Winners Of The "children Of The World: Time To Be Friends" Festival To Be Honored At The World Public Assembly

Moscow, September 2025

The World Public Assembly will host the final ceremony of the International Festival of Creativity “Children of the World: Time to Be Friends”, bringing together young talents, cultural leaders, and international partners in celebration of creativity, dialogue, and friendship.

Held from March to August 2025, the Festival united children and teenagers aged 5 to 15, with the goals of developing creative skills, fostering intercultural dialogue, and strengthening bonds among children across national, cultural, and social backgrounds.

The event’s organizers emphasize that art plays a vital role in tolerance and mutual understanding. They believe such initiatives foster youth engagement in public diplomacy and contribute to building future international relations.

The roundtable discussion during the Assembly will review the Festival’s results under three key themes:

• The role of art in shaping multifaceted personalities.

• Art as a foundation for international cooperation.

• Preserving cultural heritage in the era of globalization.

The session will be moderated by Irina Trumpf, Ambassador of the World Federation for Universal Peace, recipient of the “Worthy Women of the Fatherland” Award, and founder of the Open Hearts Foundation. She stressed the transformative power of art:

“Society needs a creative person, an intellectual personality, a gifted individual. If beauty saves the world, then art and creativity can change it for the better and help form strong, multifaceted personalities.”

The festival’s jury was chaired by Irina Markova-Chagall, artist, poet, public figure, and great-niece of Marc Chagall. The Festival is also supported by Maria Lvova-Belova, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, who has been invited as a guest speaker.

Among the honored participants are:

• Alexander Alimov, Director, Department for Multilateral Humanitarian Cooperation and Cultural Relations, Russian MFA.

• Olga Arishina, artist and Executive Director, Nevo-Soyuz Moscow Art Institute.

• Marina Volkova, Director, Department of Happiness, World Peoples Assembly.

• Oksana Voloshina, General Director of the Expert Council.

• Irina Eliferova, Chair, Mother of Russia Foundation.

• Svetlana Listopadova, CCI of the Russian Federation, publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Melon Rich magazine.

Other cultural and public representatives will also attend.

The Festival received support from international partners in Bahrain, Spain, and Portugal, with new cooperation agreements in education and culture expected to be signed at the Assembly.

The event will close with the official announcement of the Second World Festival of Creativity “Children of the World: Time to Be Friends”, continuing the mission to connect children through creativity and friendship.