🤝 Our friends at the Gorchakov Fund have opened applications for an international round table on youth cooperation

The Youth Council of the Republic of Srpska, with grant support from the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, invites young professionals, representatives of civil society organizations, and volunteers to take part in the international round table “Youth of the Balkans and Russia: Public Diplomacy and Volunteering.”

The programme will focus on the exchange of experience between Russian and Balkan organizations, the development of public diplomacy and volunteering, and new formats for international youth cooperation.

🗓 September 27–28
📍 Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The programme includes:
🔵 presentations by Russian and Balkan organizations and an exchange of best practices;
🔵 expert lectures and working sessions on developing joint projects;
🔵 discussions on new youth and volunteer initiatives;
🔵 building long-term international partnerships and signing memoranda of cooperation;
🔵 a cultural programme.

Who can apply?
🔹 representatives of youth and civil society organizations working in international cooperation and public diplomacy;
🔹 students and professionals in international relations, political science, economics, international law, and history;
🔹 volunteers and participants in volunteer initiatives.

Participants should be 18–35 years old; for certain categories, the age limit is 45.

➡️ Apply here by September 5.

More information on participation requirements is available on the Gorchakov Fund website.