The Gaidar Forum 2019. PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION: MOTIVES, PRIORITIES, PROBLEMS

Business Breakfast Forbes With the support of Prosveshcheniye Publishing House JSC Issues for Discussion: Why do we need private educational institutions? Where does private money feel more comfortable: secondary school, special education, high school, business education? State versus private individuals’ motivation: what is the difference and where are their common points? Higher education in Russia is traditionally public. What is most effective for cooperation between high schools and philanthropists? Why doesn’t endowment work in Russia? What impedes the flow of private money into the education system? Moderator: Nikolay Uskov, Editorial Director, Forbes Russia Participants: Alexander Asmolov, Director for Humanitarian Policy, RANEPA Petr Aven, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alfa-Bank JSC Herman Gref, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank PJSC Viktor Kharitonin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pharmstandard Holding Nikita Mishin, Founder, Dar Foundation Anton Molev, Deputy of the Moscow City Duma; Scientific Director, RANEPA Lyceum Vadim Moshkovich, Founder, Letovo School Ekaterina Rybakova, President, Board Member, Co-Founder, Rybakov Foundation Yuliana Slascheva, Chairman of the Management Board, Soyuzmultfilm Mikhail Sluch, Director, School №57 Andrey Svinarenko, CEO, Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs Vladimir Uzun, President, Management Company Prosveshcheniye JSC Ruben Vardanyan, Social Entrepreneur Olga Vasilyeva, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Irina Viner-Usmanova, President, Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation David Yakobashvili, Entrepreneur, President, Russian-American Council for Business Cooperation Yuriy Zinchenko, President, Russian Academy of Education