UNESCO Chair “Training and Retraining Specialists under Market Economy Conditions”

Information

The UNESCO Chair of Quality Education and Training of Specialists for Sustainable Development at the University of Management TISBI was established on November 9, 1998 based on an agreement between Federico Mayor, the UNESCO Secretary General and Nella Pruss, Rector of the University of Management TISBI.

As a member of the UNITWIN program, the Chair is one of the 65 UNESCO chairs in the Russian Federation and the first in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The general ideology of the UNESCO Chair of the University of Management TISBI is the quality of training and the improvement of the learning process, the use of effective technologies aimed at an adult audience.

Composition of the Chair:

• leading specialists of the University of Management "TISBI";
• scientists of the Republic of Tatarstan;
• representatives of government agencies, business communities and public organizations of the Republic.

Direction chosen by "Training and retraining of specialists in a market economy" Chair is unique among other Russian UNESCO Chairs.

Tasks of the Chair:

• organization of permanent courses, summer schools for training, retraining and improvement of adult education;
• organization of additional professional education courses for students in order to ensure their competitiveness in the labor market;
• research work on sharing the experience with other countries in the field of training and retraining of specialists in a market economy and on studying the labor market of the Republic of Tatarstan.

UNESCO programs, within which the Chair carries out its activities, are:

I. ? Main UNESCO programs

1. Communication and information.
2. Social sciences and humanities.
3. Culture.

II. Special topics

1. Academic education.
2. Youth.
3. Africa.

III. UNESCO's main programs in Russia

1. Education strategy.
2. Exchange of best practices.
3. UNITWIN program/UNESCO Chair.
4. The UNEVOK network.
5. UNESCO Network of Affiliated Schools.

The Chair actively participates in the activities of the Russian UNESCO Program Committees:

• The Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO;
• The Commission of the Republic of Tatarstan for UNESCO;
• Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites.

The Chair cooperates with

• Institute of Continuing Education "TISBI";
• Urban Adult Education Center;
• The District Educational and Methodological Center for the Education of the Disabled in the Volga Federal District;
• TISBI Law Clinic;
• TISBI Center for Pre-University Education and Career Guidance;
• TISBI Recruitment Agency;
• The Center for Student Entrepreneurship "TISBUSNESS";
• TISBI Center for Igropractic (game practice).

Leadership

Main areas of activity

• Development and implementation of educational projects within the framework of UNESCO programs in Russia "UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs», Lifelong Learning, and Adult Education;
• Research activities within the framework of UNESCO's main science programs in Russia, "Reforming Russian Science and Supporting the Russian Academy of Sciences" and "Managing Social Transformation";
• Development of the Institute of social partnership in education;
• Expansion of cooperation between UNESCO Chairs and international relations in the field of education;
• Implementation of the UNESCO Schools Project;
• Implementation of the UNESCO-UNEVOC project on vocational education;
• Cultural and educational work within the framework of the UNESCO and Youth and Culture of Peace programs.

Additional priority areas

• Dissemination of information about the United Nations and UNESCO;
• Study of environmental safety and environmental protection issues;
• Study of the world cultural and natural heritage;
• Study of human and child rights;
• Implementation of innovative ICT and educational technologies;
• Social leadership;
• Promoting a healthy lifestyle;
• Support for talented youth;
• Solving the problems of socially vulnerable segments of the population;
• Implementation of international educational programs.

Scientific laboratories at the UNESCO Chair

• Regional aspects of the innovative development of the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation;
• Traditions and innovations in the interaction of business, government and society;
• Preservation and development of human capital;
• UNESCO and youth.
• Quality management in Education;
• Problems of measuring the reproductive potential of the region;
• Innovative relations in socio-economic systems;
• Intellectualization of economic entities of the regional economy;
• Correlation and interaction of the norms of international law and Russian law;
• Preservation of cultural and natural heritage in the context of regional economic development;
• Regional aspects of the functioning of business entities.

An important area of activity of the UNESCO International Chair has become the organization of scientific and practical conferences, seminars, round tables and forums, both international and nationwide.

Every year, under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair, the university hosts international scientific and practical conferences and seminars, student forums, round tables attended by prominent figures of science, culture and education from around the world, representatives of foreign embassies and consulates, members of the government of the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia.

Cooperation

As an international educational and scientific center, the Chair is always focused on cooperation with UNESCO Chairs around the world, educational and scientific institutions in Russia, the CIS countries and other regions of the world.

Areas of cooperation with Russian and international departments

• Social partnership in adult education;
• Education of various categories of the adult population;
• Additional education for the disabled;
• Modern educational technologies in adult education;
• Increased adult participation in educational management;
• Training of andragogues and specialists working in the intersectoral space.

Cooperation with Russian UNESCO chairs

• UNESCO Chair of the Earth Charter, Kazan;
• UNESCO Chair of Bioethics, Kazan;
• UNESCO Chair "Education in a multinational and multi-religious society", Ufa;
• UNESCO Chair of Pedagogical Sciences, St. Petersburg;
• UNESCO Chair "Network Project on Teacher Training and Intercultural Dialogue", St. Petersburg;
• UNESCO Chair of Engineering Distance Education;
• UNESCO Chair "International (Multicultural) Education and Adaptation of Migrant Children in School", Moscow;
• UNESCO Chair "Department of Human Rights and Democracy", Moscow;
• UNESCO Chair "Public Service and Management of Socio-economic processes", Moscow;
• UNESCO Chair "Oriental and African Studies: modern methods of Study and Teaching", Moscow;
• UNESCO Chair "Education for the Sustainable Development of Cooperatives", Belgorod.

Cooperation with foreign UNESCO chairs

• UNESCO Chair, Tralee Institute of Technology, Ireland, "Transforming the Lives of people with disabilities, their families and communities through physical education, sports, outdoor activities and physical education."
• UNESCO Chair "Values — Education — Learning — Living together!" (in cooperation with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa).
• Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.