Tajikistan’s Dushanbe to host CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals in September

MINSK, 5 May (BelTA) – Tajikistan’s Dushanbe will play host to the 18th edition of the CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals on 14-15 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation.

It will bring together over 200 delegates from the CIS member states. The main theme of the forum is The Commonwealth of Independent States: New Horizons for Humanitarian Cooperation.

Scholars, educators and artists will discuss various aspects of professional interaction: new formats of cooperation in education, integration processes in intercultural dialogue, opportunities of mass media for the development of a common humanitarian space. The theme of the main plenary session is “Contribution of the CIS nations to the Great Victory”.

The forum will also feature a meeting of the heads of National Academies of Sciences, a joint session of the Board of the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation and the CIS Council for Humanitarian Cooperation.

The forum will include a ceremony to honor the winners of the CIS awards Stars of the Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Debuts and a performance by the CIS Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The Forums of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals are the main humanitarian event of the year in the CIS. They are held alternately in the capitals of the CIS countries. The forum is organized by the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation and the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.