Foundation for Education Support
- Foundation for Education Support
Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = Foundation for Education Support
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founder = Gazprom
location = Saint Petersburg, Russia
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area_served = Throughout Russian Federation
focus = Advance Education in Russia
method = Grants, Funding
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homepage = [http://www.fobr.ru www.fobr.ru ru icon]
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The Foundation for Education Support ( _ru. Фонд Подде́ржки Образова́ния) is a non-profit government-supported organization created to fund educational programs that promote the cooperation and communication of Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools with leading national universities.
Its current major program is the support and development of "Gimnazium Union of Russia", an open network or Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools.
Andrei Fursenko, the Russian Education Minister introduced the "Gimnazium Union of Russia" and related projects on November 6, 2007, at a major conference in education held at Saint Petersburg State University.[cite news |title=Gimnazium Union unifies professors ru icon |url=http://news.ntv.ru/spb/120142/ |publisher=NTV Russia |date=2007-11-06 |accessdate=2008-02-13] [cite news |title=Forum of Gimnanium Union of Russia opened in Saint Petersburg ru icon |url=http://www.rosbalt.ru/2007/11/06/428367.html |publisher=Rosbalt |date=2007-11-06 |accessdate=2008-02-13] ]The Foundation was founded and is mainly sponsored by Gazprom.[ [http://www.fobr.ru/Dop/Konkursi/Otchetnost.html A letter from Gazprom CEO A. Miller to Dmitry Medvedev ru icon] ] Its activities, such as several recently introduced National science competitions, are a part of the National Priority Projects and are directly supported by Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev][ [http://www.fobr.ru/protokol.pdf Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between Russian Education Minister Andrei Fursenko and the Foundation President Tatyana Golubeva. Fevruary 11, 2008. ru icon] ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.fobr.ru Official website of the Foundation for Education Support ru icon]
* [http://www.fobr.ru/protokol.pdf Memorandum of Understanding between Russian Education Minister Andrei Fursenko and the Foundation President Tatyana Golubeva. Fevruary 11, 2008. ru icon]
* [http://news.ntv.ru/spb/120142/ Gimnazium Union unites Russian gymnaziums nationwide. NTV ru icon]
* [http://www.rosbalt.ru/2007/11/06/428367.html Forum of Gimnanium Union of Russia opened in Saint Petersburg. Rosbalt. ru icon]
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