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.
10 profile officers of the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly from the city of Accra (Ghana) are being trained at the school "Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy" of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of RUDN University.
RUDN University is to train 100 specialists in Agronomy and Ecology for Ghana at the request of its industrial partner, the Jospong Group, which unites 60 companies. The number of trained personnel will amount to over 600 within 5 years. The fields of study which are of interest to the partner include Agronomy, Information Technology, Applied Nature Management, Ecology. The company is ready to pay for travel, accommodation and scholarships for these students. RUDN University will accept students within preferential rights.
The delegation of the Republic of The Gambia led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mamadou Tangara visited the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Members of the delegation met with Rector Oleg Yastrebov and the staff of the Agricultural and Technological Institute of RUDN University, went on a tour of biotechnological laboratories and a laboratory for studying soils chemical composition and properties.