St. Petersburg School of Confrence Interpreting and TranslationAbout the Conference
The Conference of MoU Universities is an annual gathering organized by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management of the United Nations alongside a signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Training of Candidates for Competitive Language Examinations. One of the MoU universities is chosen to co-organize and host the conference each year on a rotating basis.
The major aims of the conference are:
- To review collaboration within the MoU community and suggest new approaches to continually strengthen and improve the network of universities working within the MoU;
- To provide an opportunity for partners within the MoU network to compare initiatives and methods in the fields of training language professionals, training of trainers (ToT), outreach and communication for training programmes, joint training activities and other related projects, and to synthesize these efforts where possible;
- To discuss and agree on methods and practices to create and strengthen the relationship between academic training of language professionals and the needs of employers, specifically international organizations.
The 2015 Conference will take place under the main theme of Training Language Professionals for International Organizations (learn, teach, coach, mentor). It will be held at Herzen University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, from 16 to 17 April, 2015.
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