envisioning inclusive development through a socially

ENVISIONING INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A SOCIALLY RESPONSIVE ECONOMY

1. WELCOME MESSAGE

2. BTTC

COUNCIL MEMBERS

3. PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS

4. DELEGATION

(A) CHINA

(B) SOUTH AFRICA

(C) INDIA

(D) BRAZIL

(E) RUSSIA

5. EXCURSIONS

(A) LILIESLEAF

(B) APRATHEID MUSEUM

(C) HECTOR PETERSON MUSEUM

(D) VILAKAZI

7. WHAT TO DO IN JOBURG

8. LIST OF DELEGATES AMD EMAIL ADDRESSES

Welcome note

BRAZIL Ivan Oliveira (Head of Delegation)

André de Mello e Souza

RUSSIA Georgy Toloraya (Head of Delegation)

Valeriia GorbachevaVictoria Panova

INDIASamir Saran (Head of Delegation)

Amb. H.H.S. Viswanathan

CHINADong Weihua (Head of Delegation)

Gao Yuanyuan (Interpreter)Suo Bugu Chen Xi

SOUTH AFRICAAri Sitas (Head of Delegation)

Sarah MosoetsaNdivhuwo Luruli Simon Motlhanke

2018 ACADEMIC FORUM, SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG. 28 – 31 MAY 2018

ENVISIONING INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A SOCIALLY RESPONSIVE ECONOMY

Monday, 28 May 2018

15:00 – 15:20 Opening address: Minister Naledi PANDOR, Higher Education and Training (SOUTH AFRICA)15:20 – 15:40 Ari SITAS – Chairperson of the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT) (SOUTH AFRICA)

15:40 – 16:00 Ivan OLIVEIRA – Director of International Studies, Institute for Applied economic Research (IPEA) (BRAZIL)

16:00 – 16:20 Georgy TOLORAYA – Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research (RUSSIA)

16:20 – 16:40 Samir SARAN – President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (INDIA)16:40 – 17:00 Dong WEIHUA – Deputy Secretary Generalof CCBTC, Deputy Director General of IDCPC (CHINA)17:00 – 17:10 Closing remarks by session Chair

10-00-13:00 BRICS Think Tank Council (BTTC) meeting - Boardroom 1

18-00-20:00 GALA DINNER - BILL GALLAGHER ROOM

OPENING SESSION - BALLROOM 1/40PLENARY 1

Chair: Diane Parker

14:00-15:00 LUNCH IN THE FOYER

08:30 – 08:45 Joana MOSTAFA, BRAZIL08:45 – 09:00 Victoria PANOVA, RUSSIA

09:00 – 09:15 Tanoubi NGANGOM, INDIA

09:15 – 09:30 Gao HAO, CHINA

09:30 – 09:45 Lulama NARE, SOUTH AFRICA09:45 – 10:00 Comments and close of session by session Chair

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

GENDER AND INEQUALITY IN BRICS

Chair: Sarah MOSOETSA

PLENARY 2

Venue: BALLROOM 1/40

10:00-10:20 TEA BREAK - FOYER


Rethinking Economic Prosperity in the BRICS, and 21st Century Manufacturing and Financial Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Chair: Rasigan MAHARAJH

PARALLEL SESSION 1

Venue: BALLROOM 2

10:30 – 10:45 Maxwell SHAMASE, SOUTH AFRICA 10:30 – 10:45 Aquina THULARE, SOUTH AFRICA

10:45 – 11:00 Márcio Bruno RIBEIRO, BRAZIL 10:45 – 11:00 Sachin CHATURVEDI,INDIA

11:00 – 11:15 Yaroslav LISSOVOLIK, RUSSIA 11:00 – 11:15 Liana VIAZOVSKAIA, RUSSIA

11:15 – 11:30 Samir SARAN , INDIA 11:15 – 11:30 André de Mello e SOUZA, BRAZIL

11:30 – 11:45 Zhao ZHONGXIU, CHINA 11:30 – 11:45 Liu XIAOYUN, CHINA

11:45 – 12:30 Discussions 11:45 – 12:30 Discussions

12:30 – 12:45 Comments and close of session by Chair 12:30 – 12:45 Comments and close of session by Chair

Towards Universal Health Coverage in the BRICS

Chair: Grace KHUNOU

PARALLEL SESSION 2

Venue: BALLROOM 4

12:45-13:45 LUNCH BREAK - BILL GALLAGHER ROOM


Comprehensive Social Protection, Agriculture and Food Security in BRICS

Chair: Nirmala GOPAL

PARALLEL SESSION 3

Venue: BALLROOM 2

14:00 – 14:15 Murilo KOMNISKI, BRAZIL 14:00 – 14:15 Georgy TOLORAYA, RUSSIA

14:15 – 14:30 Alexandra ARKHANGELSKAYA, RUSSIA 14:15 – 14:30 Wang YIWEI, CHINA

14:30 – 14:45 Tanoubi NGANGOM, INDIA 14:30 – 14:45 Siphamandla ZONDI, SOUTH AFRICA

14:45 – 15:00 Wang YANZHONG, CHINA 14:45 – 15:00 Amb. HSS VISWANATHAN, INDIA

Governance, Peace and Security

Chair: Buntu SIWISA

PARALLEL SESSION 4

Venue: BALLROOM 4


15:15 – 15:30 Thulisile MPHAMBUKELI, SOUTH AFRICA 15:15 – 15:30 Eduardo GOMES, BRAZIL



Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Leveraging the Collective Strengths of the BRICS Education, Scientific and Productive Sectors

Chair: Ndivhuwo LURULI

PARALLEL SESSION 5

Venue: BALLROOM 2

08:30 – 08:45 Shen MINGHAO, CHINA 08:30 – 08:45 Varun SAHNI, INDIA

08:45 – 09:00 Varun SAHNI, INDIA 08:45 – 09:00 Du Tao, CHINA

09:00 – 09:15 Carla CARVALHO & Thaiane DE OLIVEIRA, BRAZIL

09:00 – 09:15 João BRIGIDO, BRAZIL

09:15 – 09:30 Prof Leonid GRIGORYEV, RUSSIA 09:15 – 09:30 Boris MARTYNOV, RUSSIA

09:30 – 09:45 Stephanie ALLAIS, SOUTH AFRICA 09:30 – 09:45 David BUCKLEY, SOUTH AFRICA



Advancing BRICS Creative Powers for Education Exchange

Chair: Philani MTHEMBU

PARALLEL SESSION 6

Venue: BALLROOM 4


Wednesday, 30 May 2018

A Case for Accessible Global South Knowledge Commons for Forward-looking and Impactful

Research in the BRICS

Chair: Sibongile TSHABALALA

PARALLEL SESSION 7

Venue: BALLROOM 211:00 – 11:15 Amb. Sergio LIMA, BRAZIL 11:00 – 11:15 Jaya JOSIE, SOUTH AFRICA

11:15 – 11:30 Sachin CHATURVEDI,INDIA 11:15 – 11:30 Ivan OLIVEIRA, BRAZIL

11:30 – 11:45 Valeriia GORBACHEVA, RUSSIA 11:30 – 11:45 Liliana PROSKURYAKOVA, RUSSIA

11:45 – 12:00 Ashraf PATEL, SOUTH AFRICA 11:45 – 12:00 Aparajit PANDEY,INDIA

12:00 – 12:15 Shen YI, CHINA 12:00 – 12:15 Gao SHIXIAN, CHINA

12:15– 12:45 Discussions 12:15– 12:45 Discussions


Energy Research in the BRICS

Chair: Cyril PRINSLOO

PARALLEL SESSION 8

Venue: BALLROOM 4

13:00-14:00 LUNCH - BILL GALLAGHER ROOM

14:00-18:00 VISIT TO LILIESLEAF FARM

Thursday 31 May 2018

11:00 – 11:15 Ivan OLIVEIRA – Director of International Studies, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) (BRAZIL)

11:15 – 11:30 Georgy TOLORAYA – Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research (RUSSIA)

11:30 – 11:45 Amb. HSS VISWANATHAN – Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (INDIA)

11:45 – 12:00 Dong WEIHUA – Deputy Secretary General of CCBTC, Deputy Director General,IDCPC (CHINA)

12:00 – 12:15 Close of the 10th BRICS Academic Forum – Ari SITAS

CLOSING SESSION - BALLROOM 1/40

PLENARY 3

Chair Prof Ari SITAS

12:15-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-18:00 EXCURSION

09:00-11:00 MEDIA BRIEFING - BALLROOM 3

GENDER AND INEQUALITY IN BRICS

JOANA MOSTAFA - BRAZIL

Gender and inequality in Brazil

The presentation will encompass the basic data on gender inequality in the last 20 years in Brazil, revealing the most challenging gaps still to be bridged and its intersections with race and class. Public policies existent in the country, that intentionally or unintentionally have a gender impact, will be analyzed and the central role of the sexual division of labor restated.

VICTORIA PANOVA - RUSSIA

Development of technologies is gradually erasing the boundaries between sectors of the economy that were conventionally considered as “male” or “female”. Open labor market, increased access to education, informatization and automation of processes enable people, regardless of their gender, physical capacities and social statuses, to realize their creative and managerial potential in any sphere of the economy. BRICS, as a prominent example of socially responsive economies alliance, should put a priority to ensure inclusiveness of its societies to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

In this vein, BRICS need to advance its work towards enhancement of the voice and representation of women to promote an open, inclusive and balanced economic globalization.

Aimed to ensure inclusive economic growth and address unemployment and promote social inclusion Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership announced importance of experience exchange on integration of targeted groups,

including women, into the mainstream economy1.One of the recent achievements of Russia and BRICS is hosting the International Congress of Women of SCO and BRICS Countries in July of 2017 in the city of Novosibirsk under the topic “The role of women in the modern society: cooperation in politics, economy, science, education and culture”. The Congress was attended by more than 300 representatives of women’s organizations, including from India, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Republic of South Africa.

The Russian proposal to establish BRIСS Women Business Club for professional communication of women entrepreneurs was supported by BRICS partners, and moreover, participants expressed the necessity to hold such events on a regular basis. It shows a deep interest of BRICS women to share relevant experience and overcome challenges together. Russia also put forward the idea to establish the BRICS Public-Private Dialogue “Women and Economy”. The first meeting in this format was held on the margins of the Congress in Novosibirsk. Within the Dialogue, the partner countries exchanged their views and best practices on the opportunities for the development of women’s entrepreneurial projects in the five countries, facilitating the entry of companies led by women (specialized Internet resources, portals, databases) to external markets.

Implementation of these and other cooperation initiatives should contribute to overcoming of a number of challenges in terms of social, economic and political inclusion of women, faced by BRICS. Among those, disparity between women and men by wages should be addressed: in 2017 the average salary of a female worker in Russia constituted 70% of a male worker salary2.

Rethinking Economic Prosperity in the BRICS, and 21st Century

Manufacturing and Financial Initiatives for Sustainable Development

MAXWELL SHAMASE - SOUTH AFRICA

The early 21st century has witnessed the beginnings of change in the dominant patterns of global trade. Growth in economic prowess and political influence of emerging market nations in the global arena is a ubiquitous trend in international relations. It is argued in this paper that BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have intensified the coordination of their economic, political and social agendas, including increased trade. Indeed, BRICS calls for democratization of the inter-state system and opposes Western and US dominance of global governance.

The decline of Western and US economic power relative to Asian and other emerging countries lends substantial credibility and international legitimacy to the BRICS demands.

Most scholars do indeed agree that BRICS have rejected the dominant political economy paradigms of the liberal order, including a market- oriented regulatory system, fiscal austerity, and comprehensive liberalization of trade.

Simultaneously, BRICS have retained varying measures of direct or indirect state control over markets, most notably in China.

This paper asserts that against the backdrop of waning integration impulses in the developed world, the largest developing economies are forging ahead with new initiatives directed at revitalizing regional integration. This paper describes the cooperation of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa within BRICS international group.

It also evaluates BRICS countries from the perspective of political cooperation within the framework of the organization, assesses current economic and social performance of the member states, thereby indicating the main reasons for BRICS countries to unify into this international organization.

Keywords: BRICS, demographic indicators, regionalism, patterns of development, flying geese, foreign direct investments, gross domestic product, foreign exchange reserves, sectorial analysis, emerging markets; fiscal austerity; global-south; liberalization of trade; regional integration; south-south interaction.

MÁRCIO BRUNO RIBEIRO - BRAZIL

Rethinking economic prosperity in the brics, and 21st century manufacturing and financial initiatives for sustainable development.

The scope of sustainable economic growth in Brazil necessarily requires the improvement of fiscal policy in aspects such as: balance between public revenues and expenditures; more efficient taxation and spending; and stimulating investment.

The presentation intends to briefly discuss the main measures of a fiscal agenda aimed at the sustainable development of Brazil.

