Friends for Leadership to Take Part in SPIEF
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is traditionally a platform that attracts new projects and ideas and shapes development trends in the era of global transformations. The SPIEF 2018 resulted in the establishment of a permanent network of young leaders from leading countries around the world – the Global Network of Leadership and Entrepreneurship – and the foundation was also laid for creating a decentralized network for young leaders to work at an individual level. This year the Forum will once again open its doors to young leaders and entrepreneurs as part of the special Friends for Leadership programme.
The programme participants will form a permanent international pool of young people from different countries who are involved in promoting multilateral economic and humanitarian projects. This community will help to attract new ideas, projects, and technologies to Russia and countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in some of the most important areas. A series of events will also be held with foreign partners at global sites using the resources and opportunities of the pool of young leaders as well as the Roscongress Foundation and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, which acted as a partner in inviting half of the programme participants to the SPIEF as part of the New Generation programme.
Over a few days at the SPIEF, the programme participants will hold a series of sessions as part of the main Forum programme as well as the Building Trust platform: ‘Young Leaders in an Era of Global Transformation. Cooperation for Sustainable Development’, ‘Friends of Social Entrepreneurship’, ‘Friends of Technologies’, ‘Friends of Education’, ‘Friends of Cities’, and ‘Friends of Sustainable Development’. In addition, delegates will take part in a brainstorming session as part of Friends for Leadership projects, and at the end of the forum will be able to attend the ‘Russia–U.S. Honest Dialogue’ meeting.
Delegates are expected to include participants from different countries of BRICS, the SCO, and the EU as well as Switzerland, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Croatia, Indonesia, Singapore, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Argentina, Algeria, and Nigeria.
The Friends for Leadership project is expected to become an annual event, and international expert groups (‘Friends of Cities’, ‘Friends of Science’, etc.) will carry out work beyond the main Roscongress forums and also hold meetings abroad, for example at the sites of Russian Science and Culture Centres. In particular, a visiting session of the ‘Friends of Cities’ was already held at the Russian Science and Culture Centre in New Delhi on 12–13 March.
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is traditionally a platform that attracts new projects and ideas and shapes development trends in the era of global transformations. The SPIEF 2018 resulted in the establishment of a permanent network of young leaders from leading countries around the world – the Global Network of Leadership and Entrepreneurship – and the foundation was also laid for creating a decentralized network for young leaders to work at an individual level. This year the Forum will once again open its doors to young leaders and entrepreneurs as part of the special Friends for Leadership programme.
The programme participants will form a permanent international pool of young people from different countries who are involved in promoting multilateral economic and humanitarian projects. This community will help to attract new ideas, projects, and technologies to Russia and countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in some of the most important areas. A series of events will also be held with foreign partners at global sites using the resources and opportunities of the pool of young leaders as well as the Roscongress Foundation and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, which acted as a partner in inviting half of the programme participants to the SPIEF as part of the New Generation programme.
Over a few days at the SPIEF, the programme participants will hold a series of sessions as part of the main Forum programme as well as the Building Trust platform: ‘Young Leaders in an Era of Global Transformation. Cooperation for Sustainable Development’, ‘Friends of Social Entrepreneurship’, ‘Friends of Technologies’, ‘Friends of Education’, ‘Friends of Cities’, and ‘Friends of Sustainable Development’. In addition, delegates will take part in a brainstorming session as part of Friends for Leadership projects, and at the end of the forum will be able to attend the ‘Russia–U.S. Honest Dialogue’ meeting.
Delegates are expected to include participants from different countries of BRICS, the SCO, and the EU as well as Switzerland, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Croatia, Indonesia, Singapore, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Argentina, Algeria, and Nigeria.
The Friends for Leadership project is expected to become an annual event, and international expert groups (‘Friends of Cities’, ‘Friends of Science’, etc.) will carry out work beyond the main Roscongress forums and also hold meetings abroad, for example at the sites of Russian Science and Culture Centres. In particular, a visiting session of the ‘Friends of Cities’ was already held at the Russian Science and Culture Centre in New Delhi on 12–13 March.
