Dissemination magazine jun16 final

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Edition 1, 2016 IHE 27 June 2016

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3. Contents
F O R E W O R D.................................................................................................................................. 4
I n t r o d u c t i o n.............................................................................................................................. 5
Freie Universität Berlin....................................................................................................................... 6
Hogeschool van Amsterdam celebrates second lustrum of Entrepreneurship education...................... 8
Chernivtsi National University .......................................................................................................... 10
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KHNU).............................................................................. 13
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics............................................................................... 15
KHARKOV NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE & HIGHWAY UNIVERSITY........................................................... 17
Business League of "KROK" University Alumni Association................................................................ 19
ALECU RUSSO BALTI STATE UNIVERSITY (USB) .................................................................................. 25
Cahul State University “B.P.Hasdeu”................................................................................................. 28
Ilia State University .......................................................................................................................... 29
Georgian Technical University .......................................................................................................... 31
Kutaisi University ............................................................................................................................ 32
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4. F O R E W O R D
From the Sr. Project manager and coordinator of EANET
Dear entrepreneur and dear facilitator of entrepreneurs,
In June 2014 a group of 14 universities out of 6 countries started working together to create a network for young
people that want to start their own business. This network is called EANET. A network that creates advantage for
both entrepreneurs and facilitators.
Why a network?
Entrepreneurs live by the grace of a good network. When starting their business most entrepreneurs have to deal
with limited resources. A good network can bring these resources like: business partners, facilities, customers,
information about developments in industries, access to capital, customer feedback and most of all, it can inspire
and support.
Why should universities facilitate entrepreneurs?
One of the main task of universities is to educate young people in a way they find and develop their passion so
they can create a living for themselves and can contribute to the society. Becoming an entrepreneur is one of the
possibilities of their professional perspective. Especially when having a job for life is becoming rare. But
universities in general have some unique features that have huge value for starting entrepreneurs:
- They (students) meet each other in a good stage of life; young, independent, not yet burdened with too
many (adult) responsibilities.
- Universities can easily provide:
o access to required knowledge, skills and contacts.
o access to university facilities like conference rooms, ICT infrastructure.
o programs and time to start their business within their education.
All EANET universities started this project from a different stage. Some already had entrepreneurial programs for
years, others are about to start them. But all began with meeting student- / alumni-entrepreneurs to find out
what their needs are and how they can be fulfilled. In this magazine you can read about this quest to match. As a
matter of fact, this quest is the same quest every start-up is going through.
If you are inspired by the stories and would like to be involved and/or contribute, please get in contact with the
nearest EANET university mentioned in this magazine.
Warm regards,
Michael Tuguntke
Sr. Project manager and coordinator of EANET
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5. I n t r o d u c t i o n
The TEMPUS Entrepreneur Alumni NETwork (EANET) project is a project funded under the European
Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). The Grant Agreement (544521-
TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-SMHES) signed between the Grant holder, Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HVA),
HVA being the Coordinator of the project and the EACEA on 28-4-2014. The project duration is envisaged for 3
years, it can be prolonged until all the objectives of the project are reached.
The project is focused on creating of a working international entrepreneurial ecosystem of entrepreneur alumni,
young founders, so that universities, companies and more students, graduates and HEI staff would be able to get
in contact with the entrepreneurial world. New start-ups will arise.
Wider objective of the EANET project is to establish Entrepreneur Alumni Networks (EAN) at 11 HEIs in Ukraine,
Moldova and Georgia which support the entrepreneurial spirit among students, scientists and alumni and raise an
entrepreneurial ecosystem in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
Specific project objectives are
• to create entrepreneurship-related associations at HEIs
• to create international entrepreneurial networks of universities, experts, external cooperation partners,
companies and entrepreneurs
• to reduce graduates’ unemployment by supporting young founders and create international jobs and
internships in start-ups
• to promote active alumni work and act as role models for other alumni associations
• to create fundraising structures (each participating HEI should be financially independent at the end of
EANET funding)
Principal outputs of the project are nine “Entrepreneur Alumni Network Associations” set up by each HEI
following individual tailor-made implementation concepts for each HEI. Based on an EA database each association
will fill its structure with life acquiring members by offering attractive services and incentives, organizing regular
networking events and offering an EANET prize to especially active members. Highlight events and social
networking media serve the purpose to link EA, business sector and university and to internationally connect the
regional EAN associations. To guarantee the know-how transfer and improve the project quality especially
designed blended learning trainings will take place in Germany and the Netherlands. Being a relatively new EU
member country, Iasi, the Romanian partner, additionally builds up a bridge between Western Europe and the
partner countries Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
The structural measure realized by EANET is comparatively easy to sustain due to the lean organizational
structures and the key role of entrepreneurial Alumni making contacts to industry and government opening up
new sources of funding.
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6. Freie Universität Berlin
From Speed-Tapas-Dating to Mentoring
The new mentoring-program of the ‘Network Entrepreneurship’ of the Freie Universität Berlin combines a labor
intensive evening with an atmospheric Spanish establishment, where start-up teams and experienced
professionals met up for a speed dating event.
Our goal is clear: to find as many perfect matches as possible.
With these words Karsten Stein, the expert lawyer and the chairman of the ‘Network Entrepreneurship’ of the
Freie Universität Berlin, opened the kick-off event of the new mentoring-program, initiated by Profund
Innovation, department of Transfer of Knowledge and Technology at the Freie Universität Berlin, in cooperation
with the Founder-Alumni -Network.
Based on the concept of a speed dating event, the idea of the new mentoring program is to establish successful
partnerships, which will effectively develop in the long-term. Eight start-up teams and accordingly eight mentors
were present. Limited by a five-minute timeframe the teams were given the opportunity to introduce their
concept of their business idea to every presented mentor. Afterwards the participants voted for whom they
preferably wish to work with in the future. To Increase the odds for a successful match both mentors and the
start-up teams could vote for three candidates.
