INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ECONOMISTS (IUE)

The social-politic and economic structures of global development have been subjected to drastic changes at the dawn of a new millennium. Mankind has discovered unprecedented opportunities for its creative activities.

At the Millennium Summit, Member States of the United Nations (UN) have approved the Millennium Declaration which sets up the key development goals for the period until 2016. The progress in achievement of objectives formulated in the Millennium Declaration is feasible at the global scale. However, this process is not uniformly smooth and rapid.

A continually expanding economic collaboration is necessary to achieve the key development goals in the future epoch, namely, peace, justice, qualitative growth in the living standards, protection of environment and human rights. New forms of constructive dialog and partnership have to be sought between the States and organizations, and, most importantly, between the individuals like statesmen and public figures, scientists, managers, bankers and businessmen. We bear the collective responsibilities for establishing the principles of human dignity, justice and equality at the global level, and we are responsible to all human beings on the Earth, especially to children around the World whom our future belongs to.

The International Union of Economists is committed to high democratic principles, and is striving to make valuable contribution to economic progress and social welfare on our planet. The International Union of Economists plays a very specific and important role in extension of cooperation in the scope of socio-economic, scientific and engineering research, establishing innovative dialogs at the international scale.

The participants of the XX Anniversary Meeting of the International Union of Economists members have identified the following principal directions which will form a base of the IUE activities until 2016:

I. To continue strengthening collaboration with the United Nations, UNESCO, European Union, UN-Habitat, International Union of Technical Associations (UATI) and other authoritative international organizations.
A new millennium is marked by the many-fold increase of the role of international non-governmental organizations which are the leading institutes of civil society.
The global management is no more an exclusive prerogative of governments. The expanding participation and growing influence of non-governmental organizations promotes the consolidation of democracy.

The public opinion becomes one of the key factors affecting the inter-government and state policy. The effective solution of global high-priority problems calls for a wider participation of civil society institutes, their multilayered interaction with the state structures and business community.
The experience in cooperation gained by the International Union of Economists demonstrates that the non-governmental organizations, being the entities of multilateral cooperation by their nature, are capable of playing a role of most effective tools in implementation of various projects and development programs.

II. To employ the principles of stable development in order to create a framework for scientific, technological, socio-economic progress, to ensure high living and moral standards of population, to increase national and international economic security by means of development and implementation of the programs in the following areas:

• modernization of global economy;

• globalization and worldwide progress;

• spread of global knowledge regarding anti-crisis measures;

• global experience and Russian economy;

• economic security;

• development of power industry: energy efficiency, and search for new energy sources;

• innovations in education area;

• ensuring ecological stability;

• efficient growth of cities and capitals of states.

III. To concentrate the joint efforts of economists on the problems pertaining to improvement of life quality of population, provision of decent housing, elimination of gaps in economic development of poor and rich countries in conditions of globalization.

IV. To support and enhance youth-oriented programs providing the young people a real chance to find a deserving place in modern world. Educate the citizens concerned in the socio-economic well-being.

V. To improve and enhance the efficiency of educational and publishing activities of the International Union of Economists.

VI. To continue the activities focused on the development of creative collaboration with national and international public organizations, facilitating geographical expansion of the IUE activities, opening new IUE missions and branches in different regions, providing all necessary support to the existing IUE missions.

The reforming and modernization of residential sector is one of the top-priority problems of modern policy.
Using the global experience accumulated in the UN-HABITAT Program and other UN institutions, the IUE will continue its activities within the scope of the Program oriented towards the provision of stable living conditions and high quality of human life.

The IUE will keep on discussing the urban development problems as well as the problems related to functioning of capital cities in different countries.

In these conditions, the initiation of constructive contacts with civil society is not a question of choice but the necessity for the UN. Such contacts are extremely important because they will allow the UN to determine global priorities more precisely, and to mobilize all its resources for resolving the urgent issues.

As of now, the main goal is to ensure that the globalization shall become a positive factor for all nations. This is related to the fact that while the globalization opens wide possibilities, its benefits are presently utilized very inconsistently. The developing countries and those with transition economy encounter greater difficulties. To form up a global future which would be suitable for the needs of all states including developing countries and countries with transition economy, integrated, full-scale and persistent efforts are necessary.