4th International Conference «Choosing the Way: Joint Responsibility of the Youth and the Adult. Promoting the Potential of Mentorship»

More than 200 young people and their mentors from Republic of Karelia, Russia, Finland, Canada, Singapore, Lithuania, United Kingdom and France were participants of the 4th International Conference «Choosing the Way: Joint Responsibility of the Youth and the Adult. Promoting the Potential of Mentorship», that was held in Petrozavodsk on November 29-30, 2011.

Plenary sessions, creativity labs, and the planning workshops were devoted to signification and discussion of important challenges of efficient interactions between generations in life goals actualization, realization of skills and abilities of a man and ensuring best results.

Scientific community and experts, youth and their mentors discussed theoretical issues of mentorship, experience in forming up harmonic relationship, potential opportunities of mentorship in the Family, Love, Education, Profession, Public Activities, in the Internet and Peer Mentorship.

The honouring of mentors in social education of the youth was an important event in the framework of the conference.

Participants of the conference work out recommendations for effective activity of mentors in 2012 and made arrangement for the 5th International Conference in November, 2012.