Tartu prepares for unique youth creativity festival

A gathering is due to take place in Tartu this week which will see youth workers and maths teachers from different countries come together to prepare for the C.A.M.P. youth festival, which will begin in October. The festival unites maths with music, extreme sports and other activities of interest to young people. The initiative behind the festival came from the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia.

C.A.M.P. – which stands for 'Creative Action, Meaningful Performance' – is a festival designed to open up the minds and world views of young people. It draws together fields that at first seem entirely unrelated and incompatible to create something completely new. The Estonian office of the Nordic Council of Ministers took its inspiration for the school-related project from the Finnish youth festival 'Kulturkarnevalen'. The first C.A.M.P. event was held in Estonia in Pärnu in 2013, where general education and youth work were combined – attendees learning about art through biology and maths, about recycling through history and more.