Interfax and MGIMO launching joint online course - "Information and Analytical Systems in Corporate Governance"

MOSCOW. Sept 15 (Interfax) - Interfax Group and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) have announced the launch of a joint training course titled "Information and Analytical Systems in Corporate Governance".

The online course, created by leading professors of the International Economic Relations Department of MGIMO and experts at Interfax Group's "University Program" project, has been posted on the Stepik educational platform.

The course is aimed at a wide group of specialists in economics, finance, and compliance, mainly financial managers, risk managers, internal audit specialists, and owners of small and medium-sized businesses.

"Today, as part of the Priority 2030 state program to support Russian universities, we are paying special attention to digitalization. This includes the use of new technologies in education, the opening of new programs with a digital component in a number of areas, and the creation of a "digital department" together with Innopolis University and our industrial partners. The course created with Interfax will open up additional opportunities for everyone to acquire competencies in effective use of IT systems," MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov said.

"In creating this educational course, we combined our company's expertise in developing and implementing digital risk analysis solutions with MGIMO's many years of experience in creating modern, practice-oriented training programs," Interfax Group Chairman Mikhail Komissar said.

The program includes five modules devoted to financial management of a company, analysis and management of operational, tax and compliance risks, evaluation of the effectiveness of trade and procurement activities. The video course module on the analysis of procurement activities was recorded with participation of experts from the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

As part of the practical sessions, students will examine and analyze in detail topical company cases and gain practical skills for the development of their business.

The main tools of the program will be Interfax's digital solutions, which are popular in the corporate segment: the SPARK, MARKER, ASTRA systems. Training in working with these systems is also included in the course program.

At the end of the program, participants will receive an advanced training certificate from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).

To view the content of the program and enroll in the course, please visit: https://corpanalytics.mgimo.ru

Interfax has been implementing the Universities Program "Digital Technologies for Education and Science" since the beginning of 2020 in partnership with the country's leading post-secondary institutions. The program's main goal is to integrate unique databases and modern IT solutions into the educational process and research activities, develop the qualifications of educators and researchers, and teach students practical skills in the area of information monitoring and analysis, risk assessment methods and decision making.

Under the program, Interfax, working with its partners, develops its own education programs, courses and teaching aids on a broad range of subjects, including corporate business analysis, risk assessment, compliance procedures, ensuring transparency of government procurements, analysis of the government contracts market and competition, taxation, financial and credit risks, RegTech, digital solutions in legal practice, media analysis and news reporting.