7th Kazan OIC Youth Entrepreneurship Forum launched!

The 7th Kazan OIC Youth Entrepreneurship Forum kicked off today, on 11 June 2021 with the official online Opening Ceremony. The Forum is co-organized by the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF (ICYF-ERC), Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, and “Selet” Youth Organization of Tatarstan in partnership with the INNOLAND Incubation & Acceleration Center of the State Agency for Citizen Services and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, ICYF Secretariat (OIC Youth Forum) and Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Федеральное агентство по делам молодежи / Росмолодежь)

The launching ceremony of the Forum was addressed by H.E. Mr. Timur Suleymanov, First Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, H.E. Mr. Taha Ayhan, President of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), Ms. Tatiana Seliverstova, Deputy Head of Youth Projects and Programmes Directorate of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and Mr. Elmaddin Mehdiyev, Director General of the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF, co-organizer of the Forum.

Among the hundreds of applicants from 41 countries, 135 startups representing 32 countries were selected by an international jury to participate in the Forum. Along with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) the Member States, representatives of non-Member States as the US, UK, Canada, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Lithuania, Venezuela, and Georgia are also participating in the Forum with a view of supporting the Muslim communities out of the #OIC geography and also to create favorable conditions for exchanging experience and knowledge with the youth beyond the OIC geography.

Throughout 7 weeks of training to be conducted by international experts the participants of the Forum will get the necessary skills and practice to develop and present their projects to international investors during the final stage of the Forum – #DemoDay to be held in Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan (RF), on 27-30 July with the participation of official guests and investors. 2 months of distance learning, as well as distance work with mentors will ensure high quality of project readiness for participation in the offline Demo Day as well as effective interaction with potential investors. ... See MoreSee Less

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The 4th Executive Model OIC Online successfully finalized its work on 9 June 2021.

The 4th Executive Model OIC international simulation Conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers organized by the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF (ICYF-ERC) in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası Gənclər və İdman Nazirliyi) was held online, on 9 June 2021. The Conference held under the theme: "The Importance of International Cooperation to achieve Regional Development and Security" successfully finalized its work on 9 June 2021 adopting final resolutions of the Conference as an outcome document.

94 talented youth from 30 countries selected among the participants of the 4th Executive Model OIC online seminars participated in the work of the Conference actively discussing the hot issues on the agenda of the OIC related to International Cooperation in the world. With the aim to increase their diplomatic competencies and in line with the rules and regulations of the Model OIC simulations, they successfully imitated the work of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers and expressed youth vision on certain topics through adopting the relevant resolutions. ... See MoreSee Less

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