On
May 20, 2020, a meeting of National Coordinating Committee of BRICS Network
University took place in a remote format. It was attended by representatives of
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, as well
as Russian universities participating in the Network University. From the side
of MPEI the meeting was attended by Alexander Tarasov, Vice-Rector on
International Relations and Sergey Shirinskii, Head of International
Administration.
Welcoming speeches were made by Boris Zhelezov, Deputy Director of Department
of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the
Russian Federation, Alexey Levchenko, Deputy Director of the Department of
State Policy in Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of
the Russian Federation and Larisa Efremova, Vice-Rector on International
Affairs of RUDN.
During
the meeting, participants discussed issues of educational activities within the
framework of the Russian Federation’s Chairmanship of the BRICS in 2020, of the
meetings of the BRICS Network University International Thematic Groups, as well
as prospects for interstate cooperation in the framework of the admission
campaign for the 2020/2021 academic year. The delegates approved draft Concepts
for the Functioning and Development of the BRICS Network University and for the
Network University Roadmap in the short and medium terms on the purpose of
subsequent consideration and submission for approval by the International Board
of Directors of BRICS Network University.