The Federal Agency for Youth Affairs has summed up the results of the Rosmolodezh. Grants Microgrants up to 100,000 Rubles contest. 295 projects from 68 Russian regions are recommended for awarding grants totally estimated in 26,074,000 rubles. One of the winners is a second-year student of the Institute of Philology and Journalism, an activist of the Council of Undergraduates and Postgraduates Maria Khristoforova. She won a microgrant in the Inspire nomination to implement her project titled The Events Workshop.

The applications for the competition were accepted from July 5 to 26 via the Youth of Russia AIS in 15 nominations: #create_opportunities; #develop_the_environment; #unite; #protect; #get_rid_of_the_borders; #preserve_the_nature; #move_communities; #inspire; #take_care; #discover_the_country; #be_healthy; #remember; #speak_about_the_essentials; #WEARETOGETHER; and #You_are_not_alone.

A total of 4,561 applications have been submitted from young people aged 14 – 35 years. Representatives of 84 regions of Russia took part in the competition. The largest number of applications were submitted in the following nominations: #inspire – 580, #be_healthy – 474, and  #create_opportunities – 442 applications.

‘My project is called The Events Workshop. It is an educational platform that is aimed at developing personal qualities in student self-government of the university. Its goal is to teach students who are trying their hand at organising events. The forum programme will last for two days. We are going to hold educational lectures, entertaining master classes, and meetings with experts who have experience in this area. The students will be able to understand that everyone can create events if they have enough knowledge in this area. The participants will acquire useful skills to implement their own ideas,’ Maria said.