SUMMER CONGRESS 2023 - CIOR YROW

CIOR YOUNG RESERVE OFFICERS WORKSHOP 2023

YRO Workshop is a professional development program conducted concurrently with the annual CIOR Summer Congress. This week-long workshop is designed to be a junior reserve officer’s first exposure to a multi-national environment and to colleagues from NATO and PfP nations.

LOCATION

Helsinki Congress Paasitorni, address: Paasivuorenkatu 5 A, FIN-00530 Helsinki TICKETS AND REGISTRATION Each participant must register, with approval from their applicable association, and buy a ticket. Tickets are sold only in Fienta and must be purchased, and invoices paid before the event. People without registration are not permitted to participate. Registration With regular fee: 17 March - 30 April Late registration: 1 May - 31 May

SCHEDULE

Saturday, 24 June, arrival day Sunday, 25 June until Friday, 30 June. Including: Opening Ceremony – Monday, 26 June at Kasarmitori Square Symposium – Thursday, 29 June Closing Ceremony and Closing Dinner – Friday, 30 June Study trip to The Naval Academy of Finland in Suomenlinna- Wednesday, 28 June

ACCOMMODATION

YROW participants are asked to stay at Hotel Arthur (Vuorikatu 19, 00100 Helsinki). For more information contact the organizing team.

MEALS

This ticket includes lunch and coffee on all working session days held in Paasitorni, lunch and coffee during the study trip.

DRESS CODE

• The Opening Ceremony - Service Dress or smart or formal business attire
• Working sessions at Paasitorni - Service Dress short sleeves , if not available, combat dress is acceptable.
• Study Trips and other visits - Service Dress, if not available, combat dress is acceptable.

NB! According to the Finnish territorial surveillance act 755/2000, wearing a uniform at any time during a visit to Finland requires permission granted by the Defence Command Finland. The form currently used is the "APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR A MILITARY PERSON OR UNIT FOR ENTERING FINNISH TERRITORY". You can download the form from the event website, https://cior23\.fi/registration/. This application should come via diplomatic channels, your embassy or the military attaché office. For each country, the commanding officer of the visiting unit must send assembled applications. All the items of the application must be filled in. The commanding officer is to be named, and the total number of personnel in the unit/travel group is marked in item 3\. Other participants may be listed in a separate document. On entering and leaving Finland, planned points for crossing the national border must be mentioned. Without this permit, the reservists of a visiting country are not allowed to wear any military uniforms in Finland. THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SENT IN ADDITION TO THE TICKET PURCHASE. Please ensure the application is delivered to the Finnish Defence Forces, to the address mentioned on the application form, by your embassy or military attaché office by Thursday, 8 June at the latest.

INFORMATION

• Host Nation Support and Fienta: 1st Lt Rimma Ahonen [email protected]
• YRO committee chair Commander Kyle Penney [email protected]
• CIOR office: ASG org Lt Mari Uuemaa [email protected]

LOST?

Not the event you were looking for? Check out other CIOR events during Summer Congress 2023: SUMMER CONGRESS 23 CIOR MILCOMP CIOR CIMEX CIOR SYMPOSIUM CIOMR JMROW SC23 CLOSING DINNER DELEGATE AT LARGE