“This is like a box full of surprises”, said René
Schulz, the co-founder of the Team Volatile (new
name: Volasystems). The start-up team of René
Schulz develops an interactive light system. Eight
times in a row he demonstrated the concept of
his start-up on this evening. “I want to present my
idea visually with my tablet, so people can get a
better impression of my product.” He acclaimed
that the idea of organizing a kick-off event in a
speed dating fashion is “causal but beneficial for
his professional carrier” since he receives
feedback on his business idea from experienced
professionals. On the other hand, it is also a
profitable situation from the mentors’ perspective,
since they get familiar with the latest technological innovations and creative business models.
Oliver Schulze, from start-up team Hozi (developing online tools for creating active consumable, animated
images), felt very enthusiastic about the speed dating event: “It’s perfectly arranged, we have an idea and we
have a chance to choose a mentor who will accompany us in implementing it and bringing it to the market.”
After a long concentrated discussion session, in which as many information as business cards were shared, a break
was announced. For the physical well-being a delicious tapas buffet was served.
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7. “I want to find a start-up where I can contribute
and share my experience”, said Bartosz Kosmecki,
the co-Founder and CEO of Scopis GmbH.
Kosmecki’s Company develops navigations
systems for minimally invasive surgery. Although
the concept of Kosmecki’s Company is different
from the other present start-ups on the evening,
they still have something in common: in the
beginning, all start-ups have similar problems.
During the break the perfect matches were
revealed. Who voted for who? And which team
will get which Mentor and vice versa. Everyone
seemed to be quite excited. “Well, this is a very
important decision, because choosing a certain
mentor means that it will influence the future
development of the Team”, said Luka Neumann
von Mynigma. He and his partner are working on
an email-app, which automatically protects one’s
privacy. Eventually Mynigma’s match is revealed:
Lydia Horn, a co-founder of mobile melting GmbH.
Experienced in the field of app-development she
certainly is a perfect match for Mynigma.
René Schulz is also very satisfied with his match. From the very beginning, he had a very positive impression of
Bartosz Kosmecki regarding his experience. So he would definitely help René and his colleges in setting up the
sales and finding the appropriate funding sources.
The evening came to an end in the late evening hours at 11pm. But the real work is going to start just now. The
future cooperation includes four personal meetings and monthly scheduled ‘E-Mentoring’ events. The initiator
Karsten Stein was very confident that the evening was carried out so successfully: “We all very are happy and have
fallen in love”.
Contact details Freie Universität Berlin
Mr Steffen Terberi
Head Knowledge Technology Transfer Office
Email: steffen.terberl@fu-berlin.de
Phone: +49 3083873609
URL: www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html
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8. Hogeschool van Amsterdam celebrates second lustrum of
Entrepreneurship education
On October 10, 2015 HvA organized its Entrepreneurship program’s 10 years anniversary with alumni, faculty,
and current entrepreneurship students.
Hosted by alumnus and co-founder of GreenClaim, Tom van
Bokhoven, we celebrate with a full house of at least 200 hundred
alumni and students. The evening begins with an overview of
catching, funny, impressive and memorable (historic) images
taken during the past 10 years of the entrepreneurship program.
Jan Scholte caught the impressions of 10 year Entrepreneurship at
the HvA, the many companies formed, concepts worked out and
efforts put in it by the students, in a short but entertaining and
inspiring documentary movie
An entrepreneurial panel discussion informs and entertains the audience as they debate various statements about
the future of entrepreneurship. The panel consists of (alumni) entrepreneurs, Willem Baumvalk – Dean of HvA
Faculty of Business & Economics; Laurens van der Horst – program manager minor Entrepreneurship; Boris
Veldhuizen van Zanten - internet entrepreneur; and Sjoerd Arlman - municipal officer Economic Affairs of the city
of Amsterdam.
During the evening various Awards are handed out by
Rector Dr Huib de Jong, Willem Baumfalk and ACE
(Amsterdam Centre for Entrepreneurship) Director Erik
Boer.
The Award for “Best Team” goes to the highly
successful team of Zwenk (2011), which went from the
“Best student-company-idea - After Garlic (2007) to
“Most successful alumni enterprise” Green
Claim (2010). The latter was hilarious as the presenter,
Tom, did not realize that it was actually his company
that won the award!
De winner for Best Karaoke ( Jan Scholte:"Yes, I
understand now that karaoke is education too…. ") is chosen by the audience. Talented singer Lonneke Haan
receives the Golden Chicken.
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9. Besides all the inspring key notes, discussions and good music, a special photo collection by Sanne van de Most was
exhibited at the party location at Pakhuis de Zwijger. This special collection showed images of many minor
entrepreneurship students and their student companies interviewed and photographed between 2012 en 2014.
After an impressive cover of 'With a
little help from my friends' by Martin
Haring en Alex van Heeswijk,
accompanied by guitarist Wim de Jong,
joined by all the lecturers of the
program, it is time for top DJ Vincent
Reinders from 22Tracks to spice up the
evening with dance beats.
What a night to remember. It is such a
success that we will celebrate every
year instead of every 10 years.
Contact details HvA Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences:
Michael Tuguntke
Co-ordinator EANET
Email: m.a.tuguntke@hva.nl
Phone: +31 621158897
URL: www.hva.nl
Anoesjka Timmermans
Trainer & Dissemination Officer EANET
Email: a.n.timmermans@hva.nl
Phone: +31611302399
URL: www.amsterdamuas.com/
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10. Chernivtsi National University
Chernivtsi National University was founded on
October 4, 1875 by decree Franz Josef, Emperor of
Austro-Hungary.
Today in the university there are 16 colleges: physics,
engineering, applied mathematics, chemistry,
biology, philology, foreign languages, history,
geography, economics, pedagogy, law, and
philosophy and theology, 71 departments, 16
thousand students majoring in 67 areas. Academic
and research work is provided by over 900 professors
(100 DScs, associate professors, about 500 PhDs), and
6 Specialized Scientific Boards on candidate and
doctoral dissertations defence.
In October, 1999 Chernivtsi National University
became the member of the International Universities
Organization "Phi Beta Delta" (USA).
