OSCE Mission promotes culture of reading in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo Film Festival)A young visitor receives a "Read BiH" book package. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will open a "Read BiH" pavilion with children's books at the Sarajevo Film Festival Family Day, 25 August 2007 to promote the culture of reading in the country. (Sarajevo Film Festival) Photo details
SARAJEVO, 24 August 2007 - The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will open a pavilion with children's books at the Sarajevo Film Festival Family Day tomorrow.
The pavilion, prepared together with the Mission's official partner, the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF), will help promote the culture of reading in the country, and serve as a platform for the OSCE Mission's "Read BiH" campaign, which starts in the autumn.
The campaign aims to promote reading among children as the growth of the Internet, video games and other new media technologies has diminished the role of books and literature in the learning process. The OSCE Mission believes that reading helps children and adults find their place in the society, and be more informed and engaged citizens of a democratic society.
Hundreds of children are expected to visit the "Read BiH" pavilion, stocked with popular children's books such as Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Lassie Returns, Tom Sawyer and The Last of the Mohicans, and take part in interactive workshops.
Ambassador Douglas Davidson, the Head of OSCE Mission, and Mirsad Purivatra, SFF Director, will participate in the event.
The pavilion, prepared together with the Mission's official partner, the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF), will help promote the culture of reading in the country, and serve as a platform for the OSCE Mission's "Read BiH" campaign, which starts in the autumn.
The campaign aims to promote reading among children as the growth of the Internet, video games and other new media technologies has diminished the role of books and literature in the learning process. The OSCE Mission believes that reading helps children and adults find their place in the society, and be more informed and engaged citizens of a democratic society.
Hundreds of children are expected to visit the "Read BiH" pavilion, stocked with popular children's books such as Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Lassie Returns, Tom Sawyer and The Last of the Mohicans, and take part in interactive workshops.
Ambassador Douglas Davidson, the Head of OSCE Mission, and Mirsad Purivatra, SFF Director, will participate in the event.