Kathmandu: A meeting was held with the members of the National Preparatory Committee (NPC) for the World Youth Forum 2026 (WYF) in the Russian House.
On the side of the committee, the participants included Samrat Gauchan, President of the NPC, and Sundar Ghimire, Secretary, as well as active representatives of youth and academic circles from various regions of Nepal who have achieved significant success in the NGO and socio‑political sectors. From the Russian side, Anastasia Khokhlova, Director of the Russian House, took part in the dialogue.
The participants recalled the WYF‑2024 held in Sochi, which was attended by more than one hundred delegates from Nepal, and also discussed general ideas and expectations regarding this year’s Forum, post‑program activities, formats of participation and prospects for including national experts in the work of the WYF. The Executive Committee of the NPC also handed the Russian House a copy of the submitted to the WYF Directorate list of potential participants.
Among the prospects is the creation, upon the completion of WYF‑2026 with full participation of the NPC and on the basis of the Russian House, of a new organisation — the Nepal‑Russia Youth Club. It is expected to unite participants, delegates and candidates for travel to the WYF, as well as representatives of a broad audience and student youth, for regular meetings on various topical themes: IT, culture and the arts, education and scientific cooperation, and others. Such a Club is expected to significantly expand the NPС’s scope of work and involve a larger number of interested representatives from the Nepali youth community in joint activities with the Russian House.
The meeting with the preparatory committee to the WYF took place against the backdrop of intense preparations for the festival itself.
As already known, the World Youth Forum‑2026 will bring together about 120 representatives from 84 countries and leaders of international organisations. The concept of the Forum was presented in Moscow, where greetings were delivered by Dmitry Chernyshenko and Sergey Lavrov, while the head of Rosmolodezh, Grigory Gurov, gave a detailed overview of its goals and formats.
More than 60,000 applications have already been submitted for WYF‑2026 from 175 countries and 89 regions of Russia, with the largest number of participants coming from countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
In September, Yekaterinburg will host about 10,000 participants from 190 countries worldwide.
