The North Ossetian International Youth Forum (SOMMF-2023) is a public project with a social orientation designed to unite the young, most active part of the population of the North Caucasus under the banner of entrepreneurial activity built on the intercultural ethics of the peoples of the North Caucasus. The event is being held for the fifth time and has already become regular.

The forum will be held on November 24-26, 2023 in Vladikavkaz (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) within the framework of the five-year plan for creative entrepreneurial work announced by the President of the Russian Federation, and will be associated with the cultural program of Vladikavkaz Day. The idea of the forum received support from the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North Caucasus Federal District Nadykto V.E., the Minister of Economic Development of North Ossetia-Alania Kuchiev Z.A. The regional branch of the All-Russian public organization of entrepreneurs “Business Russia” and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of North Ossetia-Alania are taking part in organizing the forum.

The project will help unite youth of different nationalities of North Ossetia-Alania on the basis of respect and interest in the cultures of different peoples, interethnic harmony and friendship of peoples, and create the foundation for the development of youth opportunities in entrepreneurship in the new digital era.

Within the framework of the Forum, a dialogue between youth and representatives of government agencies, public organizations and experts in the field of interethnic relations will be organized. The questions that will form the basis of the forum are questions about national identity, issues of preserving culture and language in a multinational state, and the question of how to attract young people to write and implement projects related to the activities of a particular national public organization.