The best representatives of Vitebsk region's youth will take part in the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi
The Vitebsk region will be represented by 17 participants, including the head of the delegation, Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies Vladimir Terentyev. Among the youth representatives are winners of the republican family agricultural competition "Master of the Village", active participants of International scientific-practical conferences, prize-winners of republican sports competitions, winner of the republican competition "Student of the Year-2016" and others (view the list of delegates from the Vitebsk region).
During the festival, it is planned to organize a large-scale exhibition, which will present the Belarusian education system. In addition, Belarus will be presented as the host country of the European Games-2019 and the World Hockey Championship, which the country will host together with Latvia in 2021.
The exhibition will also focus on Belarus's tourism potential, support for youth, and their participation in public life. The Belarusian delegation at the WFYS will be headed by Minister of Education Igor Karpovich. It will include working and student youth - representatives of various public associations, including BRSM, the League of Voluntary Labor of Youth, the Belarusian Republican Scout Association, the Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs.
A total of 300 young people will represent Belarus at the festival, including journalists and athletes, participants and winners of creative and intellectual competitions. Veterans of the festival movement will also come to Sochi, those who took part in the WFYS held in Cuba in 1997 and in Venezuela in 2005. Special uniforms with elements of national ornament have been sewn for the Belarusian delegation, developed by the concern "Bellegprom".
Belarusian youth will take an active part in the festival's events - discussion, cultural, leisure, sports, and so on. Each day, in accordance with the traditions of the festival movement, will be dedicated to
one of the planet's macro-regions (America, Middle East, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Russia as the host of the event), its specifics and key areas. In addition, each day will be assigned a cross-cutting theme that will unite panel discussions, conferences, and seminars.Among such themes are cultural interaction, international security, education, science and the environment, IT. Issues related to youth employment, environmental problems, and others will also be addressed. The program themes were formulated taking into account the UN Sustainable Development Goals. WFYS-2017 promises to be the largest event in the field of international youth interaction. It is planned that more than 20,000 people from 150 countries will participate in it.
The symbol of the festival is a multi-colored chamomile, symbolizing the continuity of traditions, the connection of generations, peace and unity of the entire world community. The main element is colored pixels as a sign of the community of youth from all over the world in the information age and technological progress. The festival is designed to consolidate the youth of the world, promote the development of interethnic and intercultural interaction.
The development of international cooperation is not only one of the priorities of state youth policy in Belarus, but also one of the directions of its foreign policy activities. The participation of the Belarusian delegation in the festival will contribute to the rapprochement of young people from participating countries, acquaintance and communication with like-minded people and colleagues, promote the exchange of cultural and professional experience, strengthen interethnic harmony, friendship and mutual respect, strengthen the country's authority in the international arena.
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