Third Russia-ASEAN Youth Summit in Vladivostok: registration is open!
The Organizing Committee invites young people from Russia and Southeast Asia willing to contribute to Russia-ASEAN relations and to take part in the Third Russia-ASEAN Youth Summit, which will be conducted on October 8–11, 2015 in Vladivostok, Russia under the auspices of Russia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership.
The Summit is organized by Far Eastern Federal University and MGIMO-University in the partnership with youth-led organization “Model United Nations of the Russian Far East”, Global Media Project “Russia Beyond the Headlines”, International multimedia news agency “Rossiya Segodnya”, ASEAN Moscow Committee, and Russian International Affairs Council. The working language of the summit is English.
In order to participate, please fill in the Application Form and send it to youthsummit@munrfe.ru no later than September, 01, 2015. Preliminary program of the summit and other information may be found in the Concept Paper.
MUNRFE Director-General has been unanimously re-elected for the second term
On May, 5, after the Regional MUNRFE Conference 2015 there has been the XXVI MUNRFE Presidential Council conducted. The agenda for the Council included only one item – Elections of the Director-General. According to the decision #1 of the XXIII Presidential Council the term of Mr. Vitaly E. Savenkov as the Director-General is expiring on July, 1, 2015, thus a new vote needed to be done.
In accordance with the provisions of MUNRFE Charter, the representatives of all 3 MUNRFE Clubs together with the Board casted affirmative votes to support the second term of the current Director-General, consequently Mr. Savenkov was re-elected unanimously. Taking this fact into account, the composition of the Board has not been changed – Ms. Ksenia O. Shevtsova continued to serve as MUNRFE Executive Director.
Regional MUNRFE Conference 2015: Report
On May, 2-5, in Blagoveshchensk the Regional MUNRFE Conference 2015 has been successfully conducted on the premises of the Amur State University. Its Acting Dean of the Faculty of International Relations Dr. Lyudmila A. Ponkratova was among the key-note speakers at the Opening Ceremony, along with MUNRFE Director-General Mr. Vitaly E. Savenkov, and the Secretary-General of the Conference Mr. Jesse E. Thomas. This Conference became truly unique since for the first time in MUNRFE history and the history of the entire Model UN movement in Russia it was led by a foreign leader.
Advanced Leadership School by MUNRFE in Vladivostok
On June 19-21, 2015 the Advanced Leadership School was conducted by Vladivostok MUNRFE Club on the basis of the Far Eastern Federal University. Head of the project is Mr. Alexander Yugai and Coordinators are Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova and Ms. Alexandra Gritsenko. The selection process of participants was based on quality of their applications sent to the coordinators before the project. The unique idea of the project was to perform regular MUNRFE concepts and lectures from another perspective. The first day started from the lecture about NGOs delivered by MUNRFE Director-General – Mr. Vitaliy Savenkov. The following day the participants got the opportunity to learn more about Adviser’s Craft from the former President of Vladivostok Club – Mr. Alexander Yugai. On the third and the last day of the project MUNRFE Executive Director – Ms. Ksenia Shevtsova delivered a lecture about Teamwork and had a conversation with the participants on this topic.
Welcoming address by MUNRFE Director-General in commemoration of 15th Anniversary of MUNRFE
Welcoming address by the Director-General of the Model United Nations of the Russian Far East Mr. Vitaliy E. Savenkov in commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of MUNRFE.
Dear members, fellows, partners, colleagues and alumni!
On behalf of the Board let me please express my sincere congratulations with the 15th Anniversary of one of the most prominent NGOs on the Russian Far East – the Model United Nations of the Russian Far East. Founded in 2000 by Peace Corps volunteer Dr. Jeffrey Lindstrom in Khabarovsk, MUNRFE remains an effective system for the development of young leaders. Today, MUNRFE continues to bring significant feedbacks to the local communities by providing numerous learning frameworks which turned out to be extremely successful.
Results of the Grant Competition to participate in the Regional MUNRFE Conference 2015
The Secretariat is deeply happy to announce the winners of the Grant Competition to participate in the Regional MUNRFE Conference 2015. After careful evaluation of the submitted Policy Papers and Letters of Intent the following applicants have been announced as winners of the Competition:
Ms. Alexandra Gritsenko, Vladivostok (Spain, General Assembly) – travel and accommodation costs;
Ms. Evgenia Belous, Vladivostok (Spain, Security Council) – accommodation costs;
Ms. Ekaterina Anisimova, Khabarovsk (UK, General Assembly) – accommodation costs.
