On September 15, the volunteer program for the World Youth Festival Assembly was launched in Nizhny Novgorod. Volunteers from 54 regions of Russia joined the event and will support the work of the international youth platform.
Dmitry Ivanov, Director General of the World Youth Festival Directorate, took part in the opening ceremony.
“The launch of the volunteer corps marks the imminent start of the World Youth Festival Assembly! We were impressed by your response: 3,700 people wanted to help organize this large-scale international youth event. We selected 520 of the most active candidates for the volunteer corps: 450 people will work at the venue, and 70 will meet guests at Moscow's airports and train stations. Volunteers are the foundation of any event: you create its atmosphere, ensure the smooth operation of all services, and represent Russian hospitality to our foreign friends. Your energy, responsiveness, and professionalism are the key to the success of our common cause,” Dmitry Ivanov told the volunteers.
Svetlana Anufrieva, Minister of Youth Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, also spoke at the opening ceremony.
“Volunteers from 54 regions of Russia have come to us in Nizhny Novgorod. And we can already feel their energy and their desire to help. It is very important to us that all volunteers feel comfortable and enjoy their time in our city, as they carry a great responsibility—to welcome and assist not only guests from other regions of the country but also, of course, a large number of international participants. It is the volunteers who are the face of the Gathering and those who interact directly with the participants, creating comfortable conditions for them. Therefore, we will support our volunteers and will always be by their side. We wish them strength, health, and good spirits for all the days of the Assembly,” said Svetlana Anufrieva, Minister of Youth Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Volunteers will assist in nine functional areas: transportation and logistics, media relations, accreditation, flow management, protocol service, catering, program implementation, language services, and information services.
Before the start of the World Youth Festival, volunteers underwent online training and studied the basics of the volunteer code, the rules for interacting with different categories of guests, and immersed themselves in the meaning of the event. Upon arriving at the festival venue, volunteers began training in their functional areas: they familiarized themselves with the tasks at the venue, practiced interacting with participants, and analyzed practical case studies.
Anastasia Mokrushova, creator of the unofficial anthem for young people of the Nizhny Novgorod Region this summer, performed for the volunteer corps participants under her creative pseudonym KOZ.A. She performed the song “V Nizhnem tvorit” (Create in Nizhny). The volunteers were also treated to a performance by Anastasia Baukina, a resident of the “Vysota” art residence, participant in the All-Russian music laboratory for music authors “Dynamics,” and winner of a special project of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives for creators of audiovisual content, who performed the song “Yasno Solnyshko” (The Sun is Shining).
The partner of the Assembly volunteer program is the “Volunteers 800” project, whose coordinators helped during the training of the volunteer corps.
The general partners of the WYF-2025 Assembly are the Russian Music Union, Russian Railways, and Phygital Games. The general information partner is the international television channel RT, and the general media partner is ANO “Dialogue Regions”. The partner for the excursion and regional programs is the “More Than Trip” program. The strategic partner is the technology company VK. The following have also joined the partnership program: the Rossotrudnichestvo program «New Generation», the “Movement of the First”, the presidential platform “Russia — the Country of Opportunities”, Sovcombank, the technology company Avito, the state corporation Rosatom, the Russian Society “Znanie” (Knowledge), the film studio Soyuzmultfilm, the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Central Bank of Russia, Rosmolodezh.Undertake, and the Mashuk Knowledge Center. Information support for the event is provided by the“Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the publishing house Arguments and Facts, the African Initiative, and the “Window to Russia” project of the TV-News Autonomous Non-Profit Organization.
The World Youth Festival Assembly is organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), co-organized by the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and operated by the World Youth Festival Directorate. The event is being implemented as part of the national project “Youth and Children”.
Overview: In accordance with the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin to preserve and develop the legacy of the World Youth Festival, which took place at the Sirius federal territory in 2024 and brought together 20,000 young people from 190 countries around the world, festival events will be held annually in the Russian Federation. The next World Youth Festival for 20,000 participants will be held in 2030. In 2026, a smaller-scale event will take place – the International Youth Festival for 10,000 participants. Between these events, themed World Youth Festival Assembly for 2,000 participants will be held annually. The World Youth Festival Directorate continues its work aimed at strengthening international youth cooperation.