These measures involve the control and evaluation of public spending, reform of the tax system, and investment financing.

YAROSLAV LISSOVOLIK - RUSSIA

Monetizing Brics: Introducing the R5 initiative

There may be several trajectories of BRICS+ cooperation in the financial sphere. One such area is mutual policy coordination with respect to international financial organizations – in fact such coordination appears to be already taking place – in October 2016 a high-level dialogue on the role of regional financing arrangements (RFAs) in the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) has taken place in Washington DC with the participation of the representatives of the IMF as well as representatives of AMRO (the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic research office), the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (represented by the Reserve Bank of India), the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), as well as the Arab Monetary Fund.

Other promising areas of BRICS+ cooperation in the financial sphere (not necessarily pertaining to the RFAs) include those related to the use of national currencies in cross-country transactions as well as the creation of common payment systems encompassing the BRICS and their regional partners.

In fact the BRICS+ format that includes BRICS’s allies in the respective RTAs creates more scope for launching such initiatives as BRICS members’ currencies as well as payment systems are already used to a varying degree among BRICS regional neighbours.

The potential for increasing the use of national currencies in the BRICS and their regional partners is still significant, given the high levels of dollarization in many BRICS+ countries.

In the Eurasian Economic Union, for example, the use of the Russian rouble in cross-country transactions has increased to 75% in 2016 compared to 56% in 2010 at the expense of the US dollar, whose share declined from 35% in 2010 to 19% in 2016.

Еhere may be a case for what may be termed as the “R5 initiative” that targets the use of the respective national currencies of BRICS countries – Rouble (Russia), Rand (South Africa), Real (Brazil), Rupee (India) and Renminbi (China) – within the BRICS+ circle and more broadly in the world economy.

The elements of such a strategy may include measures to boost trade and investment among BRICS+ (cooperation between the respective RTAs to create more scope for the use of national currencies), cooperation between development institutions in using national currencies to fund investments and long-term projects, creation of common payment card systems and common settlement/payment systems, cooperation in promoting BRICS+ currencies towards reserve currency status.

ZHONGHXIU ZHAO - CHINA

This paper mainly focuses on the topic of 21st century manufacturing and financial incentives for sustainable development,which in the context of the changing dynamics of global value chain. In general, it can be divided into three parts: the current changes in the manufacturing sector, the implication of world economy, and the policy recommendations.

SAMIR SARAN - INDIA

A New Social Contract For The Digital Age

Digital transformations are rapidly altering the landscape of ‘work’. What constitutes work today is itself being interrogated. The nature of work, models of employment, employment contracts and relationships, regulations and social protections are all being rethought and reformulated. Increasingly, the responsibilities of the state are becoming the obligations of, and indeed a business case for, the private sector.

This devolution of ‘governance responsibility’ is happening at a rapid pace even in societies where public service infrastructure is largely missing. In many locations, this also coincides with the decentralization of political power to communities and local administrations. A new social contract between citizens, consumers, communities, employees, the state, and enterprise is needed to delineate a new understanding around rights, responsibilities and entitlements. As a step towards defining such a contract, we set out seven norms for defining the relationships between key stakeholders in the digital age.

“Rethinking Economic

Prosperity in the BRICS, and

21st Century Manufacturing

and Financial Initiatives for

Sustainable Development”

Towards Universal Health Coverage in the BRICS

AQUINA THULARE - SOUTH AFRICA

Towards universal health coverage through innovation and knowledge sharing

Inclusive development requires a focus on responsive socio-economic policies that promote health care and healthy populations. The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) situate health as a key feature of human development, emphasizing that social, economic and environmental factors influence good health and health inequalities. SDG 3 is health related and the overarching target on SDG 3 is target 3.8 onUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) to which all other targets must ensure its realization.

Inclusive development requires adequate social protectionthrough preventative, curative and maternal, neonatal and child survival health services, affordable quality health service delivery, reproductive health services, services for infectious and non-communicable diseases, access to essential medicines and vaccines, new health and information technologies, addressing social determinants of health, as well as promotion of health lifestyles and consideration of traditional holistic medicine to achieve general wellness to achieve UHC.

BRICS have committed to working together nationally, regionally and globally in moving towards UHC. Toachieve UHC, it is important that systems for innovation to improve access to medicines and, knowledge sharing as well as systems for monitoring and evaluation progress towards UHC are institutionalized.

This paper proposes that a Virtual Innovation and Knowledge Sharing Platform be developed to promote intra-BRICS and inter-sectoral research and development.

It heeds a call of past BRICS Summits and recommendations which highlight the need to leverage collective BRICS expertise.

BRICS are currently hampered by the traditional barriers of distance and language, which impedes the ability of organizations to effectively communicate and share insights.

The paper proposes two strategies for supporting the move towards UHC namely: (1) a Knowledge Sharing Platform to promote the exchange of documents, insights and data for monitoring UHC and Wellness Indices. As an example of Knowledge Sharing, the platform can include a BRICS Wellness Indicator Dashboard to allow the sharing of BRICS data retrieved from primary data sources.

By integrating language translation tools into the platform, BRICS data and information can become much more accessible and useful; and (2) an Open Innovation Sharing Platform to promote the process of ideation, which involves crowdsourcing ideas and providing the platform to collaboratively develop the idea fully.

Crowdsourcing platforms are proven to be successful in countering silo-based approaches to research and product development as it allows sharing ideas, data (including biodata) and study results.

This platform can be used to attract potential funding in developing a BRICS Virtual Vaccine Research platform to support activities aimed at establishment of a Biomedical Research, Innovation and Vaccination Centre.

The Centre aims to respond to communicable and non-communicable disease challenges facing BRICS and the global South.

LIU XIAOYUN - CHINA

There is a global commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Health system strengthening (HSS) is the key means to achieve UHC. China has accumulated rich experiences and lessons in achieving UHC. This paper will first briefly review the historical development of the Chinese health care system from 1949 to 2009, followed by the 2009 health system reform toward UHC, focusing on health insurance, PHC, basic public health services, essential medicine, and public hospital reform. The paper will end with an analysis of the remaining and emerging challenges China is facing in achieving UHC.

SACHIN CHATURVEDI - INDIA

With expanding economic pace of BRICS member countries the focus and content of their National Health Progarmmes have deepened across income strata of the society.

Being at different stages of economic development and coming from different policy eco-system the Universal Health Coverage in BRICS reflects to true plurality they have.

In this context it becomes critical to study the health landscape of BRICS countries to understand where do they stand when it comes to access to health, to take stock of their past success and current challenges in order collate their experiences.

A collating and exchange of experiences among BRICS countries will enable them to extend support to partner countries and managing their own health services.

For instance, India can learn from Brazil to effectively implement recently launched Ayushman Bharat. The BRICS countries are placed in a situation that allows them the opportunity to play a crucial role in the health of other developing nations, especially least developed countries.

This presents an opportunity to them to accumulate their experiences to help these countries tackle issues that have already been overcome by them. Like in case of India –Africa partnership in which health is a crucial element.

India provides support by export of high quality low-prices Indian pharmaceuticals, setting up of manufacturing units, medical tourism, tele medicine, traditional medicine etc.

The WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023 acknowledges the importance of Traditional Medicine Systems (TMSs) for achieving UHC. BRICS nations need to devise policies which can enable them to mainstream TMSs.

China’s experience of mainstreaming Traditional Chinese Medicines with modern medicine and initiatives by the Indian government to promote Indian Systems of Medicines (ISMs) can help BRICS nation to understand how to juxtapose TMSs with the modern medicines

Comprehensive Social Protection, Agriculture and Food Security in

BRICS

WANG YANGZHONG - CHINA

Characteristic and experiences of China’s Social Security Development

China has established, developed, and improved continuously the social security system with Chinese characteristics from 1978 onwards while advancing economic growth and reform and opening up.

The remarkable achievements in social security reform and development have played an important role in promoting economic growth, maintaining social stability, and improving the quality of life for the people.

After four decades of efforts, China has stepped onto the distinctive path of reform and development and fostered an initial Chinese model of social security system.

To illustrate this viewpoint, this paper will review the four-decade evolution of China’s social security system, summarize the path and characteristics of China’s social security reform, and analyze Chinese path and wisdom in social security system.

As the management systems and mechanisms for social security are not yet perfect with very arduous problems and challenges ahead, whether the Chinese model can be considered as a successful model is worth observation.

THULISILE MPHAMBUKELI - SOUTH AFRICA

Access to water and food remains critical to the survival and stability of any nations. Insecurity of food and unequal distribution of water rights are active drivers of instability and violent conflicts.

These crises are no less evident in BRICS. Studies addressing the crises in BRICS are localised making the articulation of water and food policy for BRICS as a body a necessity.

This paper therefore undertakes a review of the political economy of water and food nexus in BRICS. In doing so, the paper identifies areas of cooperation and collaboration, such as virtual water importation and reduction of water footprint, among BRICS, as well as offers policy options in the context of BRICS’s Long Term Strategy.

Keywords: Water, Food, Political Economy, Governance, Insecurity, Security

ALEXANDRA ARKHANGELSKAYA - RUSSIA

Comprehensive approach to the social protection of persons with disabilities in the Brics countries

BRICS not only pushes forth a new world order, but also sets a new stage for social protection. However, in the middle of global policy dialogues disability care, rights and readiness got little or no attention.

The emergence of the BRICS as an actor in global health governance was considered an opportunity to reduce the vulnerability of global health financing being dependent on a single source or country.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are over one billion people who live with some form of disability.

For everyone person who dies in a disaster, three others are left with permanent disability or injury. In addition over 3.5 million refugees and those internally displaced survive with disabilities the world over. (CBM International, Women’s Commission 2008).

There are notable differences between the ways the BRICS approach foreign assistance and the methods of traditional donors.

Each of the BRICS has made health advances over the past few decades, and policymakers feel this equips them with unique perspective on improving health outcomes in developing countries.

The BRICS emphasize “South-South” cooperation and they favor models anchored in domestic programs and their own political and social philosophies.

These often include bilateral capacity building and infrastructure development, and draw directly on lessons learned by BRICS policymakers in addressing their own internal challenges. Each BRICS country also employs its own methods, and contributes in unique ways.

The Purpose is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD)

The Goal is to examine existing BRICS social protection of persons with disabilities policies and contributions to development innovation in order to identify opportunities for the BRICS and other emerging powers to expand upon their achievements and increase their contributions to improving social protection of persons with disabilities in their respective states and responding to the policy of BRICS Outreach in the poorest countries of the world.

The Aims are to facilitate the collection, analysis and dissemination of disaggregated data across all sectors, including health, education, employment, political participation, access to justice, social protection and violence by disability and according to other categories.

Understanding the complexity and the dimension of our goal we envision, share and welcome a multinational, multi institutional and multidisciplinary team including but not limiting to experts (academics and practitioners) from BRICS countries from social, medical, humanitarian, legal, economic fields.

Governance, Peace and Security

SIPHAMANDLA ZONDI - SOUTH AFRICA

Should the South trust the Brics on the global peace cause?

If we accept that the BRICS are born out of a long process of change that included the need felt by countries of the South to assert themselves, it also follows that the BRICS have much stronger ability to translate these into practical manifestation in the form that might be called dynamic convergence of agency.

If this can be tested, it must in relation to the question of global peace as an old normative demand of the global south on the changing world over the past 70 years or so.

The global peace agenda is, alongside the questions of development and solidarity, a crucial heritage for the BRICS to build upon because it is expected to harness the longstanding agenda and successes of the south.

Therefore, the BRICS commitment to global peace in a comprehensive sense of the world made famous by the World Peace Council since 1964 is a crucial basis on which to measure whether it can be trusted to lead any transformation of the world towards a postcolonial peaceful and prosperous world, beyond the current neocolonial and neoimperial moment.

This paper will, on the basis of comparative analysis of individual positions triangulated with the BRICS messaging, present a considered view on the connection between the BRICS and the age-old world peace agenda as a underlying framework for also measuring if BRICS can be trusted to pursue security and stability in earnest. In particular in this case, is the idea of peace as a condition for desired development.

EDUARDO GOMES - BRAZIL

Brazil/China Relations Within The BRICS: Complementary World View And Beyond

The BRICS seems to have kept its unity along the years largely due to a common attitude of valuing consensus above different views within the group. It is quite accepted that this common attitude has been a major binding force among the BRICS countries, but that there may be more at stake.We suggest that aligned political relations inside the group between distinct BRICS also counted. Considering Brazil/China relations, it is quite clear that they have relied on a common mode of insertion in the international system through a multilateral foreign policy based on Soft Power (Nye). Increasing participation in international forums, within a broader concern with the international scenario, as a strategic choice in foreign policy will increase cooperation Brazil – China. Results: trade expansion, increasing technological cooperation in the aerospace and energy sector.

