The Forum organized by the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF, Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, SELET Youth Movement and OIC Project Office of Tatarstan provided online trainings and courses for 200 startups from 44 countries since June 2020. The international partners of the Forum were OIC Youth Forum, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation – Rosmolodezh, INNOLAND Incubation & Acceleration Center, Ak Bars Bank and Ejad Labs.
32 successful startups were shortlisted by the international jury of the Forum for participation in the final stage of the Forum – Demo Day held on 1 December 2020 to win the awards in total amount of 20.000 USD.
The Demo Day of the 6th Kazan OIC Youth Entrepreneurship Forum was addressed by:
Opening Ceremony
– Ms. Taliya Minullina, Chief Executive of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency;
– Mr. Elmaddin Mehdiyev, Director General of the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF;
– Mr. Konstantin Kolpakov, Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
– Mr. Taha Ayhan, President of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum;
– Mr. Damir Fattakhov, Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan (RF);
– Mr. Alexander Bugaev, Head of the @Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation;
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Closing Ceremony
– Mr. Emil Khairutdinov, Public Sector Director of Ак Барс Банк;
– Mr. Mammad Karim, Director of the INNOLAND Incubation & Acceleration Center, the Republic of Azerbaijan;
– Mr. Timur Suleymanov, Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan;
– Mr. Alexander Borisov, Director of Kazan IT Park.