Within the framework of International TEMPUS
project EANET in 2015 at Chernivtsi National
University has formed the Association of alumni-
entrepreneurs - BUKEANA.
BUKEANA (Bukovynian Entrepreneur
Alumni Network Association) is:
• business trainings concerning the questions
of business, management, finances;
• consulting and support of business;
• startups in the fields of high tech
(biomedicine micro and nanoelectronics);
• business implementation of IT technologies;
• tourism industry;
• international cooperation with the
Universities of Romania, Poland, Czech
Republic, Germany and the Netherlands.
Conception and Tasks of BUKEANA in CHNU
Tasks:
 Creating a platform for conducting successful
internal communications graduates;
 Creating a platform for conducting successful
external business communications graduates
of CHNU;
 Formation of social, career and business
elevators;
 Organization of activities in order to financial
support of Chernivtsi National University.
Objectives:
 effective use of the potential of the
University;
 creating a positive image of the CHNU;
 rallying graduates and students;
 job placement and business communication.
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11. During the first year of existence about 200 individual and 11 collective members joined the organization. More
than 20 events were organized: presentations, business trainings, conferences, startup lectures. The range of
activities of BUKEANA is presented by the following events:
International BUSINESS FORUM in ChNU
On February 24 in Chernivtsi University the
International Business Forum "Mutual
cooperation - the path to the development of
Polish and Ukrainian enterprises" brought
together the representatives of consulting
firms, accounting firms, real estate sector,
industry, local government officials, academia
and organizations from Poland and Ukraine and
NGO Association of Alumni-Entrepreneurs
BUKEANA, which is established under the
TEMPUS project EANET.
The organizers of the business forum are a
Polish Center of Law ‘IUSTUS’ and NGO "Center
for Economic Initiatives" with the participation
of the Faculty of Economics of Chernivtsi University and BUKEANA Association.
The honorary patronage of the event was provided by the Mayor of Rzeszów Tadeusz Ferenc, the mayor of
Chernivtsi Alex Kaspruk and rector of Chernivtsi University Stepan Melnychuk.
The forum with the participation of NGO
BUKEANA discussed the competitive
advantages of Chernivtsi region; obtaining
the right of residence, and later - Polish
citizenship; principles of working in the Polish
firms; examples of successful starting of the
company and doing business in Poland; the
possibility of obtaining grants for the
development of their own business from EU
funds.
These and other key issues forum were
outlined in the presentations and reports of
special guests, including the leader of Service
Management of Investors of Rzeszów
Waldemar Maheta, vice president of
Subcarpathian department of the Association of
Accountants (Poland) Dr. Alfred Shydelko, head of the law firm ‘GM Consulting’ Mariusz Tyvonyuk and others.
Business Forum organizers are confident that this meeting will provide an opportunity to not only combine the
knowledge and experience to look at economic development through international prize, and will be an important
element of cooperation between Rzeszow and Chernivtsi in the academic environment in particular.
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12. Center for Career and Alumni Association of entrepreneurs BUKEANA
National University and BUKEANA organized and held a job fair for students.
The event was attended by 63 employers and over 1,000 students.
Start-ups and BUKEANA
At the largest structural unit of Yuriy Fedkovych
Chernivtsi National University, in the Institute of
Physical, technical and computer sciences, alumni
and students majoring in "Optical technics" and
"Telecommunications" had a meeting (a lecture, a
seminar and a workshop) with professor Ihor
Mehlinskyi from the University of Oulu, Finland.
During his presentation, professor Ihor Mehlinskyi
outlined the main areas of business activities in the
field of start-ups and implementation of projects in
the following areas:
1. The use of laser devices in the diagnostics of skin
cancer.
2. Laser diagnostics of cardiovascular system.
3. Polarymetry structure of biological tissues.
After the discussion and debate the main directions
of international cooperation of alumni, bachelor and
master students of the Institute of Physical, technical
and computer sciences using the possibilities of Oulu
University were outlined.
These include:
1. Preparation for the signing of a memorandum of
cooperation between Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi
National University and the University of Oulu,
involving BUKEANA association.
2. Sending students and alumni to training and
research programs of the University of Oulu.
3. Preparation of joint grant proposals to various
international funds that will serve as a basis for
creating of startup firms by the alumni of Yuriy
Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.
FUTURE PLANS OF ASSOCOATION:
- carrying out of regional seminars for the entrepreneurs in the field of IT technologies, startups in biomedicine and
touristic industry.
- lecture course on the basics of entrepreneurship.
- workshops on the business plans in the field of high technology.
and a lot of useful things for active and enterprising alumni.
Contact details Chernivtsi National University
Prof. Ushenko O.G.
Project Manager Dissemination
2 Kotsyubinsky Str.,
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 58000
Email: o.ushenko@chnu.edu.ua
Phone: +380677830572
URL: www.chnu.edu.ua
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13. V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KHNU)
Career center in Karazin University
One of the actively developing directions of work of Association of alumni-entrepreneurs in Karazin University is
the Career center, which deals with the headhunting among
the best students of the Universities for permanent
employment, internships and practices in companies of the
alumni-entrepreneurs of our University. The Career center also
organizes presentations on the career opportunities and job
fairs.
We offered the alumni-entrepreneurs our recruitment services
for their companies.
One of our active partners is the Digital Agency MegaTrafic. It
is the start-up agency of our University alumnus, which actively
uses the resources of the Association with the purpose of staff
recruitment for their current and new projects.
We have already drafted the team of students and alumni of
the University, which is actively operating and expanding the
business. We have already helped to fill some vacant posts
such as Sales Manager, Content Manager, and even the Head of the SMM.
This fruitful cooperation inspires us to continue the development of the Career center of the Association of alumni,
integration of all of three Kharkiv Universities in a single process, which will have a positive impact both on the
progress of the Association and on the growth of enterprises our alumni.
You can find any further information on the services of the Digital Agency MegaTrafic on the website:
http://megatraffic.com.ua/
The beginning of cooperation between the Association of alumni-
entrepreneurs of the Universities of the city of Kharkiv and Karazin
Business School.
