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'BRICS today: challenges and prospects' workshop

On November 24, 2014 “E-journal. Public Administration” hosted a “BRICS today: challenges and prospects” workshop.

The workshop’s title reflects the main issues discussed by the participants — the challenges and prospects BRICS countries face today.  The participants — representatives of Russia’s leading universities — discussed the problem within a broad framework of modern global political reality, encompassing a number of problems, from social policy formation to economic, financial and information policy problems.

The director of MGIMO’s BRICS Research Center, Dr. L.S. Okuneva made an opening statement. A number of notable specialists in political and economic sciences, including Drs. Manoilo, Shegoleva, Petrunin, and others participated in the workshop.

The subject of BRICS development prospects after the latest Fortaleza summit was examined by Vicente Ferraro Giaccaglini, RSE HSE master’s student, researcher for Asian Studies Laboratory in University of São Paulo, graduate of Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

S.S. Hrizieva’s (M.A.) “Russian-Brazilian Digital cooperation within BRICS” presentation sparked significant interest among the participants.

Summarizing the workshop’s proceedings it’s important to note that all participants evaluated current socioeconomic conditions in BRICS countries, highlighted the major problems the union faces which require a careful examination by specialists in different areas and cooperation of scientific institutions of all the BRICS countries.

You can read the articles in “BRICS: public administration, politics, economy” section on our website:

No 46. 2014. URL: http://e-journal.spa.msu.ru/vestnik/vipusk/46_2014.htm

No 45. 2014. URL: http://e-journal.spa.msu.ru/vestnik/vipusk/45_2014.htm 

Ekaterina A. Vinogradova
coordinator of “BRICS today: challenges and prospects” workshop