Adria Ferries is an official sponsor of the 2019 Youth Games
Adria Ferries will be the MAIN SPONSOR of the 2019 Youth Games due to be held in Ancona from 27 to 30 September 2019.
Adria Ferries will be the MAIN SPONSOR at the coming Youth Games A.NI.M.US. organised by the local town council with the support of the Marche Regional Authority, the Forum of Cities of the Adriatic and Ionian Areas, the Marche Regional Education Office – M.I.U.R., CONI, Forum AIC, the Italian Navy, the Secretariat for Initiatives in the Ionian and Adriatic Area, AICCRE, the Italian Paralympic Committee, the Croatian Paralympic Committee, EURES Marche, Europe Direct – Marche Region, UNICAM, UNIURB, TECLA, AVIS, USS, CSV Marche, IgersItalia, the Equal Opportunities Commission – Marche Region, SAPE.
Over 1000 youngsters between 15 and 16 years of age from sixteen countries in the Ionian and Adriatic, Baltic and Danube Macro-region will be taking part in ten competitions. The other countries participating besides Italy are Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Montenegro, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Around twenty-nine cities will be sending delegations of athletes and the people accompanying them.
To mark the event, the company will be offering a group of around 228 youngsters a free trip on the Adria Ferries vessels and meals on board, but also all the support necessary to showcase this event both in Italy and internationally, involving the press and the main channels of communication at its disposal. The aim is to publicise an initiative basically designed to improve cooperation and promote unity, a sense of belonging and awareness within a European macro region, breaking down all social and cultural barriers and highlighting the shared value of sport.
The sporting activities will be accompanied by a series of social, cultural and educational activities focused on the major and most incisive issues facing young people today: socialisation, sharing of values, promotion of voluntary work, equal opportunities, the fight against discrimination against people with disabilities, improvement of physical condition and health through a wholesome diet.