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	03.12.06 Victoria Panova G8 research group, University of Toronto, Director for Russia
	03.12.06 Mona Bricke German NGO Forum Environment and Development
	03.12.06 Nigel Martin Montreal International Rorum (FIM)
	02.12.06 John Kirton Head of G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
	02.12.06 Regina Gunter Head of the WWF Germany

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April, 22 Russian Educational Association Congress

The following questions are planned for the discussion:

a.. official and alternative concepts of education modernization
b.. the aims of the state policy in the sphere of education
c.. social questions of the educational policy
d.. state and private educational sectors.
e.. contents and values of education;
f.. problems of education;
g.. special education: the responsibility of the state to provide education to the disabled people.
h.. educational technologies.

Participants: G. Alferov - the Nobal Prize laureate, member of the Russian Academy of Science; I. Melnikov - State Duma depute, Lomonosov Moscow State University professor; V. Lukin - Himan Rights representative in RF; O. Smolin - chief assistant of the State Duma Education and Science Committee; O. Denisov - chairman of the Moscow Student Trade Union; S. Kuzin - chairman of the Moscow city trade union organization of the national education and science workers ; S. Komkov - president of the Russian Education Fund and others.

The organizers are the “Education for all” social movement, Moscow city trade union organization of the national education and science workers (RF), Coordinating Committee of the science trade union organizations, Committee of the Secondary School directors, the “Alternative” social movement, All-Russian Education Fund, Democratic School Association, All-Russian movement “Parent care”, All-Russian social movement “Childhood care” and others.

Expert opinion

	02.12.06 Halter Marek Le College de France
	02.12.06 Olivier Giscard d’Estaing COPAM, France
	02.12.06 Mika Ohbayashi Institute for Sustainable Energy Poliсy
	02.12.06 Bill Pace World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
	01.12.06 Peter I. Hajnal Toronto University, G8 Research Group