| E-Center Partners with the Global Center of Greater Cincinnati to Host Delegation from Maikop, Adigea, Russia Submitted: 8/4/2006 10:26:19 AM • Delegates from Adigea, Russian Federation visited the UC College of Business on August 4, 2006 as part of a three-week training program sponsored by the Community Connections Program to provide an overview of American business practices. By: Sandra Galvin
This international delegation is one of many the E-Center has hosted throughout the years. The E-Center has taken an active role in supporting the Community Connections Program by hosting various sessions including delegates from University of Turku, Finland; Tyumen and St. Petersburg, Russia. The Community Connections Program is funded in part by the USAID and offers homestay-based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The goals of the Community Connections program are to:
For more information regarding the E-Center's participation in the Community Connections Program please contact the E-Center at 513.556.7133 Contact: Sandy Galvin • Printer-Friendly Version • E-mail this information to a friend |
On August 4, 2006, the UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education and Research along with the College of Business, hosted professionals from the Republic of Adigea, Russian Federation as part of the Community Connections Program. This one day session held at UC is part of a three-week training program designed to provide an overview of American practices in local economic development, planning and strategic management. The professional event began with a warm welcome from Dean Will McIntosh; followed a morning session on Economic Development by Jeff Rexhausen, from the Center for Economic Education; lunch at the UC Faculty Club; and a campus tour before the afternoon session on Entrepreneurship and Strategy led by Dr. Charles H. Matthews, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research.