Karazin Business School (KBS) was founded as a part of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University in January 2016.
KBS is focused on the European model of business education. The main competitive advantages are:
• Interactive teaching methods
• Teaching of particular courses in English
• Master classes with successful entrepreneurs and top managers
• Program "Semester abroad".
• Internships in leading companies
The series of meetings with successful entrepreneurs of Kharkiv named “One Step Ahead” and “Right Decision” are
held within the frameworks of cooperation between the Association and Karazin Business School.
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14. SCOPOBOOK is the first startup launched with the support of the Association of alumni-entrepreneurs
of the Kharkiv Universities.
The StartUp game is a pilot project for students
majoring in Management, which was implemented by
the Association of alumni-entrepreneurs at the
economic faculty of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University in the winter semester 2015/2016.
The basic idea of the game is to give the students all
the necessary knowledge and skills to start and
finance their businesses. As the entrepreneurs,
participants were required to find a business idea,
think through the business model and marketing
strategy, calculate the budget of their business and
find sources of funding
for their startup.
One of the participants
of the project, Daria
Chapek already sells
her product named
SCOPOBOOK. It is a
personal notebook
with the original design
of pages for analysis
and planning accomplishments and goals, which
Daria developed during the SturtUp game. The
notebook contains sections that are not available in
the ordinary diaries: “Plans for the year”, “Month
goals” and “30-days challenge to myself”, and others.
Also, each customer can use the service "Personal
notebook": engraving of last name, first name and the
owner’s logo.
A few more projects developed under the StartUp
game are in the process of negotiations with
investors.
Series of workshops "The Life after graduation"
in Karazin University
"The Life after graduation"
is a series of workshops organized by the Association
of alumni-entrepreneurs in the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University in 2014.
The aim of the project is to provide students and all
interested persons with the opportunity to hear in a
relaxed and friendly atmosphere the stories of the
economic faculty alumni about their experience of
applying the acquired knowledge in their private
business and in work on projects.
The project started in the fall semester of 2014 and
continued in the spring semester 2015. Topics of the
master classes touched on current trends in the
business. A graduate of the Department of
International Economics Stanislav Dashevsky told
about the promotion of projects in the Internet at the
master class "Internet as a business engine". During
the master-class "How to make a million dollar
advertisement under a small budget," a graduate of
the Department of Marketing and Management of
Foreign Economic Activities, head of the Aspresso
Video Studio, an organizer of “The Lectures that
change lives” Darya Gritsyuk told about how to
create an advertisement if you have a minimal
budget.
Over the entire period of the project more than 200
students and teachers of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University became participants of the event.Contact details V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University
Ms Iuliia Marhanova
Head of Department of International Programs and
Academic Mobility
Email: int.dep@karazin.ua
Phone: +380577050954
URL: www.univer.kharkov.ua
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15. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
The Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics continued implementation of the project TEMPUS "EANET" -
Creating and developing a network of alumni entrepreneurs.
Activities and Achievements of EANET at NURE:
The functioning of the university creative space
"IT Hub NURE"
https://www.facebook.com/ithub.nure/which made learning the basics of IT-business, computer literacy and
software testing.
Develop a network of alumni-entrepreneurs through the
portal http://eanet.xyz where registered users can become
members of the alumni association, access to educational
materials as well as the possibility of joint international
publications In online mode member of the Alumni Association
(depending on their interests) has the opportunity to choose
from the intellectual direction of the knowledge base for the
development of the original business base on the current IT
trends. Areas defined by intelligent search environment
automatically. Currently there are 97 members of the
association. Education activities on website starts on February
2016.
Conduct of educational webinars for alumni on the basis of
"IT Hub NURE" on "entrepreneurship" and "employment".
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16. NURE proudly presents the NURE Start-up School
Representatives from Tempus EANET project from Kharkiv
Universities Association (Karazin Kharkiv National
University and Kharkiv National University of Radio
Electronics participated in the conference.
On behalf of the Karazin Kharkiv National University
representative "StartUp Karazin". Dr. Yevhen Sakalo was
representative from Kharkiv National University of Radio
Electronics.
In conference were also meetings with alumni to invite
them as speakers in "NURE StartUp School".
Entrepreneurship programs for student
Work with students: learning the basics of
entrepreneurship, educational seminars and
workshops, the development of student start-
ups.
Contact details Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
Prof. Dr Oleksandr Kuzomin
Head Department of International Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Email: kuzy@daad-alumni.de
Phone: +385 7702 1515
URL: www.nure.ua
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17. KHARKOV NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE & HIGHWAY UNIVERSITY
Kharkov National Automobile and Highway University was
established in 1930. It is one of the oldest universities of
Ukraine that trains students in the fields of Automobile
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Transport Engineering,
Construction and Civil Engineering, Economics and
Information Technologies. The KhNAHU is ALMA MATER for
about 70 thousand students. It is a leader in training
specialists for road construction and automobile industries
in Ukraine and abroad. About 3000 international alumni
work at state, public and private companies in 75 countries
all over the world.
Annually in the first Saturday of June alumni come to
see their ALMA MATER, express respect to their
teachers, meet friends and share their achievements
in life and career.
In October 2015 the University celebrated the 85th
anniversary of its establishment. Professors, lecturers,
students and alumni were present at the opening
ceremony where Rector Anatoliy Turenko addressed
the audience, presented the achievements of the
higher education institution for 85 years and outlined the
perspectives.
The university alumni gifted a great beautiful jubilee book-
album that reflects the history of faculties and
departments. The book shows the history of university and
achievements for 85 years of university scientific and
pedagogic activities, it presents outstanding pedagogues
and scholars who set up well-known scientific schools in
the fields of motor car construction, transport and road
construction. In addition, the jubilee book contains
information about alumni, including entrepreneurs, who
have made great progress in their careers.
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18. The University regularly hosts meetings with alumni-entrepreneurs in
the framework of EANET. During meetings alumni can state the terms
of their participation in the Association that are attractive for them,
taking into account the interests of Alma Mater. Some meetings are
broadcast for thousands of alumni, who can watch them in Ukraine and
abroad.
