Cultural identity is reviving the economy of the Finno-Ugric

ctober 23-25 in Perm and Kudymkar I passed the International Socio-Economic Forum of the Finno-Ugric youth.

At a forum attended by more than one hundred members of the Finno-Ugric countries, regions, cities of Russia and from abroad. The participants and guests of the forum include Hungary, Estonia, Karelia, Mordovia, the Republic of Komi and Mari El, Udmurtia, Komi-Perm district, Perm Region and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tver Region.

Forum delegates were young businessmen, government officials, social workers, NGO representatives, academics and students. The main issues discussed at the round table discussions, master classes and individual sections, held during the forum was the development of the economy, creating a basis for the implementation of socio-economic projects of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

According to organizers, the result can be considered the resolution adopted on the last day of the event. In the document sets out the opinion of the forum that the cultural identity of the Finno-Ugric peoples is a powerful economic resource. That is why we need to develop a regional small business, which would increase employment and accelerate the pace of socio-economic development.

The benefit from the fact that the forum was devoted primarily socio-economic themes mentioned by all participants. For example, a guest from Tallinn, Oliver Loode believes that the important thing now able to derive economic benefit from a specific cultural identity of small nations.

- Finno-Ugric youth should discuss not only issues of culture, and economy. And most important - ways to extract economic benefits from cultural identity. It is in this case, the Finno-Ugric community will guarantee survival.