Russian

INFORMATION LETTER # 1
International Conference
"Population Policy: the Present and the Future"
The Forth Valentey Memorial Conference (Valenteevskiye Chteniya)
7-9 April 2005, Moscow, Russia

ORGANIZER

Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State 'Lomonosov' University
Center for Population Studies

with the support and participation of:

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Office in the Russian Federation,
• European Association for Population Studies (EAPS),
• Department of Socio-Demographic Policy and Social Protection Development, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation,
• Analytical Department of the Federal Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation,
• Committee on Women, Family & Youth Issues of the Gosudarstvennaya Duma (Parliament) of the Russian Federation,
• Chair of Family & Gender Politics of the Moscow State Sociological University,
• Chair of Family Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology of the Moscow State 'Lomonosov' University.

The Conference is dedicated
to the 250^th anniversary of the Moscow State 'Lomonosov' University
and the 40^th anniversary of the Laboratory of Population Economy & Demography
at the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State 'Lomonosov' University

The scientific program of the Conference will comprise five sessions dealing with the following issues:

• Population policy and sustainable development: global aspects and national strategies
• Population policy: concepts & historical experience
• Population policy: structure, goals, principles, implementation mechanisms, and effectiveness
• Family and fertility policies
• Health improvement and life expectancy policies
• Migration policy: demographic, economic and socio-cultural aspects
• Information & personnel provision for population policy
• Practical evidence from regions of Russia in elaboration and implementation of population development strategies and programs
• Demographic, economic and social policies - problems of coordination
  

The Conference will pay special attention to theoretical and applied aspects of elaboration and implementation of population policy in transition countries, as well as in Russia and its regions. .

The Conference Program will include a Round Table on: "Population policy: counteracting depopulation or adaptation to it".

All the events will take place consecutively, so that the participants of the Conference will have an opportunity to attend all of them.

Application Forms (please refer below) are to be sent before 1 June 2004 to:
Center for Population Studies (r. 459) Faculty of Economics
Moscow State "Lomonosov" University
119992 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow RUSSIA
Tel: (+7 095) 939 28 38. Fax: (+7 095) 939 28 38
E-mail: cps@econ.msu.ru

Organizing Committee:
Valery Elizarov, Head of the Organizing Committee (Director of the Center for Population Studies),
Vladimir Arkhangelskiy, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee (Senior Researcher of the Center for Population Studies).

The full list of the Organizing Committee members will be presented in the Information Letter # 2.

At the early June 2004 Information Letter # 2 with the Conference Program and terms of participation (deadline for abstracts, accommodation facilities, registration fee (around 50 Euros), etc.) will be send to interested persons.