The BRICS+ youth forum on sports diplomacy at RUDN University
The forum brought together more than 100 people from 40 countries — Great Britain, Canada, Estonia, as well as Benin, Cameroon and Serbia. Experts named e-sports as one of the new tools of sports diplomacy as a way to develop international relations
RUDN University, ANO “Commonwealth of Sports Diplomacy” and the “Russia — BRICS” Project Office for International Youth Cooperation also signed cooperation agreements. Yulia Ebzeeva, First Vice-Rector — Vice-Rector for education, proposed making the forum an annual event at the university site.
The forum ended with a sports program. Irina Lis, leader of the physical culture and sports committee of the Ivolga Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, showed physical exercises to the participants. RUDN University cheerleading team, students of the “Alyans” karate club, Sambo wrestlers of the Sambo-70 educational center and capoeira (a martial art that combines elements of dance and acrobatics) athletes performed various numbers.
The forum was organized with the support of the Commonwealth of Sports Diplomacy, the “Russia-BRICS” Project Office for International Youth Cooperation, the “Rossiya” Sports Society, the Agency for Strategic Sports Initiatives and the “Battle for Science” project.
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.