The Teenager symposium was much appreciated, judging from many opinions by its participants and others. Background Chapter II situation 2005 1. The very first Pax Baltica symposium took place in Karlskrona, Sweden in September 1992. This was a success and the organizers decided to make this into an annual symposium. The idea behind the project is to create a dialogue on peace and security in the Baltic region.
Every year there is a theme for the discussions.
In addition to the Pax Baltica-symposium there is the Pax Baltica award, to be given to people who have been making a lot of efforts to achieve the Pax Baltica goal of peace and security in the Baltic region. The 1997 Pax Baltica award was given to Percy Barnevik, who decided to give his price-money to a youth project. Together with additional money from the Swedish Institute and Pax Baltica the Teenager Symposium was founded, a project which involves 40 delegates from ten countries. Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden are all represented by four delegates each. In addition to that there are also eight Swedish group-leaders.