The annual fairs of
vacancies take place at
University.
More than 30
alumni-entrepreneurs represent their companies and invite
students to join their companies on the specialties of the
university.
Since the university joined the TEMPUS-EANET, we have been
training students to get to know secrets of entrepreneurship:
master-classes, consultations and workshops. On 11 May 2016
there was a video lecture in entrepreneurship in Europe. The
lecture was provided by the leader of the EANET project Prof.
Michael Tuguntke. It brought about a great deal of interest
among students who actively communicated with the lecturer
and received well substantiated answers, recommendations and
pieces of advice.
Alumni-entrepreneurs develop strong ties with their Alma Mater.
The EANET project helps them to put into practice their plans.
Contact details Kharkiv National University
PRO-RECTOR Tokhtar Georgi
E-mail: tgi@khadi.kharkov.ua
Phone/Fax: +380577003855
Mobile: +380677558151
URL: www.khadi.kharkov.ua
DEAN Storchak Oleg
Email: storchak.oleg@gmail.com
Phone: +380577073680
Mobile: +380664514166
URL: www.khadi.kharkov.ua
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19. Business League of "KROK" University Alumni Association
On 8 November 2014 the Business League as a structural unit within the existing “KROK” University
Alumni Association was established, integrating entrepreneurs, senior and top managers, business
leaders – alumni of “KROK” University.
The aim of Business-League is to create the community of alumni entrepreneurs of “KROK” University
as the platform for knowledge, experience, connections and opportunities exchange in order to ensure:
 development and promotion of business of alumni
 provide support to other
“KROK” alumni and students in
becoming entrepreneurs and offer
employability opportunities
 attract resources for
improving quality of educational
programs
 create the image of “KROK”
University as innovative and
practical-oriented institution
The mission of Business League is to
support the development of
entrepreneurship culture through
creation of like-minded people
community.
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20. Main tasks of Business-League:
 Creation of database of potential members of Business-League of “KROK” University Alumni
Association
 Creation of possibilities for international cooperation, networking and development of business in
other countries, primarily with EANET partners
 Organization of events for knowledge, experience, best practices and opportunities exchange and
networking among EANET participants
 Creation of platform for online and offline promotion of the participants and their businesses, goods
and services they can offer
 Creation of up-date base of vacancies, internships, traineeship for “KROK” students and alumni
 Organization of fundraising events for efficient development of Business League of “KROK” UAA and
“KROK” University
Statistics and results achieved during the implementation of the project:
 Business League concept, set of activities exist
 87 members of Business League are acquired
 7 benefits to attract the new members exist
 Management Board of Business League is established with 5 elected members
 Ambassador of Business League is appointed
 More than 40 workshops were organized, including 8 business breakfasts, 50 hours of training
activities on general competencies
 More than 50 participants of Business League monthly events
 National monitoring of EANET project results was conducted at “KROK” University, 01 July 2015
 National dissemination seminar was organized, 18-20 October 2015 with 64 participants from 14
cities of Ukraine, 37 HEIs total, 21 of them have alumni associations
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21. Benefits for EAN members
Opportunities for international business partnership
Access to the actual database of vacancies and internships
Opportunities to participate in Business League events and be involved as mentors and speakers, as well
as have influence on quality of students training
"KROK" University loyalty program
Expert and professional, interdisciplinary clubs support
Access for informational and analytical materials about the news, tendencies, new concepts,
instruments and good practices of entrepreneurship and business
Access to infrastructure and other resources of "KROK" University and the Alumni Association
Prospective target group of Business-League:
• entrepreneurs alumni
• alumni who plan to become entrepreneurs
• students who are promising alumni
entrepreneurs
• other entrepreneurs
• professional associations
• project managers and directors of different
level
Expected results of Business-League activities:
• establishment of professional relationships
• organization of business projects and
processes
• raising funds to HEI
• employment of graduates
• creation of co-working space
Prospective financial aspects of
sustainable development of the Unit:
• membership fees
• donations and sponsorship fee
• fundraising events
• organization of business projects
Examples of the events, organized on a regular basis
Non-formal educational project “KROK” Piranhas” for student-entrepreneurs is the set of events that implies
preparation and presentation of students` projects, alumni entrepreneurs are involved as the business trainers
and jury of the project.
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22. Business games. The activity is prepared for entrepreneur-
alumni, students and staff of “KROK” University for development
of business competences and skills, networking. The example of
business game is cash flow, created by Robert Kiyosaki, which
aims to serve as a tool for learning of basic financial strategies and
accounting principles.
Workshops of personal and professional
development aim to develop business, personal
and professional skills and competences of alumni
entrepreneurs. The events can be conducted in the
form of training, workshop, round-table
discussions. The professionals in business,
psychology are invited as guest speakers and
moderators of the events.
Alumni Marathon is a series of different events and
activities for alumni, lasts for the whole day, usually is
conducted on Saturday. It includes different thematic
events, workshops, parties, business and beer, sport
trainings etc.
Management battles is the activity, based on the
original authors method, represents a kind of business,
training and social game for improving of negotiations
skills, preparing for different situations in management
and business environment.
Professional consulting services were provided by alumni in terms of internship of “KROK” University students in
spring 2016. About 10 workshops on profession from lectures-practitioners and more than 30 trainings,
dedicated to general competencies development, were conducted, 4 excursions to the companies were
organized.
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23. National seminar "Creation and Development of Entrepreneurs Alumni Network"
19 October “KROK” University hosted a
seminar "Creation and Development of
Entrepreneurs Alumni Network", where the
representatives from Yuriy Fedkovych
Chernivtsi National University, V.N. Karazin
Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv National
Automobile and Highway University, Kharkiv
National University of Radioelectronics and
partners from the Netherlands – Amsterdam
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Hogeschool
van Amsterdam were present. More than 50
universities of Ukraine indicated their
interest to participate in the Project and
registered for the seminar. Lecturers,
students and alumni of the partner
universities were also involved. The seminar
was organized by Alumni Association and International Office of "KROK" University.
Taras Finikov, the President of International Foundation for Education Policy Research, co-founder of "KROK"
University and Svitlana Shytikova, director of the National Erasmus + office in Ukraine welcomed the participants.
The achievements, experience and best practices of the first year of project implementation relating to the
creation of alumni entrepreneurs associations and establishing of effective cooperation between graduates and
universities were presented during the seminar. The issues of creation and registration of associations, ways and
benefits of interaction with alumni were discussed. The presented materials invoked great interest and hot
discussion among the participants. Head of Alumni Association of "KROK" University Svitlana Zaripova initiated
the creation of the expert platform ALUMNI-expert, which will aim to form and develop the culture and tradition
of effective cooperation between alumni and HEIs and the dissemination of successful practices in Ukraine.
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Erasmus + office were involved in the event and contributed to
its successful implementation.
On 18-20 October 2015 Mary Benjamins and Jaap Leertouwer interviewed entrepreneurs, members of the Alumni
Association of "KROK" University who shared some issues about doing business in Ukraine and gave examples of
successful partnership between our alumni and the University. Upon the materials of 18-20 October, Mary and
Jeep produced the video.
Contact details KROK University
Website of “KROK” University Alumni
Association: www.alumni.krok.edu.ua
Website of “KROK” University:
www.krok.edu.ua
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24. Team of EANET at “KROK” University
If you require further materials or have questions, don`t hesitate to contact us!
Andrii Lotariev
Head of International Office of «KROK» University
Position in the project: Project Manager, member of Project Steering Committee
Phone number: +38 044 455 69 86, +38 063 296 96 62
E-mail: andrewL@krok.edu.ua
Svitlana Zaripova
Head of Alumni Association of «KROK» University
Position in the project: Head of Business League of
«KROK» University Alumni Association
Phone number: +38 044 455 57 12, +38 050 547 18 86
E-mail: alumni@krok.edu.ua
Galina Bogachenko
Projects and Programs Manager, International Office of «KROK» University
Position in the project: Project Coordinator
Phone number: +38 044 455 69 86
E-mail: inter_projects@krok.edu.ua
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25. ALECU RUSSO BALTI STATE UNIVERSITY (USB)
Dissemination of the EANET project at the trans-border region level
Two major events were organized within the JOBS Project, coordinated by Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Suceava, Romania, in partnership with Alecu Russo Balti State University:
 10th
of June, 2015 - Economic Forum Developing Business Partnerships in the trans-border region RO-UA-
MD, organized by Alecu Russo Balti State University
 15th
of June, 2015 – the Economic Forum Developing Business Partnerships in the trans-border region RO-
UA-MD, organized by Centre for Development and Reconstruction Bukovina in Chernivtsi, Ukraine
These two events were attended by the EANET team members as well, together with alumni entrepreneurs, who
had presented their products and services, signing new partnership contracts and, later on, they became members
of the EANET network.
Presentation of EANET Project at the National Seminar
with the participation of EACEA representatives
Erasmus+ National Office from Moldova organized a National
Seminar within Nicolae Testemitanu Medical and Pharmaceutical
State University from Chisinau, with the title “Impact evaluation
of the Tempus projects implemented in Moldova on national
higher education system”.
Around 50 program coordinators and partners in TEMPUS
projects carried out over the years in Moldova, shared their experience, together with Fabien
SCHAEFFER, Project Manager, European Union Delegation in the Republic of Moldova, France DANTIN,
Project Manager, responsible for Moldova, EACEA Agency (Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive
Agency of the European Commission), Nadejda VELIŞCO, Head of the Division of Higher Education,
Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova.
Valentina PRITCAN, PhD., Ass. Prof. (picture) and Nelli AMARFII-RAILEAN,
PhD., Ass. Prof. participated at the National Seminar from Alecu Russo Balti
State University. Valentina PRITCAN, PhD., Associate Professor made a
presentation regarding The Impact of Tempus Projects Implementation
upon Alecu Russo Balti State University.
A special place within the presentation was devoted to the project EANET
- Entrepreneurial Alumni Network. Valentina PRITCAN highlighted the impact of EANET project upon
USB, talked about European partners’ experience in consolidation of Alumni Associations, the
experience of some universities from Georgia and Ukraine which can be borrowed, with reference to
sharing experience in organizing highlight events in Entrepreneurial Alumni Network. Many universities
from Moldova have shown interest in creating Alumni Associations.
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26. Animation Library - USB students explore the experiences of entrepreneurial graduates.
USB has organized the first two episodes of this monthly event with and for USB alumni entrepreneurs and
students.
 Filip Focsa, USB graduate of Business and
Administration specialty, class of 2009,
currently a regional expert manager at
Moldtelecom (North Zone) and a successful
entrepreneur. The main topic discussed,
Leading methods with personnel and pitfalls in
management, was debated with more than 50
students present at the event.
 Irina Paşneac, graduate of the specialty Accounting,
class of 2010, currently senior specialist in the General
Financial-Economic Directorate of the municipality of Balti,
led the discussion on the topic the Employee - Entrepreneur:
visions, benefits, risks, regarding the ways of opening a
business in Moldova, the challenges and unforeseen risks, the
opportunities for a successful business. The graduate, Irina
Paşneac presented the specifics of entrepreneurship in the
Northen part of Moldova and several successful practices
from her personal experience. EANET USB team
representatives presented the essence of the project, approached the significance of USB Alumni Association of
entrepreneurs, opportunities for students to join.
USB frequently organizes various seminars and events for alumni entrepreneurs and students
interested in entrepreneurship to discuss current issues in entrepreneurship.
