BRICS Think Tank Council’s First Meeting

On 7 March the inaugural meeting of the BRICS Think Tank Council took place in Russia. Representatives of the leading BRICS expert centers discussed the action plan and prioritized areas for the BRICS expert track in 2024. Among them are multilateralism and global governance; traditional and unconventional security threats; critical information infrastructure and cybersecurity; energy transition issues and environmental protection; international trade, business, and e-commerce; investment in advanced technology; the international monetary and financial system; education and science; healthcare, etc.

This year, the primary objective of the BRICS expert community is to formulate new proposals and practical recommendations for strengthening collaboration among BRICS countries in these areas, which they will then submit to the leaders prior to the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October. In pursuit of this goal, a number of expert events and consultations will be held under the Russian BRICS Chairship 2024.

BRICS Expert Council Russia at HSE University acts as the national coordinator for the BRICS Think Tank Council.

The BRICS Think Tank Council is a global dialogue for communication between national coordinators, established in 2013 at the BRICS Summit in South Africa. Its primary task is to create expert platforms for promoting the BRICS agenda and formulate recommendations for enhancing the BRICS countries’ mechanisms of interaction.

The Roscongress Foundation manages the events of Russia’s BRICS Chairship.