Results of the V BRICS International School

V BRICS International School was organized by the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research from November 29 to December 3, 2021 in online format.

BRICS International School is a unique scientific and educational programme aimed at training young experts specializing in BRICS studies in political, economic, humanitarian fields and other relevant areas of interaction within the five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The programme is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Due to the epidemiological situation in the world, V BRICS International School was held online.

Young scientists and diplomats, journalists, entrepreneurs, Bachelor’s and Master’s students as well as post-graduates, aged from 18 to 35, were invited to take part in this programme. On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the programme 200 representatives from 22 countries (Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, as well as Armenia, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zimbabwe) were selected to join programme. 

Participants were offered a range of specially developed comprehensive course by top Russian and international experts and practitioners, representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations, ministries and agencies, think tanks with considerable experience in BRICS research. The programme allowed participants to broaden their professional horizons, develop communication skills, and study specifics of cooperation among the BRICS countries – their positions on the global arena, prospects of institutionalization of the BRICS format, goals and priorities of the grouping for the future.

Upon tradition H.E. Sergey RYABKOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Russian Sherpa in BRICS delivered a speech on the theme "Role of BRICS Countries in the Global Coordinate System: The Era of Change" and answered to the questions of the participants on burning issues of international agenda. Video

Opening Ceremony and Plenary Discussion was devoted to the theme "The End of Globalization? Challenges and Opportunities for Future Generations". Session was moderated by Prof. Georgy TOLORAYA, Deputy Chair of the Board, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research. Speakers at the session: Dr. Vyacheslav NIKONOV, Chair of the Board, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; First Deputy Chair, State Duma Committee on International Affairs; Dr. Andrey KORTUNOV, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council; Dr. Dmitry RAZUMOVSKIY, Director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Dmitry POLIKANOV, Deputy Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo); Dr. Victoria PANOVA, Vice President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russian W20 Sherpa; Dr. Andrey BAYKOV, Vice-Rector for Science and Research, MGIMO-University; Dr. Andrzej HABARTA, Editor-in-Chief, Cuadernos Iberoamericanos.

Expert Discussion on the theme "Public Diplomacy in the Era of COVID-19" was moderated by Mr. Evgeny ZYRYANOV, Leading Specialist, Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund. Speakers at the session: Dr. Natalia BURLINOVA, Founder and President, Creative diplomacy; Ms. Purnima ANAND, President, BRICS International Forum, India; Dr. Anna KURUMCHINA, Director General, Agency of Cultural and Scientific Diplomacy.

Expert Discussion on the theme "BRICS: Measuring International Stability and Security" was moderated by Prof. Georgy TOLORAYA, Deputy Chair of the Board, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research. Speakers at the session: Mr. Georgy MIKHNO, Deputy Director, Department on New Challenges and Threats, Russian Foreign Ministry; Dr. Vladimir ORLOV, Founder and Director, PIR Center; Dr. Ana GARCIA, Director, BRICS Policy Center, Brazil; Dr. Timofei BORDACHEV, Academic Supervisor, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Expert Discussion on the theme "Challenges to BRICS Economic Development" was moderated by Dr. Nataliya ZAISER, Chair and Founder, Africa Business Initiative Union. Speakers at the session: Ms. Evgeniia DROZHASHCHIKH, Head of Asia Pacific Division, Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia; Prof. Yaroslav LISSOVOLIK, Senior Managing Director — Head of Research, Sberbank Investment Research; Prof. Irina YARYGINA, Scientific Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; Mr. Flavio Lyrio CARNEIRO, Researcher, Assistant Coordinator of the Masters In Public Policy and Development Programme, International Studies Division, Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil; Dr. Sabyasachi SAHA, Associate Professor, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India.

