Citizens of 24 Asia-Pacific Countries Applied for the World Youth Festival

On September 11, the World Youth Festival was presented as part of the Territory of Innovations program block of the Eastern Economic Forum 2023. According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the World Youth Festival is held to develop international cooperation and will become a platform for the development of relations, including between Russia and the states of the Asia-Pacific Region.

During the presentation, the forum participants got acquainted with the concept of the Festival program, the opportunities it will offer to young people, its main meanings and values. The organizers are confident that many of these will be close to the hearts of young people from the Asia-Pacific Region. These include the creation of a multi-polar world where everyone can be themselves, live and develop as they wish, without imposing their values on others and without being forced to do so; the responsibility for the common future of humanity, the values of constructive dialogue, teamwork, and mutual help. The participants of the Eastern Economic Forum were also presented with the symbols of the World Youth Festival — the mascot, the theme song and the logo reflecting the core values of the WYF 2024.

«Young people from the Asia-Pacific Region are showing a keen interest in the World Youth Festival. Representatives of 24 APAC countries have applied to participate. Festival National Preparatory Committees have already been established in some of these states. These committees will further attract and select participants. This means that there is a public demand for the international youth dialog in Asian countries. That is why our country offers a platform for building connections between young leaders from all over the world. The World Youth Festival will allow the exchange of best practices between participants from different countries and will become an impetus for the development of the international youth movement aimed at building a common future and a just multi-polar world», said Ksenia Razuvaeva, Head of Rosmolodezh.

As of today, applications have been received from Australia, the Republic of Fiji, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, East Timor, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Japan.

Overview:

The World Youth Festival will take place in 2024, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory on March 1-7, 2024. The regional program of the World Youth Festival will take place on March 10-17, 2024. The participants will visit 30 cities of Russia.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement young people aged 14-17, 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad, will have the opportunity to participate in the event. Registration is open until December 1 at fest2024.com.

5,000 volunteers from all regions of Russia, including about 250 residents of the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions will be involved in the organization and delivery of the Festival. Registration of volunteers is open on the ДОБРО.РФ platform until December 1, 2023.

The World Youth Festival is organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and operated by the World Youth Festival Directorate.

Prepared by the World Youth Festival Press Office