The seventh session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored fellowships Programme 2013 for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition has been successfully implemented from 1st to 25th October 2013.

The fellowships programme was held on the basis of higher educational institution – Ecological Faculty at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, which is located in Moscow.  

The highly skilled professionals in the amount of 20 people from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cuba, China, Ghana, Egypt, Ecuador, Kyrgyz Republic, Mauritius, Montenegro, Macedonia, Morocco, Mongolia, Tunis and Uzbekistan participated in the seventh session.
The qualification requirements for the seventh session have been updated according to the terms of reference. The main changes dealt with the language of studies, which for the first time was English, and the age of candidates, which was not more than 25 years old.   
The main subject of the Fellowships Programme-2013 was devoted to “Efficient Use of Energy Resources”. The curriculum consisted of 116 academic hours of practical and theoretical classes. And also, important part of the programme became visits to the Russian subject-oriented institutions, conferences and exhibitions.
In the framework of curriculum a group of fellows had opportunity to participate in International Conference “Urban Planning Exhibition City Energy”, International Conference of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
During the 7th session international fellows visited Moscow State University of Engineering Ecology, Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ERIRAS), Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification faculties at Russian Scientific Research Institute of Rural Electrification, gas turbine plant in Moscow region owned by Moscow Joint Energy Company “MOEK”.
The programme’s fellows were invited to participate in the First International Forum on Renewable Energy “Renewable Energy: Towards Raising Energy and Economic Efficiencies” (REENFOR-2013) which was organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Scientific and Technical Council of the United Energy System of Russia.  

The Curriculum of the 7th session included main subject-oriented disciplines as follows:

• Energy efficiency: basic concepts and approaches to assessment;
• Global climate change;
• Prospective of renewables;
• Risks and limitations in using renewables;
• Energy security and sustainable energy development in national economies;
• Sustainable energy development;
• International cooperation in the field of sustainable development;
• Renewable investment projects;
• Energy risks management;
• Energy industry management;
• Information systems energy technology;
• Environmental management in energy sector;
• Software systems for the risk analysis, etc.

The educational process of the 7th session was conducted by experienced lecturers and presenters from Peoples’ Friendship University, International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, and also by invited experts from World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Institute of Advanced Energy Training “Integral”, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, CIS Electric Power Council and State Moscow University.
In the end of the course fellows were awarded certificates and diplomas of completion the 7th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored fellowships Programme 2013.   

Fellows of the 7th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC CO-SPONSORED FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAMME 2013:

1. Palash Ranjan Sanyal, Bangladesh
2. Yavor Plamenov Kiryakov, Bulgaria
3. Hualiang Yin, China
4. Nanlin Zhang, China
5. Olga Natalia Tserej Vazquez, Cuba
6. Daniela Estefania Flor Cevallos, Ecuador
7. Manal Mohame Emara,Egypt
8. Fadl Abd El-Monem Essa, Egypt
9. Rufina Azupoka Atanga, Ghana
10. Kwame Boakye Fredua, Ghana
11. Zhayloo Mamytbekov, Kyrgyz Republic
12. Emil Vasil Filipov, Macedonia
13. Marko Dragoslav Mladenovikj, Macedonia
14. Lovisha Devi Dhoomun, Mauritius
15. Karim El-Assefry, Morocco
16. Batkhishig Jamsransuren, Мongolia
17. Filip Strunjas, Montenegro
18. Asma Bouzrara, Тunis
19. Dilshod Botirovich Kodirov, Uzbekistan
20. Rustam Khatamovich Ashurov, Uzbekistan

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