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Russia–Africa Forum to Discuss Transfer of Best Russian Education Technologies

On 28 July, as part of the business programme of the Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, the panel discussion ‘Russia–Africa: Transferring the Best Educational Technologies for General, Vocational and Further Education’ will take place within the track entitled ‘The Humanitarian and Social Sphere: Working Together for a New Quality of Life’. The discussion will be moderated by Oksana Boyko, correspondent of the RT English language programme directorate. The following participants are expected at the session: Mohamed Belhocine, Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation within the African Union; Purificacion Bohari Lasaquero, Minister Delegate of Education, Science, Higher and Professional Education of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Denis Gribov, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation; Maxim Dreval, General Director, Russian society Znanie; Natalya Tretyak, General Director, Prosveshcheniye, and others.

In the current geopolitical paradigm, Russia and African countries are strategically expanding their interaction across the entire spectrum of relations, with special attention paid to the implementation of initiatives in education. Cooperation in this area has historical roots and is supported by a keen interest on the part of friendly states in studying the Russian language, sending students to Russian universities, and key projects in education. The promotion abroad of Russian general and secondary vocational education and its highly effective methods and practices opens up new opportunities for cooperation. In particular, the discussion will focus on how this experience will be useful for the implementation of educational policy in African countries and what Russian educational projects may be of interest to African partners.

“Scientist should become one of the most important professions. This does not mean that it should become accessible, that it should seem that everyone can become a scientist. It is a difficult path. Not everyone will become a great scientist. Just as, in fact, not everyone could become a cosmonaut in the Soviet Union. But everyone wanted to. Everyone should want to become a scientist and realise how important it is for the country now and that the future depends on it,” noted Maxim Dreval, General Director, Russian society Znanie. roscongress.org/sessions/spief-2022-tochki-rosta-na-starte-desyatiletiya-nauki-i-tekhnologiy/discussion/

The panel discussion is scheduled for 14:00 in conference hall G3 (pavilion G). 

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

Official website: summitafrica.ru

 

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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