The BRICS Academic Forum has ended in Moscow: The participants presented recommendations to the leaders of the countries of the association on promising areas of cooperation within the framework of the BRICS
The BRICS Academic Forum was held from May 22 to 24 in Moscow on the theme "BRICS: New Pieces on the World Chessboard". The Forum is a central platform for interaction between experts and scientists and contributes to the development of academic exchanges, strengthening dialogue between governments and the expert community of the BRICS countries, as well as developing recommendations to the leaders of the BRICS countries. This year, the forum was attended by almost 300 representatives of the expert community of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, UAE, Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, as well as other countries such as Algeria, Belarus, Jordan, Canada, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, USA, Uzbekistan, Uganda, Switzerland. The event was also attended by representatives of the diplomatic missions of the BRICS countries in Moscow. The event was organized by the BRICS Expert Council and operated by the Roscongress Foundation.
The forum was first held in 2008, that is, even before the first BRICS summit, which took place on June 18, 2009. Since the launch of the Forum, the BRICS expert community has been playing an innovative role in the development of the BRICS agenda, focusing the attention of the governments of the countries of the association on new tasks and offering a revolutionary approach to solving the challenges they face. A number of previously proposed initiatives were approved at the highest level and accelerated the development of BRICS as a global governance mechanism.
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The BRICS Academic Forum is just a platform for partnership. This is a visionary format that is designed to generate breakthrough ideas, set the contours of development and the image of the future of the BRICS. It is no coincidence that many successful BRICS initiatives, in particular the New BRICS Development Bank, were proposed at the Academic Forum.
Victoria Panova
Head of the BRICS Expert Council, Vice Rector of the Higher School of Economics
A meeting was traditionally held within the framework of the Forum Council of Expert Centers (SEC) brix. The BRICS SEC was established in 2013 by decision of the leaders of the countries of the association in accordance with the Etekva Declaration and represents the largest international dialogue platform for representatives of the expert community of the BRICS countries.
Following the results of the Forum, recommendations of the academic community on the development of cooperation within the framework of BRICS were developed, which were transmitted through the channels of sherpa and su-sherpa to the leaders of the BRICS countries for the summit in Kazan.