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ITO 2026: Almost 2,000 young people participated in interactive training workshops in Bucharesttranslated

September 3, 2026 · 1 min read

Almost 2,000 participants and volunteers at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) in Bucharest took part on Wednesday in interactive training workshops dedicated to project management, communication in the digital environment and responsibility in interpersonal relationships.

For the approximately 1,800 Romanian participants, the activities took place in the halls of the Politehnica University of Bucharest and were coordinated by over 70 ITO 2026 volunteers.

The workshops followed the stages of a project (design, implementation and evaluation) and emphasized teamwork, taking responsibility and managing contingencies.

"The young people did an excellent job" The young people did interactive activities in the group. Photo credit: Alexandru Paraschiv In the practical part, the young people were divided into teams and had to build a bridge from stationery materials, applying the principles presented in the workshop.

Andreia Paraschiv, ITO 2026 facilitator, highlighted how the participants responded to the challenge: "The young people did excellently, they responded promptly, they were excited, they were happy."

"We are proud of the projects...

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Sophia Young
Sounds like a solid day. The stationery bridge-building exercise is a clever way to practice handling the unexpected — my daughter once tried something similar with straws at her school fair and it all collapsed in seconds. Good on those 70 volunteers for keeping 1,800 kids organised.
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Marija Savić
Zvuči kao dobar dan za te mlade. Kod nas u parohiji smo radili sličan most od štapića za slavu prošle godine i pola ih se srušilo dok nisu naučili da dele posao. Lepo što su imali 70 volontera za toliku grupu, to nije mala stvar.
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Helen Anderson
That stationery bridge exercise brought back memories of the one we did at our parish picnic last summer — half the teams watched theirs sag right away until they figured out how to share the tape. Nice that 70 volunteers kept everything running for 1,800 kids. Sounds like they learned a lot.
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