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DSC 7524On October 1, 2018, the 12th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition officially started up at the premises of International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC).

The thematic coverage of this year’ session will focus on a wide range of issues related to sustainable energy development.

More than 70 candidates from over 40 countries prepared their applications for the summer-held selection process for the right to participate in the 12th session of the Fellowships programme: current and graduate students, postgraduates, engineers, ecologists, representatives of city’s administrations, researchers and teachers. 19 young specialists from Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, Eastern Europe and the CIS, whose professional skills met all the requirements of the programme, were nominated for the grants to participate in the 12th session of the Programme.

On the opening day of the Programme, the ISEDC Executive Director Yury Posysaev congratulated the participants on the start of the 12th session and expressed the hope that the knowledge gained during the course of the Programme will be useful in their further researches and practical activities.

The 12th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition is taking place from 1st to 26th October 2018. The training course will address a wide range of issues related to sustainable energy development, including energy conservation and energy efficiency in municipal and industrial buildings, ensuring the processes of effective management of energy consumption, the development and use of renewable energy sources, the development of innovative technologies in the energy sector as well as the issues of international cooperation in the energy sector.

This year’s session of the Fellowships Programme is being implemented with the participation of the teaching staff from the leading higher education institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, who have considerable experience in scientific works and projects in the field of energy, study, use and protection of natural resources, environmental and energy management.

During the practical part of the training course, participants will visit research centers, educational and scientific laboratories. In particular, there will be organized visits to the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Laboratory on RES of Moscow State University, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MSUCE), as well as a visit to the International exhibition of equipment and technologies for urban planning, energy supply and urban infrastructure "City-Expo-2018" and the exhibition "Smart city" to be held at the premises of MSUCE.

Visits to specialized congress and exhibition events are also to be organized. On 4-5 October 2018, the participants of the Programme, accompanied by ISEDC experts, will take part in some events of the business program of the International forum on energy efficiency and energy development "Russian energy week", and on 16-17 October 2018 there will be organized a visit to the International forum for innovative development "Open innovations".

As a result of the training, the participants of the 12th session of the Fellowships programme will prepare reports on the current state and prospects of sustainable energy development in their countries and present their course works (team projects), which will be defended at the final exam with the participation of ISEDC experts and invited experts.

For reference: UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition is implemented annually in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the establishment and operation of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC).
The purpose of the Fellowships Programme is to create an international platform for the development of international cooperation in the field of sustainable energy development and institutional and human capacity building in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central, and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and CIS countries.
Since 2008, 11 sessions of the Fellowships Programme have been held with the participation of 179 specialists from 78 countries.
In 2008-2011, the sessions of the Fellowships Programme were held at the premises of the Moscow Energy Institute (MEI). From 2012 to 2015, the sessions were held at the premises of Environmental faculty of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR). Since 2016, sessions are carried out at the premises of ISEDC in English, which allows to significantly expand the geography of the participating countries and increase the number of participants of the Fellowships Programme.

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