April 23, 2025 10.30-15.30 (Ekaterinburg)

The International Competition of Research Papers of Young Scientists and Students “Competitiveness of Territories” (hereinafter the Competition, the Competition of the Site) is held at several sites of the XV Eurasian Economic Youth Forum (hereinafter the XV EEYF) within the framework of the Congress of Economists and Financiers.

The co-organizer of the Competition on the site of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijan State University of Economics.

The purpose of the Competition: to improve the quality of training specialists, increase the interest of young scientists and students in their chosen profession, identify gifted youth and develop human resources for research, administrative, production and entrepreneurial activities.

Participants of the Competition: students, postgraduates, applicants for an academic degree, young researchers of universities, academic institutes, as well as employees of other interested organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan aged 18 to 35 years.

Research papers for the Competition may only be submitted by individual authors.

Research works on the site of the Republic of Azerbaijan are submitted to the Competition in the following areas (sections) of the Competition:

1. "Microeconomics" (the level of interaction between enterprises and organizations)
2. "Mesoeconomics" (institutions of regional and industry level)
3. "Macroeconomics" (institutions of the world and national economy)

Applications for participation in the Competition, competition works and abstracts of works are submitted before March 20, 2025 through the registration system of the XV EEYF website (eurasia-forum.ru), choosing during registration: Platform of the Republic of Azerbaijan - name of the Competition - name of the Competition direction.

The experts of the Competition site select 5 best works for each direction of the Competition.

The winners (1st place) will be sent at the expense of the organizers of the XV EEYF to USUE for in-person participation in the International Final of the Competition and other events of the XV EEYF.

The International Final of the Competition will be held on April 23, 2025 from 10.30 to 15.30 (Yekaterinburg time) at the Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg, Russia

The award ceremony for the finalists of the Site Competition and the finalists of the International Final of the Competition will take place on April 24, 2025, simultaneously (via video link) at two sites:

• at the main site of the XV EEYF at the Ural State University of Economics (hereinafter USUE), Yekaterinburg, Russia;
• at the site of the Republic of Azerbaijan XV EEYF at the Azerbaijan State Economic University. 

All finalists of the Competition of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be awarded with certificates and small orders of the “Star of Eurasia”.

Winners and prize winners of each direction (section) of the international final of the Competition will be awarded diplomas, orders and cash prizes:

• 15,000 rubles - for 1 place
• 10,000 rubles - for 2nd place
• 5,000 rubles - for 3rd place

The winners of the Competition, awarded a 1st degree Diploma, are awarded points for individual achievements when applying for admission to study at USUE in master's programs (2 points).

Following the final events, it is planned to release a collection of materials of the XV EEYF, where the abstracts of the finalists of the Competition will be posted. The collection will be published in the RSCI and on the EEYF website.