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NewsG8 implementation seminar begins in Moscow01.01.70
Moscow’s Centre of Strategic Research hosted the international seminar “On the Way to St. Petersburg. The Role of the G8 in Global Development” earlier Monday on how to implement and assess summit decisions. The presentation and debate results are expected to help shape international expert opinions and attitudes on how Russia’s upcoming G8 initiatives should be implemented. The organizers - the Higher School of Economics, the G8 Summit Organizing Committee Expert Council and the Toronto University G8 Information Centre will publish the materials from the seminar. 10.30 – 12.00 Plenary G8 Role in Global Development: Main Mechanisms of Commitments Implementation and Tools of Performance Assessment Chair: Andrey Kondakov, Head of Department for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, G8 Political Director of Russia 10.30 – 10.40 Welcome Address Elvira Nabiullina, Head of the Experts Council for the Steering Committee for G8 Presidency of the Russian Federation in 2006 Lev Yakobson, First Vice Rector of the SU-HSE 10.40 – 11.00 Key position presentations for debate Main Mechanisms of G8 Initiatives Implementation Tatyana Zakaurtseva, Head of the Centre for Studies of G8 Transatlantic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 11.00 – 11.20 Tools of Monitoring G8 Commitments Compliance: Methodology and the Main Results of the Interim Gleneagles Compliance Report Ella Kokotsis, Director of Analytical Studies, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto 11.20 – 12.00 Discussion Invited discussants: Andrey Markov, Senior Adviser on Social Policy, World Bank Russia Badarch Dendev, Director, UNESCO Moscow Office, Program Specialist in Education Taras Kobushko, Director of OECD Moscow Office, Centre for Cooperation with Non-members Sergey Medvedev, Professor, Department of Applied Political Science, SU-HSE Andrey Bokarev, Deputy director of the Department for International Financial Issues, Public Debt and Public Financial Assets, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Vladimir Zuev, Head of Department of International Economic Regulation and Integration, SU-HSE Vyacheslav Smolenskiy, Head of the Group for Infectious Diseases, the Experts Council for the Steering Committee for G8 Presidency of the Russian Federation in 2006 Valeriy Sorokin, Deputy Head of the Group for Energy Safety and Efficiency, the Experts Council for the Steering Committee for G8 Presidency of the Russian Federation in 2006 Mikhail Lukyanchuk, President’s Advisor, IBS Group 12.15 -13.40 Session 1: Globalization and New Challenges for Education Chair: Elena Soboleva, Executive Director of the National Training Foundation Key position presentations for debate 12.15 – 12.40 The G8 and Global Education Governance John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto 12.40 – 13.00 Aims Tasks and the Main Trends of Development of Professional Qualification System in Russia Natalia Mashukova, Director of the Centre for Professional Qualifications Development, SU-HSE 13.00 – 13.40 Discussion Invited discussants: Vasiliy Zhurakovsky, Chairman of the Expert and Analytical Centre, National Training Foundation Roman Alexandrov, Deputy Head of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Andrey Markov, Senior Adviser on Social Policy, World Bank Russia Evgeniy Butko, Federal Agency for Education, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Fiodor Dudyrev, Deputy Head of Directorate for Public Policy in education, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Tatyana Klyachko, Director of Centre of Economics of Lifelong Education, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation Alexander Minaev, Chief Specialist of the Department of Public Policy in Education, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Sergey Yakovlev, Director of the International College of Economics and Finance, SU-HSE 14.40 – 16.00 Session 2. Teaching and Researching G8 Chair: Lev Yakobson, First Vice Rector of the SU-HSE Key position papers for debate 14.40 – 15.00 Researching G8: transformation of the education topic status in the G8 priorities’ agenda Marina Larionova, Vice Rector of the SU-HSE 15.00 – 15.20 Educating the Global community about G8 Madeline Koch, Managing Director, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto 15.20 – 16.00 Discussion Main Discussants: Valeriy Sakharov, Head of the Department of Education and Science, Russian Commission for UNESCO Irina Arzhanova, Deputy Head for Development of Programme Activities Maxim Braterskiy, Executive Director of the School of Russian Studies, SU-HSE Tatyana Zakaurtseva, Head of the Centre for Transatlantic Studies, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Evgeniy Kutovoy, Professor, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Victoria Panova, Regional Director for Russia, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto Andrei Melville, Vice Rector, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) |
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