In Austria, the International Youth Forum "The Future of European and  Eurasian Integration: Foresight 2040"

ArmInfo. In the suburbs of Vienna, Laxenburg (Austria), the International Youth Forum "The Future of European and Eurasian Integration: Foresight 2040", supported by the Gorchakov Foundation, was held. Its organizers were Institute of Strategic Strategies of INES RAS and International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA, Vienna).

As noted on the official website of the Gorchakov Foundation, the  forum was a breakthrough initiative to consolidate thinking and  motivated young people from more than twenty countries to find a new  ideological and conceptual image of the future of Eurasian and  European integration for the next 20-25 years. The main goal of the  event is to provide a powerful intellectual breakthrough in  understanding the theoretical and practical aspects of the relations  of the countries of the Eurasian region. The forum was held in the  format of a strategic game, which included numerous interactive  seminars, master classes, brainstorms and debates with the  participation of experienced experts and analysts in various fields,  politicians and representatives of state structures.

Alexander Ageyev, Director General of IES Alexander Ageyev, speaking  at the opening of the forum, noted the importance of the tasks set  and the great responsibility of the participants, since the best  projects of solving integration problems will be presented at a high  level within the framework of the 24th meeting of the OSCE  Ministerial Council "Communication, Trade and economic cooperation  within the framework of the expanded European and Eurasian space ".  The possibility of such interaction between the youth expert  community, on the one hand, and the political establishment on the  other, will allow to look at existing initiatives from a new angle  and develop recommendations for overcoming existing problems.

Also at the opening of the forum the Director General of IIASA, Dr.  Pavel Kabat, spoke. He recalled the conditions in which the  international order formed the second half of the twentieth century,  told how IIASA develops and tries to respond to the challenges of  modernity.  Experts and analysts have tried to provide the widest  possible overview of the existing initiatives of the organization of  the Eurasian space. Thus, the guest of the forum, the first President  of the Kyrgyz Republic Askar Akaev spoke about the impact of China's  strategy of "One Belt One Road" geo-economics Grand Eurasia in  2030-2040-ies. Director of IIASA programs Elena Rovenskaya spoke  about the challenges and opportunities of the enlarged European and  Eurasian economic space, a leading expert of the Austrian National  Bank, Andrea Hofer has designated the basic economic factors of  economic development of the Eurasian region.  Security issues were  raised in the speech by the vice-president of LLC Siemens in Russia,  the deputy foreign minister in 1993-1996. Sergey Krylov. Information  factors of the Eurasian and European Integration highlighted the head  of the agency "Arminfo" and information-analytical center "East -  West" Emmanuil Mkrtchyan.