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TOMSK, Nov 30 – RIA Tomsk. The rector of Tomsk State University
(TSU) Eduard Galazhinsky and head of the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme "UN-Habitat" Eduardo Moreno signed the document providing
collaboration in studying of the cities of Siberia and creation of educational
programs for future urbanistics on Thursday, the correspondent of RIA Tomsk
tells.
As the correspondent reports,
signing of the protocol on intention took place on Thursday in the TSU
scientific library within the forum "Energy of Universities for Municipal
and Regional Development".
"Now it is about that to
collect the best practices around the organizations of type of the UN, and we
want to join this concept. It is the concept of Smart Specialization when
researches concentrate, and the cluster policy is formed around innovative priorities.
And we confirm intentions of the region to participate in dialogue and search
of new decisions", – Galazhinsky told before signing.
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Moreno noted that he is proud of the
agreement with TSU. "But it is not only honor, but also an opportunity to
find a way to increase quality of life here. We have techniques, approaches how
to study development of regions. But only you can... to turn the knowledge of
the territories into something that can be used in the future", – he said.
According to the text of the
protocol, the UN and the university will research jointly the cities of Siberia
and to develop programs of their development. Besides, the sides undertake to
create the educational program for training of "professionals of private
and public sector in the sphere of city development" and to open the
master program "Management of the Cities and Regions of the Future"
on the basis of TSU in 2018.
Earlier it was reported that the
forum "Energy of Universities for Municipal and Regional Development"
takes place in Tomsk from November 30 to December 2. The leading scientists
from the USA and Europe take part in it; they will discuss the prospects of
development of regions in the conditions of new economy and a role of
universities in life of cities and regions. The administration of the Tomsk
region and TSU act as organizers of the forum.