Educational and instructional center for railway transportation: international cooperation and exhibition activities

Abstract

The international cooperation and exhibition activities of the Educational and instructional center for railway transportation are considered. International exhibitions provide an opportunity to get acquainted with foreign experience and development trends of professional education. As part of the business program of international exhibitions, the Educational and instructional center for railway transportation organizes round tables “Transport Book of Russia”, which presents transport-related publications that popularize the history of Russian railways, the history of the organization and management of Russian railway transport; dictionaries of railway terms; educational literature on transport safety and environmental protection. It was noted that the presentations are held with the goal of implementing the main directions of the Federal Target Program “Development of the Transport System of Russia until 2030” and the Federal Target Program “Development of Culture and Tourism” for 2013–2020, forming a positive image of Russia as an object of travel and investment capital.

The work of the Educational and instructional center for railway transportation on mutually beneficial cooperation with educational institutions and railway enterprises of foreign countries is shown. Agreements and memoranda “On cooperation and joint activities” were signed between the Educational and instructional center for railway transportation with educational institutions and transport structures of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and the DPRK.