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Author : L. Glebova
Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and
International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)
From our perspective, public diplomacy has moved be-
yond the boundaries of friendship societies a long time
ago. It is a powerful movement that involves people of
different ages, interests, pursuits and professions who
are not limited to the bounds of regulations, statutes,
plans or official reports.
During the celebration of the 90th anniversary of
Rossotrudnichestvo, we invited to our Public Diplomacy
Forum members of parliament, public, cultural and
artistic figures and scientists from different countries.
Today, Russian centers of science and culture actively work in many countries. We are all doing
one important thing - strengthening relations between countries, establishing and developing
cultural, scientific and business ties, and sometimes providing assistance in emergency situations.
Today's world is rapidly changing - technologically, socially, economically, psychologically, and
culturally. The system of international relations is undergoing major changes, which clearly calls
for new approaches towards organizing interaction between the state and society, and a new
mechanism to influence the minds and sentiments, a new way of disseminating information
about Russia in the world and other "soft power" conduits.
Today, the RCSCs' objective is to find these proactive people in each country, find out their
needs, listen to their ideas and organize joint interesting projects with them. In other words, this
is also about an individual approach in each specific country.
We are all doing one important thing - strengthening relations between countries, establishing
and developing cultural, scientific and business ties, and sometimes providing assistance in emer-
gency situations.
We plan to become actively involved in developing mechanisms to facilitate the implementation
of the Russian School Abroad concept that was recently signed by our president to ensure that
the entire ideology of the expansion of Russian education, Russian teaching methodologies and
Russian language studies does not turn into the banal practice of building schools abroad at the
expense of the Russian budget. There are other ways of meeting the goal of creating a network
of Russian schools abroad. This involves, on the one hand, using business interests and capabil-
ities and, on the other, introducing Russian educational methodologies and education standards
at schools abroad.
Электронное приложение к журналу «Международная жизнь»
International Affairs: Summary№1, 2016
Rossotrudnichestvo Turns 90