News from BMDA members
Critical Thinking in Education
Astana hosted an informal conference entitled Critical Thinking in Education of Kazakhstan.
IAB's job fair helps plan careers
The 11th Job Fair involving 52 companies, students, Master’s students and IAB graduates took place at the Academy on March 27, 2014. The event was organised by the Academy’s Careers Planning Centre.
Maths teachers upgrade skills at IAB
11th stage of unique social project Programme of Support of Village Schools by Universities* has taken place at International Academy of Business. 15 maths teachers of North Kazakhstan region’s Aiyrtau district improved their skills as part of the project and took training within a period from March 26 to 30 called Special Content of Mathematic Education and Organisation of Learning Process in an Ungraded Village School.
MBA Arūnas Šikšta gave a talk on the annual business leader conference EBIT
MBA Arūnas Šikšta head of IBS at VU talked on the subject: Companies which create three way value. In his speech he gave expamples of his experiences from companies and countries around the world.
CSB's and GGSB-'s Dual MBA- program and successful graduate
On March 15, 30 of the CSB program students were awarded with diplomas from Grenoble university during its graduation ceremony.
ACCA to provide free online courses for professional recognition
The University of Exeter will develop the first massive open online course (MOOC) to be sponsored and accredited by ACCA, called ‘Discovering Business in Society’
IFRS in Ukraine Conference Highlights
On 20 March 2014 ACCA took part in the 3rd annual conference “IFRS in Ukraine: Practical Experience of Implementation”, organised by Financial Analyst’s – Service ltd.
SURVEY «UKRAINE AFTER TOMORROW»
On the 6th of March Lviv Business School together with the company pro.mova presented the results of social project «Ukraine after tomorrow» according to the survey, which took place from 4 to February 10, 2014 at Independence Square in Kiev, as well as the results of an online survey, which was carried out from 7 to 14 February.
Quality of Lomonosov MSU Business School’ programme is proved by the EPAS re-accreditation
The Lomonosov MSU BS`s Bachelor of Management programme was re-awarded recently with an EPAS accreditation for the next three years by European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD).
Lomonosov MSU Business School’ corporate collaboration: Commercial Real Estate Management module for MSc. students
A Commercial Real Estate Management Module has started in 2014 for the group of MSc. students of the Lomonosov MSU BS.
20th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition
The jubilee 20th edition of the CEEMAN Case Writing Competition is organized in cooperation with Emerald Group Publishing, the world's largest international publisher in the area of management, known for its special focus on dynamically changing environments.
CEEMAN Champion Awards 2014
Since 2010, CEEMAN has been awarding individuals from its member institutions for their outstanding achievement in areas that are considered critical for success in management education and leadership.
Apply to the EFER European Enterpreneurship Colloquim
The EFER European Entrepreneurship Colloquium (EEC) is a one-week faculty training programme for entrepreneurship academics. Now in its 11th year, EEC 2014 will take place on 6-12 July at Vlerick Business School, Brussels, with contributors from Harvard Business School, INSEAD, IE, TU Munich, University of Cambridge, MIT, ESMT Berlin and others.
RABE Research Conference
On behalf of the International Academy of Business (IAB), the Russian Association of Business Education (RABE) and the Central Asian Foundation for Management Development (CAMAN), we are delighted to invite you to the international research and practical applications conference on 21st – 22nd of April 2014. The conference will facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas, knowledge and experience in business education.
Soros Foundation Kazakhstan Research Contest
The Foundation has visited IAB to explain the purpose of its Public Policy Initiative and said that 10 best candidates who send their applications by 11pm Astana time on March 20 would enjoy two career-advancing workshops mentored by leading international and local public policy experts. The seminars will focus on policy analysis, data visualisation and development of advocacy tools to help them use the new knowledge in preparing analytical policy papers in 15 topic areas determined by the initiative groups.
ISM challenge to traditional studies: auditorium of the future and offices for students
The ISM Innovators Base, the first student business forge in Lithuania, was founded in the vicinity of ISM University of Management and Economics. In the Centre, students and gifted young people will develop business ideas, innovate products and services, and test their success in the market. The most successful innovators will manage their companies from the offices created at the Innovators Base.
The Chief Executive Officer of Georgian Co-Investment Fund visited Caucasus University
On 18 February, 2014, the CEO of Georgian Co-Investment Fund (“GCF”), Mr. George Bachiashvili visited Caucasus University.
SOCIAL VALUE OF COMPETENCE - CHALLENGES FOR MODERN LABOUR MARKET
Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management at Riga Technical University together with project partners successfully finished the EU LLP Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation program project “Employability and Skills Anticipation Policies: a Social ROI Approach” (ESAP) (Project No.: 2011-1-PT1-LEO05-08605) (2012 - 2014).
International Scientific Conference „Economics and Management – 2014 (ICEM-2014)” comes to Riga
19th International Scientific Conference „Economics and Management – 2014 (ICEM-2014)” this year will be hosted by Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management of Riga Technical University. The conference will take place on April 23 - 25 in Riga, Latvia.
DISCUSSION "MAIDAN AS A REVOLUTION OF VALUES: CONCLUSIONS FOR BUSINESS"
17 February in Kiev Business Credo Discussion Club of LvBS orginazed a meeting "Maidan as a revolution of values:Conclusions for Business” with Bishop Borys Gudziak and Valeryi Pekar, founder and director of Euroindex.
