Baku hosts int'l conference on volunteering
International Conference "Volunteering as a form of youth
participation in social life" has started in Baku.
The purpose of the conference organized by the Youth and Sports
Ministry and the Azerbaijani office of UNICEF is the development of
volunteering, and expansion of international cooperation of young
people.
The conference, which brought together representatives of youth
organizations of the CIS countries, will focus on the
revitalization of volunteering among young people, promoting human
values and patriotic education of the younger generation, training
of future leaders.
The opening ceremony was addressed by the Deputy Youth and Sports
Minister of Azerbaijan Intigam Babayev, head of UNICEF Azerbaijani
Office Andro Shilakadze, an expert of this international
organization Valery Mitrofanenko.
The conference on the same topic in the coming days will be held in
Ganja, to be attended by youth from 21 regions and cities.