The Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation within the Discussion Club «Open World» invites to the meeting with public activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 Tore Naerland, who is also a president of the organization «Bike for Peace».
During the event the lecture will tell about the development of the initiative «Bike for Peace» and how civic initiative managed to become one of the nominees for Nobel Prize for Peace. Mr. Tore Naerlanad will share its experience on meeting world leaders during realization of his initiative and share his thoughts on how to make world peaceful and secure.
The theme of the meeting is «Initiatives that change the world: «Bike for peace».
The meeting will take place on Thursday, April 21st, at 19:00, in «Radisson Blu Kyiv», Yaroslaviv Val str., 22.
Registration for the event is required at following link: http://goo.gl/forms/IqRek0OVP9
Participation is free.
The working language of the meeting is English.
For your information:
«Bike for Peace» is a Norwegian based organization that seeks to initiate and develop a grassroot concern for the local environment, as well as creating an understanding of the national and global consequences of the actions of individuals, communities and campaigns. The first campaign was run in 1978 in Northern Ireland. We work for peace, and our common environment, across regions and nations, languages and cultures.
The President of Bike for Peace, Tore Naerland has been fighting for peace, disarmament and democracy on the planet for almost 30 years.
Naerland studied history, political science and communication at the Concordia College in Moorhead/Minnesota. He has been promoting peace by organizing biking and cultural tours in various countries since 1978 and inspired many to join his ideas.
At the age of 15, tore Naerland was a very promising football player at the regional team. His dream was to become a football professional, and play for Manchester United or Bayern Munich. But then Tore got a disease in his eyes which removed 95% of his eyesight in a few months. Instead of becoming depressed, Tore devoted his life to work for peace and the underprivileged people of the world. On a tour to Hiroshima, tore met with the survivors of the nuclear bomb, and after returning home he received a letter from one of the survivors who thanked Tore for the meeting, and she said that tore encouraged her to continue her own life. From that moment, Tore has been very active in the work to get rid of all nuclear weapons so that they never again can be used against the people of this world.
In 1999 Bike for Peace organized the Worldwide tour 1999 from Beijing through China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway, covering a total of 11 470 km.
In 1977 Tore Naerland started the first international bicycle tour which was called “Bike for Peace”. This first tour was Coast to Coast in the USA, Seattle – Washington DC. Since 1978 Bike for Peace has organized peace and friendship rides in more than 110 countries. During its tours, Bike for Peace has met many well-known political, religious and cultural leaders.
Discussion Club «Open World» is an educational project of the «Open Ukraine» Foundation for socially active young people. Its goal is to raise a new generation of responsible leaders. Every month the Foundation holds lectures with renowned experts, politicians and public figures, during which they discuss ways of effective solutions to social problems in Ukraine and in the world.
