Brics Development Through Socially Responsive Economy

• Author: E. Gladun
• Position: Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia)
• Pages: 152-159

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume V (2018) Issue 3

CONFERENCE REVIEW NOTES

BRICS DEVELoPMEnT

THRouGH SoCIaLLY RESPonSIVE EConoMY

ELENA GLADUN,

Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-3-152-159

Recommended citation: Elena Gladun, BRICS Development Through Socially

Responsive Economy, 5(3) BRICS Law Journal 152–159 (2018).

Introduction

The 10th BRICS Academic Forum, consisting of scholars, think tanks and non-

governmental organizations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, took

place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 28–31 May 2018. The event was hosted jointly by

the BRICS Think Tank Council (BTTC) and the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT)

with the support of the South African government and the National Institute for the

Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) as the SABTT custodian and coordinator.

Under South Africa’s direction as chair of BRICS, participation at the Academic

Forum was ex tended to other African countries as part of the Africa Outreach

Initiative: Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Gabon, Namibia, Uganda, Togo, Rwanda and

Senegal accepted invitations. Participants commended the eorts made by China

during its turn as chair of BRICS to promote BRICS cooperation and suggested

working together to strengthen the three-wheel-driven areas of economy, peace

and security, and people-to-people exchanges.

For the nal four days of May, Johannesburg became a vibrant intellectual

capital oering for the Academic Forum participants much debate and discussion,

plenary sessions and side events all united under the theme “Envisioning Inclusive