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On November 30, 2018, School No.2 of Karmaskaly village held International Conference “UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Geoparks of the Russian Federation and Abroad as UNESCO World Heritage” linked to the 65^th anniversary of UNESCO Associated schools network.

On November 29, 2018, a competition dedicated to the Bashkir epic Ural-Batyr will be held for the 9th time.

The opening of the X International Forum of UNESCO non-governmental partners titled "Science as good of mankind" took place in Moscow. The organizers of the large-scale scientific event were the International Public Foundation, Russian Foundation for Peace, and the Russian Academy of Sciences with the support of the UNESCO Secretariat. More than 100 representatives of UNESCO Member States, prominent scholars, public and state figures have been invited to discuss topical issues. V.I. Vernadskiy Foundation, which holds a consultative status with UNESCO since 2015, was represented by the President of the Foundation V.A. Grachev and Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation A.A. Cheshev.

On November 19-20, 2018, the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Paris will host a presentation of the Republic of Bashkortostan, which will take place in the year of the 20th anniversary of cooperation of the Republic of Bashkortostan with UNESCO in 2018 and on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2019.

The 3rd Eurasian Humanitarian Forum on Culture and Folk Art under the auspices of UNESCO will be held in Ufa from September 21 to 23.

Experts from the global network of UNESCO geoparks Alireza Amrikazemi (Iran) and Arthur Sa (Portugal) visited Bashkortostan. The scientists assessed the "Yangan-Tau" geopark in the Salavat region. The "Yangan-Tau" is the first in Russia to apply for membership in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.

The Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov has met colleagues to talk about the pressing problems of the upcoming project: "The establishment of geological parks will contribute not only to the economic growth of the Republic, but also the development of tourism of the Bashkir region, since tourism becomes the main factor of the development of the area.”