The event organizers are the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the City Executive Committee, and the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM).

The festival program includes:

- a rally-requiem "Belarus Remembers. Youth Remembers" (theatrical sketch "Feats Frozen in Granite");

- a youth procession "Towards Peace and Creation" (representatives of the Youth Capital city of Novopolotsk, members of student teams, representatives of the Belarusian Pioneer Organization (BRPO), Schools of Peace, activists and volunteers of the BRSM, cadets, military-patriotic classes, students of secondary vocational and higher education institutions, working youth, athletes, accompanied by the drum show "BARABAND", will march from Victory Square to the Summer Amphitheater);

- operation of interactive platforms for festival participants and residents of Vitebsk near the Summer Amphitheater:

The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) platform will feature a concert program, host a "Crawling Race" competition, and a parade of children's fire fighting equipment. A fire and rescue equipment exhibition will be open, and everyone will have the opportunity to participate in a competition with characters from the cartoon "Special Squad 112". For the bravest, there will be "Young Climber" and "Smoke Screen" attractions;

The State Automobile Inspectorate (GAI) platform includes various law enforcement activities: an exhibition of weapons from the special police unit, a career guidance marathon by the HR departments of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, a cybersecurity platform, and an exhibition "History of the Passport". Everyone can test their knowledge of traffic rules and experience the safety seat. An exhibition of modern and retro police vehicles will also be organized. Cyclists can test their skills on an obstacle course, and for young road users, a mini-city with its own traffic controller and real traffic rules will be available. The most active participants will receive prizes;

The platform of Belarusian student teams invites everyone to take part in the "Choose a Student Team" campaign (to join student teams). For connoisseurs of our country's geography, an opportunity will be provided to participate in assembling a jigsaw map of the Republic of Belarus. A student team creativity corner will be open, where fighters will perform popular movement songs with guitar accompaniment. You can explore exhibitions of the best works from the "Colors of the World" and "Named After Them" contests, as well as an exhibition of achievements of student teams from the Vitebsk region. Board games will be available for guests of the platform, ranging from BSO checkers to mini-board games about the student team movement. Festival participants will be able to get face painting with the help of volunteers from the NGO "BRSM".

The platform of educational institutions and the Territorial Center for Social Services of the Population of Vitebsk and Vitebsk District, and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Republic of Belarus, within the framework of the humanitarian project "Prevention of Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization of Early Age Children and Children with Disabilities in the Vitebsk Region," will conduct master classes of various orientations: creative, sports, and scientific. Those interested will be able to learn to make origami, greeting cards, talismans, and soft toys, participate in quizzes and contests, and also purchase various souvenir products.

The platform of district organizations of the public association "Belaya Rus" of Vitebsk and the primary organization of UP "Vitebskoblgaz" will demonstrate an emergency special vehicle (104) on a MAN "Scorpion" chassis and will conduct a series of interactive events, including quizzes, contests, riddles, etc.

- Solemn concert "We are Young – the Hope of the Country,"
during which assignments for the Third Labor Semester – 2023 will be presented. The best ensembles from higher education institutions of the region, winners of the Student Spring – 2023, ensembles of student teams from the Vitebsk region, the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Aurum" with the premiere of a song about the Youth Union, and the Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Alyona Lanskaya will perform for the festival participants.

Program

of the regional festival "Youth for Peace and Creation"

Venue: Vitebsk

Date: June 1, 2023

8.30-10.00	Conducting dialogue platforms in cities and districts of the region Vitebsk: Educational Institution "Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov"; Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Technological University"; Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Order of Friendship of Peoples Medical University"; Educational Institution "Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honor State Academy of Veterinary Medicine"; Vitebsk branch of MITSO; Novopolotsk: Educational Institution "Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk".
11.00	Arrival of festival participants at Victory Square
11.30 – 12.00	Requiem rally "Belarus remembers. Youth remembers" (Memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region)
12.00 – 12.30	Formation for the youth march "Towards peace and creation" (Victory Square)
12.30 – 13.00	Youth march "Towards peace and creation" (Victory Square – Lenin Street – Summer Amphitheater)
12.00 – 14.00	Operation of interactive platforms of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, State Automobile Inspectorate, Belarusian Republican Youth Union, educational institutions and territorial social service centers, UNICEF Children's Fund in the Republic of Belarus. Operation of mobile trade (Area near the Summer Amphitheater)
14.00 – 16.00	Solemn concert "We are young – the hope of the country", awarding of vouchers for the Third Labor Semester – 2023 (Summer Amphitheater)
16.00 – 19.00	Operation of interactive platforms for the population of Vitebsk (Area near the Summer Amphitheater)