We invite alumni entrepreneurs to participate in these seminars, on the topics:
• Strengthening the network of entrepreneurs – USB graduates;
• Exploring tools, techniques and approaches to contemporary entrepreneurship (with and for
entrepreneurs);
• Understanding efficiency-based economies and innovation-based economies;
• Non-traditional tools of entrepreneurship.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
• November 2016 Joint regional Jobs Fair
• September, November 2016European financing instruments for development of entrepreneurship
• September, November 2016Conference The role of USB Entrepreneur Alumni Association in entrepreneurial
University development
• November-December 2016 Series of Workshops for young entrepreneurs; “Marketing and commercial
strategy”; “Sales management”; “Negotiation Techniques”, “Risk management”;
“Innovation and creativity in entrepreneurship”;
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27. ,,ENTREPRENEURS IN THE PICTURE” June 2016
Alexandru TASCIUC
Graduate of 2001
Faculty of Economics,
Accounting
SRL „DINALEX-EXIMGRUP“
www.deg.md
1. What does entrepreneurship mean for you? Which key-words define this
term?
Entrepreneurship represents the capacity to start a new business. Some
key words that define entrepreneurship for me are: management, organization,
expectations, profit, innovation, risk-taking, competition.
2. Which was your motivation to become an entrepreneur in this domain?
The motivation to become an entrepreneur was/is represented by the
following factors: Business, Progress, Teamwork, Personal and professional
growth, Money.
3. Why nowadays there is used often the term of creative, innovative and
even ecological entrepreneurship?
All these characteristics of entrepreneurship creativity, innovation, even
ecology have a great significance. The first one relates to the creative sector,
developing initiatives that evolve and grow the market in a certain sector.
Innovation, to my mind, deals with risk-taking, originality and finding new ways to
take creative work to audiences. The ecological entrepreneurship implies
community and the importance of it and its’ actions. The last one has a very good
social impact.
Ion CIOBANU
Graduate of 2000
Faculty of Economics, Business
and Administration
SRL ,,DAMIA NORD”
1. What defines success in entrepreneurship? What are the qualities that will
help you to be a good entrepreneur?
Success for me represents to gain all my goals regarding my business, to
run it properly and to maintain it when I achieve everything I want to. The qualities
of a good entrepreneur are: management, flexibility, focusing.
2. What do you think about the Alumni association of entrepreneurs? What
challenges and / or opportunities do you associate USB Alumni Entrepreneur with?
I am pleased to know that USB Entrepreneur Alumni has bright graduates
that want to do something innovative. I am looking forward meeting new faces
every time and even learning from them. It might seem difficult to open a business
first but after hard work opportunities appear, opportunities like cooperation with
national and international people, professional growth, working in a big team and
networking with people from other domains.
3. To what extent the cooperation with Alma Mater and USB Entrepreneur
Alumni motivates you? Why?
I am an open-minded person that is why I want to find out what graduates
think regarding our domain. I am sure I can learn many things from them as they
have many good ideas.
Contact details Alecu Russo Balti State University
Ms Dr Valentina Pritcan
Vice Rector
Email: vpritcan@yahoo.com
Phone: +37369322482
URL: www.usarb.md
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28. Cahul State University “B.P.Hasdeu”
The EANET project in Cahul State University “B.P.Hasdeu” promotes entrepreneurial activities. The Alumni
Entrepreneurs Association „ALUMNI USC”, prepares for students a series of activities that will enable the exchange
of contacts, experiences and business opportunities. During April-June 2016 period, the USC students were
involved in such activities – Job Fair; I want to be entrepreneur conference.
The following activity is a seminar in partnership with Chamber of Industry and Commerce from Cahul and the
„ALUMNI USC” NGO, where USC graduates will be able to register their projects on online platform „StartUp-
Moldova” then to be seen by the persons interested to financially support various innovative ideas.
The objectives of all activities are similar to the basic objectives of the EANET project – to create sustainable
networks of Alumni Entrepreneurs (EAN), to promote the entrepreneurial spirit among students, scholars,
graduates and to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, to reduce the
unemployment among young graduates by promoting the young founders of businesses, by creating international
jobs and by performing practices in newly created companies, to promote an active involvement of the graduates
and to serve as a model for other Alumni Associations.
Contact details Cahul State University “B.P. Hasdeu” (USC)
Anna Beleaeva
European Integration Service and Academic Mobility
Email: beleaevaanna@yahoo.com
Phone: + 37379396393
URL: www.usch.md
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29. Ilia State University
Ilia State University has made a big input in terms of disseminating EANET project across the country.
Summer, 2015 was a start for dissemination when an EANET centre at the university was founded. The center
immediately gained over 100 members. The representatives of Ministry of Economics of Georgia, Ministry of
Education of Georgia, Administration of the President of Georgia, representatives from Tbilisi Municipality,
representatives of non-governmental organizations, Innovation and Technology agency and other universities
were invited. The Vice-Rector of Ilia State university gave speech on importance of EANET project and
congratulated new members on their start.
Since then, the center is active in organizing different events for students, alumni and all the stakeholders,
interested in entrepreneurship and doing business not only in Georgia, but in partner countries as well.
,,EANET TALKS’’ – one of the most successful ongoing
projects at ISU. EANET centre members, give public
speeches, master classes, sharing their experience and
knowledge in entrepreneurship. The event was covered
multiple times on TV, Radio channels and social media.
One of the biggest TV channels of Georgia, GDS has
made a coverage about the business of EANET Center
member, that was shown on prime time.
,,EANET JOB FAIR’’ – organized by the members of the
center, calling for young and motivated students who
are seeking for a job and are willing to work in start up and grow together with a company. More that 65 job
positions were offered by the center and almost half has
found a new team member at their company. The
project is planned to be held again in autumn, 2016.
,,EANET STUDENT CONTEST’’ - Entrepreneur alumni
center has organized a student contest for anyone
studying at the university and having an innovative
business idea. The members of the center had donated
30% of educational fee for the winning team. It is the
first donation within the center and the members are
keen on continuing such practice.
The winning team had a business plan on smartphone
cases, having a battery working on solar system. The
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30. team had a great success. They were offered to produce the first prototype and a help in finding investors for the
business.
The representative from the Ministry of Education attended the contest as well as different NGOs. Forbes Georgia
is interested in the businesses of EANET Center members and has requested a detailed information about them
for future coverage. The contest had a full social media and radio channel coverage. The winner team was also
granted by training vouchers in one of the biggest training centers in Georgia and souvenirs from the center.
