NATO Days 2017 public campaign raises awareness on alliance
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Georgia is marking the anniversary edition of NATO Days with a program of activities for young and adult citizens in capital Tbilisi starting today.
Celebrations for the annual campaign will involve a range of events from virtual reality tours through NATO countries to military-themed photo booths and theatre shows.
Aiming to raise understanding of NATO among citizens of Georgia, this year’s information campaign was launched at the Information Centre on NATO and EU on Freedom Square earlier today.
Participants will be offered to wear virtual reality devices for a tour of NATO member states. Photo: NATO and EU Info Centre.
Organisers also took to social media to announce educational and entertainment activities planned for the 10th year anniversary campaign.
These will include inviting visitors to a stall of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency, where virtual reality devices will immerse them in digital tours of NATO countries.
An interactive chemistry show involving liquid nitrogen will be part of the program. Photo: Museum of Entertaining Science — Experimentorium.
The visiting citizens will also be able to take photographs in military gear and select background images to match their portraits.
In addition, a chemistry show will be hosted by the Museum of Entertaining Science — Experimentorium, with organisers promising "the coldest interactive show” demonstrating abilities of liquid nitrogen.
A corner with military gear will see visitors take ‘greenscreen’ photographs to match them with selected backgrounds. Photo: NATO and EU Info Centre.
An exhibition on military subject, a NATO Football Cup tournament, a theatre show and other entertaining events will complete the program for the 2017 edition of NATO Days.
This year’s campaign will run in Tbilisi through April 11.
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Georgia is one of the closest partners of NATO and immensely contributes to Euro-Atlantic security, says NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Tacan Ildem.
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