Southern Federal District to Train about 1300 World Youth Festival Volunteers

The World Youth Festival Volunteer Recruitment and Training Centers have been opened in Volgograd, Sochi and Krasnodar. The centers will recruit and train volunteers for the largest international youth event. The Southern Federal District will set a record for the number of volunteers. It will train 1,295 people to help organize the Festival.

The centers were opened at four organizations. The Volgograd State University volunteer center started its work on September 28, the Krasnodar Regional Branch of Russian Student Groups began to operate on October 3 and two centers were opened at Kuban State University on October 4 and at Sochi State University on October 5.

"The Festival in 2024 will be another bright page in the Russian history and will be remembered by young people from around the world. Volunteers are entrusted with an extremely responsible mission. They will have to present our country to young people from all over the world and show them our hospitality and the open soul of the Russian people. The volunteers from Kuban State University have a huge experience in national and international events. I am convinced that together we will make the World Youth Festival 2024 in Russia unforgettable," commented Mikhail Astapov, Rector of Kuban State University.

The opening ceremonies were attended by Larisa Sulima, Deputy Director General for Regional Cooperation of the World Youth Festival Directorate, and the university rectors. The opening ceremony of the Center at the Krasnodar Regional Branch of Russian Student Groups was attended by its head Vyacheslav Podgayny. All the volunteer centers have also signed cooperation agreements with the World Youth Festival Directorate and the Association of Volunteer Centers.

"Sochi State University has a very rich experience and takes a serious approach to training event volunteers. We have repeatedly shown a high level of competence as volunteer organizers and as volunteers at major international events. The well-established system of organizing volunteer activities at SSU and in Sochi will allow for the World Youth Festival 2024 to be held at the highest level," said Igor Gaidamashko, Rector of Sochi State University.

Sochi State University will train 300 volunteers of the Krasnodar Territory, who will also work as City Volunteers. Volunteers will meet and accompany Festival guests and create a hospitable atmosphere in Sochi.

A total of five Volunteer Recruitment and Training Centers will operate in the Southern Federal District. The last one will be opened in October at the Don Volunteer Center in Rostov-on-Don. 27 World Youth Festival Volunteer Recruitment and Training Centers were selected in each federal district based on the results of the All-Russian competition.

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