The General Assembly of the European Youth Forum, an organization uniting more than 100 of youth NGOs in Europe, passed on November 17 — 19, 2016 in Varna, Bulgaria. The Russian Federation was represented by the National Youth Council of Russia, the member organization of the Forum, and its’ Deputy Chairman Lukyana Suvorova and coordinator of international programs Alexander Bolotnov.
As the founder of the National Preparatory Committee of the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, that will be held in Sochi in 2017, the National Youth Council of Russia organized a thematic area dedicated to WFYS. The representatives of the National Youth Council of Europe, as well as pan-European youth organizations attended it.
Also, participants developed their own proposals in the following areas of possible cooperation there: the European Youth Forum and its member organizations in the Festival program, the role of youth organizations of Europe in the promotion of the Festival at the national and European level, as well as the process of setting of foreign participants and other ideas.
The results of the thematic platforms and participants developed proposals were presented at the general meeting of the plenary session of the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum on November 19.
