08.12.2023
On November 23, the delegation held a seminar at the Firjan International in Rio de Janeiro. The participants talked about the features and main areas of work of Russian and Brazilian NGOs at the present time. Particular attention was paid to discussing a common image of the future and the formation of common values in the context of intercivilizational interaction. On the next day the delegation met with Jose Alfredo Graça Lima
Vice-President of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI). Dr. Lunkin, Deputy Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Modern Europe”, spoke about the role of the civilizational approach in the context of international interaction.
On November 24, the representatives of RSUH held a working meeting with Marta Fernandez, director of the BRICS Policy Center. Experts discussed the potential of BRICS as a center of world politics and economics. The event participants identified the lines of further cooperation between organizations.
The visit of the RSUH delegation to Sao Paulo was marked by a meeting between Dr. Agnaldo Arroyo, Chair of the Department of Teaching methods and Comparative education, First Vice-Rector of RSUH Olga Pavlenko, Vice-Rector of RSUH Dr. Zabotkina and Dr. Matveeva, member of the expert council of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation for Philology and Art History. They discussed the role of universities in shaping the image of the future and civilizational values, prospects for interaction between the third sector, universities and innovative companies.
The RSUH delegation held meetings with representatives of non-profit organizations in Sao Paulo. The event at the site of the National Union of Students of Brazil (União Nacional dos Estudiantes) became a landmark event. On November 29, Dr. Vorontsov, Director of the “Media and Mass Media” of the NGO Smart Civilization, gave a lecture on space, and on December 1, Dr. Kuznetsova, Director of the Russian-Brazilian Center of RSUH, and Dr. Lunkin held a master class, at which he discussed the features of the image of Russia and Brazil through the eyes of Brazilian youth.
