THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL FORUM «RUSSIA-

AFRICA: WHAT IS NEXT?” ON THE BASIS OF MGIMO

UNIVERSITY

The Second International Youth Forum “Russia-Africa: what is next?” on the basis
of MGIMO University, will be held on October 24-26, 2022.
The Forum is a platform for studying various aspects of cooperation between Russia and
African countries. Both presentations, aimed at expressing one’s position on the African continent,
and discussions conducive to exchanging views with other people equally as interested in
exploring Africa, are welcome within the Forum.
Students of higher education institutes located in Russia and foreign countries,
postgraduates and research officers, as well as anyone concerned with the topic of the Forum, are
invited to participate. The event will provide an opportunity for future specialists in the sphere of
international relations, economics and other fields to exchange their scientific positions, make
presentations and deliver scholarly reports, and receive the invited experts’ professional
assessment.
The Forum will take place for three days. During the Forum, participants will be able to
share their opinion in various formats such as a plenary session, a round table, a case
championship, a brainstorm and others. The events held during the Forum will touch upon a
wide variety of aspects of Russia-Africa relations. You may acquaint yourself with more detailed
information on the draft program in Appendix 1 to this document.
We ask you to assist in attracting participants at the expense of the sending party.
The Forum will be held in a hybrid (in-person and remote) format. Invited experts,
speakers and audience members will be able to take part both in person in MGIMO University’s
rooms and remotely through the ZOOM platform.
The working languages of the Forum: Russian and English.
The presentation should take up to 10 minutes with further discussion or answers to the
questions. To participate as a speaker, we ask you to send your short abstracts to our e-mail.
Those seeking participation in the Forum are to fill in an application by October 15, 2022,
at the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc96WRYo7czS7gEv4VbezIJAw4Ayz9hSNKmqPl
x4wzJH7IwbA/viewform
For all questions, please, contact us by email: forumrussiaafrica@my.mgimo.ru.
Social media of the Forum: https://vk.com/forumrussiaafrica,
https://instagram.com/forum_russiaafricawhatisnext (social network is banned in Russia)

The organisers’ contacts:

Tkachenko Igor Vsevolodovich, +79153745069;
Zhuchkov Valerii Victorovich, +79038273399;
Vinogradov Konstantin Andreevich, +79251892648;
Shemyakina Angelina Evgenievna, +79044866468.

The best of luck!

The organisers of the Forum
“Russia-Africa: what is next?”
 Appendix 1.

The draft program

of the Second International Forum “Russia-Africa”
on the basis of MGIMO University
October 24-26
24.10.22 1 DAY
Gathering of guests at MGIMO, registration of Forum
10:00-11:00
participants
11:30-12:30 Grand opening of the Forum
12:30-13:00 Coffee break (for guests and speakers)
13:30-15:00 Plenary session
Round table "Policy of African countries in the context
of the transformation of the world system"
15:30-17:00 Brainstorm "Humanitarian cooperation between Russia
and Africa"
Round table with IIS MGIMO
17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK
Case championship "Building the Future"
17:30-19:00
Discussion “Russia-Africa today”
19:00-20:00 Teambuilding
25.10.22 2 DAY
11:30-12:30 Plenary session "Cooperation in the field of education"
Round table "The future of economic cooperation
between Russia and Africa"
13:00-14:30 Brainstorm "The role of the media in Russian-African
relations"
Charity session
14:30-15:30 Dinner
Open discussion "Energy: developed solutions and new
ideas"
World cafe "Protection and Preservation of
15:30-17:00 Humanitarian Values in Russia and Africa: Experience
and Prospects"
Open discussion "Russian business in Africa"
17:30-18:30 Solemn closing of the Forum
18:30-20:00 Concert of Russian and African culture
26.10.22 3 DAY
11:30 Gathering Guests
12:00-13:30 Plenary discussion in the question-answer format:
"Youth of Russia and Africa for sports"
12:00-13:30 Free format dialogue between representatives of African
diasporas in Russia, participants from African countries
and Russian students
14:00-18:30 Football championship among Russian and African
students
14:00-18:30 Volleyball competitions between teams of the forum
participants.
14:00-18:30 Table tennis competitions between teams from the
forum participants.
14:00-18:30 Traditional South African Recreational and Sports
Events with SAISA
15:00-16:00 Master class of traditional African painting on the body
with henna