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Annual dinner for Ambassadors, related to protection of the environment and climate changes went on 23th of June in Moscow hotel "National". The event was organized by UNEP, National Geographic, Slava Fond and International center of wine and gastronomy. Heads of the UN offices recorded video-speech for the dinner, in particular, Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from Denmark, Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation from Georgia, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from Mexico, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Prince of Monaco Albert II, leading researcher of National Geographic Society Enric Sala from Spain, Head of the United Nations Information Centre in Moscow Alexey Borisov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom in Russia , Deborah Bronnert and UN Goodwill Ambassador Vyacheslav Fetisov.

Finale of the All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality '' - project of the presidential platform "Russia - the country of opportunities" went in Nizhny Novgorod city on 9th and 10th of June. 195 participants from 63 regions of Russia were selected for the finale. President of the ICWAG was a mentor of the competition as well as a co-founder of the nomination "Enogastronomy tourism". 62 participants from 39 regions of Russia became winners, including 4 winners of nomination "Enogastronomy tourism". Venera Bikkuzina from Ufa city, Anvara Zufarova from Pskov region, Tatiana Ivanova from Saint-Petersburg and Maria Kachurina from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky became winners of this category. Nomination "Enogastronomy tourism" was co-founded by International center of wine and gastronomy, municipal district Anapa, Russian National Culinary Association and hotel holding SAFMAR Plaza. https://pskov.aif.ru/money/pskovskiy_festival_predstavyat_v_finale_konkursa_mastera_gostepriimstva https://regnum.ru/news/society/3292609.html https://ispb.info/novosti/novosti-turindustrii/v-finale-konkursa-%C2%ABmastera-gostepriimstva%C2%BB-sankt-peterburg-predstavyat-12-uchastnikov.html https://ratanews.ru/news/news_15062021_9.stm

The 10th Tourism Forum of the Kaluga city "Kaluga. Time of the firsts" went on 27th of May in Kaluga city. The president of the International center of wine and gastronomy Leonid Gelibterman participated in the strategic session "Travel within the country: opportunities and perspectives" as a speaker. Subjects like formation of complex tourists product, digital tourism, regional brand destinations, gastronomy in development of regional tourism were discussed during the session. Also, Leonid Gelibterman took part in a work session "Packaging of the tourists product". They discussed the perspectives of Kaluga city as an attractive tourism center, as well as themes like gastronomy in tourism and role of the international cooperation for development of tourism in Russia.

On 20th of May the presentation of a new educational programme "Gastrodiplomacy" , the Principal Investigator is the President of ICWAG Leonid Gelibterman, was presented at a Faculty of International relations of the Institute of Business Studies (RANEPA). The presentation was opened by the Vice-Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Academy and Public Administration, Director of the Institute of Business Studies RANEPA. After his welcome speech, the Head of the Department "International Relations" of IBS, RANEPA, Timonina Irina, presented the educational programme and guests of the event. President of thу ICWAG Leonid Gelibterman told students and professors about the new course's content. Special guests invited students to learn a new specialty (Demyan Smilevets, Head of the Directorate of the of International Cooperation of the Federal Agency for Tourism, the traveler Vadim Mamontov, the Marketing Director of the ISSI Group Anastasia Polyanskaya and leading specialist of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Sandra Stojiljkovic).

Semi-final of the second season of All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality", organized by the Presidential Platform "Russia - the country of opportunities" went in Moscow. Competition was held as an online-format event. The President of the International center of wine and gastronomy participated in the discussion, dedicated to the future of the hospitality sphere in Russia. More than 100 participants from different regions of Russia were competing in the online Semi-final, including all semi-finalists from the second season, who couldn't visit face-to-face stages of the competition, as well as people, who didn't make if through to the final stage of the competition, but successfully solved special cases from partners of the competition.

On 12-13th of May the Regional Semi-final of the All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality '' was held in Perm city. 129 participants from 26 regions of Russia presented their tourism development projects. President of International center of wine and gastronomy Leonid Gelibterman took part in the Regional Semi-final of the All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality '' in Perm city as an expert and gave competitors a discussion on developing the hospitality sphere. In the framework of the Cooperation Agreements between the Government of Perm Region and ICWAG a meeting with the Ministry of Industry, Enterprise and Trade of Perm Region and the Regional Minister of Tourism and Youth Policy and Solikamsk City Administration were organized. http://www.udmurt.ru/about/info/news/?ELEMENT_ID=328268https://rsv.ru/news/1/2389/ https://zwezda.su/economy/2021/05/v-permi-startoval-polufinal-vserossijskogo-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva-2021-goda https://realnoevremya.ru/articles/212689-kak-na-konkurse-v-permi-vybirali-masterov-gostepriimstva

