Meeting of the National Coordinating Committee of the BRICS Network University
The Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education Mr. Boris Zhelezov, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in Higher Education of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education Mr. Aleksey Levchenko and Vice-rector for International Affairs of RUDN University Ms. Larisa Efremova delivered welcoming speeches.
During the meeting the participants concerned issues of educational activities within the framework of the Russian chairmanship of the BRICS Interstate Association in 2020, meetings of International Thematic Groups of the BRICS Network University, prospects for interstate cooperation in the framework of the admission campaign for the 2020/2021 academic year, and approved the draft of Conception of functioning and development of the BRICS Network University and its Roadmap for the short and medium terms for further consideration and submission them for approval by the International Governing Council of the BRICS Network University.
RUDN University welcomed a delegation of three Municipal Assemblies of the Republic of Ghana - Korle Klottey, La Dade-Kotopon and Ledzokuku. At the meeting the parties discussed the results of the educational school “Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy”, held at the Institute of Ecology of RUDN University this year.
The BRICS Network University International Governing Board is the main coordinating body of the educational consortium. Russia is chairing BRICS in 2024. The event took place in the run-up to the meeting of the Ministers of Education of the countries of the association. The meeting is to take place in Kazan on 11 June.
May 20, RUDN received a delegation from Nizwa University, one of the leading educational and scientific institutions in the Sultanate of Oman.