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The organizers of the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, which will be held in Russia in October, plan to approve the lists of Russian participants during August. This was stated on Tuesday at the “Territory of Meanings” forum by the chairman of the National Preparatory Committee of the festival Grigory Petushkov .
Participants of the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as the Ministers of Happiness of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, were invited to the World Festival of Youth and Students, the head of the Presidential Department for Public Projects, the head of the working group of the festival’s organizing committee for the development and organization of scientific projects told the participants of the “Territory of Meanings” forum. educational and discussion programs Sergey Novikov .
“In the United Arab Emirates and Qatar there is a position called the Minister of Happiness. By the way, we invited them to the festival and hope that they will come,” said Sergei Novikov, addressing the forum participants.
Sergei Novikov also noted that the main motto for young people at the festival is “Russia is a land of opportunities,” and the festival program should be interesting maximum number of people.
As previously reported IA REGNUM, The World Festival of Youth and Students will be held in Russia from October 14 to 22, 2017. On the first day, an international student parade-carnival will take place in Moscow, and the main events will be held in the Sochi Olympic Park from October 15 to 22.
More than 20 thousand young people will participate in the forum, including representatives of various public organizations, teachers and politicians, with half of all participants being foreigners. Applications for participation in the festival came from almost 190 countries.
As the organizers emphasize, the festival is designed to consolidate the global youth community around the idea of justice, strengthen international connections, as well as “develop interethnic and intercultural interaction.”
There are only a few hours left until Russia solemnly opens its doors to 20,000 participants from all over the world: International festival youth and students of Sochi 2017 will begin on October 14, 2017.
According to the organizers, it will be one of the largest in the history of the festival and unique, since it will take place outside the capital, but will also capture the entire country.
President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth N. Papadimitriou
At the conference at the TASS press center, a rich program of events was announced, the purpose of which is to establish mutual understanding between representatives of different cultures and religions. During the week, young people from 150 countries will exchange experiences and become imbued with Russian culture.
What is the festival
70 years ago, in the capital of the Czech Republic, a congress of leaders of youth organizations with a socialist or communist orientation was organized for the first time, and was held under the slogan “For peace and friendship,” to which another component was later added - “imperialist solidarity.” In the 21st century, the organizers of each subsequent event choose a new motto at the preparatory meeting. This year it sounds like this: “For peace, solidarity and social justice, we fight against imperialism - by respecting our past, we are building our future!”
This is the third festival of youth and students for Russia. In 1957, Moscow gathered 34 thousand participants - a record number in history.
It was then that Soviet students became acquainted with rock and roll, jeans and Western values, which so impressed the young Soviet people, that at the subsequent event in 1985, the authorities made every effort to limit the communication of our citizens with foreigners.
In 2017, the organizers tried to think through the festival’s event plan in such a way that young journalists, athletes, engineers, entrepreneurs, representatives of the creative field and programmers, scientists, teachers, as well as leaders of youth organizations and political parties had the most effective and interesting time sharing useful experience . Students can expect numerous discussions and seminars, concerts, sports competitions, and, of course, large-scale celebrations.
Sochi - beyond competition
In May 2016, in Caracas (Venezuela), at a vote of the festival preparatory committee, the decision was unanimously approved to hold the 2017 forum in sunny and hospitable Sochi, since after the 2014 Olympics the city has all the necessary infrastructure corresponding to the scale of the event, which will help significantly save organizational costs. The host party is confident that Sochi will pleasantly surprise the participants and leave an indelible impression in their memory.
Guests will be accommodated in hotels in the Olympic Village. Concerts, exhibitions and lectures will also be organized there. As for sporting events, the Rosa Khutor ski resort (Mountain Cluster) will be used for their holding.
Goals and themes of the festival
This year’s event aims to consolidate youth around the world, strengthen existing international ties and do everything possible for the further development of intercultural and interethnic interaction between the participating countries.
The festival is designed to work out the image of the future of people and the world and try to find answers to the most pressing challenges facing representatives of the modern young generation.
The purpose of the festival is to increase interest in Russia, as well as preserve the common memory and history with it.
The themes of the festival are carefully thought out
- culture and globalization ( cultural heritage nations, communication between representatives of different cultures, creativity)
- economics and development of small and medium-sized businesses
- knowledge economy: education, new technologies, ideas and discoveries
- public sector, charity and volunteering
- politics and security
TV presenter and journalist Yana Churikova, figure skating champion Irina Slutskaya, director of the Moscow Circus and National artist Russian Federation Edgar Zapashny, high jump champion Elena Slesarenko and representative of the UN Secretary General for Youth Akhmad Alhendawi.
