Ambassadors club

Welcome to the Ambassadors page!

We are glad to introduce this unit for you to learn more about the Ambassadors’ movement at Seliger.

WHAT IS IT?

The Ambassadors of Seliger are a group of people committed to the Seliger movement – active young leaders who are willing to make it more influential and ready to spread the idea of Seliger around the world. The Ambassadors Honorarium (AH) are a team of outstanding individuals who not only tackle responsibilities but also gain well-deserved advantages at Seliger.

The unit emerged after the First Seliger International Forum in 2010 when the Organising Committee noticed a number of young active leaders willing to contribute to the Forum evolution and development, and to make it better.

In 2011 most active individuals from all over the world became Ambassadors Honorarium for the Second Seliger International Forum. Joint work and close collaboration between the OC and AHs has resulted into the Second Seliger Forum that received over 700 participants and international speakers from the world top universities, business and political structures.

AH 2012.

Following the development programme of the Forum the AH unit has undergone sufficient changes.

This year the Third Seliger International Youth Forum will host 7 Ambassadors from different regions of the world as well as introduce the Ambassadors Club that will unite the AHs of all the previous Forums. For more details, please, see Regions and Ambassadors Club section.

We are also glad to announce that the Competition for 2012 AH is now open. The application deadline is May 10^th 2012. Please, refer to the section How to become an Ambassador for more details.

AMBASSADORS MISSION.

The Seliger AH mission includes 3 main stages:

In the run-up to the Forum;
During the Forum (on site);
After the Forum.

All the three stages require active participation in the Forum development and close collaboration with the Organizing Committee.

In the run-up to the Forum we expect the selected AHs to spread the Seliger movement in their region and encourage new young leaders to join the Seliger Forum in summer. This stage will also include the following:

Blogging at www.interseliger.com to share emotions, provide assistance to fresh applicants by answering questions and giving guidance;
Acting as representatives of Seliger in their countries distributing information, making presentations about Seliger, encouraging friends, university students or other talented and ambitious young people to be part of the fast growing Seliger community;
Staying in close contact with the Organizing Committee to contribute to the educational programme, recommend, amend, improve, and experience the fame of being a very important person.

During the Forum we expect the AHs to be the first reference authority for the new participants and an efficient link between the OC and the participants. The objectives also include:

Representing their region and preforming as academic supervisors for more than 2 dozen Seliger participants;
Attending special meetings with top-ranking guests;
Communicating to the Seliger folk the latest updates about the educational program, forthcoming activities and VIP-visitors;
Helping resolve conflicts among international participants in case they arise.

Of course, Ambassadors Honorarium will enjoy all the advantages of being chosen to this respected corps.

After the Forum the OC requires AH team to make the final report that covers the results achieved during the forum. Further collaboration with the OC and Seliger Community is also desirable.

After the AH functions terminate the person automatically joins the Ambassadors’ Club (see AH Club).

ADVANTAGES OF BECOMING AH

Recognition and a real chance of being noticed by someone who can give you a boost in life;
Opportunities to know the hidden side of organizing things;
Free air ticket to Seliger and back;
Running for the Best Ambassador Honorarium Award to get a valuable gift;
Chance to give an interview to a major Russian mass media and become widely recognized as a smart up-and-coming individual worth investing in
Interesting, challenging and rewarding work;
Guaranteed membership in Ambassadors’ Club.

AH CLUB

The Ambassadors Honorarium Club is founded specially for those people who have devoted as much time and effort as they could to influence further development of the Seliger Community. Once became an AH of the Forum the person automatically joins the club.

The main requirement for the members is to stay committed to the Seliger Community, continue to collaborate with the Organizing Committee and to keep in touch with one another.

The OC presumes it would be impossible not to cheer the most active and promising people after the Forum is finished. So the goal of creating this Club is to endow the AHs with new opportunities and benefits after they’ve terminated their functions within the Forum.

AH BLOG

As said previously blogging is one of the core activities of the Ambassadors Honorarium on the way to the forum. The Organizing Committee requires timely and topical posts in the special AH blogging section at www.interseliger.com.

The AH blog should report the inception process in brief, include the information for new participants, cover the Seliger news, activities, Forum’s educational programme.

The posts should be made at least once a week.

HOW TO BECOME AN AMBASSADOR?

There are only few steps to become an Ambassador Honorarium of the forthcoming Forum. Please, read carefully through the guidelines below.

It’s your experience that matters. In order to see your commitment to the Seliger rules and principles at least one participation in the previous Seliger Forums is required.
Don’t forget to choose the region you would like to be an Ambassador for (see the List of Regions at the bottom of the page). The following rules apply for your choice:

The candidate may apply for ONE region only;
The candidate must be fluent in at least one language of the preferred region (see the table below);
The candidate must spend at least 4 years (consequently) in one of the countries of the region he/she is applying for (your residential status may not coincide with the citizenship in one of the countries of the region you’re applying for);

Please, bear in mind that the candidate may become an Ambassador no more than 3 times (subsequence doesn’t matter);

The final step is to fill in the application form and send it to us before May, 10^th.

We look forward to working with you!

LIST OF REGIONS.

The following list includes 7 geographical regions that shall be represented by the Ambassadors before and during the Forum.

Please note, that everyone willing to become an Ambassador MUST speak at least one of the languages indicated in the column LANGUGES coherent to the selected region.

Every applicant MUST be fluent in English.

REGION	COUNTRIES	LANGUAGES
Latin and Central America	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (UK), French Guiana (France), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (UK), Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santa Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Guadalupe, Martinique, Virgin Islands, Montserrat,	English, Spanish, Portuguese
Western and Northern Europe	Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City	English, French, German, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Gaelic, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Eastern Europe, Russia, CIS	Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenia	English, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Armenian, Georgian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish
Sub-Saharan Africa	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Benin, Mali	English, French, Portuguese
Greater Middle East	Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara.	English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Persian, Pachto, Turkish
Eastern Asia, Australia and Oceania	China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Macau, India, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Christmas Island, Keeling Inlands	English, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai
North America	USA, Canada	English, French

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