Russian Youth Take Best Practices on the Road
The USAID-supported Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP) organized a Youth Empowerment Road Show for May 17-18, 2008 in Petrozavodsk to showcase the winners of a national contest for the best youth-driven projects being implemented across Russia. Organizations highlighted included Children’s Community Legal Center, Starting a Business, Student Consulting Center for the Elderly, Student Legal Bureau, School for Young Debaters, and Youth Bank.
More than 60 participants representing youth groups from different parts of Karelia attended the event with the intent to replicate the presented models in their own region. The Vice-Mayor of Petrozavodsk and representatives of city and regional level government youth committees also attended and expressed interest in adapting best practices in Karelia.
The Petrozavodsk event was the first of seven YDCP presentations to be conducted throughout Russia. Future events will be held in Stavropol Krai and the regions of Irkutsk, Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Tambov and Tyumen.
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| Teens YDCP’s Youth Empowerment Road Show in Petrozavodsk. |
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