Via soft power, a way of seeing the world and an insertion in a complex international system based on cooperation appears on the Brazilian and Chinese horizons as an infinite set of opportunities. In this way, it is possible to overcome more immediately the simple technological cooperation by promoting the countries towards a broad process of convergence for the achievement of common goals, and stronger support for the group consensus.

GEORGY TOLORAYA - RUSSIA

Brics Peace Efforts: Steps To New Global Normality

1. We witness rising turbulence in international affairs, conflict potential is increasing. It is aggravated by a disbalancing of the global governance system, fragmentation of international regimes in security and trade.

2. Established peace and security regulatory mechanisms are failing, UN is at stalemate. At the same time USA (and NATO headed by it) wants to recover unipolar world order and this create tensions with the “rising powers”.

3. There is a need of remaking of equal world & reducing moral deficit, creation of global governance institutes and practices with more just representation. Establishing a mechanism to exclude unilateral actions or defiance of established norms is vital. Ideally a new global ‘New Westphalian’ system might be a step forward, not back in providing public goods in international security and peace preservation

4. Can BRICS become a platform for peace maintenance? BRICS is now on the plateau of its development curve, while critics (including those in the West) increasingly see BRICS members (or some of them) as competitors and revisionists. Attempts to undermine BRICS vitality can be traced. So is it true that BRICS is inept to deal with security issues even when they concern their vital issues or immediate vicinity?

5. Indeed, the problems in BRICS are many: tyranny of geography, different level of economic development, political contradictions, weak economic relations, added

by internal problems in South Africa and Brazil, Russia’s isolation, India’s drift from Eurasia towards Atlantic (Trump’s Indo-Pacific doctrine).

6. BRICS global influence and role in the world financial system has grown only marginally. The New Development Bank just begins its active work. The share of BRICS countries in the IMF capital represents obvious imbalance in favor of China. The countries have different interests and different voices in UN. BRICS + and “integration of integration” concepts still under construction. There is a lack of institualization and coordinating mechanisms

7. Therefore so far role of BRICS in global peace and security maintenance limited. At the same time in certain areas BRICS member countries role is rising – especially in Eurasia. SCO is the example of regional structure, addressing, among other issues, non-traditional security problems.

8. Russia pursues the project of Greater Eurasia (not integration, but cooperation of regions, increase of connectivity between eastern and western countries), China - “One belt – One road” long-term strategy, and there is a conjunction of Russia’s “Eurasia project” and China’s “One belt – One road”. Can Russia, India, China triangle be seen as a framework of the new global governance architecture?

9. Peace and security issues tend to be more and more central to BRICS discourse. These issues are increasingly discussed at leaders’ meeting and below: at foreign ministers level, high representatives on security, vice-ministers specializing on sensitive area, information security and counter-terrorism tracks etc

However still implementation mechanism is lacking. So, BRICS peace-building (confidence building, early warning, crisis management, and preventive diplomacy) and peace-keeping role still marginal.

10. How to increase BRICS role? The efforts should concentrate in areas historically connected to each of BRICS countries, where conflict parties are reluctant to address global conflict-resolution institutions (heavily influenced by USA) or a single “dominating” power.

11. The pilot project should be BRICS Prevention of conflicts institution-building (as suggested by SA hosts and to be discussed in UN).

12. The principal new suggestion is that it should address not BRICS-related issues, but local conflicts in the “area of responsibility” of BRICS members (Like Africa, CIS, Latin America, South Asia and East Asia…) It may address inter-state issues (maybe intra-state as well?)

13. At first these efforts can start with track 2 process, bringing together representatives of conflicting parties in a neutral setting and conflict resolution as well as area experts. That could help create a network of officials and experts from conflicting countries (especially young officials are important).

14. Then an official Working group or Conflict prevention center might be established, reviewing issues upon the request by the parties to the conflict At some stage ”terms of reference” for Preventive diplomacy may be adopted as guidelines on official level.

Governance, Peace

and Security

Leveraging the Collective Strengths of the BRICS Education, Scientific and Productive

Sectors

STEPHANIE ALLAIS - SOUTH AFRICA

EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CHALLENGES FOR BRICS COUNTRIES: PERSPECTIVES FROM SOUTH AFRICAThe presentation presents some insights about skill formation and development in South Africa, as well as broader challenges for skill formation and development. The presentation draws on initial research into skill formation systems in three African countries - Ghana, Ethiopia, and South Africa, which is attempting to analyse how skill formation systems are shaped by, and shape, the societies and economies in which they exist. This includes factors internal to education and training systems as well as factors such as the relative availability of different types of qualified workers and the structure of the labour market. Education levels in Africa are lower than many parts of the world, and much lower than the developed world and it is generally agreed that one of the key challenges for economic and social development in Africa is raising education levels (Fredriksen & Fossberg, 2014). Political and socio-economic concerns driving government preoccupation with the growing size of primary and lower-secondary school cohorts—there are few formal employment opportunities, and few further formal education and training opportunities (Palmer, 2009, p. 68). This immediately raises questions about the both content of that education and the ways in which the education system interacts with the society and economy. The literature on skill formation systems in the developed world (for example, Busemeyer & Trampusch, 2012) asks:

• If skilled people are so clearly desirable, why is it so hard to create them? why do countries differ so much in how they attempt to produce the appropriate skills?

• Why, in certain countries, does a significant share of a typical youth cohort CHOSE to pursue vocational training instead of academic higher education?

So we are considering the political economy of skill formation in African countries, asking:• Why, in African countries, does it seem to be impossible to

move from small weak VET systems?• What has shaped skill formation in African countries

historically? What is shaping and constraining them now?

• Can understanding skill formation in Africa contribute to broader debates about skill formation systems?

I use the the term skill formation system to refer to dominant national training patterns, dominant ways in which, in a particular nation state, the education and training system produces mid-level skills required for work. My initial analysis of skill formation in South Africa draws on a distinction between the screening and developmental roles of education, and argues that the small number of good well-paying protected jobs available in our economy seems to aggravate the ways in which education is used for screening (gaining access to a good job or place at university), which then undermines the developmental roles of education (learning). The tiny size of the formal and industrial sectors and the small number of good jobs, as well as the extreme difference between options inside and outside of these sectors, and the desirability of getting a job outside of the country, make ‘screening’ dominate the functioning of education and training.

THAIANE OLIVEIRA - BRAZIL

Since the BRICS Declaration in Cape Town in 2014, the five countries have committed to cooperation programs in science, technology and innovation, from the five strategic areas assigned to each of the signatories: climate change and disaster mitigation (Brazil); water resources and pollution treatment (Russia); geospatial technology and its applications (India); new and renewable energy, and energy efficiency (China); and astronomy (South Africa).

Four years after the Declaration and almost a decade after the First BRIC Summit, there is still a challenge in assessing the strengthening of international cooperation among countries due to their low presence in the large index databases commonly used for the collection of scientific data , such as Web of Science and Scopus.

The proposal of this research is to undertake a study on international cooperation among the countries in the last 10 years through Dimensions platform, based on the incidence of co-authoring and co-funding of research agencies from the five countries,highlighting the following points: the networks that consolidate from the international cooperation among the BRICs, the areas that emerge in the of co-authorship and how research networks have been developed in around the five strategic areas defined in the Cape Town BRIC statement.

It seeks to assess how the growth of international cooperation in BRICs has been in strategic areas, pointing to possible areas for strengthening partnerships which can be deployed through this study.

MINGHAO SHEN, CHINA

BRICS countries have their own characteristics, but they share the common aspects including huge development potential, fast economic growth rate, fast growth in the scale of college students and R&D funds as well as the constantly upgrading industrial structure. Besides, the imbalance of development is also a common issue. We should understanding the relations among enterprises, universities, research institutes and applications firstly, then resolve the problem through the measures.

LEONID GRIGORYEV, RUSSIA

LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTHS OF THE BRICS EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTIVE SECTORS.

Our Five countries – plus Friends – are at different stages of Industrial with transition to Post-Industrial societies. Economic growth and fluctuations are dependent on domestic institutions and external environment. OECD countries passed through theses stages half a Century ago.There is no “simple” theory of transition from “Middle Income traps” to stable democratic society with over 30 thousand dollars GDP ppp per capita. Using “Best Available Institutions” and Policies we may seek the Sustainable Development Goals, while catching up. It would take better coordination of trade, investment, educations and R&D efforts and policies

CARLA CARVALHO - BRAZIL

Collective Efforts on Implementation of the BRICS NU Ecology and Climate Changes Graduate Program

The educational project BRICS NU (BRICS Network University) aimed at developing, preferentially, bilateral/multilateral short-term joint training, master’s and PhD programmes along with joint research projects in various knowledge fields according to common standards and qualify criteria, given recognition of the learning outcomes by BRICS NU participants as per national criteria, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding on establishment of the BRICS network university signed in the city of Moscow on November 18th 2015 by the BRICS NU International

Governing Board (IGB) members. Our proposal in this context is an integrated initiative, headed by Geochemistry Graduate Program at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and having the São Paulo University and the Amazonia Research Institute as partners, which the main goal was produce excellence for the training of human resources (courses and scientific research development) on Climate Change area focused on South America. Then, we proposed the creation of the SACC Graduate Program (South America Climate Change – from the past to the future), which is a trans- and interdisciplinary proposal that aims at the training of national and international students, focusing on regional issues from South America (Paleo)Climate Change and making a comparison with observed changes within ongoing studies in Asia and Africa, where our collaborators from BRICS countries are based.

Regarding to the Road Map, defined at the First Conference of the BRICS NU in Yakaterinburg (RU) on April 2016 the Brazilian participants of the International Thematic Group (ITG) Ecology and Climate identified some still open issues that should be addressed in order to improve the discussions. During the 2018 BRICS Academic Forum that will be held in Johannesburg we intend to reactivate the discussion on this educational program joining collective efforts on implementation of the BRICS NU Ecology and Climate Changes Graduate Program.

Advancing BRICS Creative Powers for Education Exchange

TAO DU - CHINA

The Necessity for BRICS Countries to Boost Legal Education Cooperation.

On July 4 and 5, 2017 BRICS ministers of education held a meeting in Beijing to discuss approaches on enhancing equity in education and fostering quality education, strengthening BRICS educational collaboration, and exchange of students, scholars and teaching faculties. A document, titled “Beijing Declaration on Education,” was signed by ministers to boost educational cooperation. The declaration appealed to strengthen cooperation in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), share ideas and experiences in the development of vocational educators, and develop projects that are of common interests to BRICS Member States.

Legal education in this context is of particular importance. Through most of world’s political and public leaders it has a direct bearing on society, state, law, legal and other social regulators.

Strangely enough, these problems are typical not only of China. Talk of crisis in legal education resounds in many countries, editorials with significant headings like ‘Legal Education in Crisis’ appear both in Western Countries, and in BRICS countries.

Some years ago, Barack Obama personally offered such radical measures that it almost turned the whole legal academic community in the USA against him (N.Y. Times, Sep. 20, 2013, at A16).

Teachers and students around the world feel changes, the active reform and revision of traditions and the settled techniques.

Former approaches do not meet the current requirements, and now a transformation is under way.

It shows the state of transition of the higher law school, a search for its new mission, place and role in a changing world. It is important to consider domestic problems while taking into account universal changes.

It is obviously wrong to deny the native origin and character of many problems, so the proposed measures for solving those problems also have to consider national features.

A universal model for the improvement of the educational system is unlikely to exist. In this situation, the cooperation prospects in the field of legal education in BRICS countries seem to be interesting.

The economic and political rapprochement of the BRICS countries can inevitably lead to cooperation in the fields of culture and education.

In recent years, some events have attested to the beginning of a new stage of rapprochement of the BRICS countries in the field of education.

Firstly, some declarations on cooperation in the field of education were adopted. It is necessary to allocate separately the Fortaleza Declaration (Brazil, July 15, 2014).

Secondly, there is a movement arising from desires, from needs. In particular, the ratings of the BRICS countries’ universities are remarkable.

It is not the ranking of universities itself that is important, but the fact that the international academic community is starting to take the educational integration of the BRICS countries seriously.

It testifies that it is not simply a random group of states, but that these states are connected by common features, including the ones in education.

Despite a considerable desire, both on a political and on an academic level, to establish closer connections in the field of education in BRICS countries, there are some problems which complicate it.

BORIS MARTYNOV - RUSSIA

Advancing BRICS Creative Power for Educational Exchange

The BRICS appeared as an innovative structure of non-Western nature, a “Club of the Reformers”. It means, that without its own ideas on a wide range of modern philosophical, political, economic and social (including educational) problems this project will lose its proper “face” and identity.

The supreme task of this innovative format is to contribute to the profound transformation of the whole of the world politics and economy, which can`t be realized without a complex revision of many basic, philosophic problems of modern being and, accordingly, without their proper innovations, introduced in the education systems of our states.

