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Meeting with Murmansk Regional Leadership

16-17 April 2012, President of the IBSA of the CIS and a founder of the Educational Trust Foundation, Mikhail Shneyder and Chairman of the Board of the Educational Trust Foundation, Pavel Mrdulyash, held talks with the leadership of Murmansk city, and the Minister of Education and Sciences, and the Deputy Governor of the Murmansk region. During the meetings they discussed a promotional programme for the International Baccalaureate in the Murmansk region. This idea received full support at the regional level. Three Murmansk schools were proposed for the programme. Mr.Shneyder made a report to the Board of the Ministry of Education and Sciences which described in detail the advantages of the IB and Russia’s experience of its implementation. Mr.Mrdulyash explained the goals and objectives of the Educational Trust Foundation. During the visit, the Educational Trust Foundation’s representatives visited three local schools and agreed with the Administration on the areas of cooperation for the development of the IB in the region.

From left to right: Natalia Karpenko, Chairman, Committee on Education, City of Murmansk; Sergey Myakishev, Deputy Minister of Education and Sciences of the Murmansk region; Pavel Mrdulyash, Chairman of the Board of the Educational Trust Foundation; Lyudmila Chistova,  Deputy Governor of the Murmansk region; Mikhail Shneyder, a founder of the Educational Trust Foundation; and Vasily Kostyukevich, Minister of Education and Sciences of the Murmansk region.