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A few days after the announcement of its International Volunteer Project from the United Nations Headquarters in New York, delegates from Save the Dream joined a host of global experts and game changers during the International Volunteer Forum in Russia for a thought provoking panel discussion on “Volunteers and Wide-Scale Events: New Opportunities”
The four-day forum, which brought together over 15,000 world leaders, members and representatives of volunteer and charity organisations and civil activists marked on Wednesday the conclusion of the Year of the Volunteer.
On December 6, 2017, President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the year 2018 to be the Year of Volunteer in the Russian Federation. The session on “Volunteers and Wide-Scale Events: New Opportunities” included discussions of the successful implementation of the 2018 World Cup volunteer programme. This is expected to be replicated during the championships scheduled in Qatar and Olympics in Tokyo.
Participating in the panel discussion were, Artem Metelev, Chairman of the Council of the Association of Volunteer Centers, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Bahruz Balayev, Leader of the Save the Dream volunteers programme, Nadezhda Anisovets, Head of the Volunteer Department, Cultural and Educational Programmes of the “Directorate of the II European Games of 2019” Foundation, Ulyana Kolesnikova, Head of the Volunteer Department of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organisation “Executive Directorate of the XXIX World Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk”, Dmitry Kartashov, First Deputy Director, Roscongress Foundation and Tatyana Gomzyakova, Director of the Volunteer Department of the Organising Committee “Russia – 2018.”
Speaking of Save the Dream’s overall mission promoting and protecting the values of sport in young people, and the role of volunteerism, Dr. Bahruz Balayev said: “Sport volunteerism has grown to become a form of global citizenship and has overcome the borders of nations. We have to concentrate on mobility of volunteers now, while the momentum is growing”
During the event, Dr. Balayev met with Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia, and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Year of Volunteer in Russia. Future cooperation on volunteer programmes, involvement of volunteers from Russia and support were discussed. During the meeting, Kiriyenko noted that 14 million Russians have volunteered in 2018, double the number last year. The World Cup in Russia saw a rise of the number of sport volunteers.
It was also discussed that a programme to increase the mobility of volunteers is planned to be implemented to further encourage volunteer participation during the organisation of major sporting events that will be held in Russia and abroad from 2019 to 2024.
DOHA
A few days after the announcement of its International Volunteer Project from the United Nations Headquarters in New York, delegates from Save the Dream joined a host of global experts and game changers during the International Volunteer Forum in Russia for a thought provoking panel discussion on “Volunteers and Wide-Scale Events: New Opportunities”
The four-day forum, which brought together over 15,000 world leaders, members and representatives of volunteer and charity organisations and civil activists marked on Wednesday the conclusion of the Year of the Volunteer.
On December 6, 2017, President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the year 2018 to be the Year of Volunteer in the Russian Federation. The session on “Volunteers and Wide-Scale Events: New Opportunities” included discussions of the successful implementation of the 2018 World Cup volunteer programme. This is expected to be replicated during the championships scheduled in Qatar and Olympics in Tokyo.
Participating in the panel discussion were, Artem Metelev, Chairman of the Council of the Association of Volunteer Centers, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Bahruz Balayev, Leader of the Save the Dream volunteers programme, Nadezhda Anisovets, Head of the Volunteer Department, Cultural and Educational Programmes of the “Directorate of the II European Games of 2019” Foundation, Ulyana Kolesnikova, Head of the Volunteer Department of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organisation “Executive Directorate of the XXIX World Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk”, Dmitry Kartashov, First Deputy Director, Roscongress Foundation and Tatyana Gomzyakova, Director of the Volunteer Department of the Organising Committee “Russia – 2018.”
Speaking of Save the Dream’s overall mission promoting and protecting the values of sport in young people, and the role of volunteerism, Dr. Bahruz Balayev said: “Sport volunteerism has grown to become a form of global citizenship and has overcome the borders of nations. We have to concentrate on mobility of volunteers now, while the momentum is growing”
During the event, Dr. Balayev met with Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia, and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Year of Volunteer in Russia. Future cooperation on volunteer programmes, involvement of volunteers from Russia and support were discussed. During the meeting, Kiriyenko noted that 14 million Russians have volunteered in 2018, double the number last year. The World Cup in Russia saw a rise of the number of sport volunteers.
It was also discussed that a programme to increase the mobility of volunteers is planned to be implemented to further encourage volunteer participation during the organisation of major sporting events that will be held in Russia and abroad from 2019 to 2024.
