Cooperation program between MPEI and Eurasian Economic Committee

27 February, 2023 at the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) there was a meeting to discuss the Program of Cooperation between the EEC and MPEI for 2023-2024. At the end of the meeting Mikhail Myasnikovich, the Chairman of the EEC Collegium and Nikolay Rogalev, MPEI Rector solemnly signed the strategic document.

The Chairman of the EEC Collegium noted that in recent years young people of the Eurasian Economic Union countries are increasingly interested in the Eurasian economic integration.

«We are building our cooperation with the EAEU institutions of higher education on a systematic basis. The Commission and our Union need new, well-trained young personnel and their out-of-the-box ideas, including in the most important sphere of energy», – Mikhail Myasnikovich said.

Arzybek Kozhoshev, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the EEC took part in the signing ceremony. He said that MPEI is a leading Russian university aimed at training recognized specialists in the field of power engineering, electrical engineering, radio engineering and electronics for many countries both in the former Soviet Union and in third countries.

MPEI Rector Nikolay Rogalev arrived at the event accompanied by Alexander Tarasov, Vice-Rector on International Relations, Anastasia Mashkova, Director on Integrational Policy Development and Turatbek Duishenaliev, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, professor of the Department of Robotics, Mechatronics, Dynamics and Machine Strength, MPEI honorary professor.

The meeting was also attended by students from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation. The students were given an introductory tour of the history and current activities of the EEC in the CIS. The students attended the official part of the meeting and participated in an open discussion with the heads of the EEC structural divisions. Mikhail Pleshkin, Deputy Director of the Energy Department told the students about the formation structure of common energy markets in EEC countries and Svetlana Zaitseva, Head of the Electric and Nuclear Energy Policy Division, answered students' questions about the prospects of internships in EEC structures and various legal aspects of the Collegium's work in the Eurasian-Asian space.

The signing of the cooperation program was a logical continuation of the Commission's close cooperation with MPEI. According to Arzybek Kozhoshev,  a member of the Energy and Infrastructure Board, the cooperation will have a positive impact on the further development of integration processes in the energy field in the Eurasian economic space.