On 29-30th of April the Semi-final of the All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality" was held in Tyumen Technopark. 134 people from 41 regions of Russia participated in the event. President of the International center of wine and gastronomy Leonid Gelibterman took part in the Semi-final of the All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality" in Tyumen city as a mentor and expert. Leonid Gelibterman was judging projects of participants, and gave a master-class jointly with the president of the Russian National Culinary Association. President of the ICWAG gave out the diplomas to finalists of the competition, as well as negotiated with the Deputy Governor of the Tyumen Region Panteleev Andrei Vadimovich. http://region-tyumen.ru/articles/society/mastera_gostepriimstva_so_vsey_rossii_sobralis_v_tyumeni/ Осиг https://regnum.ru/news/3258843.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwIlRJCR-9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hg2rDyr9eM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMfYek1J2Y https://poraionu.ru/news/v-tyumeni-obyavili-imena-pobeditelej-polufinala-vserossijskogo-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva/

Semi-final of All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality" went on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Thirteen participants, who represented ten regions of the country, reached the final of the competition. President of ICWAG participated in the semi-final in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as an expert and mentor. The meeting with members of the Youth Government of Kamchatka Territory was held at the first day of the competition with the participation of the president of ICWAG. In the following days he performed as an expert in the discussion of competitive projects and he was a speaker in panel discussion "Development of the hospitality sphere. Work on errors''. Perspectives of cooperation between ICWAG and Kamchatka Krai (Region) were discussed with representatives of the Government of Kamchatka Krai (Region) and local businessmen. https://www.kamgov.ru/news/v-petropavlovske-kamcatskom-sostoalos-otkrytie-polufinala-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva-39984 https://tass.ru/obschestvo/11238487 https://regnum.ru/news/economy/3252437.html https://tourism.interfax.ru/ru/news/articles/78261/ https://riafan.ru/1430720-v-petropavlovske-kamchatskom-startoval-polufinal-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva https://www.interfax-russia.ru/far-east/news/shest-predstaviteley-turotrasli-dfo-stali-pobeditelyami-polufinala-vserossiyskogo-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva-na-kamchatke https://irkobl.ru/news/1180459/?print=y https://www.vremyan.ru/news/v_final_konkursa__mastera_gostepriimstva__ot_nizhegorodskoj_oblasti_vyshla_mariya_khokhlova_iz_nizhnego_novgoroda.html

On the 20th of April the new project of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation called "Museum roads of Russia" dedicated to development and promotion of museums of the country, was launched in Kaluga city. Upon an invitation of the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alla Manilova, the president of ICWAG Leonid Gelibterman participated in the event. On the 21th of April he performed with a presentation "Gastronomy component in the work of museums" as a part of the round table of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

President of International center of wine and gastronomy Leonid Gelibterman took part in All-Russia competition "Masters of Hospitality" in Kaluga city as a mentor in the semi-final. He participated in the opening ceremony, worked as an expert by judging projects of competitors. Also, the President of ICWAG presented new founders of nomination "Gastronomy tourism", including ICWAG, Russian National Culinary Association and Samfar Plaza Company Group. Furthermore, Leonid Gelibterman rewarded competitors, who got into the finals of "Masters of Hospitality". Links to the press articles: https://www.mkkaluga.ru/social/2021/04/17/v-final-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva-ot-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-vyshli-roman-korol-i-alisa-shavina.html https://tass.ru/obschestvo/11177677 https://kaluganews.ru/fn_706959.html https://www.mkkaluga.ru/social/2021/04/17/v-final-konkursa-mastera-gostepriimstva-ot-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-vyshli-roman-korol-i-alisa-shavina.html https://www.kaluga-gov.ru/news/3797/ http://www.vest-news.ru/news/160788 https://fedpress.ru/news/40/society/2719952 http://kaluga24.tv/kaluga-sobrala-masterov-gostepriimstva-sredi-nih-est-pyatikratnyj-rekordsmen-mira/ https://rsv.ru/news/1/2274/ https://vk.com/welcomecupru

On 21-22 of March a culinary forum «Industry of food service on duty for the health of nation» took place in Ufa city (Capital of the Bashkortostan Republic). President of ICWAG took part in the championship of hospitality «Gastro Master 2021» as a culinary judge. He also performed with a presentation at a business part of a forum. Professional competition and business program were held at Congress-hall «Toratau» in Ufa. President of Russian National Culinary Association Viktor Belyaev was a head of the judges commission. Association of cooks, restaurateurs and hoteliers of the Republic of Bashkortostan was organizer of the event with support of the Bashkortostan Ministry of Trade and Services as well as Ufa city Administration.

Regular meeting of Moscow (National) Branch of IWFS under the presidency of Leonid Gelibterman took place in restaurant house «Buloshnaya» on 24th of March. Gastronomy evening was dedicated to Italy, so the dinner, prepared by brand-chef of restaurant house «Buloshnaya» Sergey Erofeev, was accompanied with Italian wines and coffee. Numerous guests of the event gave a high mark to the work of the chef and his team. Guests also pointed out the perfect-matching wine and food. The next meeting of the Moscow (National) Branch of IWFS will be devoted to the culinary culture of the Republic of Korea.