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The World Festival of Youth and Students was discussed at the Council of Europe

20.10.2016

The meeting of the Steering Committee for Youth and the Joint Council on Youth took place at the European Youth Centre, in Strasbourg, on October 17-19. President of the National Youth Council of Russia, Chairperson of the National Preparatory Committee for the World Festival of Youth and Students Gregory Petushkov represented the Russian Federation at the meeting.
As Petushkov noted, an important place in both sessions will take the presentation of the World Festival of Youth and Students.
«Council of Europe’s work on youth policy has been ongoing for over 40 years. I believe our cooperation and implementation of projects in this area is very productive. The activities of this organization are based on the ideals and principles of freedom and democracy that corresponds to the principles of the forthcoming World Festival of Youth and Students — for peace, friendship and solidarity! Due to the current Framework Program of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Council of Europe in the field of youth policy and the upcoming global youth event, which will be held in Russia in 2017, for us it is important that our colleagues will be involved in the preparation for the festival, in the formation of the program and national delegations”, — he noted.
The Steering Committee consisted of representatives of the youth organizations and representatives of the relevant state authorities on youth policy of the Council of Europe member states. Note that with the support of the Council of Europe, the National Council works with a number of projects, including the International Youth Camp «Dialogue», which took place this autumn for the eighth time.
The Russian Federation joined the Council of Europe on February 28, 1996, and it ratified the European Convention on Human Rights on March 30, 1998. You can read more about the framework program here http://youthrussia.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Signed-FP-RF-CE_Rus-2014-2018-.pdf

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