23 june 2008

Meeting agenda of the Russian Government presidium, June 23, 2008 (Draft)

1. On the federal targeted programme "Research and Teaching Personnel of the Innovative Russia" for 2009-2013.

Speaker

Andrei Fursenko - Minister of Education and Science

2. On the federal targeted programme "Socio-Economic Development of the Chechen Republic for 2008 - 2011".

Speaker

Dmitry Kozak - Minister of Regional Development

3. On the draft federal law determining the procedure for establishing and the functioning of federal universities, including their organisation and legal form, their management, development of general education programmes, as well as the conditions and efficiency criteria of the educational process and ways of integrating education with research.

Speaker

Andrei Fursenko - Minister of Education and Science

4. On submitting the Protocol of Amendments to the Eurasian Economic Community Foundation Treaty of October 10, 2000 to the President of the Russian Federation for ratification.

Speaker

Elvira Nabiullina - Minister of Economic Development

5. On the payment of the Russian Federation's one-time target contribution to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 2008 to finance expenses related to the preparation of a report entitled "Review of approaches, factors and indicators for education quality assessment and enhancement in the beneficiary countries of the Education for All (EFA) Programme" at the cost of $425,500.

Speaker

Alexei Kudrin - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance