Belarus' Academy of Sciences to advance cooperation with Skolkovo Foundation

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus intends to advance cooperation with Skolkovo Foundation. The possibilities were discussed as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov met with Skolkovo Foundation Chairman of the Board Igor Drozdov, BelTA has learned.

Vladimir Gusakov and Igor Drozdov discussed the spectrum of possible avenues of cooperation between the academy and the foundation as well as mechanisms for their realization. Vladimir Gusakov remarked that the academy puts special emphasis on advancing cooperation with Russian organizations. He said: “Today we actively cooperate with a number of scientific centers of the Russian Federation and regions. Russia is a priority for us. We should work together. But effectiveness is the key as our president underlines. We need benefits for the economies of the two countries. This is why we will support cooperation in a broad range.”

In turn, Skolkovo Foundation Chairman of the Board Igor Drozdov noted they are ready to cooperate actively in a number of areas but are particularly interested in microelectronics and unmanned aerial vehicles. The guests were made familiar with the latest R&D products on display as part of the permanent exhibition “Scientific achievements for the production sector”. While in Belarus the delegation is also expected to visit the academy's B.I. Stepanov Physics Institute and the Informatics Institute.

Skolkovo Foundation is a non-for-profit organization, which was founded in 2010 to act as the managing company of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. The foundation is intent on enabling conditions conducive to making innovations. Designers, engineers, businessmen and scientists work together with project participants to create world-class competitive science-intensive R&D products in five areas: nuclear technologies, space technologies and telecommunications, energy efficiency and energy saving, biomedical technologies, strategic computer technologies and software.

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