The next step in the development of the BRICS idea, on my point of view, will be to create in our countries a new infrastructure of education, which will correspond to the new realities.When people began to speculate about the “end” of the BRICS project because of the economic difficulties of some of its member-states, in a way they were right. If we still, as in the beginning of the 2000, see only an economic side of this project, then we have a full, “normativistic” right to say “good buy” to it.

From the point of view of some “vulgar” economists, the BRICS paradigm has already exhausted itself.

According to them, the XXI century will do quite well without the “ascending” countries, and the “good old” global leaders (of the West) will remain as such.1 But BRICS is already not an exclusively economic project.2

The troublesome international reality is beginning to change its focus. Time has come to think about BRICS in qualitative and futuristic terms instead of quantitative and present-day ones.

Advancing BRICS Creative Powers

for Education Exchange

A Case for Accessible Global South Knowledge Commons for Forward-looking

and Impactful Research in the BRICS

ASHRAF PATEL - SOUTH AFRICA

Comparison of broadband & ICT for development policies within Brics nations and opportunities for co-operation.

Executive Summary: The paper is intended to be presented at the SABTTF BRICS Academic forum under the knowledge and innovation cluster in April/May 2018. The core theme and outcomes of the paper shall conduct a brief comparison assessment within BRICS nations and their variegated ICT and Broadband for development sectoral progress.

It shall compare and contrasting their different trajectories ( i.e. state led, developmental state, market driven models) regarding ICT Policies and technology development, and their levels of progress and impact in the following sectors: a) Broadband roll out programs, b) Regulatory bodies ; c) ICT for development cases; and d) e Commerce and SMME development.

The paper shall set themes for further discussion and deliberations at the formal BRICS academic forum in May 2018, refine questions for further research co-operation agenda.

Introduction to Broadband in meeting SDG’s The United Nations UN Development Agenda has the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), to create an unprecedented opportunity to achieve equitable growth, protect the environment and improve the quality of life of people around the world. But ICTs are essential to achieving the SDGs by 2030, by providing new solutions to help realize the vision set forth by the international community.

The possibilities are limitless. In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, 795 million people – one in nine – still go to bed hungry each night. Even more – one in three – suffer from some form of malnutrition.

According to the ITU ‘ Digital technologies create major opportunities to improve how we produce, distribute and manage food, as a major driver for economic growth and an accelerator for innovation.

Harnessing the potential of ICTs is essential to the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda, which is why it is so important that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for the provision of “universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.”

The Technology Facilitation Mechanism will be important for contributing to this goal and potentially linking the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to WSIS+10 follow-up.

While many BRICS nations were at the periphery of the first wave of internet development in the 1990’s, in the new ubiquitous mobile broadband Web 3.0 world they are rapidly climbing the global value chains (GVC) in ICT’s. Leading global Multinationals Corporations (MNC”s) such as China’s Huawei and Tencent, , Indias Tata and Reliance group et al are playing a key role as technology /service exporters and service providers in the global internet economy, contributing to FDI of many nations, and potential for intra-BRICS co-operation for development

AMB. SÉRGIO EDUARDO MOREIRA LIMA - BRAZIL

The objectives of peace, development and cooperation as well as the commitment to enhance multilateralism inspired the creation of the BRICS more than a decade ago in their joint struggle for a more just, equitable, fair, democratic and representative international order. The five countries represent cultural diversity and need to deepen mutual knowledge. Alexandre de Gusmao Foundation, a think tank linked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, would like to offer its Digital Library to establish common platforms to bring BRICS societies closer together.

SHEN YI - CHINA

The governance of global cyberspace today needs a new structure and the newly emerged states represented by the BRCIS have great potentiality to lunch cooperation in pushing forward the development of the structure. It’s quite necessary for the BRICS to expand its cooperation into the new ear including the governance of global cyberspace.The core task to explore the possible pattern of cooperation among BRICS on the governance of the global cyberspace is to push the evolution of a new order governance in the global cyberspace. And the key agenda of the task to the debating of guiding principle of the governance. The BRICS firstly need to get a consensus inside, then pushing forward the practice via effective cooperation, and finally transfer BRICS as one of the most important driving force to encourage the development of the new global cyberspace governance.

It will be the latest frontier of strategic cooperation among BRICS. By doing these, BRICS will deepen the strategic trust toward each other, enhance the strategic cooperation, and the further development of institutionalization.

SACHIN CHATURVEDI - INDIA

The emphasis on achievement of SDGs as the 2030 agenda has brought to fore the concern about creating a balance between private and social profit.

The emphasis on creating global public goods – a shift away from the earlier emphasis on creating private goods and services and regional public good to facilitate development has found growing support.

The idea of development compact can effectively take care of creating such accessible Global South Knowledge commons that is free from IPR and facilitate sharing of knowledge among academics, practitioners (for e.g. farmers; civil society activists, bureaucrats and policy makers)

Such an exchange of knowledge would create a knowledge base for the Southern Partners from AEI (Access, Equity, and Inclusion) perspective and facilitate a horizontal access to knowledge created across the globe.

This idea fits into the traditional economic argument that defines production as a function of labour and capital.

Earlier, labour and capital were theoretically considered to be homogenous.

Recent advances argue the capital to have four distinct components and each of them play their respective roles in augmenting the production base of a nation.

The four components are: human capital, physical capital; knowledge capital and social capital. Needless to add, unrestrictive access to knowledge capital has a great potential in contributing to the productive capacity of a country and contribute to its development.

One may note that unequal distribution of knowledge, thanks to the IPR regime, is one of the factors that contributed immensely to increasing global inequality.

The paper would explore potential of open innovation and scope for South to enrich global knowledge base with its own efforts across various knowledge streams, keeping Agenda 2030 upfront.

VALERIIA GORBACHEVA - RUSSIA

Towards BRICS Knowledge Commons

Ten years ago BRICS analysis was generated far beyond its borders. Lack of common research, statistics data and people-to-people exchanges forced us to judge our partners in BRICS countries according to the western ratings.

Today when BRICS entering its second golden decade there is extensive network of collaboration among educational and academic institutions of five countries. BRICS area of global knowledge was developed.

BRICS Think Tank Council created in Durban five years ago plays significant role in developing Track 2 activities by shaping a platform for exchange of ideas among researchers,

academia and think tanks from all over the world. It became possible for research organizations in each country to discuss pressing questions regarding BRICS agenda, coordinate their positions on fundamental issues of global governance, provide policy recommendations and guidance. Since its establishment, BRICS Think Tanks Council has carried out a wide range of international expert consultations and roundtable discussions, and has become an international academic organization making an increasingly significant impact on world politics.

Substantial contribution to the inter BRICS academic network made national coordinators by providing comprehensive research and creating new mechanisms and institutions for knowledge sharing among BRICS such as South African BRICS Think Tank, BRICS Policy Center in Brazil. China Council for BRICS Think-Tank Cooperation and BRICS Research Foundation created last year in the framework of China’s presidency contribute significantly to the development of BRICS knowledge commons.

Vibrant academic activity forced the development of public and youth diplomacy in BRICS countries as well as gave impetus to important decisions on Track 1: establishment of BRICS Network University and BRICS University League, launch of common Internet platforms, development of inter-media cooperation among BRICS countries, increasing educational and academic exchanges, extension of engagement between civil society, BRICS sports activities, volunteers movement, development of cultural diversity etc. together with ministerial working groups on science, technology and innovation, cybersecurity, e-commerce, environment, energy efficiency, interbank cooperation etc.

Energy Research in the BRICS

JAYA JOSIE - BRICS Research Centre, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

KAMLESHAN PILLAY - BRICS Research Centre, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

CYRIL PRINSLOO - South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

FRANCK NAIDOO - Nelson Mandela University (NMU)

Mobilizing greater energy investment and financing in the Brics

The BRICS countries, in their development of sustainable economies, have equally been influenced by global dialogues and processes towards more equitable growth. Perhaps the most critical element in determining the transition of BRICS will be the transformation of their energy systems, while considering economic growth, environmental degradation and social considerations. The BRICS countries were responsible for roughly 38% of global carbon emissions in 2014.

Consequently, as we move into the implementation phase of the Paris Agreement, the climate policy actions of the BRICS will become ever more critical in determining a future that avoids a 1.5°C increase in global mean temperature and dangerous climate change impacts.

A significant barrier to the pursuit of a diverse energy mix aligned to climate policies consisting of nuclear, shale gas, coal and renewable energies is the availability of sustained financial flows.

A lack of potential financing may be owing to difficulties in economic feasibility of certain energy projects. In cases where a business case is present, the absence of enabling government policies may also deter investors. From a private sector perspective, the capacity to package certain energy projects into dynamic business models is also a challenge. The focus of this research will be to investigate and evaluate these two critical points of uncertainties and the strategies that could be implemented to facilitate enhanced investment into diverse energy mixes and offer recommendations on this to policy makers across the BRICS countries.

Keywords: Sustainable, renewable, climate change, carbon emissions, coal, financing

IVAN OLIVEIRA, BRAZIL

Renewable energy in Brazil

The paper presents the current state of the generation of renewable energy in Brazil, assessing the how the development of this sector may help Brazil deal with its commitments in the Paris Agreement.

It explores in detail how wind power and photovoltaic power is been explored in the country, analyzing both the pace and factors of growth and also the new potential areas for international cooperation in this sector.

GAO SHIXIAN -CHINA

Members of BRICS are actively pushing transformation of energy development, they have achieved energy transformation according to their respective national conditions. Africa is an underdeveloped area.

There are great opportunities to cooperate in the energy development among BRICS member and between BRICS and Africa.

APARAJIT PANDEY - INDIA

This report, part of the Observer Researcher Foundation’s “Financing Green Transitions” series, analyses the domestic barriers preventing institutional investment towards climate action projects in India.

Impediments to private capital flows have been analysed across with a specific spotlight placed on the renewable energy sector and the regulators and investors involved in formulating policies and making investment decisions within the domain.

Opportunities and policy recommendations designed to catalyse private capital flows within India nation have also been proposed.

Dong Weihua, born in 1972, is the Deputy Secretary General of China Council for BRICS Think-tank Cooperation (CCBTC) & Deputy Director General of the Research Office of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC). She obtained her Bachelor in Laws from Peking University and concluded her doctoral studies in Central South University on

Basic Principals of Marxism with Ph.D. in Laws. She has involved herself in long-term study on political theories and practices of foreign parties. In recent years, she has been presiding over several important research projects, including Party Reform and Ruling Safety in the Context of Globalization, Present Status and Trends in Development of Western Multi-party System in Developing Countries, Party Politics and National Governance, Capability Building of Political Parities. More recently, she is leading researches on BRICS Cooperation & Global Governance, New Types of Globalization: Philosophy and Practice as well as International Development Cooperation.

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Zhongxiu Zhao, Ph.D. is Professor and Vice-President of the University of International Business and Economics, China (UIBE). After receiving his first degree from Peking University in 1988, Mr. Zhao completed his Ph.D. in Economics from UIBE specializing in international trade in 2000. Dr. Zhao’s prolific academic career has included contributions as co-author and editor for fourteen books, author

of numerous academic articles, and a frequent participant in academic conferences.

He has also utilized his academic expertise in frequent consulting positions for government agencies, international organizations, and both Chinese and international companies, including his position as Vice Chairman for the China Society of World Economics, Vice President for China Council of BRICS Think Tank Cooperation, Member of Advisory Committee for Trade Policy of Ministry of Commerce, PRC (MOFCOM), Member of Expert Committee of CCPIT. Professor Zhao is an

active member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts.D

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DWang Yanzhong is a well-known scholar in the field of Chinese social security and ethnic studies. After receiving a PHD in sociology in Beijing University, He came to work in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He is a senior research fellow, and also the director-general of Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of CASS. He holds the position of vice chairman

of Chinese Ethnology and Anthropology Association, and is also the chief expert of national project Comprehensive Investigation o/f Economic and Social Development in Chinese Ethnic Areas in the Early 21th Century. He is the editor-in-chief of“the social security green book”-

A Report on the Development of Chinese Social Security, and “the ethnic blue book”-A Report on the Development of Chinese ethnic groups. He has published 5 monographs, more than 10 co-authored books and 100 papers, such as China’s Labour and Social Security Issues in China, Social Security and Social Governance, Social Security in China: On the possibility of Equitable Distribution, etc.

D Xiaoyun Liu is currently an associate professor in Health System Research and deputy director at Peking University China Center for Health development Studies.

His research interests focus on health system and health policy, especially in relation to health financing and health human resources in China and other developing countries.

For about 20 years, decade, Dr Liu has been working on

research projects in the areas of health financing, health policy in China, Vietnam and India, funded by EU, DFID, WHO and other agencies.

