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 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.

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.

Upon the long-standing cooperation of MUNRFE and the Administration of Volno-Nadezhdinskoye rural settlement, members of Vladivostok MUNRFE Club conducted a special learning project for the high-school students on April, 6-8. The School of Leadership led by Ms. Anastasia Yermoshina and Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova consisted of the following MUNRFE lectures: “Mountain”, “Leadership”, “Public speaking”, “Goal setting”, “Time management” and “Teamwork”, delivered by Ms. Daria Kiseleva, Mr. Igor Glimbitskiy, Ms. Alexandra Gritsenko, Ms. Anastasia Yermoshina, Ms. Lyubov Papina, Ms. Alena Filimonova, Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova, Ms. Alena Medvedeva, Ms. Evgeniya Belous and Ms. Diana Tzya. Moreover, there have been numerous educational trainings and games conducted in frames of the project.

Vladivostok MUNRFE Club is pleased to announce the beginning of the new Round table "Non-military aspects of international security" on the premises of Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service. The project consists of 3 lectures in Russian language by the invited expert, Mr. Alexey A. Kulinich, FEFU Asisstant Professor of International Relations. The first lecture will be started on April, 15, while the concluding round table on the agenda will be held on April, 25.

MUNRFE is happy to invite all interested students and young leaders. If you are interested in participating in this project - join this group in VK.

On March 27, 2015, MUNRFE Delegation to New York National Model UN 2015 (Ms. Victoria Yavorskaya, Ms. Elena Kiseleva, Ms. Olga V. Katina, Ms. Anna Ivanova and Mr. Vitaliy E. Savenkov) was honored to visit the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. The delegates were granted a warm welcoming at the meeting with the World Bank Executive Director from Russia Mr. Andrey S. Lushin, who devoted his time to the delegation and shared about the experience upon his duties in the organization. Mr. Lushin and the delegates also discussed the interaction of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the current functioning of the World Bank worldwide and the future perspectives of the World Bank projects development in Russia. The visit was further followed by the meeting with the Senior Operations Officer in the Office of the Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Region Mr. Marcus Heinz, the Lead Public Sector Specialist Mr. John Ivor Beazley, the Country Program Coordinator for the Russia Federation Ms. Lada Strelkova, and the Program Assistant Ms. Maribel Cherres, who made presentations on the World Bank functions and mechanisms of work, as well as World Bank projects implementation in Russia. The presentations were accompanied by the ongoing discussion with the delegation, which made it more interactive and informative. The World Bank representatives expressed their pleasure hosting MUNRFE delegation and conveyed their hopes for future visits of MUNRFE to the World Bank Headquarters.