Within the framework of St.Petersburg Program on the implementation of state policy concerning the Russian compatriots abroad for 2008–2010, on November 23 through 25, 2009, St.Petersburg hosted the II International Youth Forum «St Petersburg – the Young Compatriots: Bridges of Cooperation in the XXI Century».
Within the framework of St.Petersburg Program on the implementation of state policy concerning the Russian compatriots abroad for 2008–2010, on November 23 through 25, 2009, St.Petersburg hosted the II International Youth Forum «St Petersburg – the Young Compatriots: Bridges of Cooperation in the XXI Century».
Organizers: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg, with the assistance of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with NGOs and the Committee on Science and Higher School of St.Petersburg.
The Forum brought together over 50 delegates from 33 countries. During the Forum, not only the participants studied the work on cooperation with the Russian diaspora carried out in St.Petersburg, but they also offered their own projects and ideas of the organizations of young compatriots, which, in their opinion, were advisable to include in the Program of the St.Petersburg Government to implement the state policy of Russia concerning the compatriots abroad.
At the Forum, the workshops and discussions were held for the leaders and activists of youth organizations abroad, as well as master classes and trainings for the representatives of foreign Russian-languaged mass-media.
A program was designed for the delegation of young compatriots, to familiarize them with the contemporary lifestyle of St.Petersburg; an opportunity was offered to visit two exhibitions, whose themes were closely related to the history of Russian diaspora: «Diaghilev. The Start» in Russian State Museum, and «American Study of I. Brodsky» and the exhibition «The Shadows of What is Still Loved» at the house-museum of Anna Akhmatova. In the Victory Square, the young compatriots laid the wreaths at the Memorial to the defenders of Leningrad.
At the presentation of St.Petersburg universities, the young compatriots were presented with the programs of St.Petersburg governmental support and the training courses, most popular among the foreign students.
Source: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg