Site Partners
The LEADER Project is conducted in partnership with business associations and academic institutions in Eastern Europe. These partnerships typically cover the cost of meals and accommodation for LEADER instructors and provide for the recruitment of the students which compose their respective classrooms. The Executive Directors work with the site partners throughout the entire year to make arrangements for the two week teaching period. In 2009, the LEADER Project plans to return to seven sites in four countries.
Skopje, Macedonia
In 2008, four instructors and the two Executive Directors travelled to the Balkans, more specifically Skopje, Macedonia for the first time in LEADER history. In September 2007, the Project began to work in partnership with a Canadian organization called Macedonia 2025 to bring LEADER to the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce in Skopje to teach a classroom comprised entirely of local entrepreneurs. LEADER taught one class of 12 entrepreneurs. Classes were held in the morning with the instructors visiting each of the entrepreneurs businesses in the afternoon in “coaching” teams of two.
http://www.sojuzkomori.org.mk/en/DesktopDefault.aspx
Chisinau, Moldova
LEADER travelled once again to the Academii Di Studie Economicae in Chisinau, Moldova in 2008 to teach a modest class size of 14 students. The classes were taught in English and then translated into two different languages to the students, both Russian and Romanian, by volunteer translators. A large majority of the students participating in the LEADER program at Academii Di Studie Economicae students were required to have entered a national business plan competition in order to participate in the Project. As a result, the quality of the business plans was strong from the on-set of the teaching period. Chisinau continues to be one of our strongest entrepreneurial site partners.
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
The Project first taught in Ukraine with sites in Lviv, Odessa, and Kiev. For the past seven years LEADER has taught at three successful schools in Dnepropetrovsk. LEADER returned to the National Mining University in Dnepropetrovsk for the third successful year to mark the Project’s eighth year in the city. LEADER taught almost 60 students from the management and finance faculties of the University. Four Polish students were also in attendance from the Wyzsca Szkola Bankowa University in Wroclaw, Poland, a partner university of the National Mining University. The student support and passion for the Project at the National Mining University cannot be understated as many former Project participants still participated in many of the social activities throughout the two week program.
http://partycivicua.org/study/institut/0017746.htm
Irkutsk, Russia
LEADER returned to the Baikal National University in Irkutsk for the fourth time since the site relationship was established in 2005. Two classes totalling 43 students were taught in Russian and English, consisting of fourth year undergraduate students from the faculties of entrepreneurship and international business.
http://www.daisakuikeda.org/sub/news/2007/438/DI_070314baikal-national-univ.html
Nizhny Tagil, Russia
In 2008, LEADER marked its ninth year in partnership with Urals State Technical University, Nizhny Tagil Campus. Two classes were taught, one in English and one through a Russian translator. The students were composed of undergraduate students in the disciplines of engineering and business, as well as business professionals desiring entrepreneurial training.
Togliatti, Russia
The Togliatti Academy of Management has long been one of our strongest entrepreneurial hosts since we began holding an entrepreneurial module in 2004. We continued that tradition in 2008 as the classes were composed of undergraduate students from the Academy and local entrepreneurs. Classes were taught in both English and Russian to a total of 32 students. Many of these entrepreneurs had an array of well developed and advanced business ventures ranging from trucking companies to local pharmacy chains. The support from our site partners in Togliatti continues to be amongst the strongest.
http://www.taom.ru/pime/taom.htm
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Two classes were taught in Yekaterinburg at the Urals State Technical University as we continued for another year with our longest running site partnership. The Urals State classes consisted of fourth year undergraduate business and economics students. Since most of these students spoke English as a second language, classes were taught in English with English case materials. Our site host continues to be Dr. Yasenev who has been a consistent supporter of the Project for over a decade.
