The main document of the International Youth Innovation Forum Interra was discussed on the 12th of September

The last session of the Manifesto creation was opened by Nadezhda Vavilina, doctor of sociology and advisor to the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region. Wishing to make the forthcoming discussion more concrete and to remove it from theoretical ground, she gave her own interpretation of understanding the meaning and the tasks of the manifesto which is supposed to reflect decisions and positions of the new generation and will be presented to society: «The Manifesto itself is an innovation, and its creation is not just an author’s work, but designing and goal-setting which had several stages. There were sessions on Seliger and Biryusa, and today we approached the end of the beginning and from this exact point the project begins».

Vladimir Suprun, director of the Socioprognostic Research Fund «Trends», the theme of his statement being «Innovation and the Future», pointed out that the creation of such manifestos is a sign of world innovation development. It should give impetus to development of a new type of economy.

The second part of the discussion was devoted to the participants' reports. The speech of Andrey Shalimov, producer and anchorperson of the programme «Start Up» from Krasnoyarsk, evoked particular interest. Andrey raised the issue of innovations in the mass media, noting that today there is a need in a new information policy when the viewer must not relax but work in front of the screen: «Actually, we want to create such programme about business and career, so that after the broadcast its audience would be tired and for some time could not think of anything else but the information that has been just received».

Another particularly important part of the discussion was consideration of the text of the Manifesto, with special attention given to some of its elements and the structure. One of the participants was confounded by the use of English-borrowed words «wi-fi» and «start up» in the document. The majority was outraged: why should we create complicated titles for the things that already have short and clear to everyone names. The Manifesto was created by the youth and for them, so it must be written on their language, free from stamps and standards.
The final version of the document will be read out to all participants at the Interra Closing Ceremony.

Alina Yakovleva