He obtained his first degree on public health in Shanghai Medical University in 1998, and then in 2003 completed his PhD on decentralization and health human resources from Fudan University, Shanghai.

Dr. Liu worked as a lecturer on social medicine and health statistics in Fudan University from 2003 to 2006, and then a lecturer in health services research at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine from 2006 to 2010, before joining Peking University in 2010.

SSuo Bugu was born in May 1990 in China. He majored in international politics and international relation, and received a master’s degree in law form University of International Relations in 2016.

At present, he is working for China Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation (CCBTC), and engaged in global governance and BRICS cooperation. He published Pooling Wisdom and Efforts Towards Common Development and a Brighter Future: BRICS Political

Parties, Think-tank and Civil Society Organizations Forum Records as a member of the editorial board in Aug. 2017.

GGao Shixian is the deputy director general and research professor of Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, P.R. China. He has been engaged in energy research focused on energy outlook, energy security and international cooperation, as well as energy policies /strategies

since 1987.

His projects as project leader and the main author have won the national ministerial Award.He has published many articles in Peoples’ Daily, Economy Daily, China’s Energy, The research of Macro-economy, etc.; and published many books as an author or co-author, such as “To Deepen International Energy Cooperation via the Belt and Road Initiative”, “Research on Pushing Revolution of energy Production and Consumption”, “Strategy of Regional Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia”, “Energy Security Strategy”, “China Energy Consumption Structure Change Tendency and Adjustment Countermeasure”, “ Research on Energy Strategy in the Progress of Well-off Society in China”, “The Long-term Energy Strategy in China”, “ The Research on Energy Development Strategy and Policy in China”, “Rethinking Energy Security in East Asia”, “Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Energy Systems in China” etc.

MMaoxing Huang PhD in Economics, Professor and Doctoral Adviser. He is mainly engaged in technical economy, regional economy and competitiveness research. He has published about 50 related academic books including: “Face to Face with 2017”. Focus of Hot Issues in BRICS Summit”, “Report on the BRICS National

Innovation Competitiveness Development(2017)”and“Brief Introduction of BRICS’ Countries”. At the same time, he also studied in depth on global environment competitiveness, world innovation competitiveness, global free trade area and others, produced series of influential research fruits, and published more than 160 articles in the authoritative journal and publication both at home and abroad. He was also selected in a number of talents incentive program, such as the young top-notch talent of the first national “Ten Thousand Talent Program”, leading talent on Philosophy and Social Science of the second batch of national “Ten Thousand Talent Program”, “China’s Cultural Celebrities and Four Batches of Talents”, “National-Level Candidate of the National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project “, “New Century Excellent Talent of Ministry of Education”, and “Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal”. He is the senior expert directly linked to central government

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HPProfessor Ari Sitas, South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT) Chairperson

Professor Ari Sitas is the Chairperson of the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT), serving as the South African

representative on the BRICS Think Tanks Council (BTTC).

A platform for researchers and academics to exchange ideas and generate evidence-based policy recommendations, the SABTT aims to shape the strategic vision of South Africa and the wider African region around global financial, economic and governance issues, and to conduct policy analysis to inform the long-term strategy of the BRICS.

The SABTT is currently under the custodianship of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), where Professor Sitas serves as Board Chairperson. He also heads up the University of Cape Town’s Sociology Department.

A scholar of sociology and political philosophy, Sitas was a founder member of Junction Avenue Theatre Company. He has received numerous accolades for artistic works, including an Olive Schreiner Award for their play Randlords and Rotgut. He is also a celebrated poet, and has held numerous prestigious positions, including a Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and a Guest Professorship at the Albert-Ludvigs University of Freiburg and was awarded the inaugural Bhagat Singh Chair at the Centre for Historical Studies of JNU in 2016.

Prof Sitas has been a senior fellow and research associate in a number of institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley, Ruskin College and Oxford University. He is a past president of the South African Sociological Association, a

Vice-President of the International Sociological Association and was an Executive member of the African Sociological Association.

Sitas served on the Board of the Chris Hani Institute and currently directed a Department of Science and Technology Grand Challenge Research programme on African Diasporas and Migrations; the award-winning Global Studies Masters Programme inaugurated between Germany, South Africa and India, and a variety of joint research projects with international colleagues. His recent publications include: The Ethic of Reconciliation, Durban and New Delhi, Madiba Press, 2007; The Mandela Decade-Labour Culture and Society in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Pretoria: UNISA Press, 2010; principal author of Gauging and Engaging Deviance, 1600-2000, New Delhi: Tulika Press, 2014 and The flight of the Gwala-Gwala Bird, Cape Town: SAHO in 2016.

Sitas’ policy work ranged from defining the fields of Social Studies in the post-apartheid National Qualifications Framework to serving on a range of projects in the KwaZulu-Natal’s Social and Economic Council 1996-9; directing the drafting of the African Union’s “Accelerated Industrialisation Plan” adopted in 2008 and steering and drafting the KwaZulu-Natal’s Recovery Programme during the 2009 economic crisis. He was tasked in 2010 by the Minister of Higher Education to develop together with Prof Sarah Mosoetsa, a Charter for the Future of the Humanities and the Social Sciences (2011) which is being proposed as the basis for a Pan African document after the Bamako Dialogue on the World Congress of the Humanities in 2017.

He is currently coordinating a major multi-institutional AfroAsia research programme (2016-21) which explores the movement of material and symbolic goods (from ideas to music) between 700CE and 1500CE funded by the Andrew W Mellon foundation.

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AAquina Thulare is the Senior Technical Specialist on Health Economics for National Health Insurance (NHI) in the National Department of Health. She holds an MBChB, BSc (Hons) Reproductive Medicine, MBA, MMPP.

She is currently a doctoral candidate with the Institute of Social and Economic Research

of the Rhodes University where she is reading towards the political economy of health and related reforms in the South African body politic. Amongst the various other roles she plays is in representing South Africa on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Universal Health Coverage - UHC2030 International Health Partnership (IHP +) Steering Committee and its various sub-structures. Some of her other activities include participating in teaching in public health and public policy and contributes to local and global political-economic discourses on health and development.

She has actively participated in South African BRICS activities through the development of UHC Indicators in 2015 working through the National Department of Health in partnership with the HSRC. She is an active contributor to the South African BRICS Think Tanks under the NIHSS through the Social Justice Cluster and the Innovation and Knowledge Sharing Cluster. She presented a paper on Health Challenges in BRICS countries at the 2016 BRICS Academic Forum in GOA, India and is a contributing author to a chapter in Health, Nature and Quality of Life: Towards BRICS Wellness Index (2016).

AAshraf Patel is a graduate on the Masters in Management (MM) Public Policy and Regulation Management (ICT) from the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. I have had extensive experience in

the academic, private, donor, innovation and public ICT sector in southern Africa for over 15 years. As a founder member of the Learning Information Network and Knowledge Centre (LINK) at Wits University, and program officer at a regional development donor and funder. I have a good mix of policy, development and research skills, expertise and networks in the knowledge economy and keen interest in ICT4 Development, regional development and industrial policies. In addition, Accolades included being selected for the UNIDO Global Cleantech Innovation Fund Green MBA program in 2015.

SSiphamandla Zondi is acting head of the Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs, the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. He previously worked for think tanks focusing on international relations, the last being the Institute for Global Dialogue. His areas of research include global south agency and South-South cooperation, African political thought and international relations. Zondi is also

a member of the National Planning Commission.


D Maxwell Zakhele Shamase is lecturing post-graduate studies in Contemporary Political History Political Economy at the University of Zululand. He has written on party-politics, African traditions, belief and cultural systems. In 2014 he attended a conference in London where he read a paper: “Princess Mkabayi ka Jama- through the keyhole of oral history”.

In 2015, he presented a paper entitled: “Zulu Queens Nandi (c. 1764-c.1827) and Monase (c. 1797-1880)-Through the Keyhole of Oral History.” at the International Conference in Dublin, Ireland.

During the same year he read a paper entitled: “Interrogating BRICS Social Governance” at the China-South Africa Conference held in Cape Town.

In 2016 read another paper entitled: “International Finance and Technology Transfers to Developing and Least-Developed Countries for Development” at the BRICS Academic Forum held in Goa, India.

In 2017 he co-authored with his post-graduate students an article on “China as a Leading Asian Giant and her Indispensability within BRICS” published in an accredited Journal.

DSibongile Princess Tshabala is a lecturer and Acting Head in the Department of Recreation and Tourism at the University of Zululand. Currently she is coordinating a BRICS Social Justice, Sustainable Development and Quality of Life Cluster.Her publications interest is in the field of Women and Development, focusing on tourism and sustainable

solutions for social problems. She has published an article namely; Women Empowerment through entrepreneurship in South Africa, the case of KwaZulu Natal, Studia Africana, and co-published a paper titled Women Tourism Entrepreneurs in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: Any Way Forward?

She is forward thinking and always keeps up with the current trends and tendencies in the field of Women and Gender Studies, Development, Culture and Gender, Tourism Management, Business Tourism & Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, Leisure & Recreation, Events Management, Sustainable Tourism Development, Marketing and Tourism Distribution Channels as well Travel Practices. She obtained her qualifications from UNIZULU, University of KwaZulul Natal and holds a PhD in Women Studies and Gender Development in the Institute of Women Studies and the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Granada, Spain. She is involved as a member in local, national and international women organisations as well as Iberian Congress of African Studies, being a member of Research Team AFRICAInEs.


NNdivhuwo Luruli is Acting Director: BRICS & Research at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS); and South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT). She is also responsible for managing Information, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Institute. Ndivhuwo has worked for the Department of Higher Education

and Training where she was responsible for managing a project on the subsidization of research outputs produced by researchers at South African public universities. She has also worked for the National Research Foundation (NRF) as a Programme Officer. She holds a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), as well as an MSc in Conservation Ecology from Stellenbosch University. Her research interest is primarily on research development and support, focusing on research funding and modes of knowledge production in the higher education sector.

SSarah Mosoetsa is an associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) and the Chief Executive Officer at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).

Author of “Eating from one pot: Dynamics of Survival in poor South

African households” (Wits Press, 2011) and co-editor of “Labour in the Global South: challenges and alternatives for workers” (ILO, 2012) she has also published papers in several academic journals. Her recent collaborative works includes “Precarious Labor in Global Perspective, International Labor and Working-class History (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and “New South African Review 6 - The Crisis of Inequality” (Wits Press 2018). Prof Mosoetsa has worked for various organisations such as the Society, Work and Development Institute (SWOP). She is a former chair and member of the Global Labour University and chairperson of the South

African labour Bulletin board.


JJaya Josie is head of the BRICS Research Centre, Democracy Governance & Service Delivery (DGSD), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in South Africa. He is an economist in development economics, public and development finance, fiscal policy and intergovernmental fiscal relations.

His current work includes BRICS research on the financing and impact of economic and social infrastructure investment on rural and

urban economic development to address unemployment, inequality and poverty. He was Senior Researcher in the HSRC Economic Performance & Development unit and extraordinary lecturer at the University of the Western Cape.

He led the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT) team that prepared the BRICS Think Tank Council’s (BTTC) recommendation, “Towards a Long Term Strategy for BRICS”, that was endorsed by the Sixth BRICS Heads of State Summit in Brazil, July 2014. He is currently member of Statistics Council, South Africa; and member of Academic Committees at the International Monetary Institute (IMI), Renmin University, Beijing, the Centre for Internet Finance and Innovation (CIFI), Academy for Internet Finance (AIF), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.

He was also Commissioner and Deputy Chairperson of South Africa’s Financial and Fiscal Commission and Director of the Development Economic unit of Ernst & Young, South Africa. He is widely published.

NNirmala Gopal is a criminologist in the Programme of Criminology and Forensic Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Among her foci of research is ‘hidden’ and vulnerable communities as victims of crime, social injustices and discrimination with the aim of promoting justice and fairness for unequal groups in society.

Her research philosophy is underpinned by social justice and identity frameworks. Her reserach contributions to national and international research agendas have seen her present at conferences across the globe to showcase results from emprical research results.

She is a NRF rated scientist. Her current research agendas are cybercrime and understanding how the biological, psychological and social domains of individuals’ lives interact to produce chronic illicit drug users or ‘addicts’. She is keen on collaborative reserach among academics and researchers in the BRICS grouping.


CThulisile Mphambukeli is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State (UFS). She obtained the degree of Bachelor of Community and Development Studies, the degree Master of Town and Regional Planning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the degree of Bachelor in Theology at Faith Bible College, and a PhD in Urban

and Regional Planning from UFS. She is a Fellow Third World Academy of Science UNESCO, Fellow Brown International Advance Institute, Brown University, USA; An Alumni Public Affairs Research Institute, a University of the Free State Rector’s Prestige Scholar. She is a recipient of many grants and have published extensively in local and international journals.

D Buntu Siwisa obtained his D. Phil. from the University of Oxford, St. Peter’s College (2006), and his M.A. (Economic History and Development Studies); B.A. (Hons) and undergraduate degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).

As a research consultant and Senior Research Fellow affiliated to the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), he

concluded work as a researcher, writer and rapporteur for the High-Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change.

In the panel, chaired by former President Kgalema Motlanthe, appointed by the Speakers’ Forum and reporting

to parliament, he led on research and writing for the working group on Social Cohesion and Nation Building.

He has been a member of the Peace and Security cluster of the BRICS Academic Forum since 2013, representing South Africa in the fora of 2013 (eThekwini, South Africa); 2015 (Moscow, Russia); 2016 (Goa, India).

Through these undertakings, he has published on BRICS peace and security challenges: Africa’s Peace and Security Challenges in the Context of BRICS (2014), in, Papers of the Fifth BRICS Academic Forum: BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation; New Security Threats, or Old Threats Gone New?, (BRICS Journal, Issue 3, February / March 2017); BRICS at Seven: Finding and Funding the Nexus between Peace, Security and Development in Africa, (published in 2015, as part of the BRICS VII Academic Forum proceedings, Moscow, Russia.); Africa’s Peace and Security Challenges in the Context of BRICS (published in July 2014, as part of the BRICS VI South Africa Academic Forum during the Sixth BRICS Summit; Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO); Pretoria, South Africa).

Dr Siwisa has also published on municipal services delivery and social movements in the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS); a chapter on Development Dilemmas in Post-Apartheid South Africa (eds.) Bill Freund and Harald Witt, (2011, UKZN Press, Pietermaritzburg). Both of these were taken from my D.Phil. thesis, “This is People’s Water!”: Water Services Struggles and the New Social Movements in Mpumalanga, Durban, 1998 – 2005). These were taken from his D.Phil. thesis.

Previously, he has worked for government in international relations on Southern Africa and SADC, ACCORD as Senior Researcher and Manager of the Knowledge Production Department. He also was Leader of the Masters Programme in South African Political Economy and Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth.


NGrace Khunou is Associate Professor in the Sociology Department and Vice-Dean at the University of Johannesburg. She writes creatively and academically and has published in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and research reports; she has also presented more than thirty papers in international and local

conferences and reviews articles for SARS and other local academic journals.

Research InterestsGender and health, Father Connections and Father Identity, Black Middle Class, Gender and HIV, Social Policy, Higher Education/Practice-Linked Knowledge Initiatives.Academic Citizenship Member of the South African Sociological Association. Member of the International Sociological Association. Reviewer for various local journals. Council Member of the Sociological Association of South Africa (SASA) - 2011 Member of the Editorial Collective of the South African Review of Sociology (SARS) - 2011/2/3/4. SASA Congress Convener for the Health Working Group – 2013

DRasigan Maharajh is concurrently Nodal Head of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation’ Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy; the founding Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at Tshwane

University of Technology; Professor Extraordinary at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology

of Stellenbosch University; an Associate Research Fellow of the Tellus Institute in Boston; and the Chairperson of the Southern Africa Node of the Millennium Project. Rasigan was previously: Visiting Professor at Rede de Pesquisa em Sistemas e Arranjos Produtivos e Inovativos Locais in the Instituto de Economia of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Visiting Research Scholar at the George Perkins Marsh Institute of Clark University, USA; Head of Policy at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; and National Coordinator of the Science and Technology Policy Transition Project for South Africa’s first democratic government. Before these deployments, Rasigan was: Senior Researcher at the Education Policy Unit of the University of Natal; National Coordinator and Researcher at Operation Upgrade of Southern Africa; Research Assistant at the Macro-Education Policy Unit of the University of Durban-Westville; Research Assistant at the Labour and Community Project of the South African Council for Higher Education; and a Casual Labourer at Pick and Pay Supermarkets. During the struggle against the apartheid regime, Rasigan held elected leadership positions within the: United Democratic Front, Congress of South African Trade Unions, and the African National Congress. Rasigan was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the Forskningspolitiska Institutet (Research Policy Institute), School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden; and he is also an alumnus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa and the Harvard Business School of the United States. Rasigan is a Ministerial Representative on the Council of Rhodes University and an elected Senator of Tshwane University of Technology. Since 2004, Rasigan has contributed to more than 65 publications, and has presented his research in 40 countries.


INDIA DELEGATION

DSamir Saran is the President of Observer Research Foundation, one of Asia’s most influential think tanks. His research has focused on international cooperation and governance regimes around climate change and the digital domain. He also writes extensively on Indian foreign policy.

Samir is the author of four books, numerous academic papers, and is

featured regularly in Indian and international print and broadcast media.

Samir curates the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship platform on geopolitics and geo-economics, and chairs CyFy, India’s annual conference on technology, security and society. He is a Commissioner of The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, member of the World Economic Forum’s South Asia advisory board and Global Future Council on Cybersecurity, and co-chair of T20 Argentina Task Force on Future of Work. Samir is also the Director of the Centre for Peace and Security at the Sardar Patel Police University, Jodhpur, India.

Samir completed his doctoral studies at the Global Sustainability Institute, UK. He holds a Masters in media studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and a Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India

AAparajit Pandey is an Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, India’s leading public policy think tank. Aparajit’s work primarily focuses on the intersection of finance, economics and climate. He currently leads the ORF Financing Green Transitions workstream, which focuses on mobilizing private

capital for climate action projects in the developing world.

He has also written on global governance and macroeconomic policy, and his report on India’s Low Carbon Transition was featured by the OECD as part of its Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth series. Prior to joining the Observer Research Foundation, Aparajit worked as a consultant for AlixPartners and PwC, focusing on valuation, financial modelling and coding.

Aparajit holds a Masters in Finance from Imperial College London, UK, and dual Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Statistical Systems from the University of North Texas, USA.

P Varun Sahni is Vice-Chancellor, Goa University. He is also Professor in International Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (currently on deputation leave). Since 2006, he speaks annually at National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi. He researches and writes on nuclear deterrence issues, regional security,

emerging balances in the Asia-Pacific, evolving security concepts, emerging powers, international relations theory and Latin American issues. He was conferred the prestigious VKRV Rao Prize in Social Sciences for 2006, and served (2008-12) as the 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jammu.

TTanoubi Ngangom is an Associate Fellow with the Climate Change and Development Initiative. She is interested in the political economy of development — the evolution of global development policy, impact of international regimes on growth trajectories of developing countries and access to innovation for development.

Her research focuses on emerging Southern donors and the governance of development finance; India’s role as a provider of global public goods; India’s foreign policy on development; and the effect of innovation policies on development challenges of the global South.

Tanoubi’s recent projects examine the normative framing of India’s development partnership programme, instruments used for development outreach and the institutional architecture that supports it.

Looking at diffusion of innovation for development, her work explores the interplay between pharmaceutical innovation policies and public health, the trade versus health discourse and the implications of emerging intellectual property rights regimes on global health. Trained as a development economist, Tanoubi holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Economics from the Shri Ram College of Commerce.

AAmb. HHS Viswanathan is Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. Earlier, he was a member of the Indian Foreign Service for 34 years. He has a long and diverse experience in International relations and Diplomacy. His

foreign assignments include Belgium, Zaire, Czechoslovakia, Germany, China, Italy, Cote d’ Ivoire, USA and Nigeria.

He was the Head of Mission (Ambassador/ High Commissioner) in Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria with concurrent accreditation to Niger, Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Benin, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe. At the Headquarters in MEA, he has been Deputy Secretary (East Europe) and Joint Secretary (Administration).In USA, he was Consul General of India in San Francisco with a consular jurisdiction over 14 States in the mid- West and West coast of the US.

He has also experience in multilateral diplomacy. He represented India in the African Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). He was also Observer at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).He has participated in numerous Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops and presented papers on issues connected with Africa, China, BRICS, IBSA and Global Governance. He has also co-edited the book “In search of Stability, Security and Growth: BRICS and a new World Order” published by ORF. Apart from Indian languages like Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi he speaks French and Italian. His

hobbies include Golf, music and reading.

INDIA DELEGATION

INDIA DELEGATION

DSachin Chaturvedi is Director General at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based autonomous Think-Tank.

He was also a Global Justice Fellow at the MacMillan Center for International Affairs at Yale University. He works on issues related to development

cooperation policies and South-South cooperation. He has also worked on trade and innovation linkages with special focus on WTO.

Dr. Chaturvedi has served as a Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and has also worked as consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Bank, UN-ESCAP, UNESCO, OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, IUCN, and to the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, among other organizations.

He has been a Developing Country Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (1996), Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla (2003), and Visiting Scholar at the German Development Institute (2007).

His experience includes working at the University of Amsterdam on a project on International Development Cooperation and Biotechnology for Developing Countries supported by the Dutch Ministry of External Affairs. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of IDS Bulletin (UK);

and is Editor of Asian Biotechnology Development Review. He has authored and edited nine books apart from publishing several research articles in various prestigious journals.

BRAZIL DELEGATION

DIvan Tiago Machado Oliveira is Director of the Department of International Studies at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). He was Chief Economic Advisor (Director of the Economic Studies Unit) at the Brazilian Foreign Trade Board (CAMEX) from august 2016 until July 2017. He was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Division of Globalization

and Development Strategies at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2010. He holds a Ph.D. degree and a M.Sc. degree in Business and Public Administration from Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) and a M.Phil. degree in Latin American Studies from Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). He also holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). He has published several papers in journals and book chapters on International Economics, International Trade, Trade Policy Analysis and International Political Economy issues

DMurilo Vieira Komniski is a Brazilian career Diplomat (Counselor), with experience in multilateral and bilateral affairs in the areas of human rights, international, trilateral and South-South cooperation, defense, public security, combat of transnational illicit activities, Internet governance and ITC. He is currently advisor to the Director of

the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of External Relations (ABC/MRE). He was previously the head of the International Advisory of the Secretariat of Government and the Special Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic and of the Ministry of Communications. He also served as advisor at the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense and as advisor to the Ditector of the Department of Africa at the Ministry of External Relations.

He is graduated in International Relations at the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP), holds a Master in Diplomacy with focus on Multilateral Affairs at the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy (Rio Branco Institute - IRBr) and undertook the LX Course of High Studies (CAE) at IRBr with the thesis entitled “The UN Human Rights Council and the Role of Brazil. Recent Developments in the UN Human Rights System”.

He was seconded to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, served at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN in Geneva and at the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. He is member of Gacint - Analysis Group on International Affairs at the University of São Paulo (USP), the GR-RI - Reflection Group on International Relations (São Paulo), the CRC - Conflict Resolution Center (USP) and several “Think Do Tanks” on politics, international affairs and culture. He is also a poet, photographer, teacher and cultural activist.

BRAZIL DELEGATION

DThaiane Moreira De Oliveira is Professor of Postgraduate Program in Communication of Federal Fluminense University, coordinator of Forum of Journals and Scientific Communication from Pro-rectory of Research, Postgraduate and Innovation of Federal Fluminense University and leader of the Laboratory of Investigation in Science, Innovation, Technology and

Education (Cite-Lab).

DMárcio Bruno Ribeiro is an analyst researcher - Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil.

Graduate in Industrial Engineering. Master and Doctorate in Economics Has experience in the areas of Macroeconomics, Public Finance, and Applied Econometrics.

DEduardo R. Gomes is a Ph. D. in Political Science (The University of Chicago), and an Associate Professor at Universidade Federal Fluminense Universidade Federal (Federal Fluminense University, or UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil. He is also the Director of the BRICS Research Center (Nucleo de Estudos dos Países BRICS, NUBRICS), at that university.

He has long worked with organized interests and development, in a comparative perspective. Nowadays, he is studying the role of development and social councils in the BRICS and in the emergent countries, from which he already has different publications.

DJoana Mostafa is an economist and civil servant of the Government of Brazil, specialized in social policy and gender research at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). She has recently been a manager of Brazil’s most famous cash transfer, Programa Bolsa Família, contributing to the institutional, IT and human resources’ development of social protection in

the country. Her research agenda covers a broad array of interests such as the gender gap in social protection, the workings of cash transfers and feminist economics.

BRAZIL DELEGATION

PCarla Carvalho is a Professor at Geochemistry Department, Fluminense Federal University (UFF-Brazil). developing research projects at Radiocarbon Laboratory (LAC-UFF) and Laboratory of Radioisotopes Applied to the Environment (LARAMAM). Coordinator of

LARAMAM Laboratory and Cryogenic Laboratory (CRIO-UFF). PhD in Nuclear Physics at UFF. Master and PhD projects developed at the Laboratory of Radioecology and Environmental Changes (LARA), Physics Institute - UFF. Post-Doc position at Atomic and Molecular Physics Laboratory (LaCAM), Physics Institute, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ-Brazil). Expertise area: Applied Nuclear Physics. Main research fields: Geochronology (14C-AMS and 210Pb), Paleoenvironmental changes, Radioactive Tracers, Radioecology, Environmental Radioprotection, Natural radioactivity and Metal contamination.

RUSSIA DELEGATION

BGeorgy Toloraya is a former diplomat (rank of Minister) and a scholar with decades-long experience on Asian and global issues. Since 2008 he has been working for the “Russkiy Mir” (Russian World) Presidential Foundation in Moscow as Head of Project Analysis, coordinating, inter alia, Asian and African programs.

He is concurrently Director of Asia strategy center at the Institute of Economy of Russian Academy of Science and serves as CEO of Russian National Committee on BRICS Research. Professor Toloraya also teaches at MGIMO (Moscow University of International Relations).

Prof. Toloraya has graduated from MGIMO in 1978, received his Ph.D. in 1984, degree of doctor of еconomy in 1994 and full professor degree in 2002. He served two postings in North Korea (1977-1980 and 1984-1987), worked for trade promotion agencies related to Asia, served at Russian Foreign Ministry, was Deputy Chief of the Russian Embassy in South Korea (1993-1998), First Asian Department Deputy Director-General (1998-2003) and Consul General of Russia in Sydney (2003-2007).

He collaborated with a number of academic institutes (among them IMEMO and Institute of Economics) as a full-time and part-time researcher and in 2007-2008 was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. He has published many articles and books on East Asia and global governance issues.D

DLiana Viazovskaia, graduate of the Russian Medical Academy (1991, Cardiology) and Russian Diplomatic Academy (2016, International Humanitarian Relations). Diploma paper was devoted to the questions of social protection measures with deep analysis of humanitarian BRICS cooperation. Since 2013 works in National Committee on BRICS

Research. Participated in five BRICS Academic Forums and in the creation of BRICS Think Tank Council in 2013 in Durban. Now works as a Program Director in the National BRICS Committee, which is the official Russian BRICS coordinator under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

DValeriia Gorbacheva is a vibrant academic activity forced the development of public and youth diplomacy in BRICS countries as well as gave impetus to important decisions on Track 1: establishment of BRICS Network University and BRICS University League, launch of common Internet platforms, development of inter-media cooperation among BRICS

countries, increasing educational and academic exchanges, extension of engagement between civil society, BRICS sports activities, volunteers movement, development of cultural diversity etc. together with ministerial working groups on science, technology and innovation, cybersecurity, e-commerce, environment, energy efficiency, interbank cooperation etc.

RUSSIA DELEGATION

BBoris Martynov Grduated (cum laudis) from MGIMO(1975), Ph.D in History (1978), Doctor in politology (1999) from the Institute of Latin America, Russian Academy of sciences. Full professor in 2011 from the Moscow State Institute of International relations (University) – MGIMO MID RF. 1999 – 2016 – vice-director of the Institute of Latin

America of the Russian Academy of sciences. 2016 – present time – Chief of the Cathedra of International relations and foreign policy of Russia in the MGIMO University. Member of the Cientific Council of the Council of National Security of the Russian Federation.

Authorof 9monographsandofmorethan 100 articles on the problems of Russian and Latin American history and security problems. Specialist in the area of the international law and studies in the problems of international terrorism and organized criminality. Speaks Russian, English, Spanish and Portuguese languages.

BAlexandra Arkhangelskaya, Researcher, Centre of Southern African Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She obtained her PhD in International Relations at the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences in 2009. Has a degree in Law and International relations. Lived and studied in South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Leading Researcher, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia; Researcher, Centre of Southern African Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Member of the Scientific Council of the National Committee for Research on BRICS; Member of Russia – South Africa Dialogue Forum; Senior Advisor, Kreab Moscow; Managing Partner The Answers.Vip.

Today, Alexandra is actively involved in the organization and development of international projects in research, coaching and communication consulting. Alexandra has wide experience in project management, including international coordination, resulting in numerous range of contacts throughout the world. Her research interests are BRICS, SA foreign policy, political psychology, Russian foreign policy and business activities in BRICS & Africa, emerging powers – Africa relations, South-South cooperation, social protection of persons with disabilities.

Alexandra participated in more than 70 conferences, an author and co-editor of 5 books, as well as author of more that 80 publications. One of the recent books is: Van der Merwe, Justin, Taylor, Ian, Arkhangelskaya, Alexandra (Eds.). Emerging Powers in Africa. A New Wave in the Relationship? Palgrave Macmillan. Has a numerous interviews for Russian and international mass media. Has developed projects in Sweden, England, Brazil and South Africa. Alexandra is fluent in English, Russian, Spanish, French, with intermediate Portuguese, and basic Afrikaans knowledge. Currently studying German.

RUSSIA DELEGATION

DYaroslav Lissovolik joined the Eurasian Development Bank as its Chief Economist in 2015. On 16 January 2018, was promoted to Managing Director (Research) – Chief Economist.

He is now in charge of supervising the Chief Economist Group, the Centre for Integration Studies and the Strategic and Industrial Research Department.

He worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in 2001-2004, where he was Advisor to the Executive Director for the Russian Federation.

Then, in 2004, Yaroslav joined Deutsche Bank as Chief Economist for Russia. He was promoted to Head of Research in Russia in 2009, and became a member of the Deutsche Bank Russia Management Board in 2011.

Yaroslav earned a BA in Economics from Harvard University, an MA in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. He also holds a PhD in Economics and is a professor in the Department of World Economy at the Diplomatic Academy.

Yaroslav is a member of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Federal State Statistics Service, a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense policy, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.

He became a member of the Expert Council of the Russian government in 2012, as well as of the Working Group on macroeconomic policy of the Presidential Economic Council.

Yaroslav became the Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club in 2016. He has published books on Russia’s entry to the WTO and on Russia’s integration into the world economy, as well as numerous articles and papers on economic and policy issues.

WHAT TO DO IN JOBURG

Things To Do In Johannesburg

1. Visit the Locrate Market in Soweto The self-described lifestyle market “to break all markets”, the Locrate Market has “mother trucker” food trucks, live music, poetry readings, bike tours, craft beer and singular designer apparel. Held the first Sunday of every month from 10am to 6pm. Its founders’ vision is to empower entrepreneurs and create indelible experiences. 073 521 9035/ 0735078424. Vilakazi Precinct, Orlando West, Kudu Street/Moema Street.

Entrance: Free

2. Hop on a Red Bus Tour The most cheerful way to discover Joburg is on the roof of a shiny red city sightseeing bus. They’re hop on, hop off meaning you get to choose how you spend your time. The tour comes with audio commentary available in 15 languages.

A day ticket will cost R180 for adults and R90 for kids (kids under 5 travel for free, max 2 per adult) buy online to save time and money here.

3. Reflect at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory the centre of memory can be found at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a non-profit organisation started by Madiba in 1999. Visit the current exhibition which focuses on photography during the State of Emergency. Submit a booking request via the website here to visit the centre. One is able to visit on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 09h30 and 15h30.107 Central Street, Houghton. Call +27 (0)11 547 5600. Cost: free, donations welcome

4. Slam dunk with Bounce Bounce your heart out on 50 interconnected trampolines, do epic slam dunks, flips and serious kicks or enjoy a game of trampoline dodge ball with your mates. There are junior jumping designated areas for kids under 6 and grip socks to keep everyone safe. Address: Waterfall Lifestyle Centre, Woodmead Dr & Maxwell Dr, Jukskei, Midrand. Call: 011 517 2500.

5. Rediscover your city with Main Street Walks Feel the pulse of the city, explore its arteries. Try their “east city cycle tour” (R180 per person) or their “picnic in the sky” at full moon (R200 per person). They also have an “art and justice” tour showcasing the incredible inner city art.

6. Visit the James Hall Museum of Transport Steam locomotives, penny farthings and ox wagons will keep kids intrigued for over an hour. Pioneer Park, Rosettenville Road, La Rochelle. This is a stop on the red city bus tour. Open Tuesdays to Fridays (9am-5pm), Saturdays and Sundays (9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm). Closed on Mondays, every third weekend of the month, 25 to 26 December. Call +27 (0)11 435 9718.

Cost: free, donations to keep the museum running appreciated.

7. SAB World of Beer Two-time winner of the number one tourist attraction in SA, SAB World of beer tour is a must for anyone fond of a cold one or just interested in the fascinating political and economic history behind our beloved brewery. Sample raw barley and hops, ask questions and fill up on interesting facts about the origins of beer drinking in SA. After the tour you can do a beer tasting included in the ticket price or simply enjoy the views of Newtown from the tap room while sipping on two complimentary SABMiller Beers. Bookings are essential. The SAB World of Beer is open seven days a week from 10am until 6pm. The last tour is at 5pm, except for Sundays and Mondays, when the last tour is at 4pm. This is a stop on the red bus route. 15 Helen Joseph Street (formerly President Street) Newtown. Call +27 (0)11 836 4900.


8. Feed the ducks and take a boat out on Zoo lake Take some bread crumbs along and have a lovely afternoon out at Zoo Lake feeding the ducks and geese. You can also rent out a row boat which fits up to 6 people. You’ll have a great time paddling about. The boat club is open from 9.30am to 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday (it’s closed on Mondays). You can also go bowling at the bowling green or have a picnic.

9. Eureka at Science Bono Discovery Centre Winner of numerous travel and education awards, the Science Bono Discovery Centre will capture your kids’ imagination and ignite a life-long love of science. Housed in a repurposed power station find it on the corner of Miriam Makeba and President Streets, Newtown, Johannesburg. Close to other Newtown attractions such as the Market Theatre and World of Beer. Open 7 days a week.

10. Gallery MOMO

Get your fix of the best contemporary South African and international art at Gallery MOMO set in an airy Parktown house. It was established by Monna and Lee Mokoena in 2003. 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg, +27 11 327 3247. Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and 9am to 4pm on Saturdays.

Entrance: free.

11. Neighbourgoods Market This legendary Saturday market has the goods. Famous for its array of locally-sourced food, live music such as Majozi and fun atmosphere it is the place to be on Saturdays for brunch and mimosas or perhaps flourless chocolate fudge cake from Made with Love and iced coffee. 73 Juta Street. 011 403 0413.

12. Amazing Birds at Montecasino Go for the fantastic flight show and meet Oliver the Southern White Pelican among many other lively characters. You’ll also encounter sloths, chameleons and red-ruffed, ring-tailed and brown lemurs in the park. Open from 08h30 to 17h00 every day. Flight of Fantasy Shows on weekdays at 11am and 3pm and on the weekends at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Cnr William Nicol Drive & Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways. Call 011 511 1864.

13. Find nature within the city at Melville Koppies Reserve This nature reserve and heritage site is found right in the heart of Joburg. It shows an excellent example of the 3 million year old ridges that made up the Johannesburg landscape before the advent of the gold rush. The central area is the safest for hikes as it has controlled access. You can join a hike or guided tour every Sunday on Melville Koppies Central. No booking required. Check the calendar for details of starting times and dates.

Cost: R50 per adult and R20 per child


14. Get your adrenaline fix at Orlando Towers This is the site of the world’s first bungee jump between two cooling towers. A variety of adrenaline junkie activities are available with the most affordable being the 25m rock climbing course and the group paintball (100 balls each) available at the bottom of the western cooling tower. If you’re keen to spend a bit more and you’re feeling up to the challenge the Bungee Jump, Power Swing, Abseiling/Rap jumping are at your disposal. Booking 48 hours in advance essential for certain activities.

15. Catch a jazz show at the Orbit the Orbit is a warm bistro with serious jazz performances. Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 5.30pm to 1.30am. +27 11 339 66 45, 81 de Korte Street, Braamfontein. Booking in advance highly recommended. See the program calendar here.

Cost: varies per show from R120.

16. Ubuntu Kraal Brewery, Soweto This atmospheric brewery serves up excellent food (gourmet boerie and apple ale pork ribs) and that liquid elixir- Soweto Gold beer. You may get to meet the “Mad master brewer”

Ndumiso M. Madlala himself. The beer garden is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am until late. Closed Mondays. Call 074 738 0355 to book at the restaurant/beer

garden and 072 867 29 53 to book a brewery tour. You can also book the old train carriage for private events. 11846 Senokoanyana St, Soweto.

17. Channel your silly side and Zorb around in a giant inflatable ball at Jozi X Jozi X has the longest zorb ride in South Africa. Climb into the 3m diameter inflatable ball and roll down the 200m long slope. Jozi X also has slack lining to practise your balancing skills and develop core strength, the crazy sport of Bubble Soccer and the Big Air Krush Kushion Jump.

This will get you practicing serious tricks, flips and rolls on skateboards, BMX bikes and snow boards. Jozi X adventure centre, Cnr Main & Sloane, Bryanston. Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5pm.

18. Rare eagles at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens waterfall Take a break from Jozi’s buzz into the peaceful cover of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, a 30 minute drive from the CBD. If luck is on your side you may spot the nesting pair of Verreaux’s (black) eagles in the cliffs by the Witpoortjie Waterfall. 086 1001278. Malcolm Road, Roodepoort. Don’t miss out on stargazing in early September and October. The adjacent Emmarentia Dam is a great spot for a picnic.

19. Wits Origins Centre A unique museum dedicated to celebrating the origins of human kind including fascinating rock art. Audio tours available. On occasion there are public lectures in the evenings. Open every day from 10 am to 5pm.

Yale Rd & Enoch Sontonga Avenue. 011 717 4700.

Tickets cost R40.

Good to know: If you are willing to spend more there is a “test your own DNA” tour on offer.

20. The Military History Museum for fascinating military planes and other relics Artifacts from Umkhonto-we-Sizwe, the Anglo-Boer War, the Anglo-Zulu war and various other historical battles are on display. Open daily from 9am to 4:30pm. 22 Erlswold Way, Saxonwold. Call 011 646 5513.

Entrance is R30 for adults, R15 for senior citizens, R25 for learners and students.


21. Gold Reef City History and adventure collide at this unique gold rush theme park. There are activities to suit all budgets just decide whether you’re a Major rider (R140) or a thrill rider and get ready for the ride of your life.

22. The Struggle Route including:

· Mandela Family Museum: Commonly referred to as Mandela House, the house is on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962. It is located at a short distance up the road from Tutu House, the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust of which he was the founder on 1st September 1997, to be run as a museum. It was declared a National Heritage Site in 1999

· Apartheid Museum: The first of its kind, this museum illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid. It is a beacon of hope, showing the world how South Africans are coming to terms with their oppressive past and working towards a future that they can all call their own.

· Hector Pieterson Memorial & Museum: This Memorial is just a few hundred meters from the spot where Peterson, a 12 year old child who was gunned down by police during the Soweto Student Uprising on 16th June 1976. The memorial re-enacts the events that led up to the shooting, as a day-in-the-life-of-South-Africa, a day that was to radically change the manner in which South Africa was governed, and fundamentally change the course of history. This Memorial was built to honour the youth who gave their lives in the struggle for freedom and democracy.

· Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication: W a l t e r Sisulu Square is named in honor of one of the famous political activist and it is situated in the heart of Kliptown. The Walter Sisulu Square has an incredible history and the architecture reflects various elements of the area, politics and the people. It is one of the four “squares” in Johannesburg and offers both local and international visitors an array of history, just nearby is The Kliptown open air museum, where delegates to the people’s parliament met in 1955 to adopt the Freedom Charter, now the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights and the South African Constitution.

· Liliesleaf Farm: Tucked away in the leafy suburb of Rivonia, Johannesburg is Liliesleaf. Once the nerve centre of the liberation movement and a place of refuge for its leaders, today Liliesleaf is one of South Africa’s foremost, award-winning heritage sites, where the journey to democracy in South Africa is honoured.

· Constitution Hill: Tells the fascinating, often tragic, story of the real South African history; a history in which injustices abounded on social, cultural and political levels. It was once the prison that the famous political freedom icons such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were incarcerated in the Old Fort Prison Complex, commonly known as Number Four during the apartheid era.


23. City Sightseeing Bus: www.citysightseeing.co.za

Travel with City Sightseeing’s hop-on hop-off red bus to all Johannesburg and Soweto’s top tourist attractions – one of the best ways to explore Joburg at your own pace.

24. Soweto

The sprawling suburb of Soweto, has been singled out by the city as one of the premier tourist destinations in Johannesburg. Soweto is a city of enterprise and cultural interaction. It is a popular tourist destination with sites such as Kliptown (where the Freedom Charter was drawn up), the home of two noble peace prize winners former President Nelson Mandela & archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Hector Petersen Memorial site, Famous Orlando Towers popular for bungee jumping, public art displays and authentic township restaurants, and shopping malls. From the foot bridge of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, the largest on the continent, one can get a panoramic view of Soweto.

25 Newtown Precinct

Newtown is the creative and cultural capital of Johannesburg. Key attractions include The Market Theatre, Museum Africa, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Bassline, Dance Factory and SAB World of Beer.

26. BraamfonteinIt is a central suburb of Johannesburg, a prominent center for arts and entertainment, and hosts many of South Africa’s musicians and artists. Braamfontein is part of a cultural arc that includes Newtown, the University of the Witwatersrand, Constitution Hill, neighbourhoods market and the Civic Centre. The Nelson Mandela bridge is a landmark that connects Braamfontein to the city center.

The Constitution hill was built in 1892 as a prison to control the influx of foreigners, the prison then became a Fort after the failed Jameson Raid of 1896 up until 1899 when it became a prison for the second time with inmates like Mahatma Gandhi & Nelson Mandela. It is now is home to the Constitutional Court and fabulous South African art collection.

27. Lion Park A Magnificent Park only 30km from Joburg comprises 200 hectares of grassland and forests. Many species of game can be sighted here. See prides of lions in the lion enclosure with their cubs. There is also a petting zoo for children.

28. Maboneng PrecinctJohannesburg’s Maboneng neighborhood, sometimes called “The place of lights.” In 2009, young Jo’burg native Jonathan Liebmann opened Arts on Main as an artists’ refuge and outlet in the city’s warehouse district. With a unique blend of studio, commercial and retail spaces, Arts on Main is a hub for Johannesburg’s creative community to develop and share ideas and offers multiple creative experiences in one venue.

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# Name Country Institution Email1 Joana Mostafa Brazil Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [email protected]

2 Marcio Bruno Ribeiro

Brazil Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [email protected]

3 Andre de Mello e Souza

Brazil Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [email protected]

4 Murilo Komniski Brazil Brazilian Cooperation Agency [email protected]

5 Eduardo Gomes Brazil Fluminense Federal University [email protected]

6 Thaiane de Oliveira

Brazil Fluminense Federal University [email protected]

7 Joao Brigido Brazil Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [email protected]

8 Sergio Lima Brazil President of Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG)

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9 Carla Carvalho Brazil Fluminense Federal University [email protected]

10 Ivan Oliveira Brazil Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [email protected]

11 Liliana Proskuryayakova

Russia Research Laboratory for S&T Studies, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"

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12 Alexandr Meziaev Russia University of Management TISBI [email protected]

13 Yaroslav Lissovolik Russia Valdai International Discussion Club [email protected]

14 Liana Viazovskaia Russia Russian National Committee on BRICS Research

15 Alexandra Arkhangelskaya

Russia Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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16 Leonid Grigoryev Russia Analytical Centre - Government of Russia [email protected]

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17 Boris Martynov Russia Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)

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18 Valeriia Gorbacheva

Russia Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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19 Nina Belyakova Russia Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Diplomatic academy of MFA

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20 Vasily Sidorov Russia Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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21 Vladimir Shubin Russia Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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22 Irina Pluzhnik Russia Tyumen State University [email protected]

23 Kseniia Shevtsova Russia Far Eastern Federal University [email protected]

24 Victoria Panova Russia Far Eastern Federal University [email protected]

25 Georgy Toloraya Russia Russian National Committee on BRICS Research [email protected]

26 HSS Viswanathan India Observer Research Foundation (ORF) [email protected]

27 Tanoubi Ngangom India Observer Research Foundation (ORF) [email protected]

28 Aparajit Pandey India Observer Research Foundation (ORF) [email protected]

29 Varun Sahni India Gao University [email protected]

30 Sachin Chaturvedi India Research and Information System for the Developing Countries (RIS)

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31 Samir Saran India Observer Research Foundation (ORF) [email protected]

32 Gao Hao China International Department All-China Women's Federation

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33 Zhao Zhongxiu China University of International Business and Economics [email protected]

34 Liu Xiaoyun China Perking University [email protected]

35 Wang Yanzhong China Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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36 Wang Yiwei China Renmin University of China [email protected]

37 Shen Minghao China Institute for International Strategies [email protected]

38 Du Tao China Institute for BRICS Law Study of East China University of Political Science and Law

[email protected]

39 Shen Yi China Fudan University [email protected] 40 Dong Weihua China China Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation

(CCBTC)[email protected]

41 Gao Shixian China Energy Research Institute, NDRC, China [email protected]

42 Chen Xi China China Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation (CCBTC)

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43 Suo Bugu China China Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation (CCBTC)

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44 Gao Yuanyuan China China Council for BRICS Think Tank Cooperation (CCBTC)

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45 Huang Mao-xing China Fujian Normal University [email protected]

46 Sun Qinmei China Shanghai International Studies University [email protected] 47 Ari Sitas South Africa South African BRICS Think Tank [email protected]

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48 Sarah Mosoetsa South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) - CEO

[email protected]

49 Diane Parker South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

50 Mmudi Maphalla South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

51 Ghaleeb Jeppie South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

52 William Sono South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

53 Michael Radzilani South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

54 Mokgadi Tena South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

55 Thebe Rammutle South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

56 Nicolette Arends South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

57 Ntebeng Mathibela

South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

58 Mahlubi Mabizela South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected]

59 Simon Motlhanke South Africa Department of Higher Education and Training [email protected] 60 Ashraf Patel South Africa Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) baobabknowledge@gmail.

com 61 Peliwe Lolwana South Africa University of Witwatersrand peliwe.lolwana@wits.

ac.za 62 Philani Mthembu South Africa Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) [email protected]

63 Aquina Thulare South Africa Department of Health [email protected] ; [email protected]

64 Zakhele Shamase South Africa University of Zululand [email protected]

LIST OF DELEGATION 65 Nazreen Shaik-

PeremanovSouth Africa University of South Africa (UNISA) [email protected]

66 Modimowabarwa Kanyane

South Africa Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) [email protected]

67 Werner Webb South Africa University of South Africa (UNISA) [email protected]

68 Sam Koma South Africa Milpark Business School [email protected]

69 Nirmala Gopal South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal [email protected] 70 Siphamandla

ZondiSouth Africa University of Pretoria [email protected]

71 Thulisile Mphambukeli

South Africa University of Free State [email protected]

72 Sibongile Tshabalala

South Africa University of Zululand [email protected]

73 Carina Rozani South Africa Walter Sisulu University [email protected] 74 Jaya Josie South Africa Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) [email protected]

75 Cyril Prinsloo South Africa University of Witwatersrand [email protected]

76 Grace Khunou South Africa University of Johannesburg [email protected] 77 Buntu Siwisa South Africa Consultant & Associate of the HSRC BRICS Policy

[email protected]

78 Stephanie Allais South Africa University of Witwatersrand [email protected]

79 Lulama Nare South Africa Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) [email protected]

80 Seeraj Mahomed South Africa Independent Researcher [email protected]

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81 Arina Muresan South Africa Independent Global Dialogue (IGD) [email protected]

82 Niki Cattaneo South Africa Rhodes University [email protected]

83 Yu-Hsuan Wu South Africa University of Pretoria [email protected]

84 Edward Webster South Africa University of Witwatersrand [email protected]

85 John Pampallis South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

[email protected]

86 Babalwa Magoqwana

South Africa Nelson Mandela University [email protected]

87 Ndivhuwo Luruli South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

[email protected]

88 Busi Pilane South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

[email protected]

89 Tlaleng Mofokeng South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

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90 Musa Maphalakasi South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) -

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91 Tebogo Molaoa South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

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92 Keketso Phakoe South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

[email protected]

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93 Thandiwe Mathibela

South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

[email protected]

94 Kambale Muhongya

South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

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95 Senkhu Maimane South Africa National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)

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96 Graig Moffat South Africa Political Advisor - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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97 Lisa Thompson South Africa University of the Western Cape [email protected]

98 Rasigan Maharajh South Africa Tshwane University of Technology [email protected]

99 Essop Pahad South Africa Editor, The Thinker [email protected]

100 David Buckley South Africa National Research Foundation – South African Astronomical Observatory

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101 Nedson Pophiwa South Africa Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) [email protected]

102 Richard Mthetwa South Africa University of Pretoria [email protected]

103 Malte Brosig South Africa University of Witwatersrand [email protected] 104 Thomas Mogale South Africa University of South Africa (UNISA) [email protected] 105 Ephafrus

MashatolaSouth Africa Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) [email protected]

106 Kamleshan Pillay South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal [email protected]

107 Vishwar Satgar South Africa University of Witwatersrand [email protected]

108 Lere Amusan South Africa North West University [email protected] 109 Charles Hongoro South Africa Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) [email protected]

110 Nomalungelo Goduka

South Africa Walter Sisulu University [email protected]

111 Nthabiseng Khoalenyane

South Africa University of Zululand [email protected]

112 Victor Okorie South Africa University of Free State [email protected]

113 Franck Naidoo South Africa University of the Western Cape [email protected]

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