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Baku hosts int'l conference on volunteering

25 November 2014 17:42 (UTC+04:00)
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.

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