The International Scientific Conference in Khanty-Mansiysk was devoted to results of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the Russian Federation. Representatives of the Teacher-Training Institute of the Buryat State University participated in the conference: director of TTI Nina Dagbaeva, head of the chair of methods of teaching humanitarian disciplines, associate professor Zoya Paznikova and head of foreign literature chair, associate professor Irina Boldonova.
Conference participants highly commended the results of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the Baikal region, presented in the report of N. Zh. Dagbaeva: creation of the concept and network of environmentally-oriented schools, a big number of publications. The innovation edition - the Baikal Box toolkit, presented by Z. I. Paznikova, received greatest interest from all the conference participants.
The Conference was organized by the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and Yugra Government. Taking into consideration a large contribution of the scientific school of N. Zh. Dagbaeva and publications, presented in the conference, the Organizing Committee covered the costs on participation in the conference.
During the conference Prof. Ch. Hopkins from York University, Canada, suggested our colleagues from the Teacher-Training Institute to take part in the educational project "Education for Sustainable Development for indigenous peoples: chances for the future".