UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to speak to scholars of Zavtra.UA program

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation has invited the seventh UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to be the guest of honor at the first Ukrainian intellectual youth forum «Zavtra (Tomorrow): the World, Ukraine, and Me». Kofi Annan will give a lecture on today's global challenges for youth in Ukraine and throughout the world and will answer the questions of ZAVTRA.UA scholarship holders and other participants of the forum.

The Forum is held within the framework of ZAVTRA.UA nationwide scholarship program for supporting the gifted youth. It will take place on Friday, May 16, 2008.

The Forum is targeted towards providing assistance to Ukraine's youth, including the holders of ZAVTRA.UA scholarship:
• To be ready for the challenges the young specialists will face in their professional career in the field of science, business, social sphere, and in public service;
• To answer the question: how can the current generation of students contribute into their personal development and the development of the country in order to maximize efficiency of integration in the global future?

Among the forum participants there are both Ukrainian and international experts in economics, political science, sociology, as well as ZAVTRA.UA scholarship holders.

The forum discussions will be held in three consecutive sessions:
The World:
- Principal trends of the global civilization development, scientific and technical progress;
- Social and professional effects of global trends on advanced economies and developing countries.
Ukraine:
- Possible ways of Ukraine's development and necessary resources (education, geographical location, natural, etc.).
- Forecast of the national labor market development. Presentation of survey Principal trends of the labor market development: the most popular professions, changes in requirements for young specialists and manifestation of the global trends in Ukraine made by the Oleksandr Yaremenko Ukrainian Institute for Social Research upon request of Forum Zavtra (Tomorrow): the World, Ukraine, and Me.
Me:
- Strategy of personal development.