K&A and its partners conducted a roundtable on education of mining employees

The roundtable on strategy of mining employees education was held by K&A and its partners on February 2, 2013 in our conference room.

The discussion was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Education of the KR, professors of the leading universities educating specialists in geology and mining, the Inter-sectoral training center of the State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources under the Government of the KR and the mining companies.

The participants of the roundtable made recommendations on the need to create the platform for exchange of information and opinions among academic and educational institutions and mining companies, to establish legal requirement of making deductions from the mining auctions to fund educational needs and educate qualified personnel, revising and developing new standards of education, creating internships opportunities for students in the companies, promoting the sector in general and specific specialties in the country.

The proposed recommendations will be used when drafting the medium- and long-term development strategy for the mining industry of the KR.

The roundtable was organized by the Ministry of Economy of the KR with support from the USAID REDORMA project and the Consortium for the drafting of the medium- and long-term development strategy for the mining industry of the KR of which K&A is a member.