(Left to right): Ms Mpho Mookapele – CEO of Energy and Water SETA and Professor Siphamandla Zondi – Director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation (IPATC)
to empower young people with knowledge about BRICS. One such initiative is BRICS Thursdays, which seek to involve experts from diverse sectors in providing youth with training on various subjects related to BRICS. IPATC, which seeks to position UJ as the leading research institution on BRICS studies, expressed its dedication to formalising this commitment by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with SABYA for the following collaborative activities:
• Establish a UJ BRICS Youth Chapter
The three-day event was also attended by Ms Mpho Mookapele, CEO of Energy and Water SETA, Ms Karabo Mohale, Executive Deputy Chair of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Mr Liu Kaiyang, Minister Councillor representing the Chinese embassy in South Africa, Mr Ben Joubert, South Africa’s BRICS Sous-Sherpa and Mr Alvin Botes, the Deputy Minister in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) of South Africa.
• Establish a BRICS academic simulation model that allows students to assume the roles of delegates and engage in resolving real international issues by adopting the policies and perspectives of their assigned country. • Support the attendees in publishing opinion pieces, policy briefs and journal articles based on their experience at the 2023 BRICS Summer School.
The key objectives of the BRICS Summer School are to foster collaboration between participants from different countries and backgrounds, promote knowledge sharing and exchanging ideas
BRICS-Summer-School delegates
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