The Road to New Victories

December 28, 2009

Forty five laurates of the Fund Forum`s largest-scale youth project have been named. The Republican final round of Kelajak ovozi (Voice of the future) Contest took place on December 26 in Tashkent. The final round was held in the format of a conference where participants were to present their projects and answer the questions of the Contest`s Public Council composed of Uzbekistan`s culture and art figures, men of science and education specialists.

This format of summing up results is also new. Participants presented their projects and works, demonstrated their talents and mastery to experts, public figures and peers. The Kelajak ovozi final conference was held on the same day as the Fund Forum`s online report conference, which will help sum up the activities of the outgoing year.

The winners of this year`s competition will receive university education grants (for applicants) while those already enrolled in schools will be awarded special Kelajak ovozi scholarship on a monthly basis.

About Kelajak ovozi:

The competition is held annually by the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation in conjunction with Kamolot Public Youth Movement. First held in 2005, the competition gained popularity with the youth within a short span of time. Back then, around 3,000 young talents participated in the competition`s selection stages. However, as of 2009, this number has reached 63 thousand. Given the large number of participants and in an effort to ensure transparency and a fair selection, an Arbitration Council was set up in 2007 to consider appeal letters.