Goal: To involve talented young individuals in the sustainable social development movement through research and educational projects including preparation activities for the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Objectives:
- Develop an innovative student project aimed at enhancing sustainable development of the region.
- Prepare research findings for publication.
- Develop popular scientific reference publications about the region.
- Collect information about natural and archeological landmarks, and new objects of the region’s infrastructure.
- Assess the region’s natural potential and its cultural-historical heritage for the purpose of developing the tourist industry.
- Assess opportunities for initiating innovative activities aimed at bringing out the region’s potential.
Project Executing Entity: Russian Geographical Society and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Project Leaders: Maria Dmitrievna Gorychko, Member of the Russian Geographical Society, Ph.D. in Geography, Junior Professor in the Department of Economic and Social Geography at Lomonosov Moscow State University