Meeting with National Preparatory Committee for WYF 2026 Held at Russian House in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, – A working meeting with members of the National Preparatory Committee (NPC) for the World Youth Forum 2026 (WYF) was held at the Russian House in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
From the committee’s side, the participants included Samrat Gauchan, President of the NPC, and Sundar Ghimire, Secretary, along with 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, Ms. Anastasia Khokhlova, Director of the Russian House in Kathmandu, took part in the dialogue.
The participants recalled WYF-2024 held in Sochi, which was attended by more than one hundred delegates from Nepal. They also discussed general ideas and expectations regarding this year’s Forum, post-programme activities, participation formats, 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 list of potential participants submitted to the WYF Directorate.
Among the prospects discussed was the creation, upon 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 youth and student audience, 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 NPC’s scope of work and involve a larger number of interested representatives from the Nepali youth community in joint activities with the Russian House.
World Youth Forum 2026: Boundless Opportunities
The meeting with the preparatory committee 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 Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Foreign Minister 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.
