On 28 May, 2023, the next national stage of the International Debate Championship of Eurasian Muslim Countries, organized by the Eurasian Regional Center of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (#ICYFERC) and the "Debates in Civil Society" Public Union (DVC), has finalized its work at Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC Azərbaycan Dövlət İqtisad Universiteti) with the participation of 60 students from different universities of Azerbaijan.

The main topic of the two-day debate championship, held in Azerbaijani and English languages, was “The presence of multicultural values in society is the main factor preventing Islamophobia".

Among the talented 22 teams participating in this competition, 16 were Azerbaijani and the rest 6 were English speaking teams.

Young debaters actively participated in the rounds, exchanging opinions and information, broadened their horizons and developed their worldview.

Exclusively, the championship will create a chance for the best debaters to represent Azerbaijan in the International Debate Championship, which will be held in one of the Central Asian countries.

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On May 27-28, the next national stage of the International Debate Championship of Eurasian Muslim Countries was held at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics with the participation of 60 students from different universities of Azerbaijan, organized by the Eurasian Regional Center of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (#ICYFERC) and the "Debates in Civil Society" Public Union ( DVC ).

As is known, the debate championships have been held in Azerbaijan and a number of other Eurasian countries for two years on the initiative of the ICYF-ERC. This year's debate championships are dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Azerbaijan's national leader #HeydarAliyev, and the main purpose is to contribute to the improvement of public speaking, communication and leadership skills of young people, as well as to achieve the recognition of Heydar Aliyev's personality in a wider audience.

The teams and young people, distinguished by their special talents and abilities, as well as, the winners will be awarded medals, cash, and special gifts.

The main goals of the debate championships are to develop the debating culture and skills of young people living in the Eurasian space, to increase their leadership and representation abilities, and to contribute to the activities of #young people in the social and political sphere.

The ICYF-ERC plans to hold this project in a number of Eurasian countries during 2023.

📄More: icyf-erc.org/press-releases/a-debate-championship-was-held-on-multicultural-values-in-the-fight-a...

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The Kazan Model OIC, jointly organized by the Academy of Youth Diplomacy, Tatarstan Republic Youth Social Fund “SELET” and the Eurasian Regional Center of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF-ERC), took place on 25–27 May, 2023.

There were three committees: the Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS), the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) and the Independent Permanent Human Rights Council.

The model aimed at bringing youth together, learning and sharing culture, identifying and solving existing problems in the proposed themes and forming committees on various issues.

At the opening ceremony welcoming speeches were made by:

Mr. Vusal Gurbanov - Acting Director General at the ICYF-ERC;
Ms. Aigul Gabdrakhmanova - Director of Youth Center Selet;
Ms. Dilbar Sadykova - Chairwoman of the Academy of Youth Diplomacy.

Participants later took part at the networking session. There were 50 delegates and bureau members representing countries such as Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and so on.

The closing ceremony and awarding ceremony was attended by guest experts:

Ms. Jannat Mingazova - Modest Fashion expert, stylist and organiser of Fashion Iftar Modest Fashion Shows;

Mr. Ilsur Nafikov - Associate Professor at KFU's Graduate School of International Relations and Oriental Studies, PhD in History.

🏆Here is the list of the best delegates:

Ms. Luiza Karimova - Delegate of Indonesia (ICESCO);

Ms. Alsu Mustafina, delegate from Palestine (Committee: Independant Permanent Human Rights Council);

Ms. Anna Gasanova, delegate of Sudan (Committee: Islamic Organisation for Food Security).

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