Menu Version for the visually impaired

The Volunteer Day is celebrated today in Russia

05.12.2017

The Volunteer Day is celebrated today in Russia. The holiday was officially established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on November 27, 2017.

On December 4, 2017, within the framework of the All-Russian Volunteer Forum timed this date, the panel discussion «The Generation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Involving Youth in the Implementation of the Agenda 2030» took place. The key objective of the meeting was the discussion of the UN youth policy, as well as the role of youth in transformation of the goals of sustainable development into concrete and comprehensive actions.

Participants of the panel discussion were leaders and activists of public organizations and projects, volunteers of «silver» age, regional coordinators of all-Russian movements, part out of the 2000 Forums’ guests. During the first part of the meeting, the head of the NGOs Division of the Department of the International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabokon; UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries Viney Patrick Saldana; deputy head of the All-Russian Rescue Students’ Corps, Elizaveta Moskovkina; member of the board of the European Youth Forum Ville Mayama addressed them.

The second part of the panel discussion was devoted to the youth projects discussion. The moderator was the head of the International Programs Department of the National Youth Council of Russia Olga Nilova. The youth envoys of the SDG of Russia from the set of 2017-2018 shared their opinion on the topic of the agenda by discussing key issues in the «free microphone» format with the guests. In the course of the discussion, the key emphasis was placed on the fact that it is youth that is the driving force of changes in the field of sustainable development.

It is to be reminded that the event was held in the framework of the All-Russian Forum of Volunteers and was organized by the Association of NGOs «National Youth Council of Russia».