Forum of CIS scientists kicks off  in Yerevan

ArmInfo. Today a two-day Forum of Scientists of the Commonwealth of Independent States kicked off its work in Yerevan.

According to the press service of the CIS Executive Committee, the  forum is held with the support of the Interstate Fund for  Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS member states. 

The main organizers of the scientific event are the National Academy  of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic  of Armenia. The main goals of the forum are to activate and develop  scientific and technical cooperation of the countries of the  Commonwealth of Independent States, to give impetus to initiate joint  research, to develop proposals for the development of innovative  policies of the CIS member states, and to popularize science and  scientific activity among the youth of the Commonwealth countries. It  is assumed that the result of such a large-scale event of scientists  of the CIS member states will be the development in the future of the  processes of forming a common scientific and innovative space within  the Commonwealth, improving the mechanisms of its functioning,  developing recommendations for conducting a coherent and systematic  work of responsible departments of the CIS countries in the field of  science'', Executive Committee of the CIS informs.

According to the organizers, it is expected that the forum will  contribute to the establishment of stable "horizontal" informal  relations between socially active representatives of the scientific  communities of the CIS countries, which will lead to an increase in  the number of international scientific research, coordination of  actions to solve the problems of young scientists in the Commonwealth  space.

In addition to the plenary session, the forum provides for the  holding of three roundtables on the topics:  "The state and prospects  for the development of fundamental science", ''Improving scientific  collaboration in the digital age''; ''Innovative Research''.  Following the events, a forum declaration will be adopted. As planned  by the organizers, the forum should be an efficient platform for  dialogue and long-term personal and business contacts between  representatives of the scientific communities of the CIS countries,  as well as for the formation of international scientific groups and  teams for the implementation of high-tech research.