This Sunday has completed the IX Regional Youth Participation Fair 'Zona Joven 2008' that since last Friday has been developed in the bullring of Lorca and the surrounding area.
A meeting that this year has had the visit of more than 35,000 people.
The Fair was organized by the Institute of Youth in the Region of Murcia in collaboration with the Municipal Institute of City of Lorca Youth, the Youth Council of the Region of Murcia, the Youth Council of Lorca and Caja Mediterráneo .
Since last Friday, thousands of young people in the Region of Murcia have been involved in over 300 activities for three days, have developed the 140 youth organizations present at this fair.
The meeting aims to inform young people and society in general, the objectives, activities and work done by organizations and groups of youths from the region.
In this edition, as the director of the Institute for Youth, Veronica Lopez, "was recorded a high turnout, there have been three days of intense activity where 140 partnerships have been present in this exhibition have been a varied and extensive program of activities shows the interest and enthusiasm of youth in the Region of Murcia. "
Youth Participation Fair is characterized by very different institutions hold types: education, leisure, political, social, student, labor, environment, disabled, musical, artistic, alternative entertainment, mountain or cultural, inter alia, that have developed an extensive program of activities.
During this meeting has taken place all events such as concerts, gatherings of hip hop, discussion / debate, intercultural activities, integration, environmental, theater, public awareness, tastings, new technologies, youth information, street theater, student participation, performances , various workshops, live radio, scavenger hunts, photography, etc.
New this year was held within the grounds each night concert of several bands that have put the finishing touch to the day.
Another innovation was the use of new technologies, through messages to phones via bluetooth, to inform visitors of the activities being carried out in 'Youth Zone'.
The Regional Youth Participation Fair has become a benchmark years statewide.
This encounter larger associations in Spain, by the volume of associations, groups that mobilized and used infrastructure.
Since 2006, traveling is done a tour of different towns in order to reach more young people.
So far it has developed in Cartagena and Molina de Segura.
'Zona Joven 2008 "has had a budget of around 180,000 euros, of which the CAM provides 54,000 euros, the city of Lorca and the remaining 26,000 euros, 100,000 euros, the Youth Institute.
Source: CARM