Anthem and mascot
You can get into the spirit of the 19th World Festival of Young Leaders even before its opening: the anthem of the 2017 event has been officially published online. The composition was created and performed by singer, actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Alexey Vorobyov.
Listen to the festival anthem.
Especially for the flash mob as part of the festival, the song was arranged by the Swedish musician and producer RedOne, who has two Grammy awards to his name and has successfully collaborated with a number of world-famous stars (Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Rod Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, U2 and others) and wrote the anthem of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The main composition of the festival sounds in Russian and English and conveys as much as possible the meaning and ideas of the international forum: the ideals of peace, love, friendship and international solidarity.
The mascot for the festival was chosen through an open international vote, in which about one hundred thousand people took part. An unusual trio received the largest number of votes: the robot Romashka, the ferret Shurik and the polar bear Mishanya. The creator of the latter, designer from Volgodonsk Sergei Petrenko, decided that just such a character, dressed in a traditional red blouse and with a flower behind his ear, would be able to fully convey the scale of the holiday and the positive atmosphere, which simply cannot be different in Sochi.
The volunteers have not been forgotten either - they have their own anthem and excellent uniform!
Listen to the anthem of the festival volunteers
Equipment
Just a week ago, the official uniform of the youth festival in Sochi, designed by the famous Russian designer Igor Chapurin, was presented in Zaryadye Park.
The presentation turned out to be a real holiday!
Equipment for participants, volunteers, organizers and guests is made in official color scheme festival, so it turned out bright and beautiful. Nice and important details on each kit include waterproof zippers, logos, embroidery and appliqués made using latest technologies clothing industry.
The sets were highly appreciated and perfectly demonstrated by journalist Alla Mikheeva, TV presenter Aurora, actresses Ekaterina Varnava and Nadezhda Sysoeva, singer Mitya Fomin and other famous personalities.
15 main words
15 is the number of regions from which participants will arrive. This is exactly how many images that personify Russia they will take home and remember with warmth. A specially prepared video presentation will help those who do not speak Russian learn a little better, and perhaps even understand the Russian soul.
These are the 15 words:
Welcome
Meetings with speakers, as well as discussions, will take place in the main Media Center. In addition, a youth exhibition center will operate in the building. It is expected that it will become a platform for the start of fruitful international cooperation between youth from different countries. The building is equipped with areas for film festivals, photo exhibitions and press conferences.
The World Youth Symphony Orchestra will be located in the Adler Arena, where both rehearsals and a grand concert of a unique ensemble created specifically for the festival will take place.
Spaces have been prepared for dancers and theatergoers in the Ice Cube, where there will also be a mini-football field. Sports slot machines will be located on the site of the skate park and the Formula 1 track. Participants will enjoy many activities at other sites:
- Olympic Park sites
- Green Theater of Riviera Park
- Winter Theater
- Concert Hall "Festival"
- Southern Pier and Sochi Circus
Youth Festival in Sochi: plan of events
The start of the festival week is scheduled for October 14 in Moscow, where a ceremonial meeting of guests and a grand parade-carnival will take place.
The opening ceremony will take place on October 15 in Sochi. A special feature is the idea of the organizers to build the ceremony around history real people, trying with all their might to change the world for the better, for example, Afroz Shah from India, who cleared the beaches of Mumbai from five tons of garbage, or the Russian Roman Gek, who built a school in Nepal, and many others.
A discussion program will be implemented from the first day
- October 15 – First educational day
- October 16 is America Day. On this day, guests of the event have a unique opportunity to participate in a discussion on the topic “ World culture: global challenges", listen to one of the most famous modern writers Frederick Beigbeder, and also ask questions to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky.
