Business Platforms of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly at the BRICS+ Forum are dedicated to Economic and Youth Cooperation of Municipal Territories in Eurasian Countries

09/11/2023 16:42

The 5th anniversary International Municipal BRICS+ Forum opened in St. Petersburg. Delegates from 63 countries take part in it. The delegation of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly also began work at business sites. The delegation is headed by the First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Svetlana Smirnova. The Assembly is a partner of the forum and a co-organizer of two events that will take place on November 10: a panel discussion “Cultural practices of rural communities of the BRICS+ countries” and a strategic session “BRICS+: 2030” (Image of the future of BRICS+ through the eyes of youth)

Just a month ago, on the sidelines of the conference “Development of regional cooperation within the BRICS+ countries”, the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly and the BRICS Plus Business Communications Support Foundation signed a Cooperation Agreement.

The document defines formats of cooperation between organizations to provide support and assistance in organizing the annual business “International Municipal BRICS+ Forum”, which is held with the support of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rossotrudnichestvo and the Government of St. Petersburg.

The theme of the anniversary Forum is “At the intersection of past and future: global transformation.” The business program includes 120 events, including expert sessions and sections, plenary sessions, business conferences and panel discussions, master classes, presentations of investment projects and round tables.

Forum objectives: to promote the integration of positive world experience, the implementation of state tasks on the ground, the development of social and economic well-being of municipal territories, the introduction of information, digital and innovative technologies into the everyday activities of large cities in developing countries.

The panel discussion, co-organized by the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, will be dedicated to the cultural practices of rural communities of the BRICS+ countries. (11/10/2023, 10:00–11:30) The event will be moderated by the First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly Svetlana Smirnova.

Speakers:

Yulia Ogloblina - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, leader of the Russian Union of Rural Youth (RF);
Vladimir Lishchuk, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, member of the committee for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (RF);
Sameep Shastri - Vice-President of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, President of Young Leaders of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India);
Oleg Vikhman - Ph.D., Director of the Siberian Research Institute of Automation and Control, Secretary General of the International Council of Russian Germans "Renaissance", Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Migration Policy of the socio-political newspaper "President" (RF);
Nour Nada - Professor at Cairo University, Head of the Representative Office of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly in Egypt, former Minister of Labor (Egypt);
Alexander Rabinovich - President of the World Restaurant Sports Federation (Russia/Israel);
Dinara Utebaeva - Chairman of the PF "Civil Alliance of the Kostanay Region "Grin", member of the Coordination Council for Interaction with NGOs under the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputy of the regional maslikhat, member of the Public Council of the Kostanay Region (Kazakhstan);
Yuri Palamarchuk - Head of the municipal formation Head of the Shcheglovskoye Rural Settlement (RF);
Dilshod Khojaev - Deputy Head of the Navoi Regional Tourism Department (Uzbekistan);
Anastasia Moiseeva - President of the ANO “Common Interest” (RF).

The business session is designed to promote productive dialogue and partnership between municipal communities of the BRICS+ countries, studying the unique experience of implementing cultural practices in rural areas.

A joint search for new solutions, strengthening and developing mutual contacts will help create a general atmosphere of trust and harmony between the peoples of the BRICS+ countries and the whole world.

Also, on November 10, 2023 (12:00-13:30) a strategic session “BRICS+: 2030” (Image of the future of BRICS+ through the eyes of youth) co-organized by the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly will take place.

BRICS+ is a unique, promising platform for multidisciplinary interaction. In connection with the expansion of the geography of the BRICS+ countries, it is necessary to solve large-scale tasks, in the implementation of which young people, who make up the majority of the population in the BRICS+ countries, play an important role.

As part of the strategic session, an image of the future of the BRICS+ countries through the eyes of young people will be formed, and proposals for the implementation of joint youth projects will be worked out.

Representatives of international youth organizations and students from BRICS+ countries will take part in the strategic session.

The moderator of the business platform is Daria Saprynskaya - Co-Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Eurasian Youth Assembly, project manager of the Gorchakov Foundation, researcher at ISAA Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov.

Strat session experts:

Diana Kovela - Deputy Head of the Project Office for International Youth Cooperation “Russia – BRICS” (RF);
Stanislav Korolev - Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, Director of the SCO National Center for Public Diplomacy in Russia, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Analytical Center (RF);
Ruslan Lesovik - Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Advisor to RAAS (RF);
Tegu Imanullah - Chairman of the National Youth Committee of Indonesia "KNPI" in the Russian Federation (Indonesia);
Manu Manikandan - Research scientist at the University of Kerala (India);
Tatyana Seliverstova - Director of the BRICS International Business Forum, Chairman of the Board of the ANO Leaders of International Cooperation (RF);
Ekaterina Serova - Deputy Director of the Arctic Center of the Institute of Northern European and Arctic Studies of Petrozavodsk State University (RF);
Faisal Sofieh - Head of the Union of Syrian Students in St. Petersburg (Syrian Republic);
Himadrish Suwan - Chairman of the Confederation of Young Leaders of India, Director General of the Indian Institute of Management and Leadership, Advisor to the Confederation of Indian Universities (India);
Sameep Shastri - Vice-President of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, President of Young Leaders of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India);
(Egypt).

First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Svetlana Smirnova will address the participants of the strategic session with a welcoming speech.