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Campus Announcements
Mar 27-Apr 2 Arctic Territory of Dialogue (A Forum)
Department / Organization: OIP
Arctic program over Spring Break. American Univ Inst Russian culture and history
10 teams of 18 people each will be formed on the basis of 14 Russian specialists, 3 foreign specialists and 1 member of the Indigenous People of the North. They will go through an educational program. The topic of the program is – the real challenge for the development of the Arctic zones.
Participants will meet and debate with the heads of corporations operating in the Arctic region, ministers, professors from the Russian Academy of Sciences and rectors of Russia's major universities. The roundtable participants and leading experts will discuss the following topics: 1. Formation of development zones in the Arctic as the main mechanism for implementation of the Russian state program "Social-Economic Development of the Russian Federation in the Arctic region till 2020"
2. Development of transport accessibility and infrastructure support areas – land, air and sea transport
3. Legal regulation of the Northern Sea Route
4. Urban development in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
5. Health development in the Arctic zone – training of personnel and delivery of care in remote areas
6. Development and provision of human resources to the Arctic region.
Living costs covered except for transportation to/from Moscow.
Contact: Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation Ms. Karina Chuykova kchuykova@fadm.gov.ru,