sochi 2014 Volunteer Training Centers.
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