Presentation of Best Practices on Youth Cooperation "The Role of Youth in Enhancing International Cooperation: Best practices within BRICS" was moderated by Ms. Valeriia GORBACHEVA, GR-Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research. Speakers at the session: Ms. Diana KOVELA, Member, Project Office of International Youth Cooperation "Russia - BRICS"; Mr. Alexey EZHOV, Chairman, Leaders of International Cooperation; Dr. Roman CHUKOV, Chairman, Russian Centre for Promotion of International Initiatives; Mr. Vadim KUZNETSOV, Director of Sustainability and Climate, BRICS Youth Energy Agency; Dr. Alina SHCHERBAKOVA, Head, Ibero-American Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Dr. Raymond MATLALA, Founder and Chairman, South African BRICS Youth Association, South Africa; Mr. Vasily BALASHOV, Project Manager, Centre for Youth Initiatives, Agency for Strategic Initiatives; Mr. Akil MOHAMMAD, Founder, International Youth Edu Skills Foundation, India; Mr. Valdir BEZERRA, Member, Center for BRICS Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Expert Discussion on the theme "Innovations and Digital Technologies in BRICS Countries" was moderated by Dr. Ivan DANILIN, Head, Department of Innovation Policy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences. Speakers at the session: Dr. SHEN Yi, Director, Center for BRICS Studies, Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University, China; Prof. Daya THUSSU, Professor of International Communication Department of Journalism, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, India; Dr. Luca BELLI, Director, CyberBRICS, Brazil; Dr. Lydia KULIK, Head, India Studies, Institute for Emerging Markets Studies, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO; Dr. Evgeniy TONKIKH, Deputy Head, Department of international cooperation, Radio Research and Development Institute.

Master Class on the theme "Building Cross-Cultural Awareness in a Modern Business Context" was held by Ms. Marina BELOUSOVA, Sales Director, Certified Business Trainer, MBA.

Plenary Discussion on the theme "Women's Leadership in BRICS" was moderated by Dr. Victoria PANOVA, Vice President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russian W20 Sherpa. Speakers at the session: Ms. Pam RAJPUT, one of the Founder Members, BRICS Feminist Watch; Indian W20 Sherpa, India; Ms. Maria AFONINA, Vice-Rector for Educational Activities, Senezh Management Workshop, Russia – Land of Opportunity; Dr. Sarah MOSOETSA, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, South Africa.

Expert Discussion on the theme "Sustainable Development in BRICS countries" was moderated by Prof. Leonid GRIGORYEV, Chief Advisor to the Head, Analytical Centre under the Government of Russia; Tenured Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics. Speakers at the session: Dr. Karin Costa VAZQUEZ, Executive Director, Centre for African Latin American and Caribbean Studies, O. P. Jindal Global University, Brazil/India; Dr. Liliana PROSKURYAKOVA, Deputy Head, Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, International Research and Educational Foresight Centre, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Ms. Arina MURESAN, Researcher, Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa; Dr. Alexandra MOROZKINA, Head of the Structural Reforms Division, Economic Expert Group. 

Upon successfull completion of the programme, participants received certificates.

Participants of the V BRICS International School:

ARMENIA
Ms. Anna MARGARYAN

AFGANISTAN
Mr. Rahmatullah HIKMAT

BULGARIA
Ms. Ralitsa TODOROVA (successfully graduated)

BRAZIL
Ms. Larissa BARROS (successfully graduated)
Mr. Lucas ROCHA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Iago DALFIOR (successfully graduated)
Ms. Clara GERHARDT DAVID (successfully graduated)
Ms. Esther KRÜGER SILVEIRA (successfully graduated)
Mr. André LEZAN FERNANDE (successfully graduated)
Ms. Nathália Suellen LIMA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Eduardo MATTOS (successfully graduated)
Ms. Mariana MOURA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Lais NASCIMENTO CARDOSO CRUZ (successfully graduated)
Mr. Bruno PEDROSA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Gabriel RACHED (successfully graduated)
Mr. Luiz Eduardo SOUZA COELHO PEREIRA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Juliana YA LAN TAN CHEN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Mateus FUCHS (successfully graduated)
Ms. Sandi AURÉLIO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Scarlett Queen ALMEIDA BISPO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Geovana SOARES (successfully graduated)
Mr. Lucas ENRIQUEZ ROCHA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Diogo QUENTAL (successfully graduated)
Mr. Lucas BARCELOS
Ms. Fernanda CARRILHO
Mr. Gustavo SIMÕES
Mr. Alan BERMANZON
Mr. Natan LEANDRO DE MELO

CAMEROON
Mr. Jean François Nicolas BIBOUM

CHINA
Mr. Zhang HE (successfully graduated)
Mr. Zhong LEI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Yuze SHI (successfully graduated)
Ms. XU Yajiao (successfully graduated)

ECUADOR
Ms. Paola COMINA (successfully graduated)

EGIPT
Mr. Ahmed ELSAYED

INDIA
Mr. Phalguni Sundaram BISWAL (successfully graduated)
Mr. Deepak KUMAR (successfully graduated)
Mr. Jain MANAN V (successfully graduated)
Mr. Saurav KUMAR (successfully graduated)
Mr. Saptarko BISWAS (successfully graduated)
Ms. Samprity BISWAS (successfully graduated)
Mr. Arka Prabha DAS (successfully graduated)
Ms. Antara JHA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Devanshu JHA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Kaustubh JUMLE (successfully graduated)
Ms. Susmita MUKHERJEE (successfully graduated)
Mr. Subham PAL (successfully graduated)
Ms. Jayita ROY (successfully graduated)
Mr. Hrishikesh SATHYAMOORTHY (successfully graduated)
Mr. Rishabh SETHI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Syed SHAHZEB (successfully graduated)
Mr. Rishabh SHARMA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Aditya SHRIVASTAVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Ujjwal SONKAR (successfully graduated)
Mr. Mayank KHATRI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Angshuman PAL (successfully graduated)
Mr. Gaurav RANA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Tummala SAIKIRAN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Abhinav Kumar SINGH (successfully graduated)
Mr. Ahzam RASHEED (successfully graduated)
Ms. Rashmi GIRI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Kundan KUMAR (successfully graduated)
Ms. Sabeela SIDDIQUI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Ashish Kumar MISHRA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Padmashri MUDAKE (successfully graduated)
Mr. Anand JAYSHETTE (successfully graduated)
Mr. Debanjan DATTA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Jayakumar VENKATESAN (successfully graduated)
Ms. Bhavya SINGH (successfully graduated)
Mr. Jainendra SRIVASTAVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Mohamad Aseel UMMER
Mr. Rajeev YADAV
Mr. Arindam SARKAR
Mr. Abdul RAZAQ
Mr. Ramswaroop RUNDLA
Mr. Sharad PAL
Ms. Samruddhi PENDKE
Mr. Anuddin QURAISHI
Mr. Swagat Kumar BISHI
Mr. Pragya Sheel GAUTAM
Mr. Pavel GHOSH
Mr. Manaoor ILAHI
Ms. Shalu KUMARI
Ms. Harsha NARANG
Mr. Abin SHAJI SUNITHA
Mr. Rajath kunar Goud KONDAKALLA
Ms. Manasi MANDALIK
Ms. Akabari DRASHTI
Mr. Parag BHORANIYA

INDONESIA
Mr. Taufiq URRAHMAN

KAZAKHSTAN
Ms. Arailym NURLYBAYEVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Bibol ZHAKIPBAYEV
Mr. Alisher KHASSENGALIYEV

KYRGYZSTAN
Mr. Azis PIRIMKULOV

MEXICO
Mr. Nikolai MARCHUK (successfully graduated)
Mr. Rubén Alejandro GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ

PAKISTAN
Mr. Muhammad Tayyab ASAWER (successfully graduated)

PARAGUAY
Ms. Nadia PÁEZ

PHILIPPINES
Mr. Gabriel HONRADA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Kenneth Jim Joseph JIMENO (successfully graduated)

