Month: September 2016

During the meeting were discussed the differences between countries education systems of two countries, specific professional training for high-tech industry, conditions of the intensification of technology transfer and mutual exchange program.

Following the meeting, an agreement was reached on the organization by Russian-Singapore Business Council of several scientific and educational missions of teachers and students of the National University of Singapore in leading universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Development  Director of the Russian-Singapore Business Council Andrey Bykov made a business visit to the Siberian Federal District. During the visit, meetings were held with representatives of the executive authorities and the business community of the Altai Territory and the Novosibirsk region. The parties discussed the prospects of achieving export-oriented enterprises in the region to the markets of Southeast Asia, cooperation in the field of education, in particular the internship program developed by the Russian-Singapore Business Council and the Business School at Nanyang Technological University, has been offered for the heads of Russian regions. The program can be realized both in Singapore and in the territory of Russian region. As part of a business trip the presentation of information and service platform RSTrade for promoting Russian industrial products of civilian non-industry sector of the economy in the countries of Southeast Asia, India and Australia, as well as to increase efficiency and improve service imports from Asian countries to Russia and EEU countries. Parties identified ways of mutually beneficial cooperation, and agreed to hold in November 2016, a working visit to Singapore, dedicated to the 7th meeting of the High-Level Intergovernmental Russian-Singapore Commission.

On 20-21 September 2016, LLC “RSTrade House” the managing company of the Russian-Singapore Business Council will present an electronic information and service B2B and B2G platform «RSTrade» at TECHINNOVATION and TECHVENTURE exhibitions in Singapore .
Information and multilingual service platform RSTrade designed to promote Russian industrial products of civilian non-industry sector of the economy in the countries of Southeast Asia, India and Australia, as well as to increase efficiency and improve service imports from Asian countries to Russia and the EEU. RSTrade platform provides users with information about products and services, as well as organising export-import operations.

As we previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an official decree calling for elections in the lower house of Russian parliament to be held on Sept. 18.

The document will be officially published within the next five days, at which point the campaign cycle will begin. This will be the first Russian legislative election since December 2011, The Moscow Times reports.

According to Russian law, political parties have 30 days after the president calls for elections to submit their lists of candidates.

The State Duma elections will see 225 politicians elected via party lists and another 225 people elected in single-member constituencies.

Elections to the legislative assemblies in 39 districts of Russia will be held on the same day, as will elections for governors and republic heads in a further seven regions.

Source: http://vestnikkavkaza.net/tag/parliamentary+elections+in+Russia+2016

The main topic of the University Forum, which was held on September 1-2, 2016 in Far Eastern Federal University was cooperation between Russia and countries of Southeast Asia (ASEAN countries) in the sphere of the humanities.

The meeting was held as part of the business program of the Second Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which brought together more than 150 top managers, professors, experts and students from leading universities.
The central event of the University Forum was the plenary meeting with participation of the Minister of Science and Education of the Russian Federation O. Yu. Vasilyeva, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation A. V. Novak, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation A. A. Fursenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation I. V. Morgulov, and ministers and official representative of education bodies of Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.

“We have almost six thousand students from ASEAN countries studying in Russia today, and they choose to major in medicine, engineering, languages and economics,” the Minister of Science and Education said. “We are working on increasing the quota for ASEAN students by 10% next year. The Forum makes me hopeful that in the very near future we will be able to activate exchange programs and establish network cooperation between universities.”

“Far Eastern Federal University is happy to have students from ASEAN countries,” acting Rector N. Y. Anisimov said. “We expect that their number will grow.”

A. V. Novak specifically stressed that the fuel and energy sector plays a significant role in the economies of Russia and the countries of Southeast Asia, and in the near future will remain one of the largest consumers of human resources and a customer of research projects. This is why, the Minister said, cooperation with the university community is of priority importance for the industry, and the Russia-ASEAN Forum has been selected as the starting point for #BrighterTogether All-Russian Festival of Energy Saving.

During the two days of plenary sessions and panel discussions, the participants of the University Forum discussed possibilities for cooperation in the sphere of science, technology and innovations, the role of Russian and ASEAN scholars and experts in resolving issues of security, the environment, climate change, biological security and energy efficiency, the future of international cooperation for support of business, culture, medicine and sports.

Source: http://xn--80abucjiibhv9a.xn--p1ai/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/8754