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BUILDING THE ECONOMIES OF TOMORROW
COUNTRY: RUSSIA SCHOOL(S): RANEPA
‘Yes, we have now entered a recession. Maybe the worst since the Great Depression,’ said the International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, in a discussion on the future of economic growth with Vladimir Mau, Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), as part of this year’s Gaidar Forum. ‘The countries that approached the pandemic with resilient and strong economies were able to weather the shock much better,’ Georgieva added. ‘That is why it is so important to have a solid foundation. And for this, the labour market must be agile, the commodities and services market must be flexible.’ Georgieva also said that countries should focus on building the economies of tomorrow rather than to seek a return to the economy of 2019: ‘We recommend that all nations create the financial leverage to make their economies more stress-resistant, with less consumption of hydrocarbons. If this is not done, there is a risk of falling behind the train of change.’ The conversation formed one of 118 thematic sessions featuring 400 speakers at this year’s Gaidar Forum. Held in a hybrid format of online and offline, and hosted by RANEPA, the event is said to have attracted more than 100 thousand people to its livestream. The key objective of the forum, titled ‘Russia and the World After the Pandemic’, was to find answers to challenges posed by the pandemic in macroeconomic terms as well as those pertaining to higher education and the social sphere. Another session, for example, explored the interaction of universities and regional authorities in Russia’s implementation of regional development programmes, and featured governors and rectors of leading universities from the regions (oblasts) of Samara, Tomsk and Kaliningrad. Here, the discussion centred on points of collaboration between regional government and higher education institutions, the benefits of interaction, and even the extent to which regional governments should invest into a university. RANEPA incorporates a number of AMBA-accredited Business Schools, including the Faculty of International MBA Programs at the Institute for Social Sciences, the Institute of Industry Management and the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service (IPACS). / TBD
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COUNTRY: SPAIN SCHOOL: ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Iberia and ESADE Business School are hoping to transform inflight entertainment into inflight education, following an agreement that will see ESADE supply the airline’s online entertainment platform with masterclasses. These inflight courses are designed to engage with the technology gap created by the fourth industrial revolution and the fast pace of the business world, by giving learners the tools they need to keep up with digital change. The first courses which have been made available to flyers are on the topics of business agility, AI, e-commerce and multichannel strategies. The courses are gleaned from ESADE’s range of In/On programmes, which offer online and blended executive education. There is no doubt that business leaders need to keep their business knowledge up to date, and continually learn in the fast-paced business environment. So, why not complete these at the convenience of getting from A to B at the same time? The question is – will people want to give up their bad movies and a chance to catch up on sleep in order to freshen up and widen their business expertise? / EB
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