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А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ufimtsev</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Андрей Алексеевич Уфимцев – младший научный сотрудник, Центр изучения африканской стратегии БРИКС; стажер-исследователь, Институт анализа предприятий и рынков,</p><p>123001, Москва, ул. Спиридоновка, д.30/1;</p><p>101000, г. Москва, Мясницкая ул., д. 18, стр. 1.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Andrey A. Ufimtsev, Junior Research Fellow, Centre for African strategy in BRICS; Intern researcher, Institute for Industrial and Market Studies,</p><p>30/1, Spiridonovka str., Moscow, Russia, 123001;</p><p>18/1, Myasnitskaya str., Moscow, 101000.</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aufimtsev@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1736-521X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Замесина</surname><given-names>С. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zamesina</surname><given-names>S. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Софья Николаевна Замесина – старший лаборант, Центр изучения африканской стратегии БРИКС,</p><p>123001, Москва, ул. Спиридоновка, д.30/1.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sofia N. Zamesina, Senior Assistant, Centre for African strategy in BRICS,</p><p>30/1, Spiridonovka str., Moscow, Russia, 123001.</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">sofya.zamesina@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт Африки РАН; НИУ ВШЭ</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Science; HSE University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт Африки РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Science</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title>Мозаика страноведческих исследований</issue-title><fpage>68</fpage><lpage>88</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Уфимцев А.А., Замесина С.Н., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Уфимцев А.А., Замесина С.Н.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ufimtsev A.A., Zamesina S.N.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/1783">https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/1783</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье изучается интеграция новых африканских членов БРИКС в научно-образовательное сотрудничество объединения. Несмотря на значительную критику, связанную с ограниченным объемом научных коллабораций между странами БРИКС, институт предлагает постоянно растущее число форматов взаимодействия в сфере научно-технологического и образовательного сотрудничества. Для корректной оценки необходимы анализ и систематизация форматов сотрудничества внутри объединения, среди которых создание общей исследовательской инфраструктуры, организация научных конференций, регулярные встречи на уровне глав министерств. Более того, их развитие соответствует целеполаганию института, поскольку о появлении этих форматов было декларировано в Меморандуме о сотрудничестве в сфере науки, технологий и инноваций 2015 г. В связи с изучением развития сотрудничества внутри объединения развитие сотрудничества в области науки и образования в БРИКС вопрос о том, как новые члены БРИКС интегрируются в существующие форматы. Чтобы дать соответствующую оценку, изучено развитие науки и образования, а также проанализированы государственные стратегические документы двух новых членов: Египта и Эфиопии. Между этими странами существует значительный разрыв в уровне экономического развития, развития науки и технологий и базовых показателей грамотности, вследствие чего как вызовы, так и возможности, стоящие перед Египтом и Эфиопией, различаются. Эти дисбалансы представляют риски для интенсификации сотрудничества внутри международного института, поскольку экономические возможности новых африканскихстран-членов могут ограничивать их способность принимать участие в форматах научно-образовательного сотрудничества. Так, Египет присоединился к Меморандуму о взаимопонимании по созданию Сетевого университета БРИКС 2015 г., участвовал во встрече министров образования и встрече Рабочей группы БРИКС по исследовательским инфраструктурам и проектам класса MegaScience. </p><p>Эфиопия, напротив, не участвовала в этих встречах. Это указывает на риски усиления неравенства внутри объединения, что осознается странами-участницами: в 2025 г. многие бедные и небольшие страны, желающие участвовать в работе БРИКС, получили вместо статуса члена статус страны-партнера. Несмотря на широкий спектр форматов сотрудничества и их расширение, различия в уровне экономического и научно-технологического развития новых африканских членов создают вызовы для их полноценной интеграции. Этот разрыв подчеркивает необходимость адаптации механизмов БРИКС для обеспечения инклюзивности и устойчивости научного партнерства.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article explores the integration of new African BRICS members into the scientific and educational cooperation within BRICS. Despite significant criticism regarding the still limited scope of scientific collaborations between BRICS countries, there is a steadily growing number of interaction formats in the fields of science, technology, and education. To provide an accurate assessment, the study analyzes and systematizes existing BRICS cooperation formats, including infrastructure to share research results, scientific conferences, regular ministerial meetings, international laboratories and other cooperative mechanisms. Developing cooperation meets the BRICS goals, as the emergence of these formats was outlined in the 2015 Memorandum on Cooperation in Science, Technology, and Innovation. The question of how new BRICS members are integrated into these existing mechanisms is raised. To address the question, the study analyzes the science and education interaction within BRICS, as well as the national strategic documents in these fields of two new members: Egypt and Ethiopia. There is a significant gap between these countries in terms of economic development, scientific and technological progress, and basic literacy rates. This disparity creates diverging challenges and opportunities for Egypt and Ethiopia. Such imbalances pose risks to intensifying cooperation within BRICS, particularly because of limited economic capabilities of these states to cooperate in scientific and educational fields. For instance, Egypt joined the 2015 Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the BRICS Network University, participated in the meeting of education ministers, and has engaged in the BRICS Working Group meeting on research infrastructure and MegaScience projects. In contrast, Ethiopia has not participated in these events, hence the risks of deepening inequality within BRICS. The challenge is recognized by member states. In 2025, many poor and small countries aspiring to participate in BRICS activities were granted partner country status instead of full membership. Despite the broad range of cooperation formats and their ongoing expansion, disparities in the economic and scientific-technological development levels of new African members pose challenges to their full integration. This gap requires that BRICS adjust its mechanisms to ensure inclusive and sustainable scientific partnerships.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>БРИКС</kwd><kwd>Египет</kwd><kwd>Эфиопия</kwd><kwd>образовательная политика</kwd><kwd>научная политика</kwd><kwd>расширение БРИКС</kwd><kwd>институционализация</kwd><kwd>научная дипломатия</kwd><kwd>образовательное сотрудничество</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>BRICS</kwd><kwd>Egypt</kwd><kwd>Ethiopia</kwd><kwd>educational policy</kwd><kwd>scientific policy</kwd><kwd>BRICS expansion</kwd><kwd>institutionalization</kwd><kwd>STI</kwd><kwd>scientific and educational cooperation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья выполнена при финансовой поддержке Министерства науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации в рамках научного проекта № FMZE-2024-0003 «БРИКС и Африка: перспективы расширения и потенциал развития российско-африканского стратегического сотрудничества».</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was prepared with the financial support of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of scientific project no. 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