For the first time, the Youth Time international youth movement has taken part in the Eurasian Economic Youth Forum (EEYF), which was held in the Urals State Economics University (USEU) in Yekaterinburg from 14^th to 18^th May. The Forum brought together over 1,500 participants from all over the world, with guests of honour including the ambassadors of Ecuador, Peru, and Benin. Members of the Youth Time delegation delivered a presentation to the Forum on the movement’s key initiatives and projects, shared their experience of supporting social projects and were directly involved in the competition programme as members of the jury and Forum experts. The delegation was led by Pavel Kamynin, head of Youth Time’s Moscow office. On 15^th May, he spoke to the Forum about the movement’s main objectives, the Rhodes Youth Forum, a new initiative called “New Paradigm in Education”, which the audience found most interesting, and other Youth Time projects. There was also a round table discussion of the future of online education and the impact of the new media. The issue of the role played by social networks in everyday communication generated a heated debate in the hall.

On 16^th May, Kamynin also spoke as a member of the expert jury in the volunteer projects competition, which was held for the first time as part of the Civil Initiatives Congress within the EEYF programme. Kamynin made particular mention of a project to hold a volunteer scientific and practical conference in Yekaterinburg and expressed his hope for future collaboration with them. The Youth Time delegates also spoke on the topic of international trade in financial services as part of the Forum’s WTO module.

At an exhibition of the nations of the world, organized in honour of the Forum, Youth Time presented its magazines and books. Visitors to the exhibition were attracted by the opportunity to contribute to Youth Time’s publications, to enter interviews with successful local entrepreneurs in a competition and to talk about their projects.

“We were delighted to accept the invitation from the EEYF and to send a delegation to the frontier between Europe and Asia to seek out new talent”, said Youth Time president Julia Kinash on the eve of the trip. “Even our most optimistic expectations were met”, said Kamynin at the end of his visit to Yekaterinburg. In his thank-you speech during a ceremonial Friendship Ball, held in the USEU Culture Centre on 16^th May, the head of the delegation noted not only the warm reception they had received, but also the positive changes taking place in the life of Russian youth: “It’s very nice to see such a big rise in the level of political and economic awareness, knowledge and understanding of social responsibility and of the English language”.

The Youth Time representatives invited young people from the Urals and the Forum participants to take part in the Rhodes Youth Forum. The movement is also hoping to continue fruitful collaboration with the Forum in the future. 

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International Movement Youth Time Movement is glad to announce that application submission deadline for the Rhodes Youth Forum IV Annual Session is extended to the 1^st of June 2013.

Everyone who is interested to participate in the event but for some reasons could not manage to prepare all the necessary materials yet, there is still some time left for you to do it.

Please note that project is required for participation in the forum. Applications submitted without a detailed description of the project will not be accepted.

Deadline is extended only once. After the 1^st of June registration for the forum will be permanently closed.

The Rhodes Youth Forum is an international discussion platform in which young people from all over the world can meet and contemplate over current issues that today's youth faces. The most active and creative of them will get an opportunity to present their projects that are aimed at solving these problems and get a financial grant for their implementation. Last year, around $30,000 was provided to each of the three winners for implementation of their projects. This time YT hopes to increase that amount.

This year applicants can submit projects in the following fields: Media and Internet Projects; Social and Volunteering Projects; Infrastructure and Logistic Projects; Preservation of the Cultural Identity and Traditional Values in a Global World Projects.

Those who pass through the Stage 1 (application submission), which ends on the 1^st June, will get an invitation to the Rhodes Youth Forum, which will be held from the 29^th September to the 1^st October in Greece, and will get a chance to win a grant.

To attend the forum and compete for a financial grant, applicants have to:

1) Fill out an application form http://bit.ly/13X3oR2, project brief form http://bit.ly/ZDusw2, and detailed project description http://bit.ly/10BSjPl

2) Write a CV
3) Send all the forms and a CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We invite talented young social project coordinators, young intellectuals, researchers, and experts to join us!

Find more information about the forum and applications here http://youth-time.org/ryf-2013

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Open Lecture by Tomio Okamura from Youth Time on Vimeo.

Under the auspices of "Education of My Dream" project Youth Time, Association "Dialogue Franco-Russe" and the Faculty of Political Science of the Lomonosov Moscow State University organized an open lecture, where Prof Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean of HEC Paris School of Management, was invited as a key speaker.

There were no free places in the auditorium. More than 300 participants were welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science Prof Andrey Shutov. He emphasized the importance of the agreements about cooperation with HEC Paris School of Management, which were worked out during this event.

"Today this school became number one in Europe. One distinguishing feature of the school is special attention to the creation of leadership features in young professionals and specialists", - Dr Vladimir Yakunin, Head of the State Policy Department, said while introducing the speaker to students. "Professor stated that a leader cannot be made in school. A leader can be created by the effectiveness of his professional life. But to give proper orientation for the young professionals, the way to success in his life - that the responsibility of this school and its teachers".
Ms Julia Kinash, the President of the Youth Time International Movement, that was the organizer of this lecture, introduced the students to several current projects. Firstly, the Rhodes Youth Forum, where young people from different countries can present their social projects and get support for their realization. The second project called "New Paradigm of Education" is dedicated directly to the education. The mission of this initiative is to expand youth possibilities to play a constructive role in changing the educational paradigm and empowering young leaders on education that can fill and enrich all strands of our societies. At the end of her intervention Ms Kinash invited students and representatives of the Lomonosov Moscow State University to join this project and participate in the International Youth Forum "New Paradigm of Education - European Dialogue" that will take place 26-27 November 2013 in Paris (France).
Dean Ramanantsoa told youth about France's experience of keeping its positions as one of leading economies in the world. Students asked their questions to the guest.
As a result of the lecture was not only new knowledge for its participants but the agreement about cooperation between two well-known educational institutions as well. All participants were given by the latest issue of the Youth Time Magazine and info materials.

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