Students of 11 leading Russian universities will become volunteers at KazanForum

Students of 11 leading Russian universities will become volunteers at KazanForum

800 volunteers were selected based on the results of the application campaign of the KazanForum volunteer program. The selection took place in an online and offline format at the Volunteer Recruitment Center at the Volga State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism. In total, more than 1.3 thousand applications were received.

According to the Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan Rinat Sadykov, among the selected volunteers there are about 100 students of 11 leading universities of Russia: MSU, MGIMO (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, MGLU, St. Petersburg State University, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, etc.

"The first stage of volunteer training started on April 20. The training program was developed with the assistance of the Institute of International Relations of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University for deeper immersion of volunteers in the details and specifics of intercultural interaction when communicating with representatives of the OIC countries," the minister said.
According to Rinat Sadykov, about 600 volunteers have already been assigned to their functional areas.

The XIV International Economic Forum "Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum 2023" will be held on May 18-20, 2023. The central venue of the event is the Kazan Expo IEC.
The operator for the preparation and holding of the event is the Roscongress Foundation, the executive directorate of the operator is the ANO Directorate of Sports and Social Projects.