TV BRICS to host media tour in Russia for editorial leaders of leading mass media from BRICS and Africa

Delegates of the BRICS Global Media Tour. Russian Edition will have an exclusive access to visit and cover leading events on the international agenda which are held in Russia.

The event is organized by the BRICS Media Association in cooperation with TV BRICS International Media Network and with the grant support of the Gorchakov Fund.

Among the participants of the BRICS Global Media Tour. Russian Edition are top managers of media companies, partners of TV BRICS from Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. They represent various types of media: state and private TV stations, radio, news agencies of national and regional levels.

The media tour programme consists of several tracks: educational, business and cultural. Within the business track, meetings with the leadership of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Development and the National Association of TV and Radio Broadcasters, as well as the business dialogue at the Moscow office of TV BRICS are planned.

The educational track includes a series of conferences and expert sessions dedicated to the issues of journalism and media education, as well as multilateral cooperation between BRICS and Africa, which will take place at the Humanities Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting – GITR named after M.A. Litovchin and the A. Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.

The central event of the BRICS Global Media Tour. Russian Edition will be a visit of foreign delegates to Kuzbass (Kemerovo) and the participation in the events of the Global Energy International Association. An international award ceremony will be held in Kemerovo on 6 July to honour the Association for outstanding research and development in the field of energy. The Global Energy Prize is one of the top 99 most prestigious and significant international awards. It is planned that BRICS and African media leaders will be able to personally participate in all the events of the international prize, talk to Russian and foreign scientists and visit industrial and cultural sites of Kuzbass, get acquainted with the region, which this year hosts a major event of the global scientific and technological agenda.

A special cultural programme will be organized for the delegates to the BRICS Global Media Tour. Russian Edition, involving visits to the main sights of Moscow and Kemerovo, as well as participation in a series of welcome events in the traditional Russian style, demonstrating the famous Russian hospitality.