- October 17 – Africa Day
- October 18 – Middle East Day
- October 19 – Asia and Oceania Day
- October 20 – Europe Day
- October 21 – Russia Day
Cultural events plan
- October 16 – Jazz Festival
- October 17 – International Festival of New Music
- October 18 – State Orchestra “ New Russia» with Diana Arbenina
- October 19 – Festival of National Cultures
- October 20 – Concert of the World Youth symphony orchestra, Gala Concert classical music and ballet
- October 21 – Russia Day
Sport program
- October 15 – Opening of the “World GTO” site
- October 16 – Festival race for 2017 meters, opening of the “Dancing Planet”
- October 17 – Rope skipping show, tournament among Workout camp graduates
- October 18 – Star Show “Eco Race”, a session of simultaneous blind play on 30 boards
- October 19 – Final competitions in extreme sports
- October 20 – Football freestyle team performance, GTO race, mini-football tournament final
Scientific and educational thematic areas will be implemented through the organization of speeches by more than 700 speakers. One of the most prominent guests will be motivational speaker Nick Vujicic.
The regional program involves festival participants visiting 15 regions of Russia from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, where discussions of various thematic areas will also be held.
The closing ceremony took place on October 21. The culmination of the program was the message “Let's change the world” compiled by the participants. Nail music program– Dutch singer Rochelle Peerts, winner of the X Factor music competition.
Online broadcast of the festival closing
The Sochi Youth Forum will bring together young and ambitious leaders aged 18 to 35 to once again prove to the world that friendship, love and creativity can make our planet and the future of people better.
Dates for the festival of youth and students in Sochi 2017: from October 14 to October 21, 2017.
The article uses materials and photographs from the sites:
Official website of the event: http://russia2017.com
PhotoBank WFYS 2017: http://wfys2017.tassphoto.com
Official VKontakte group.
There is very little time left until Russia opens its doors to young people from all over the world.
The key events of the preparatory stage are already taking place: the selection of participants and volunteers for the festival has begun, the topics of the discussion program are being formed, and young people across the country and the world are joining the festival movement. WFYS 2017 will be the most ambitious youth event of the year!
The festival is designed to consolidate the global youth community, strengthen international ties, and develop interethnic and intercultural interaction. One of the main tasks of the future festival will be the joint development of an image of the future by young people from different countries of the world, an attempt to formulate answers to the most pressing challenges facing the generation.
More than 20,000 young people from 150 countries aged 18 to 35 will participate in the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students 2017.
Young leaders from different fields will gather on one platform: representatives of youth public organizations, young journalists, creative and sports youth, young engineers and IT specialists, leaders of youth organizations of political parties, young entrepreneurs, student government leaders, young scientists and university teachers, and also compatriots and foreigners studying the Russian language and interested in Russian culture.
Program of the World Festival of Youth and Students 2017
The festival starts on October 14 with a ceremonial meeting of festival guests in Moscow at the carnival parade. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place on October 15 in Sochi.
The Opening Ceremony performance will be built around real stories people who change lives for the better: among them Afroz Shah from India, who removed 5.4 tons of garbage from the Mumbai beach in 86 weeks, Roman Gek from Russia, who built a school in Nepal in 2 years, the founders of a charitable foundation for supporting children with features of the development of “I am!” Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova and others.
Throughout the festival, its guests will enjoy a rich discussion program, a varied cultural program, an active sports program, a powerful scientific and educational program (the speakers of which, in particular, will be motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, CEO of the World Defense Fund wildlife(WWF) Marco Lambertini, Director of foreign policy Google Avni Doron, writer Frederic Begbekder, FIFA Secretary General Samuru Fatmu).
For the first time in the history of the festival movement, the entire country will be involved in the grandiose youth festival. As part of the festival, from October 14 to October 17, 2017, a regional program is planned for more than 1,500 foreign participants who came to WFMS 2017.
On October 21, the Closing Ceremony of the festival will take place at the Bolshoi Ice Palace in Sochi. One of the key elements of the Ceremony will be the message “Let's change the world”, which will be composed by the participants.
Registration for the festival of youth and students
Every interested young person can register for the festival of youth and students 2017 on the official website of the festival. As of October 1, 2016, more than 1,000 young people had already applied to participate in the festival.
On October 1, the international stage of recruiting participants started on the English version of the festival website. Citizens of most countries in the world will be able to apply for participation. In addition to Russian and English languages, the official website of the festival of youth and students will soon be operational in all working languages of the festival: Spanish, French, Chinese and Arabic.
Thus, the audience of the entire planet will be able to familiarize themselves not only with the program of the festival of youth and students 2017, but also get information about the history of the festival movement, learn more about the host country and, of course, stay up to date with all the current news.
Foreign participants of the festival will be provided with visa-free entry into Russia.
History of the World Festival of Youth and Students
The first youth festival was held in our country in 1957 in Moscow. He had a huge influence on the further formation of culture and art and served as the founder of many innovative genres for that time.
