During the final fourth week of training, the participants of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme visited museums, industrial and test laboratories, research and education centers based at Moscow universities, attended to the lecture of experts from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. After that, they presented their research works.
The fourth week of training started on October 22 with a visit to the Moscow State (National Research) University of Civil Engineering (MSUCE), where the fellows became familiar with the research and laboratory facilities of the MSUCE. Also, the participants visited the MSUCE Museum, a scientific and educational laboratory of aerodynamic and aeroacoustic testing of building structures, a research laboratory of engineering studies and monitoring of building structures, a testing laboratory "Translucent structures and facade systems", as well as the educational centers "Water Supply and Water Disposal", "Geotechnics", "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies", "Smart City", "Hydrotechnics".
On October 23, the fellows attended to the lecture given by Ph.D. Mikhail Vorontsov and Sergey Grachev from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. The lecture was titled “Comparison of energy efficiency indicators in comparable conditions with the example of natural gas compression systems”. The fellows carried out calculations of energy demand for single and two-line compressors, solved the cases, found out comparable conditions for comparing energy efficiency indicators for various technical and technological systems (automobile, boiler room, aircraft, compressor etc.).
On October 24 the participants of the 12th session of the Programme visited the Renewable Energy Sources Research Laboratory at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, where the fellows saw the innovative technological solutions of energy-saving cultivation of microalgae, as well as interactive maps of the objects functioning on the renewable energy sources in Russia, which already exist, are under construction or in the process of planning.
On October 25, at the premises of ISEDC, the final seminar took place in the presence of the examination commission consisting of Grigory Yulkin, Head of the ISEDC Strategic Planning and Partnership Department, Victoria Osodoeva, Head of the ISEDC Educational Sector, and Vitaly Bekker, Manager of the UNDP/GEF Project “Building energy efficiency in the North-West of Russia”. During the seminar, the participants of the 12th session of the Programme presented their examination projects on the state and perspectives of the development of all types of energy resources in their countries of origin. In their works, the fellows conducted a detailed analysis of the current situation in their country, provided statistical up-to-date data and shared their assessment of the perspectives for the sustainable energy development.
The 12th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries with the economies in transition concluded on October 26, 2018 with a solemn award ceremony with the presentation of the graduation certificates. The ceremony was honored by Yury Posysaev, Executive Director of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, Olga Kudryavtseva, Professor of the Department of Environmental Economics of the Faculty of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Victoria Osodoeva, Head of the ISEDC Educational Sector and Grigory Yulkin, Head of the ISEDC Strategic Planning and Partnership Department.
Mr. Posysaev gave a closing speech, congratulated the fellows with successful completion of the course, and wished them success in their future professional activities. In turn, the participants thanked the leadership and experts of the ISEDC for organizing the training course and the cultural programs.
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For reference
UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition is implemented annually in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the establishment and operation of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC).
The purpose of the Fellowships Programme is to create an international platform for the development of international cooperation in the field of sustainable energy development and institutional and human capacity building in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and CIS countries.
Since 2008, 11 sessions of the Fellowships Programme have been held with the participation of 179 specialists from 78 countries.
In 2008-2011, the sessions of the Fellowships Programme were held at the premises of the Moscow Energy Institute (MEI). From 2012 to 2015, the sessions were held at the premises of Environmental faculty of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR). Since 2016, sessions are carried out at the premises of ISEDC in English, which allows to significantly expand the geography of the participating countries and increase the number of participants of the Fellowships Programme.
