… and I am a part.
At the opening ceremony Wolf Nkole Helzle photographed 667 visitors of the festival. This was part of his long-term project “… and I am a part”, a reflection about the relation of the individual to humanity as a whole.
The Stuttgart Declaration
The visitors of the UNESCO World Youth Festival 2009 drew up a document called „A Wake-Up Call for Climate Protection. Stuttgart Declaration: a wake-up-call from the youth, for the youth, to the world’s decision makers”.
A Symbol For Friendship
Together with the agency Jung van Matt, participants of the UNESCO World-Youth-Festival 2009 created an international pictograph fpr “friendship”.
Message from the Federal Chancellor
To all participants in this year’s UNESCO World Youth Festival in Stuttgart and the Festival organizers I send heartfelt greetings!
Germany is delighted to have so many young people from all over the world. You are very welcome! This is...
Greeting Mayor Schuster
Dear visitor of this website,
It gives me great pleasure to warmly invite you to the UNESCO World Youth Festival 2009 in Stuttgart. From 13 – 19 July 2009, under the patronage of UNESCO and in close cooperation with...
Message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the 2009 UNESCO World Youth Festival
Since its creation in 1945 to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science and culture, UNESCO has placed strong emphasis on developing policies and programmes that focus on youth. This is founded on...
About the Festival
What’s it all about?
In 2006 for the first time the city of Stuttgart served as host city to the UNESCO World Youth Festival. On that occasion and coinciding with the FIFA World Cup over 2,000 young people from...