March 23, 2023 10.30-13.30 (Bishkek); April 26, 2023 10.30-13.30 (Yekaterinburg)

The International Competition for Research Works of Young Scientists and Students "Competitiveness of Territories" (hereinafter referred to as the Competition, Platform Competition) is held at several platforms of the XIII Eurasian Economic Youth Forum (hereinafter XIII EEFM) within the framework of the Congress of Economists and Financiers.

The co-organizer of the Competition on the platform of the Kyrgyz Republic is the Kyrgyz Economic University named after M. Ryskulbekov (Bishkek).

The purpose of the Competition: improving the quality of training of specialists, increasing the interest of young scientists and students in their chosen profession, identifying gifted youth and building human resources for research, administrative, industrial and entrepreneurial activities. 

Participants of the Platform Competition: students, graduate students, applicants for a scientific degree, young scientists from universities, academic institutions, as well as employees of other interested organizations of the Kyrgyz Republic aged 18 to 35 years.

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

Research works are submitted to the Competition in the direction (section) of the Competition:

• "Mesoeconomics" (institutions of regional and branch level).

Applications for participation in the Competition, competitive works and abstracts of works are submitted until March 20, 2023 through the registration system of the XIII EEFM website (eurasia-forum.ru), choosing during registration: Site of the Kyrgyz Republic - the name of the Competition. 

Platform Contest experts select 5 best works in the Contest direction.

The final of the Platform Competition will be held on March 23, 2023 at the Kyrgyz Economic University named after M. Ryskulbekov (Bishkek).

The winner (1st place) of the direction of the Competition of the platform will be sent at the expense of the organizers of the XIII EEFM to USUE for full-time participation in the International Final of the Competition and other events of the XIII EEFM.

The international final of the Contest will take place on April 26, 2023 from 10.30 to 13.30 (Yekaterinburg time) at the Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg, Russia 

The awarding of the finalists of the Platform Competition and the finalists of the International Final of the Competition will take place on April 27, 2023 simultaneously (via video link) at two venues:

• at the main platform of the XIII EEFM at the Ural State University of Economics (hereinafter referred to as USUE), Yekaterinburg, Russia;
• at the platform of the Kyrgyz Republic XIII EEFM at the Kyrgyz Economic University named after M. Ryskulbekov (Bishkek).

All finalists of the Competition of the platform of the Kyrgyz Republic are awarded with diplomas and small orders of the Star of Eurasia. 

The winner and prize-winners of the international final of the Competition are awarded with 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 with the Diploma of the 1st degree, are awarded points for individual achievements in admission to study at USUE for master's programs (2 points).

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