An event dedicated to the 2 February Youth Day was held at the “Youth” Center in Nakhchivan

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An event dedicated to the 2 February Youth Day was held at the “Youth” Center in Nakhchivan

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On February 1, by the organization of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic the event dedicated to the 2 February Youth Day was held at the “Youth” Center in Nakhchivan.

Opening the event, the minister of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Natavan Gadimova congratulated all the youth on the occasion of Nakhchivan's election as the Youth Capital of Azerbaijan for 2018.

It was noted that our national leader Heydar Aliyev laid the foundation for youth policy in our country. Upbringing sober-minded generation was always in the focus of the national leader’s attention as the key duty of the state and society, he declared that ensuring the participation of young people in the socio-economic, socio-political and cultural life of the state and society is a major issue.

After the independence of our country, the foundation of the state youth policy was laid in Azerbaijan. In 1994, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was established in our country, and on February 2, 1996 the First Forum of Azerbaijani Youth was held. The day of the first forum - February 2 was proclaimed as Youth Day in Azerbaijan by the relevant decree of the national leader. The genius personality also focused on creating a legal base for this area and further improving the work of young people, in 2002, the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Youth Policy" was adopted.

It was noted that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr Ilham Aliyev, pays special attention to education of young people, their healthy and patriotic growth. Today, reforms in the field of education in our country constitute one of the most important directions of youth policy. From this point of view, the Order of the President of the country on approval of the "Azerbaijan Youth Development Strategy for 2015-2025" is of great importance.

State youth policy, which the great leader founded, is successfully implemented in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic today, upbringing of youth in the national spirit is in the center of attention. Their active participation in public-political, economic and cultural life, solution of their social problems, adoption of relevant state programs on all aspects of youth policy, increasing state care for young talents, promoting youth in science, education, economics, culture, public administration and other areas and the evaluation of their services constitute the basis of the measures taken in the field of work with youth in the autonomous republic as a whole.

It was stressed that the Decree of the Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic "On raising public care for young talents in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic" dated January 31, 2012 is another expression of high concern and attention to the youth in the autonomous republic. According to the Decree, the “Golden Book” of young talents of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was created, the rules for giving grants for young talents written in the book have been approved. As part of the state youth policy, the Youth Foundation was established in the autonomous republic by the Decree of the Chairman of the Supreme Majlis dated March 29, 2012.

Efficient organization of leisure time of the youth and revealing creative potential are always in the spotlight. In this work, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has carried out a number of purposeful activities during the past period. Thus, Youth Organization of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and youth associations were established at the departments of culture and tourism unifying of young people working and studying in the cultural, art and educational institutions of the autonomous republic. These organization and associations held events, round tables related to the creative and talented youth in the spheres of culture, cultural heritage, art, education, tourism, in order to reveal them, to develop their creative talents competitions, intellectual games, solo concerts were organized, the excursions were organized for the youth to museums and historical monuments under the motto “Let’s know and promote Nakhchivan”.

At the end of her speech Natavan Gadimov thanked the Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on behalf of the participants of the event for attention and care shown to the youth in the republic.

The senior advisor to the creative youth of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Kenan Taghizadeh made a speech on "Heydar Aliyev and state youth policy".

He noted that today young people are brought up in the spirit of respect for our national values in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, are formed as the initiator of new ideas and the leading force in public administration, they get great achievements in sports, science, culture, art and other spheres. Most importantly, the youth of the autonomous republics always rear the traditions of statehood and growing up in the spirit of devotion to the national leader Heydar Aliyev's political line.

In the artistic part of the event dedicated to the Youth Day, the instrumental "Ganjlik" ensemble of Nakhchivan Music College and the soloists of the Folk Instruments Ensemble of Nakhchivan State Children's Philharmonic Samir Ismayilov, Ilkin Abdullayev, Babek Samedzadeh, Kenan Akbarov, Teyyar Madatli, Ali Mehraliev, Alakbar Sadigov, Hasan Babayev, Afsana Babayeva performed the composer songs and mugams.