The 4th (online) Working Group meeting on the cooperation in the field of Youth and Sports was convened on a virtual format on 12 November 2020 with the participation of the representatives of the relevant Ministries and institutions of the Member and Observer States. The online meeting was moderated by the Deputy Secretary General of the Turkic Council Dr. Ömer Kocaman.
Parties underscored the importance of the projects and programs initiated within the framework of the Turkic Council on youth and sports considering the educational, cultural and economic values that youth carries in today’s world. They noted that the ongoing initiatives on the agenda of the Turkic Council for the youth have proved to be valuable mechanisms to enhance ties among the Turkic-speaking youth and expand their knowledge about their commonalities, as well as prevent them from being affected by radical ideologies.
During the online Working Group meeting, the participants considered the draft “Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation under the Turkic Council on Multilateral and Bilateral Youth and Youth Workers Exchange Programs” and also discussed the organization of the “1st Multilateral Youth Exchange Program”, which will be taken place in Turkey in 2021.
Azerbaijani side made a presentation on the “1st Online Summit of Sport Volunteers of the Turkic Speaking States” planned to be staged in 2020 with the participation of the Ministers of Youth and Sports of the Parties, high-level bureaucrats, academicians, and the representatives of the Sport Volunteers-NGOs.
Parties held discussions on the youth and sports activities that were planned at the 4th meeting of the Ministers in charge of Youth and Sports of the Turkic Council in Bishkek on 29 November 2019 for the year 2020, yet not to be realized due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Parties reiterated their commitment to the realization of the mentioned youth and sports activities in 2021 in their respective countries (1st Young Entrepreneurs Forum; 2nd General Assembly of the Youth Platform; 4th International Youth Festival; 5th International Youth Camp; 3rd Young Leaders Forum; 1st Training Program on Voluntarism; 1st Multilateral Youth Exchange Program; 4th World Nomad Games; 2nd Turkic University Sports Games (Turkic Universiade)).
Parties also agreed that the 5th meeting of the Ministers in charge of Youth and Sports of the Turkic Council will be convened in Tashkent in 2021.
Parties underscored the importance of the projects and programs initiated within the framework of the Turkic Council on youth and sports considering the educational, cultural and economic values that youth carries in today’s world. They noted that the ongoing initiatives on the agenda of the Turkic Council for the youth have proved to be valuable mechanisms to enhance ties among the Turkic-speaking youth and expand their knowledge about their commonalities, as well as prevent them from being affected by radical ideologies.
During the online Working Group meeting, the participants considered the draft “Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation under the Turkic Council on Multilateral and Bilateral Youth and Youth Workers Exchange Programs” and also discussed the organization of the “1st Multilateral Youth Exchange Program”, which will be taken place in Turkey in 2021.
Azerbaijani side made a presentation on the “1st Online Summit of Sport Volunteers of the Turkic Speaking States” planned to be staged in 2020 with the participation of the Ministers of Youth and Sports of the Parties, high-level bureaucrats, academicians, and the representatives of the Sport Volunteers-NGOs.
Parties held discussions on the youth and sports activities that were planned at the 4th meeting of the Ministers in charge of Youth and Sports of the Turkic Council in Bishkek on 29 November 2019 for the year 2020, yet not to be realized due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Parties reiterated their commitment to the realization of the mentioned youth and sports activities in 2021 in their respective countries (1st Young Entrepreneurs Forum; 2nd General Assembly of the Youth Platform; 4th International Youth Festival; 5th International Youth Camp; 3rd Young Leaders Forum; 1st Training Program on Voluntarism; 1st Multilateral Youth Exchange Program; 4th World Nomad Games; 2nd Turkic University Sports Games (Turkic Universiade)).
Parties also agreed that the 5th meeting of the Ministers in charge of Youth and Sports of the Turkic Council will be convened in Tashkent in 2021.
