2013 SU Update: Winners of Up! Project receive Internships

KAZAN – The awarding ceremony of the Up! Contest took place on Tuesday, November 16th, within the framework of the Republican Youth Forum. The Project ran from November 8th to 12th, 2010.

Seven entrants of the project were granted special internship certificates by Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Committee Vladimir Leonov who served as a juror at the contest. The certificates enable the holders to have an internship in the Volunteers Department and the Department of Culture of the Kazan 2013 Office.

One of the major terms of the internship is the implementation of their social projects that they presented to the contest jurors.

The Up! Republican Contest organized by the Creative Youth Academy of the Republic of Tatarstan jointly with the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of Tatarstan is held in Kazan for the second straight year. The aim of the contest is to build training and internship mechanism for future executives of government and local authorities. This year’s project gathered 48 young entrants.

(Source: Media Department of Kazan 2013 Executive Committee)