It was then that the “Festivalnaya” editorial office appeared on Central Television, producing the Soviet television quiz show “An Evening of Fun Questions.” Later, this format was reworked into the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful, known and loved by everyone today - KVN.
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The Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi has ended: 30 thousand young people from all over the world gathered for a week in our country. Lectures, seminars, joint projects. Discussion of the future includes technology, politics, and what society will be like. They developed a common vision.
But something else is even more important. The youth festival is such diplomacy on top of official structures. Today these guys are studying or just starting to work, and tomorrow, the day after tomorrow they will occupy serious positions in their countries - in business, in politics. And these guys don't get instructions from Washington. At least for now.
Without cooperation there will be trouble, Vladimir Putin said in his speech at a meeting of the Valdai Club. Western politicians are captured by stereotypes. But these young people will destroy stereotypes. These young people understand that justice is needed, huge inequality needs to be overcome. We need to work together. And don't scare each other.
They were sure that something extraordinary awaited them in Russia. But this turned out to be beyond expectations. The whole week is breathtaking! Sochi-2017.
The final point in a marathon of ideas, discoveries, music, sports, cinema, dating and conversations about everything in the world. The closing ceremony is like a manifesto for youth: let's take it and change this world!
It's getting louder in the stands - that's how this week has brought them together. At the closing ceremony there are no longer delegations, countries and continents. Everything is mixed up - there are simply a lot of new friends here, whom you really don’t want to part with after the hot festival days.
Festival participants in a group photograph with the President of Russia. To accommodate everyone, they did it on the medal square, from an airship. In ultra high quality. You can see everyone who was in the Olympic Park.
“I know that an unusual, absolutely unusual energy reigned at the festival, just as it reigns today in this square. This is the energy of the young! I am sure that when you leave Russia, you will leave a piece of your heart here. But Russia will always remain in your heart. We believe in you! Future starts here and now. Future is you. All the best, dear friends. All the best. Thank you,” the President of Russia addressed the Festival participants.
25 thousand people from 188 countries. If you look for them all on the globe, your head will spin.
Greetings from Jamaica! I am from India! I'm from Liberia! I came from Libya.
So different, and this is the first surprise of the festival. It seems like it’s not the middle of the last century; there’s been a whole world in every phone for a long time now. But it’s a completely different matter to see it live. And look into the eyes - a reflection of peoples and civilizations.
“As you know, we are at war, but we want to show that it will end soon and everything will be fine with us. We were greeted very warmly. Russia and Syria are friends!” - says Zeina Nabil Rustum, a participant of the Festival from Syria.
It turned out that they had the same experiences inside. Same dreams. How to get through to them if you get off the ground is a problem - said Australian Nick Vujicic. The writer, philanthropist and speaker worked to break with the audience. They listened to him with bated breath, he spoke about what is close to everyone.
“I want to ask you, who are you today and who do you want to become? Go towards your goal step by step. If you fall, get up. Don't make excuses and dream big, even if your parents don't believe in you. Mine thought I was crazy when I said I wanted to be a speaker. And today I have traveled all over the world, and I believe that the future belongs to your generation. With the permission of the person sitting next to you, hug him or shake his hand. I want to see the love spread throughout the room!” - said writer, philanthropist Nick Vujicic.
The stars came to the festival for a frank conversation. What is the strength and who is the hero of our time? The writer Frederic Beigbeder could become an anti-example. A fashionista, a cynic, a bon vivant, he even spent two days in a Paris prison for drug use. He was talking about the line between freedom and responsibility.
“When you're 20, it's good, you're sensitive. I experienced all my deepest emotions when I was young, before I was 25. You feel emotions, beauty, sadness, madness, humor, anger. You are young, you are attractive, so don’t waste your time - don’t listen to the advice of some old French guy,” says writer Frederic Beigbeder.
We listened. Authoritative experts - in art, sports, science, politics. Ministers and Olympic champions, heads of large corporations and astronauts, Nobel laureates, actors... It would seem, who at the resort can you lure to a lecture?! But the halls are filled to capacity.
They also gained new knowledge about Russia. Not lectures - practice. For the first time at the festival, trips to 15 regions of the country. From Kaliningrad to Vladivostok!
“I was in Siberia, in Krasnoyarsk. It was so great! I was greeted so friendly!” - said Festival participant from Australia Natalie Buckman.
