The eighth session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme is being held in Moscow from 6 to 31 October 2014 at the premises of the Ecological Faculty of People’s Friendship University of Russia.

The Programme is participated by 19 young professionals - representatives of 18 countries with developing and transition economies, representing such regions as Latin America, Africa, Asia and Central Europe.

The 8th session of the Programme is called «Sustainable Energy for All», which devoted to various issues concerning green technologies, environmental management, international cooperation in the field of energy, sustainable energy development, climate change mitigation, renewable energy sources and others. The curriculum consisted of 116 academic hours of practical and theoretical classes. Also, important part of the programme became visits to the Russian subject-oriented institutions, conferences and exhibitions.
The first half of the eighth session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme was full of various events.
On October 15, students visited the First International Forum «Rugrids-Electro» organized by JSC «Rosseti» and «Expocentre», and also visited the 5th Russian Oil & Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition «SPE Exploration and Production». During the forum «Rugrids-Electro» students participated in the round tables and visited the exhibition presented by well-known companies, including «ALSTOM GRID», «Siemens», «ABB», «HYOSUNG CORPORATION», «GlobalElektroServis», «Evrokontrakt», SPE «Micronika», and others.
At the Russian Oil & Gas Exhibition «SPE Exploration and Production» students of the Fellowships Programme visited the Russian exposition presented by «Gazprom Neft», «Tatneft», «Petroleum Engineering», «Baker Hughes», «Halliburton» and participated in online seminar on fossil fuels extraction in Arctic.
Furthermore, on October 15, 2014 students attended the International Forum «Open Innovations» that was devoted to the latest technologies and prospects of international cooperation in the field of innovations and green technologies. During the forum, students actively participated in discussion panels on green and innovative technologies, and also visited a large-scale international exhibition presented by advanced products and technologies of Russian and international companies.
On the 20th of October participants of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme visited International Conference «Physical and chemical problems of renewable energy» at the International Forum «Renewable Energy». The Forum was held at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Chernogolovka (Moscow region).
In the framework of the Conference scientific reports were presented to the audience by leading experts of the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISSP). The students familiarized with the types of fuel cells, its use and development prospects, learnt the specifics of technology of hydrogen storage for fuel cells, discussed with professors the problems and prospects of development of hydrogen storage systems. Participants had an excellent opportunity to visit the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics with demonstration samples of fuel cells and hydrogen MH batteries.
On October 21, students participated in a scientific seminar that was held at the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During the seminar students were acquainted with the advanced technologies of solid-phase hydrogen storage, learnt about other innovative developments made by leading experts D. Dunikov, D. Blinov, I. Romanov, A. Kazakov, B. Zelener and others. During visits to the laboratories of the Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Mr. Dunikov acquainted students with the specifics of the experiments conducted in the laboratory of hydrogen energy technologies. Head of the laboratory of thermal properties of materials, Dr. B. Zelener demonstrated experimental developments of laser technology for the audience.
As a part of the Fellowships Programme from 27 to 31 October there are scheduled visits to Moscow Ecological Center «Sparrow Hills», Russian Society of Ecologists and International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO.
On 27th of October 2014 a scientific and educational seminar will take place at the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC), in the framework of the 8th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme «Sustainable Energy for All». The main emphasis of the seminar will be made on the relevant and topical issues within the framework of the Programme, such as sustainable energy development, renewable energy, environment protection, development of cooperation in the field of energy technologies, strengthening the international human capacity development in the energy sector.
In addition, during the remaining period of the Fellowships Programme students will visit specialized exhibitions, such as the International Exhibition of equipment and technologies for urban infrastructure «City Expo 2014» and the Russian oil and gas exhibition «RO & G».

For reference
International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC) has been holding the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition since 2008 in cooperation with UNESCO and leading Russian institutions. The UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme was highly appreciated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization during the 36th session of the UNESCO General Conference.

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