Call for participant`s applications to the 5th Youth Kyiv Security Forum

The Open Ukraine Foundation offers you to become a member of one of the largest youth forums in Ukraine - the 5th Youth Kyiv Security Forum. 

Youth Kyiv Security Forum is the platform for discussion of current issues of international relations and foreign policy of Ukraine by young leaders. 

For participation in the Forum, we invite leaders aged from 22 to 35 who:

• have achieved a significant progress in education, politics, public sector, public activities and in the sphere of international relations;
• have an active citizenship;
• refer to matters of state, international relations, education, security;
• have a good command of English;
• are open to find new contents and decisions.

Participation in the Forum is free and on the competitive basis. Travel costs are covered by the participants, accommodation and meals covered by the organizers.

To participate in the Forum, please follow the link and fill the registration form:https://goo.gl/forms/qetsSEf0MDvoW5Fq1. The deadline for applications is 16^th January 2017. 

The announcement of the results is 23^th January2017.

Working languages of the Forum are Ukrainian and English.

The Forum will be held on 09^th – 10^th February 2017.

More information about the Forum you may find following the link: http://openukraine.org/ua/programs/international-dialogue/youth-kyiv-security-forum

Photos of the 4^th Youth Kyiv Security Forum you may find following the link:http://openukraine.org/ua/media/photogallery/193-4-ij-kijivsykij-bezpekovij-forum-dlya-molodi

If you have any questions, please contact the Program Assistant of the Foundation Ms. Alina Maslo by the phone (044) 40 220 18, (067) 214 34 62 or by e-mail [email protected].

PARTNERS OF THE FORUM:

NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine (NIDC) was established in May 1997, on the eve of signing the NATO-Ukraine Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, which serves as the founding document for the relationship between NATO and Ukraine. The NIDC is part of the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and was the first information office established by NATO in a Partner country. More information about the Center can be found at following link:http://www.nato.int/cps/uk/natolive/topics_64610.htm

The International Renaissance Foundation is one of the largest charitable organization in Ukraine. It was established by investor and philanthropist George Soros. The Foundation’s mission is to foster an open, participatory, pluralist society based on democratic values in Ukraine. More information about the Foundation can be found at following link: http://www.irf.ua/

Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central executive power to form and implement the national policy in the youth sphere, the sphere of physical culture and sports. The Minister is Igor Zhdanov. Official Site of the Ministry: http://dsmsu.gov.ua/

Friedrich Ebert Foundation is the oldest political foundation in Germany, that has a rich social-democratic tradition from the date of its founding in 1925. The Foundation was founded as a political testament of Friedrich Ebert, the first president of Germany who was democratically elected, and whose name the Foundation was called after. The key activity of political Foundation is implementing the fundamental ideals and values of social democracy: freedom, justice, and solidarity. More about the activity of the Foundation in Ukraine you may find following the link: http://fes.kiev.ua/n/cms/13/