Points of the Forum discussion were:

• European strategies and the best practices for sustainable development
• Product policy and quality of life in the situation of economic crisis
• Use of modern ICTs for interaction with universities, companies and governments for training of new type specialists and their recruitment. Trade unions.

The Forum was attended by members of the European Economic and Social Committee, who work in the sphere of development of Russia-EU relations, and representatives of West European organizations. The European Economic and Social Committee - is a body of the European Union, which was established in 1958. It is comprised of employers (employers’ organization), employees (trade unions) and representatives expressing interests of different groups. The Committee is located in Brussels, Belgium.

A welcoming speech to participants of the Forum was delivered by rector of Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI) Natalia Tikhomirova and Ambassador and the Head of the EU’s delegation to Russia Fernando Valenzuela.

At the Forum the reports were made by Filip Hamro-Drotz, President of the Group on interaction between EU and Russia of the European Economic and Social Committee (Brussels, Belgum), senior councilor of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (Finland),  member of the group on  interaction with employers; Diliana Slavova,  member of the Group on Russia-EU relations of the European Economic and Social Committee (EECS),  who is responsible for product policy and agriculture, representative of Bulgaria; and  Andjey Adamchik, member of the Group on interaction with employers of the European Economic and Social Committee, who is responsible for work of trade unions, representative of Poland.

On the Russian side a report was made by Vladimir Tikhomirov, professor, Research Supervisor of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, President of International consortium “Electronic University”.

Within the framework of Section 3 «Use of modern ICTs for interaction with universities, companies and governments for training of new type specialists and their recruitment. Trade unions» a report was delivered by Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of the IIS Board of Directors. In his speech Yuri Hohlov outlined problems of information society development in Russia, insufficiency of resources provided for ICT development and achievement of goals of the Strategy of Information Society Development in the Russian Federation and refining Strategy of Social and Economic Development of Russian Federation until 2020, barriers on the way of fruitful cooperation between science and business with regard to implementation of scientific researches, necessity to develop the human resources. The event was attended by representatives of academic and educational communities from Moscow and other cities of Russia.