The agenda includes discussion of the new programme for secondary educational institutions “Professionality”, developed by the Ministry of Education of Russia and launched in 2022. According to the statistics, there are more than 3.6 thousand secondary educational institutions in our country. About 3.3 million students study there: more than 2 million – for free, using the budget funds. If in the early 2000s only 10-12% of 9th grade graduates entered colleges after school, today this figure reaches 60%. This is a huge resource that the country needs so much right now – young people who are preparing to master professional skills and enter adulthood. The new vocational training programme “Professionalism” is designed just for them. Its goal is to quickly and efficiently train young people in the skills needed by the market. In other words, to provide the country with working hands and middle-level personnel.

IAU and Politecnico di Milano are conducting a survey of representatives of higher education institutions with the aim of:

– compare the pace of development of digital transformation in the administrative procedures carried out in universities before the pandemic with current rates;

On February 15, an international webinar was held, which became a platform for discussing the opportunities and prospects that open up for the world in the context of combining the activities of higher education institutions and the so-called “green” economy.

The courses are conducted for pre-retirees according to international standards, and a special programme of vocational training and additional professional education is also implemented in the Centre.

“Skills Passport” is new in the labour market, but it is already recognized by the country’s leading employers, the certificate of a person’s current professional skills, confirming their level of competency in accordance with WorldSkills standards. At the moment, a significant number of pre-pensioners in Russia already have a skill passport, which gives them good prospects for further development of their professional career.