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The problem of personnel shortage in Russia can be solved with the help of specialists from Africa Chairman of the Commission for Work with African Diasporas of the Russian-African Club of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, President of the Diaspora of Cameroon in Russia Louis Gowend offered his vision of how to establish joint work between the Russian Federation and Africa in terms of personnel training. During the round table "Development of Human Potential and Cooperation in Education with African Countries", he voiced a number of tasks that need to be solved. According to the expert, it would be useful to support the initiative to open Russian schools, colleges and universities in African countries. At the same time, it is worth developing a program for retraining and advanced training of African specialists for their subsequent invitation to Russia. Louis Gowend noted that assistance is also needed by Africans who are already in the Russian Federation. In particular, social programs are needed to adapt students to avoid cultural shock, and Russian language courses. In addition, Russian companies are reluctant to hire African specialists or provide internships. This problem can be solved by creating a motivation mechanism for enterprises. "If there is a motivation system for the company, this will also create a positive image for studying in Russia," explained the President of the Cameroonian Diaspora. Commenting on the problem of acute shortage of personnel in Russia, he proposed creating a database of graduates of Soviet and Russian universities to track their careers, areas of activity, and employment needs. "Today they said that there are difficulties in finding specialists who know Russian at enterprises in Africa. This is a paradox. Because at the same time, there are many specialists who do not work in their profession or do not work at all, even though they want to. All this is because there is no single database. This will simplify many issues," the expert believes. He also proposed keeping records not only of Africans who have already received their specialty, but also of students. This will allow companies to know how many new specialists they can attract within five years. Andrey Gromov, the responsible secretary of the board of AREA, agrees with Louis Gowen. According to him, today 30% of the heads of African energy companies and government agencies are graduates of MPEI and other Soviet universities. "This is a huge strategic reserve that has been working for years," Gromov is convinced. At the same time, he notes that with a population of one and a half billion people on the continent, this is only 0.3%, which is not enough. "Therefore, it is necessary to create representative offices of Russian universities in Africa," the executive secretary added. However, all of the above is difficult to implement if the procedure for obtaining work visas for citizens of African countries remains as complicated. "It is extremely difficult and almost impossible to obtain a work visa for Africans who would like to get a job in Russia. The process can be simplified by using, for example, similar patent systems as for migrants from Central Asia," Louis Gowend summed up. #AREA#Africa#Russia#RussiaAfrica#personnel