Abstract. In the current conditions of global competition, the development of new mining technologies, the requirements to labor resources, their skills and creative potential are increasing. The tasks facing the mining industry cannot be solved without highly qualified personnel, especially managers, engineers and technicians, specialists who possess the knowledge and competences necessary for the development of science and technology of mining, and ensuring mining industrial safety. The authors analyze personnel problems and financing of mining higher education, conclude that there is a need to develop social partnership and diversify the sources of funding for training, advanced training and retraining of personnel for mining and processing of solid mineral deposits.

The development of the Russian economy requires an increase in production factors, including energy, fuel and raw materials. Sustainable functioning of mining enterprises has an impact on the development of such industries as metallurgy, engineering, road construction and predetermines the development of the country’s economy as a whole. The article substantiates the need to form an investment risk management system in the mining industry to encourage expansion of environment-saving measures funding. The stages of investment risk management are proposed and their content is disclosed. The most significant types of investment risks and uncertainties in assessing geological exploration investment projects in the mining industry are considered. The recommendations for considering the factors of uncertainty and risk when evaluating the effectiveness of environmental and geological exploration investment projects to use maximum information about the conditions for the implementation of projects. For risk assessment, various qualitative and quantitative methods have been proposed, and the advantages of the Monte-Carlo simulation method are shown.

The strategic task of the world community is to create a global network of environmental education, in which all educational systems include acquaintance with environmental problems faced by humanity, and form an understanding of the interconnection of man, society and nature on a global scale. The article is devoted to the study of basic provisions and current trends in the formation of innovative processes of globalization of education, in particular, environmental education. Environmental education can be defined as the process of acquiring knowledge of environmental problems, the reasons for their occurrence, the need and the possibilities for their solution. Understood in this way, it should contribute to the formation of environmental awareness and to the development of ecological culture as integral components of the concept of environmental policy aimed at preserving the environment. It has been established that globalization processes in education are universal, they are not inherently essential to the industry-specific training of specialists. Digital transformation, international governmental and institutional agreements, competition relations are the main drivers for the development of environmental education.

Abstract. The article contains the results of development of additional professional education research, including the field of mineral resource extracting in Russia. The paper describes the levels of education received in Russian Federation and determines the place and role of additional professional education among them. Key factors influencing the development of additional professional education are identified. As a result of the research, the authors proved the necessity of introducing additional professional education programs on educational Internet platforms for mineral resource extracting.

The article is devoted to the formation of a tourism entrepreneurial environment in the conditions of competition. It has been established that the tourism industry, although positioned at the state level as a priority sector for the development of the national economy, is not being developed enough. One of the reasons for this situation is the lack of understanding by government representatives of the importance of tourism as an industry and not just as a form of leisure activity. It has been proved that the tourism industry needs to move to a qualitatively new level of development where strategic management is the basis for such development, around which all tourism activities and their management are formed – regular advertising campaigns, long-term development programs, systematic participation in various world tourism forums and other events.