Also youth representatives were present from all countries and they
summarized their experiences in front of the Steering Committee. Everyone
involved in PIPE were satifsied with the results and how the project has been
managed. External evaluator Professor Cliff Hague confirmed this impression with
his presentation. He highlighted the fact that the project had managed to create
a lot of enthusiasm and motivation among young people, as well as the project
activities were in compliance with the European territorial development
strategies.
Senior Advicer Bjorn Opjordsmoen presented the final methodolgy report which
will be distributed to partners and externally. All major reports and
presentations from the project are collected at one CD which were distributed by
the project manager Alf S. Johansen who also summarised his impressions in
comparison to the central objectives. The financial report from Trine
Moe-Stokstad, the controller in the project stated that there are some money
left in the budget and that the economical situation has been under control
during the whole project period.
There was a session with discussion in groups, which will be reported to the
management.
The meeting ended with a gift seremony. Everyone received famous vase
designed by Alvor Alto with an inscription "PIPE - 2002-2004. But the ones that
still wanted to receive more gifts ore wishes to come through they went out for
a visit to Santa Claus village. If they got any other gifts than they had to
purchase themselves is asecret between them and Santa, but anyway a lot of nice
pictures were taken. Some captures you can watch at this page.
After the meeting there was a guided walk to explore the Twin Park,
established as an initiative from the PIPE project, a playground for all age
groups. There was also an interesting reception hosted by the Chairman of
Rovaniemi City Council.







