Today, the II Youth Forum of the CIS and the EAEU starts its work on the site of the federal territory “Sirius”.

The event is aimed at the wide involvement of young entrepreneurs and professional youth in the processes of Eurasian integration and its popularization, the creation of new opportunities for self-realization of the younger generation, according to the website of the Roscongress Foundation.

The program of the forum includes a plenary and a number of strategic sessions, which provide for the development of initiatives in the field of youth entrepreneurship and its support from government authorities, as well as a Business Breakfast for Youth with members of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS and the EAEU.

In addition to Russia, the event is attended by young people from 7 countries - Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Cuba as an observer state in the EAEU. Among them are start-up entrepreneurs interested in finding business partners, young civil servants from the CIS and EAEU countries, students, as well as representatives of the governments of the CIS and EAEU countries, heads of educational institutions and other specialized organizations.

Their initiatives concern not only entrepreneurship, but also, for example, strategies for promoting the EAEU brand and programs for mutual professional internships for young people.

The organizer of the II Youth Forum of the CIS and the EAEU, the results of which will be summed up on June 9, is the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) with the support of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the CIS Executive Committee.