RUSSIA
Ms. Yana SHEMYAKINA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Elena BORETS (successfully graduated)
Mr. Upasak BOSE (successfully graduated)
Ms. Anastasiia GOLDRINA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Milana GOROBCHENKO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Elena GRISHINA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Aynur GURBANOVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Anatoly IVANOV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Kira IVANOVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Danila KARPEEV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Julia LUKANINA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Vyacheslav MOZHANOV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Anastasia PARAMONOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Alina PARUNOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Elizaveta PETROVSKAYA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Yana RASHKOVSKAYA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Svetlana RYASHINA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Andrei SARILOV (successfully graduated)
Mr. Anton SEMYASHKIN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Kirill SHABALIN (successfully graduated)
Ms. Vita SHEVCHENKO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Viktoriia SKOROPADSKA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Anastasia TSVETKOVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Nikolai YAKUSHEV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Sofia ZABELICH (successfully graduated)
Ms. Polina ZAINULLINA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Vladislava ZAKHAROVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Aleksei MENSKII (successfully graduated)
Ms. Arina KOZLOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Diana VESENEVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Julie SMOLYANINOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Ekaterina SHILOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Polina ZAVODNYUK (successfully graduated)
Ms. Daria GORBACHEVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Semyon ROMASHECHKIN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Roman MAKHONIN (successfully graduated)
Ms. Ekaterina STRAHOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Milena KORCHUNOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Alina PROCOFIEVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Alina KOLOMOITSEVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Elisaveta MINYAILENKO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Meri BAGDASARIAN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Danila MUKHIN (successfully graduated)
Ms. Anastasia BEZOTOSOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Kseniia TRUSHCHELEVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Polina GOLOVKINA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Veronika SHVETSOVA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Sergei IVLEV (successfully graduated)
Mr. Maxim ZENKOV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Anna NIKOLSKAIA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Diana BUTORINA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Alexander ROSUSHCHAN (successfully graduated)
Mr. Vladislav ZAYTSEV (successfully graduated)
Ms. Ekaterina KIRILLOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Daria PODLESNOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Yesenia KOCHEGAROVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Polina DROZDOVA (successfully graduated)
Ms. Yulia ISAEVA
Ms. Yulia PETROVA
Ms. Polina STEPANOVA
Mr. Danila STOYAN
Mr. Eugene TARANDAEV
Ms. Malika UMIROVA
Ms. Maria SHAVROVA 
Ms. Daria PIGAREVA
Mr. Anton PONKRATOV
Ms. Ekaterina POPOVA
Mr. Vasily NIKULENKOV
Ms. Alisa KAZELKO
Ms. Darya TURYANITSA
Ms. Ksenia SHEVTSOVA
Ms. Margarita ANGMAR
Ms. Polina VASILENKO
Ms. Anastasia KRESTININA
Ms. Daria LABUTINA
Ms. Sofya LAGOKHA
Ms. Daria LEBEDEVA
Ms. Liza HODAKOVA
Mr. Ahmed IBRAHIM
Mr. Alexander IVANOV
Ms. Kate GORNOVA 
Ms. Iuliia DORONKINA
Mr. Salavat ABITOV
Mr. Mikhail ZUKOV

SERBIA
Ms. Milena NAŠPALIĆ (successfully graduated)
Mr. Stefan VUKOVIC

SRI LANKA
Mr. Uvindu WIJEWEERA

SOUTH AFRICA
Mr. Mokeu Lesley MAPOKO (successfully graduated)
Mr. Qhawe MHLONGO (successfully graduated)
Ms. Jaclyn MODISE (successfully graduated)
Mr. Sibusiso MZOZOYANA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Sbonelo Gift NDLOVU (successfully graduated)
Mr. Banele NKOSI (successfully graduated)
Mr. Ferdinant Hamlet BHUDA (successfully graduated)
Mr. Thulani MTSHWENI
Mr. Bongane NKOSI
Mr. Phumudzo RASILA
Mr. Pitso SHOMANG

UGANDA
Mr. Richard MBAYO

ZIMBABWE
Mr. Tashinga CHIHWAI