Hearing of the draft of the 2008 National Human Development Report ‘Russia Facing Demographic Challengers’

Participation in the awards ceremony of the Competition “Corporate Donor of Russia 2008.” The UNIC Director is to be the frontman for nomination of the best project in support of the disabled, in the context of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Congress «Bioethics and Human Rights»

Round table organized by UNESCO and the Russian Union of Journalists to discuss Facilitation of Professional and Quality Journalism in the framework of the XIII International Media Forum “All Russia 2008”

Participation in the Regional UNESCO Heritage Workshop on the transboundary cooperation attended by the Governments of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia, UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, France, USA and Germany. UNDP/GEF Altay-Sayan project attended the workshop and made a presentation.

Presentation of the Moscow-based System for Export and Investment Promotion project outcomes at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Launch of the World Investment Report 2008, UNCTAD flagship publication, for the media and experts

UNDP mission to Kamchatka for two UNDP/GEF projects: ‘Demonstrating sustainable conservation of biodiversity in four protected areas of Russian Kamchatka Krai’ and ‘Conservation and sustainable use of wild salmon diversity in Russian Kamchatka Peninsula’

Participation in the ECRI (European Commission against Racism and Intolerance) national Round Table on issues related to combating racism and intolerance

Release of a series of UNDP/GEF publications by the Kamchatka Salmon Conservation project «Economics of Salmon Fishery» (M. Ksenofontov, I. Goldenberg) and «Total economic value of Kamchatka salmon» (S. Bobylev, P. Kasyanov, S. Solovieva, A. Stetsenko)