Superfestival - that's what they called it. The air here was saturated with the idea: young people love everything. Hundreds of projects from volunteerism to nuclear energy were presented in Sochi. We prepared the ground for working together - building the future. What this world will be like depends on them. Therefore, at a seminar on future technologies, the president addressed young people. With an important note.
“Regardless of what we do or will do in the future, do you know what it is? This is the moral component of our business. Anyone. Genetic engineering is so good. But there is another component to this process. What does it mean? This means that a person acquires the ability to get into the genetic code created either by nature, or people with religious views say - by God. What practical consequences can come from this? This means that it is already possible to imagine it, not even very theoretically, but it is already possible to practically imagine that a person can create a person with given characteristics. It could be a genius mathematician, it could be genius musician, but maybe also a military man. A person who can fight without fear and without feelings of compassion, regret and without pain. And what I just said can be worse nuclear bomb. When we do something and no matter what we do, I want to repeat this thought again: we must never forget about the moral and ethical foundations of our work. Everything we do should benefit people, strengthen people, and not destroy them,” the Russian President emphasized.
They talked not only about projects - they shared their impressions.
“It was a wonderful week for me. But the question from all of us is: how to continue this work? And today we have with us one of those people who make decisions, the President of Russia. Mr. President, I really hope that you will hear the voices of the entire festival and I hope that you and your colleagues, the leaders of other countries, will reflect on the changes that need to be achieved,” said Fraser Dixon (Canada).
Our love's battery has run out!
In fact, they have more than enough energy. And then there’s an unexpected additional charge of emotions.
The President of the Russian Federation is in front of me! I don't believe!
Pinch me!
For many, this festival week is truly like a dream come true!
Tanzania thanks for the festival, for the forum where young people from all over the world meet!
I want to thank the organizers! A first-class world event, young people gathered here, we discuss the future.
“This is very important for us, because this is exactly the result we were counting on. We expected young people from all over the world to come. They will communicate with each other and establish direct contacts. They will disperse and take with them the memory that these contacts took place in Russia, they will take away good memories of our country,” Vladimir Putin noted.
After a personal meeting, it is easier to answer the question: who are you, Mr. Putin?!
“He’s like a pop star - that’s what I thought at first. But then I realized that this was a simple person who came to communicate with us, just like us. I think Vladimir Putin is a president who cares about his people. He cares about peace and cooperation with other countries,” says Festival participant from Brazil Marcio Tavares de Souza.
"He is very clever man He is perhaps the last leader of the free world. He put Russia back on the map of world power, world superpower to be precise,” said festival participant Boyan Novak from Slovenia.
“Thank you to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for such a platform. He is truly an example for many politicians in the world, he is a patriot of his country,” said Festival participant from Afghanistan Mohamad Tamirn Ekhlas.
Only without the Iron Curtain! Foreigners did not bring jeans and chewing gum to this festival, as in 1957. On the contrary, they studied our native land with pleasure.
I see meat, but what is this...? - Buckwheat! - Buckwheat?
This is my first snow in my life! He's amazing! And delicious too!
This is no longer a thaw - a turbulent global flow, and in it Russian youth are like fish in water. In this whirlpool of events, incredible meetings took place. After 60 years, the Italian and Russian participants of the 1957 Festival met!
If only there was internet in their time, we wouldn’t have to wait so long. Today, people exchange addresses not by postal address, but by email, and instead of paper photo albums, they exchange memories that do not fade with time.
And where would we be without love stories?! A delegate from Kenya proposed marriage right outside the hotel. She said, "Yes."
And someone else still has trips to see friends, and more!
Veronica, come to me in China, in Beijing!
I would like to invite my girlfriend to Zimbabwe. Will you go?
Anything is possible.
From Russia with love. This festival preserved the best traditions of the Moscow meetings of 1957 and 1985, but turned the idea of the forum upside down, showing what a global platform the World Festival of Youth and Students can be.
“Since I spent the whole week here at the festival, I had many opportunities to talk with both Russian participants and foreign participants. I understand for sure that they left with such a good charge of optimism and energy. Well, for foreign participants, I am absolutely sure that for 99% of them today they understand differently what Russia is. Guys from different countries talk about what they thought about Russia, primarily due to what their media in the country shows and writes, and how radically different what they saw,” said the first deputy head of the Kremlin administration , head of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in 2017, Sergei Kiriyenko.
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