MUNRFE at the first Eastern Youth Economic Forum
The Third Eastern Economic Forum had a big number of achievements, but one of them directly involved the younger generation. For the first time in Russia, the Economic Forum attended by the President of Russian Federation is featured by the Youth Platform. On September 1-5, 2017, MUNRFE had a privilege to actively take part in the Eastern Youth Economic Forum (EYEF) hosted by Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The event, which gathered more than 400 people from all over Russian Far East, was organized by Far Eastern Federal University, the Secretariat of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, and the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East. The leadership of the EYEF on behalf of FEFU included the Deputy Vice-President Ms. Elena Kharisova as the EYEF Supervisor, and MUNRFE Governing Council Chairman Mr. Vitaly Savenkov, who successfully performed the duties of the EYEF Program Director. The Plenary Session on September 5 was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Mr. Yury Trutnev, the governors of the Far Eastern Federal District regions, Deputy Ministers for the Development of the Russian Far East, the heads of the specialized agencies and funds, the top business and civil society representatives.
The main aim of the EYEF was to install the youth into the Russian Far East Development Agenda. For this reason the Organizing Committee has called upon the brightest young fellows for all 9 Russian Far East regions with a particular interest in the following spheres: advanced special economic zones and Free Port of Vladivostok, Far Eastern Hectare Program, Demography and Human Resources, Socially-oriented NGO, and technological entrepreneurship. Those five spheres constituted the core EYEF tracks supported by the leading EYEF partners: Far East Human Capital Development Agency, Far East Development Corporation, Far East Development Foundation, as well as the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Besides that, the EYEF featured the meetings with the following officials: Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Mr. Pavel M. Volkov, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for the Far Eastern Federal District Mr. Vladimir V. Solodov, and FEFU Interim President Dr. Nikita Yu. Anisimov. Remarkably, the following MUNRFE members from Vladivostok and Blagoveshchensk Club had a wonderful opportunity to participate in the Forum: Mr. Andrew Moon, Mr. Egor Klimovich, Ms. Polina Varfolomeeva, Ms. Ekaterina Zamulina, Ms. Anastasia Klopova, and Ms. Kristina Nozhnyuk. As the result of the EYEF the vision of the youth towards the Russian Far East Development was framed and presented at the EYEF Plenary Session, and is going to be implemented in the field up until the Eastern Youth Economic Forum 2018.