Rosmolodezh and the VOIN Center signed a cooperation agreement at the RUSSIA EXPO

On May 12, during the National Priorities Day "Youth and Children: Youth Policy and Education" at the RUSSIA EXPO, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and ANO Further Education (FE) Center for the Development of Military Sports Training and Patriotic Education of Youth "VOIN" (lit. "WARRIOR") signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration.

"By strengthening Rosmolodezh's partnership with the VOIN center, we will be able to continue to develop the institute of mentoring in the sphere of patriotic education. Any teacher, instructor is a carrier not only of practical knowledge, but also of spiritual values. Last year, 225 people have already become instructors of the project, 109 of whom participated in combat operations. Participants of the All-Russian service project “Your Hero” of our Rospatriot program also join the work in the training centers. The fighters who have returned from the frontline receive skills as instructors in order to pass on their knowledge and experience to the younger generation. Also this year, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the All-Russian Mentor Contest “To Be, Not to Seem” will be launched jointly with the VOIN Center and the Movement of the First, which will determine the best mentors in the country. And we are convinced that within the framework of the realization of the “Youth and Children” national project our cooperation will only intensify," said the head of Rosmolodezh Ksenia Razuvaeva.

The agreement will ensure joint work of Rosmolodezh and the VOIN Center in the sphere of civic, military-patriotic education and military-sports training of children and youth, teaching elementary knowledge in the field of defense and their training on the basics of military service, increasing the prestige of military and public service in society, as well as the dissemination of best practices in the field of patriotic education.

"The VOIN Center and Rosmolodezh have strong and respectful partnership relations, which today we are strengthening with a cooperation agreement. We have a big and strategically important work ahead of us, the goal of which is to bring up a new generation of patriots who respect traditional family values, strive for comprehensive self-development, love the Motherland and know how to defend it. And, of course, by joint efforts we will achieve impressive results,"said Igor Kazarezov, Director of the VOIN Center.

The Center for Military Sports Training and Patriotic Education of Youth "VOIN" was established by the Order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in December 2022. Its mission is to train a new generation of patriots who love the Motherland and know how to defend it.

In 2023, the center trained more than 16 thousand young cadets from 14 to 35 years old in the basics of military service. This year it is planned to increase the number of trained young people at least twice.