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Forum to Discuss How Russian Higher Education Can Help Train Personnel for Africa

On 27 July, as part of the business programme of the Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, the panel discussion ‘Cooperation in Higher Education in Modern Geopolitical Conditions’ will be held within the track entitled ‘Humanitarian and Social Sphere: Working Together for a New Quality of Life’. The session will be moderated by Andrey Fursenko, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. The following participants are expected to attend the session: Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt; Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation; Dmitry Kobylkin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection; Vladislav Panchenko, Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-President, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, and others.

The formation of new sustainable ties between Russian and African universities will be among the most important issues at the Forum. Expansion of personnel training for priority sectors of the African economy and humanitarian sphere, ensuring sustainable development of Russia and Africa require the formation of joint research and educational centres in areas of mutual interest in scientific and technological development, creation of new tools for cooperation in the humanitarian field. The discussion will address the problems of developing long-term partnerships that would facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience between Russia and Africa, new forms of cooperation for targeted training in the interests of the growing industry of African countries that Russian higher education can offer.

“We can export by dumping some goods that are not outstanding. Or we can go in a completely different direction and try to export ideas. Exporting the scientific agenda is real. We have had some success in it. Many mega-instruments that are being created and have been created around the world today are our ideas. For example, the free electron laser, tokamak, colliders, or collider principles,” noted Andrey Fursenko, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. roscongress.org/speakers/fursenko-andrey/quotes/

The panel discussion is scheduled for 14:00 in conference hall G4 (pavilion G).

The Roscongress Foundation is the organizer of the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

 

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“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI