DELEGATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE
NETHERLANDS VISITS THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT "TISBI"
On September 16, 2010 representatives of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands visited the Academy of Management "TISBI".
The aim of the visit was to discuss in-between results of the international
project implemented by the Academy of Management "TISBI" under
the grant of the МАТRА program at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands.
 The
delegation consisted of Lidy Navis-Feenstra, Policy Advisor in
the MATRA Program Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hugo Brouwer, Second Secretary at the
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moscow, and Grigory Dempke,
Expert of the MATRA Program (Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
in Moscow).
The visitors were received by the Rector of the Academy
of Management "TISBI" Prof. Nella Pruss, who is the coordinator
of the project in the Tatarstan Republic. Public prosecutor of the Tatarstan
Republic Kafil Amirov also was in meeting.
Work on the joint Tatarstan-Netherlands project "Awareness
Raising and Capacity Building for Protection of Cultural, Historic and
Natural Heritage as a Part of Social Transformation in the Republic of
Tatarstan, the Russian Federation" has been carried out at the Academy
of Management "TISBI" since April, 2009.
The strategic partners of the Academy in its realization
are the Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) and the Foundation
Wageningen International Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Leisure
(WICE-SL) (the Netherlands).
The representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Netherlands met with the working group of the project - the employees
of the Academy belonging to the Expert center on Heritage preservation.
In May - June 2009 within the framework of the project they participated
in the special training programme on heritage conservation and protection
at the Wageningen University.
The Expert center on Heritage preservation was organized
at the Academy of Management "TISBI" in June, 2009 for implementation
of the project's goals. The center deals with informing and educating
of the public on problems in the sphere of preservation and improvement
of historical, cultural, natural heritage, as well as designing and realizing
a range of educational programs for various categories of population:
schoolchildren, students, school and university teachers, adult population
with a view to build up public opinion on heritage problems, to increase
opportunities for citizens to participate in the decision-making process
in the sphere of heritage protection.
The representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of the Netherlands highly estimated the work has been done since the launching
of the project, and also the results have been achieved by the implementing
organizations, as the effect surpassed expectations. This was also imparted
in the general report directed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands by the working group of the WUR and WICE-SL (the Netherlands).
The project is carried out at support of state structures
and municipal authorities, in particular, the Ministry for Culture of
the Tatarstan Republic, the Ministry on Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs
of the Tatarstan Republic, Municipality of the Kazan-city, and regional
branch of the Commission for UNESCO of the Russian Federation in the Republic
of Tatarstan. As a result, within the visit there was arranged a meeting
with the Deputy Head of the Kazan Municipality Lubov' Andreeva.
She estimated the value and role of the project in organizing the system
of broadcast and popularization of the idea of heritage preservation and
also informed the visitors about positive changes in the city and republic
for the duration of the project.
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