In 2020, Tatarstan will host the International Congress of Rural Youth
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan informs that in 2020 the International Congress of Rural Youth will be held in Tatarstan. The Agrarian Youth Association of Tatarstan, which received a grant from the President of the Russian Federation in the amount of 3.6 million rubles, will organize the event.
“The Congress will become a platform for dialogue, networking and the exchange of experience in the development of rural areas between initiative children involved in the development of youth policy in the countryside, young entrepreneurs, representatives of local governments, young specialists in the agricultural sector,” the Agrarian Youth Association noted.
The Congress is scheduled for February 2020 and will bring together at least 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and 20 participating countries (CIS countries and the Council of Europe), some of which have already confirmed their participation.
In total, the youth initiatives of Tatarstan won presidential grants totaling 17.3 million rubles. Note that according to the results of the second competition this year, more than 2.1 thousand non-profit organizations became winners.
The results were summed up at a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Competition for the Grants of the President of the Russian Federation. In total, NGOs from all regions of the country claimed support - 9073 projects were submitted to the competition.