Some 80 Tohoku teenagers in an OECD-supported educational project will hold a cultural festival in Paris in August to express gratitude to those who supported the region's recovery, student representatives said Friday.

At an education ministry press conference in Tokyo, three students who outlined the two-day festival said they wish to present an upbeat picture of those who are leading positive lives since the March 2011 mega-quake and tsunami.

The festival, to be held from Aug. 30 to 31 in the French capital, will represent the culmination of the OECD Tohoku School project jointly launched in March 2012 by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the education ministry and Fukushima University to help nurture future leaders who can foster the region's recovery.