REC "Kuzbass" shared its experience of international cooperation within the framework of the strategic session of the RANEPA

18/03/2021

The Kuzbass Research and Education Center is the only one of 10 world-class research and education centers in Russia to present its own best practices and first results in the development of international cooperation within the framework of the REC case study at the RANEPA strategic session.

The strategic session "International scientific Cooperation and Export of Education: Mechanisms of interaction" was organized by the Competence Center for Managers and Employees of International Services of Educational Organizations of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Ivan Skornyakov, Head of the Department of International Cooperation of REC "Kuzbass", presented the tools that proved their effectiveness for including participants of REC "Kuzbass" (6 universities and 2 research and educational centers) in international events.

These include, for example, the creation of a single brand "Kuzbass". This approach allowed universities and research organizations in the region to offer a full range of educational, research, project and exhibition opportunities at various, including international venues, under a single brand.

In addition, the collaboration helps implement various scientific and educational tracks for participants of REC "Kuzbass" (including in an online format), opens up additional employment opportunities for talented university graduates at enterprises of industrial partners of REC, and represents the interests of REC participants abroad.

Another tool for solving the problems of expanding international cooperation and exporting education at the Kuzbass REC is the opening of foreign representative offices. To date, two of them have been opened (in China and Mongolia, negotiations are underway with the Republic of Belarus). For participants of the Kuzbass REC, this is an additional opportunity to find and assemble research teams to participate in grant competitions, implement scientific and educational projects.

In total, the event was attended by more than 400 participants from among the heads and employees of universities, including international services of Russian universities, as well as employees of higher educational institutions that provide the scientific component of the educational organization's activities. 8 reports were presented. The speakers discussed the goals laid down in the new national project "Science and Universities", the export of education (including in online format), and the new horizons of scientific diplomacy in Russia. Issues of interaction between universities and the scientific community were discussed, modern effective methods of building scientific and educational ties were presented.