G8 implementation seminar begins in Moscow
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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)