Summit of Youth Russian and EU Leaders
«The Summit of Youth Russian and EU Leaders» took place in St. Petersburg 22–29 April in 2007 and was organized by the International Youth Diplomacy League and the Foundation for Democracy with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the European Commission, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Government of St. Petersburg, number of General Consulates and Embassies of the European Union, the St. Petersburg branch of LLC «Business Russia», the Council of Rectors in St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg State University Faculty of International Relations.
The participants of the Summit were the leaders of the non-profit organizations who work with young people, the leaders of the youth organizations from different regions of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Krasnodar Territory, The Republic of Mari EL, Vladivostok, Omsk, Volgograd, Ivanovo, Novosibirsk) and various EU countries (Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Finland).
The result of the summit is the program developed and adopted by the joint projects of the public organizations of Russian Federation and the EU to implement the «road map» for the common space science and education, including cultural aspects between EU and Russia.
Program 2008–2011
The Summit was attended by the experts and observers:
- Dmitry Polyansky — Head of the European Union Cooperation Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Taneli Lahti — The head of the Political Sector of the European Commission to Russia
- Vladimir Vasiliev — President of the Council of Rectors of Saint-Petersburg
- Igor Lonsky – Deputy Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg, Head of International Cooperation
- Elgiz Kachaev — Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of «Business Russia»
- Bernd Braun — the Consul General of Germany in St. Petersburg,
- William Elliott — British Consul General in St. Petersburg,
- Anna Myslova — Head of Policy, Protocol and Public Relations of the British Consulate in St. Petersburg.
The program has received official support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Administration of Russia and adopted for implementation in the framework of the «road map» for the common space science and education, including cultural aspects between the EU and Russia.
List of participants of the summit:
- Elena Gorshkov-Salonranta — National Student Union of Finland,
- Lasse Männiste — National Student Union of Finland,
- arkko Seppälä — National Student Union of Finland,
- Erin Hoekstra — the organization «Peacemaker», UK,
- Virinder Singh Kalra — the organization «Peacemaker», UK,
- Ursula Basin — Board of Education and Cultural Citizenship (Council for Education and World Citizenship), Kingston University, London, UK
- Roman Vittsko — Youth Department of the Italian branch of the European People’s Party, Italy,
- Eugene Filicheva — Association of Russian and German economists «Dialog», Germany,
- Kseniia Khoruzhnikova — International Youth Diplomacy League, Russia, St. Petersburg,
- Timothy Kunitsky — International Youth Diplomacy League, Russia, St. Petersburg,
- Lilia Vlasova — The Foundation for Democracy, Russia, Moscow,
- Eugene Lampadova — Fund «Focus Media», Moscow, Russia,
- Anna Kochineva — Fund «Focus Media», Moscow, Russia,
- Sergei Kosogor — «Russian Agrarian Movement — RAD», Russia, Krasnodar,
- Ivan Krisanov — Community Youth Council with the mayor of Ivanovo, Russia, Ivanovo,
- Natalia Martynova — non-profit association «Far East Model United Nations», Russia, Vladivostok,
- Andrei Sergeev — Nizhny Novgorod Volunteer Service, Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod,
- Roman Simdyanov — NGO «Support», Russia, Yoshkar-Ola,
- Sergei Dozhdikov — NGO «Support», Russia, Yoshkar-Ola,
- Tatyana Voronina — Russian Union of Youth (Omsk Branch), Omsk, Russia,
- Elena Fedorovich — Public Organization «Teachers' Initiative», Russia, St. Petersburg,
- Natalia Valyuk — Public Organization «Teachers' Initiative», Russia, St. Petersburg,
- Alex Volotsky — regional organization «Status», Russia, Volgograd.
League thanks all participants of the Summit and our partners:
- Lilia Vlasova
- Yana Alexandrova
- Svetlana Varfolomeeva
- Sergey Krivobokov
- Timofey Kunitsky
- Catherine Lesovaya
- Taisiya Obraztsova
- Irina Petrova
- Alexei Pogodin
- Nicholay Sirotchenko
- Ksenia Khoruzhnikova
- Natalya Chernykh
- Anastasia Chikalyuk
- Elena Yarmanova