DUSHANBE, May 15, 2009, Asia-Plus– A session of an expert club of the “Thinking Russia’ in Central Asia” project will be held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe on May 18, according to the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe.
The session will consider the following subjects: “Role of Business in Modernization of Economics of NIS: Opportunities of Cooperation (by way of example of Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan)” and “Human Capital in NIS: State and Prognosis (comparison of experiences of reforms in demographic, education and health sectors, training of national personnel).”
The meeting participants include representatives of the government, business structures, expert organizations and media.
The expert club is established by the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe in cooperation with the Eurasia Heritage Foundation.
The “Thinking Russia” in Central Asia” project is a significant stage in development of the “Thinking Russia” program, which has been implemented by the Eurasian Heritage Foundation and its partners since 2005.
“Thinking Russia” is a project aimed to describe and analyze the present state of the Russia»s intellectual realm. The project’s objective is to represent main intellectual tenets especially in the fields of politics, economy and sociology. The project also comprises the review of some issues that are of importance in terms of the current Russian social and political reality, such as demographic, migratory, regional geography and rural sociology problems. Additionally, the project exposes the foreign image of Russia»s intellectual realm. The project attracts authors representing the whole variety of different schools-of-thought.
The first outcomes of the work are summed up in the analytical essay “Thinking Russia: Description of Modern Intellectual Trends” (in Russian).
The project is coordinated by Vitaliy Kurennoy, philosopher, professor at the Higher School of Economics (Russia), editor of the Russian literary and philosophic journal “Logos.”
