In Irkutsk Region, the contest Faces of the Youth of Irkutsk Region is starting to identify and support talented young people, develop their creative potential, and build a positive image of the regions youth. Residents aged 14 to 30, municipal stage winners, can take part in 28 categories covering public work, science, education, culture, sports, business, medicine and more. Results will be announced by December 1, 2013, and the 100 best contestants will be honored at the year end awards ceremony.

The main objectives of the competition are to identify and support talented young people in the region, develop creative potential, and also shape a positive image of the youth of the Irkutsk Region.
Persons aged 14 to 30 years inclusive, residing in the territory of the Irkutsk Region, who are winners of the municipal competition “Youth in Faces,” with no more than three people in each nomination from each municipal entity, are eligible to participate in the competition.
The competition is held in the following 28 nomination categories of achievements in various spheres of life: “Achievements in the field of public activity” (age group: 14-18 years); “Achievements in the field of public activity” (age group: 19-24 years); “Achievements in the field of public activity” (age group: 25-30 years); “Professional achievements in the field of state and municipal administration” (including specialists performing the functions of a civil servant); “Professional achievements in the field of industry and services”; “Achievements in the field of school media”; “Achievements in the field of student media”; “Achievements in the field of mass media with a registration certificate”; “Professional achievements in the field of education”; “Professional achievements in the field of science among young people with an academic degree”.
Also, the competition includes the following nominations: “Professional achievements in the field of science among young people without an academic degree”; “Professional achievements in the field of culture” (age group: 14-18 years); “Professional achievements in the field of culture” (age group: 19-24 years); “Professional achievements in the field of culture” (age group: 25-30 years); “Professional achievements in the field of healthcare among young people with higher education”; “Professional achievements in the field of healthcare among young people with secondary education”; “Professional achievements in the field of the agro-industrial complex”; “Achievements in the field of physical culture and sports” (school sports); “Achievements in the field of physical culture and sports” (student sports); “Professional achievements in the field of physical culture and sports”; “Professional achievements in the field of small and medium-sized business”; “Best Young Family”; “Student of the Year of Higher Professional Education Institutions”; “Student of the Year of Secondary Vocational Education Institutions”; “Serviceman of the Year” (the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Irkutsk Region, the Main Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region); “Breakthrough of the Year”; “Pupil of the Year”; “Best Volunteer Squad Member in the Field of Public Order Protection”.
In the “Best Young Family” nomination, young families may participate if at least one of the spouses is no older than 30 years inclusive, residing in the territory of the Irkutsk Region, and are winners of the municipal competition “Youth in Faces.”
Contestants who have participated in the competition since 2008 take part in the competition in those nominations in which they were not among the winners, starting from 2008.
To participate in the competition, it is necessary to register on the website www.irksportmol.ru/aktiv within the period established for submitting documents for the competition.
The results of the competition will be summed up by December 1, 2013. One hundred people who score the highest number of points in the nominations will be declared winners. The awards ceremony for the best contestants will take place at the end of 2013.
Let us recall that in 2012, more than 300 talented young people from all over the Irkutsk Region took part in the competition “Youth of the Irkutsk Region in Faces.”
Based on materials from the press service of the Department for Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region