Global Youth Voice Conference 64th AIESEC International Congress 17 - 21 August 2012, Moscow, Russia
1st Delegates Mailer
Content: 1. AIESEC 2. Global Youth Voice Conference 3. Fee payment 4. Visa process 5. Accommodation
Dear participants, I’m pleased to welcome you as a part of Global Youth Voice Conference! AIESEC has over 60 years experience as a platform for young people development around the world, and we care about what contribution we made in the people's lives. We hope that your cooperation with AIESEC and participation in the Global Youth Voice Conference brought you not only benefits but enjoyment. We hope that the conference will become a traditional meeting place for business, government, voluntary sector and young people to discuss the modern challenges of society and how young people can influence on it together. The conference unites young entrepreneurs, heads of social and business projects, leaders of youth organizations and volunteers around the question of HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CAN MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER TOGETHER? We therefore aim to accumulate the positive thinking, energy and ideas of youth as a way of driving change in our world. This conference was initiated by youth and for youth. We truly believe that young people have power to change the world around. Every day we are creating a platform to share experiences, develop essential skills and strengthen collaboration between young leaders from all over the world to generate positive impact on society. Organizing committee wishes you all the best and hope to see you in Moscow this summer!
Maria Balioz Organizing Committee President
AIESEC
AIESEC
AIESEC is the world largest student-run organization, present in over 110 countries and territories and with over 60,000 members.
was founded in 1989 in the USSR and nowadays operates in 30 cities.
In The World
In Russia
AIESEC Globally
AIESEC in Russia
Members (each year)
70 000
Members (each year)
2 000
Universities
2 100
Universities
140
Partners
4 000
Alumni (for 23 years)
5 000
International Exchanges (per 1 year)
1 607
Alumni (for 63 years)
945 000
International Exchanges (per 1 year)
16 000
Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today.
Development of leadership competencies of participants in the organization and implementation of social projects are the main focuses of AIESEC in Russia in last several years.
ABOUT
AIESEC International Congress 2012 • The biggest international youth event, bringing together 1,000 young leaders from 110 countries and business and government representatives. • Organized by and for young people with the support of Congress partners and AIESEC alumni. Congress brings together three platforms: for the leaders of AIESEC, leaders of social and business projects, AIESEC alumni. • All external events will be organized with participation of Moscow citizens, project partners and government officials supporting the Congress. • History of the International Congress goes back to 63 years, over past six years it took place in Poland, Turkey, Brazil, Malaysia, India and Kenya.
PROGRAM
AIESEC International Congress
You will be a part of the following events
GLOBAL YOUTH VOICE conference
Dates: 17-21 August 2012 Place: MGIMO university - Vernadskij prospect, 76 Moscow, Russia
FEE PAYMENT DDL is 22
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Fee is 3 400 Rub for Russians 100 Euro for International participants
BANK transfer (bank commission has to be covered by participants)
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For international participants:
Corresponding Bank : UniCredit Bank AG, Munich, Germany. SWIFT Code: HYVEDEMM. INN Code: 7713386303 IBAN: 40703978000010501751 Beneficiary Bank: UniCredit Bank, Moscow, Russia. SWIFT Code — IMBKRUMM. Beneficiary: 249306 EUR 4010 02 001. Organization: MMOO AIESEC Payment reference: conference fee Expenses regarding to the payment: OUR
For Russian participants:
Межрегиональная молодежная общественная организация «Объединение студентов, изучающих экономику и управление «АЙСЕК» (ММОО «АЙСЕК») 127550, г. Москва, Дмитровское шоссе, д. 27, корп. 3 ОГРН 1077799005217 ИНН 7713386303 КПП 771301001 Р/с № 40703810500010483796 в «ЮниКредит Банк» (ЗАО ЮниКредит Банк) БИК 044525545 К/с № 30101810300000000545 Назначение платежа: взнос за участие в конгрессе
On-line payment (by bank card) You can also pay online through our direct credit card processing system. The system works for Visa and Mastercard cards. For using this system you have to fill in your card details (card number, expiration date, CVV2/CVC2 code, card holder name) and your billing information (first name, last name, country, address, phone number). All process should take no more than 2 minutes. If you choose this option, please use this link – www.ic2012.ru/payment NOTE: In this case you should pay 3 502 RUB (with 3% of commission)
FINANCE SUPPORT Organizing Committee is ready to help with financial support for every delegate through sending official letter to universities, organization and city administration. To get financial support please: 1) Fill this form www.bit.ly/HXnYCy for Russians only 2) Fill this form www.bit.ly/KGg1px for foreigners only
CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY Cancellation/Refund policy for participation fees: In order to obtain a refund you need to send us a written request via email. The amount you are refunded will depend on the date that we receive your request. If you submit your request before 15 of July 2012, you will be refunded 50% of your participation fees. In the event of cancellation after this date you will not receive a refund. Please submit your requests to: voice@ic2012.ru Subject line: CANCELLATION
VISA PROCESS FOR GYVC DELEGATES is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs We have an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to which the process of visa issuing will be fast and smooth for foreign delegates: • You can apply for visa in any country you are in right now. It shouldn't be the country of your residence. But for the high risk countries it is still better to apply in your citizenship countries. • You don’t need any invitation letters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs will prepare and send your invitation letter by their internal channels with direct instruction to the Russian Embassy in your country to give you visa. You should know only number of this invitation letter with the direct instructions. • Time of visa issuing will take not more than 3 weeks or even less. If you follow 5 easy steps. Free visa countries: Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Venezuela, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Cuba, Macedonia, Moldova, Nicaragua, Peru, Serbia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Montenegro, Chile
5 EASY STEPS to get Russian visa Fill carefully application for Invitation letter, which you have to have in order to get visa on website http://ic2012.ru/ registration/?act =voice_visa by 22nd of June. Please follow all help texts under questions.
