Personnel Training for Green Economy Development in Russian Regions, the Role of Biotechnologies

Green economy is considered to be an acute type of activity, whose goal is to provide preventive measures and counteract growing negative anthropogenic effects on the environment. Thus, the article researched strategic plans of Russian regions aimed at green economy development by using biotechnologies and analyzed specialized training for skilled personnel, as it is essential to introduce eco-biotechnologies for this type of work. The authors summarized two rounds of lexicometric analysis of economic development strategies in 85 regions of the Russian Federation. Twenty universities from eleven regions-leaders were selected for further more detailed investigation. Specific features of training of skilled personnel for green economy in selected universities were analyzed with due regard to the effective lists of enlarged groups of staff training specializations in combination with relevant professions connected directly or indirectly with sciences of life. On this basis a specific block of eleven taxons was formed, which were numbered according to the adopted symbols of enlarged groups of training specializations and professions of the education system in Russia. Through using the marked-out taxons twenty selected universities were examined and the information block was collected, which was used to build the data base of specific features of skilled personnel training for green economy. The obtained results show misbalance in the organization of education in Russian regions dealing with personnel training for green economy. Besides, the analysis of investigated universities, conducted by taxonomy method showed the expediency of correcting students’ distribution by education level in order to provide an opportunity to use advanced technologies for green economy development.