Today, the winner team has already created a prototype and is planning to present it’s product at a Science Picnic
– the biggest scientific exposition held by ISU annually.
,,EANET TRAININGS’’
– Doing research twice per year, helps us know more
about needs our members have. All of them are
facing different challenges while doing business. We
are motivating them and offering free training
courses in whatever they say is needed: Marketing,
fundraising, etc.
Three trainings has been offered already, the next
one is planned to cover the “fundraising aspects and
Economic crisis in Georgia’’. We have invited trainers
from 3 different banks operating in Georgia. They
agreed to train the participants free of charge.
We have team leaders at EANET Center and they are motivated to plan and implement different activities helping
the project to disseminate.
More projects are planned to take a start in Autumn 2016 and we will keep all the stakeholders updated.
Contact details Ilia State University (ISU)
Nino Enukidze PhD
Associated professor, project coordinator
Email: nino.enukidze@iliauni.edu.ge
Phone: +995599107080
URL: www.illiauni.edu.ge
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31. Georgian Technical University
On the October 27-29, 2015, Georgian Technical University hosted coordination meeting of the TEMPUS project
DESIRE 544091-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-BE-TEMPUS-JPCR (Development of Embedded System courses with
implementation of Innovative virtual approaches for integration of Education, Research and Production in UA, GE,
AM - DESire 2013). Coordinating institution of the project is Tomas More University College, Mechelen, Belgium.
Meeting was attended by the representatives of 12 participating institutions from Belgium, Slovak Republic,
Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia. Virtually, using web-conferencing tool, meeting was attended by the representative
of Ilmenau University, Germany.
Meeting was devoted to the discussions about already achieved results, problems and for planning for future.
Within the frame of planning for the future activities and cooperation with other projects run at the Georgian
Technical University, Professor Giorgi Dzidziguri held a
presentation about the project EANET.
Professor Dzidziguri gave detailed description of the project
and described main ideas behind it. He talked about what is
done so far and what are opportunities of creating links
between these two projects.
At the meeting Professor Dzidziguri announced launching of
the GTU Entrepreneur Alumni Reunion (GEAR), established
within the frame of EANET project. He invited all
participating institutions to join the network and talked about the benefits of becoming the member of this
innovation. Official launching of the GEAR is planned
for the 12th of November, 2015.
Guest were interested in the offer very much,
discussion was very intensive. As they were not able to
attend official ceremony on the 12th of November,
2015, participant from the Belgium, Armenia and
Ukraine filled in the application form for GEAR
membership and expressed their willingness to
become a member of the network.
Contact details Georgian Technical University (GTU)
Prof. Dr Otar Zumburidze
Head of International Relations
Email: o_zumburidze@gtu.ge
URL: www.gtu.ge
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32. Kutaisi University
The Kutaisi University is Part of the EANET project since the year 2014. The role of the University in the process of
helping young entrepreneurs starting new business can be very big. Georgia has a developing economy and helping
young entrepreneurs is very important to create new start ups and as a result creating new job opportunities.
Within this project in the Kutaisi University has created an active entrepreneurial alumni association and
entrepreneurial alumni center (EANET center). One way that the University contributes to entrepreneurship is
through direct help to young entrepreneurs.
The first year of the project implementation
there were two conference meetings in the Kutaisi
University with the entrepreneurial alumni network
and University graduates. First meeting was on the
topic of Entrepreneurship role in the economic
development. Entrepreneurship and economic
development are intimately related. Whatever be
the form of economic and political set-up of the
country, entrepreneurship is indispensable for
economic development. Entrepreneurial process is
a major factor in economic development and entrepreneur is the key to economic growth. Second meeting was
about Entrepreneurship and student motivation. The educational institutions play important role in development
of entrepreneurial competencies through various courses, training and development programs. It is an important
factor in determining and developing entrepreneurial qualities in the students. Since today’s students are
tomorrow’s potential entrepreneurs.
Beginning of the year 2016 University held the third meeting on the matter of Problems of
Entrepreneurship in Georgia. The first and perhaps most obvious factor affecting entrepreneurship in Georgia like
any other developing country is the lack of capital. People have limited personal savings and lack the necessary
capital to start their own business. Thus entrepreneurs must use a financing where they are charged high interest
rates. With that being said, this is where an advantage of developing countries comes into play. Also worth to
mention another an incredibly common problem that causes startups to fail is a weak management team.
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33. There were two dissemination seminars about the EANET project in the University.
Kutaisi University EANET center organizes charity events. Last charity event which center organized was to help
children with a disability.
EANET Center helps students to learn the basics of entrepreneurship, provides educational seminars and workshops
for the development of students startups. The center helped the University graduate students to create startup
company “Horizon”, which works in the field of tourism. One way that Kutaisi University can contribute to
entrepreneurship is through direct research. Often university research is thought of as being conducted by
professors for the benefit of professors and academics. However Kutaisi University research lab is capable of
developing and conducting research on behalf of startup businesses. This can be vitally important for the startup
company that simply needs that final piece of the puzzle to complete their innovative product.
Contact details Kutaisi University
Tea Kordzadze
Project manager of International Relations
Email: tea_kordzadze@yahoo.com
Phone: +995 555 237 723
URL: www.unik.edu.ge
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36. Participating partners in Tempus EANET
• Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Germany
• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), The Netherlands
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC), Romania
• Chernivtsi National University (CHNU), Ukraine
• V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KHNU), Ukraine
• Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (KHNURE), Ukraine
• Kharkov National Automobile & Highway University (KHNADU), Ukraine
• Business League of "KROK" University Alumni Association (KROK), Ukraine
• Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM), Moldova
• ALECU RUSSO BALTI STATE UNIVERSITY (USB), Moldova
• Cahul State University “B.P.Hasdeu” (USC), Moldova
• Ilia State University (ISU), Georgia
• Georgian Technical University (GTU), Georgia
• Kutaisi University (KU), Georgia
Find out more about us at:
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http://tempuseanet.info/
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