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Receive confirmation e-mail by 15th July from Organizing Committee with the special number of invitation letter, which you should tell in Russian Embassy in order to apply for visa. Invitation letter will be sent directly to Russian Embassy by internal channels of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (it may also be called Directive number or number of Telex)
Call to Russian Embassy and ask for a list of documents, which you need to prepare and how your visa application process will look like. Please look through the approximate list of documents for visa.
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Apply for a visa in Russian Embassy by 25th July. You will need to pay the consular fee (it's about 50$) and provide all needed documents, which depends on the type of visa, the country where you apply and your citizenship. Visa issuing process takes 3-21 days (depends on your country). Please read advices for filling visa application.
Get you visa and have a nice trip to Russia.
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GYVC application for invitation letter how to fill Your Passport Scan Scan copy of your passport is the most important document in application for invitation letter. Please be sure in high quality! It must be a colored scan copy of your passport without any defects, where your picture and passport information can be recognized easily.
Copies that won’t be accepted Good scan copy of passport
Date Format
DD.MM.YYYY 12.12.2012
21/04/2011 20.may.2002
DEALING WITH Russian embassy LIST OF DOCUMENTS Usually the list of the documents looks like that: • Passport (Must be valid at least 6 month after your Russian visa will expire and contain at least one clear page - for the visa) • Passport-size photograph (Must be new one and of a good quality) • Visa application form (Downloaded the latest visa application form from the Russian embassy web-site) • Medical insurance policy valid in Russia Please, call to the Russian Embassy and check the information about visa process applying.
VISA APPLICATION While filling visa application, please use the following information: Type of visa – Common humanitarian visa Purpose of visit to Russia - Youth connections Multiplicity of visa (Number of entries) - Single Russian organization to be visited (or Host organization): ММОО AIESEC (in english) and ММОО "АЙСЕК" (in russian) - better if you use both of it. Location (City/town) of the inviting Russian organization: Russia, Moscow City, which you can visit according Invitation letter - Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan. Dates of visa: 13th of August - 3rd of September (21 days)
ACCOMMODATION Bear hostel
Web page: www.bear-hostels.com/en/ Check-in: 13:00 p.m. Check-out: 10:30 a.m.
Booking For booking in Bear hostels you need to download the form (Hostel form.doc) in attachment and fill it then send it back to aiesec@bear-hostels.ru When you make booking you have to write the password: “ocoic-bear” to get a discount! Cancellation / Prepayment: Cancellation and prepayment policies don’t vary by room type. • Full payment should be done in the arriving date. • In case of no-show 100% of the first 2 nights will be charged • If cancelled up to 15 days before date of arriving no fee will be charged. Accepted credit cards: Visa, Euro/MasterCard, Diners Club, Maestro. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.
Services: Fax/Photocopying, Laundry, Room Service, Ironing Service, Shuttle Service (surcharge), Packed Lunches, Vending Machine (drinks), Vending Machine (snacks) Internet: Free Wi-Fi
TEAM Partners
Key partners
Partners
Expert support
Informational partners
CONTACT US Official contacts
vk.com/YouthVoice facebook.com/GlobalYouthVoice
twitter.com/gyouthvoice
E-mail: delegates-voice@ic2012.ru For VISA questions: visa-voice@ic2012.ru For registered delegates only vk.com/youthvoice_delegates facebook.com/groups/215222168591654/