From June 7 to 9, 2023, the II Youth Forum of the CIS and the EAEU was held on the federal territory "Sirius" (Sochi, Russian Federation). The forum is dedicated to the development of economic cooperation between the EAEU states, the involvement of young entrepreneurs and youth of the EAEU states in the processes of Eurasian integration, the creation of new opportunities for self-realization of the younger generation. As part of the Belarusian delegation, the forum was attended by a representative of the Polessky State University - Ustimchuk Alyona Vladimirovna, assistant of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports, post-graduate student, methodologist of the Faculty of Additional Education. On June 7, the solemn opening of the forum took place with the participation of the First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Gennadievich Bakhanovich. The forum program included strategic and thematic sessions, master classes, business games, and a cultural program from the Krasnodar Territory. Alena Vladimirovna, as part of the team, took an active part in the work of the strategic session, where initiatives were developed for the development of youth entrepreneurship, solutions and ways to overcome existing barriers were developed. An important event was the "Business Breakfast", where the participants presented the developed initiatives to the vice-premiers of the CIS and EAEU countries. The participants were addressed by: M.V. Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation; K.D. Razuvaeva, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs; M.V. Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission; S.N. Lebedev, Secretary General of the CIS; heads of youth delegations - deputy ministers of youth departments of the CIS countries and the EAEU, including Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus I.V. Petrishenko. Events of this nature make it possible to build strong ties between young representatives of partner countries and jointly develop an action program for mutual development.
