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NVSU continues its work within Erasmus+ Programme, Jean Monnet Activities, Jean Monnet Module № 574865-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE “The European Union Social Policy” grant agreement № 2016-2593/001-001.

From 13 to 17 November 2017 Nizhnevartovsk State University held International training seminar on entrepreneurial skills development “Business Academy”. Over the course of the week students of the 3rd and 4th year from different fields of studies participated in a very intensive course that aims to develop entrepreneurial potential in students and give them an opportunity to acquire practical skills of development and implementation of new projects and develop strategic approach to decision making. About 90 students of NVSU participated in the training seminar together with professors from the Faculty of Economics and Management. The training seminar was funded by Program for Development of Student Unions (The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation) and programs implemented within Erasmus+ Program: • Jean Monnet Module “Developing Green Skills for Entrepreneurship and Business Based on the EU Experience”, • UNISON “University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network “.

NVSU students regularly participate in Erasmus+ programs within Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals and receive grants for study abroad in partner institutions. Erasmus + scholarship is the most prestigious European student grant. The scholarship covers all costs associated with the stay and study at a foreign university (travel costs, accommodation costs, etc).

On the 17th of November NVSU held a competition of student business ideas “Business breakthrough”. The competition concluded a week long international training seminar on entrepreneurial skills development “Business Academy”. About 90 students of NVSU participated in the training seminar. Students worked in groups where they worked on their business projects: Team A - "Graphic design school" Team B - "Safancy" Team C - "ESMA" Team D - "Eco Pulp Mill" Team E - "EcoCups" Team F - "GreenPigs" Team G - "FresherMat" Team H - "International House" In the end 8 teams presented their business projects that they have been developing during the week under supervision of Finnish experts, Juha Saukkonen and Matti Hirsilä, to the jury panel. The jury had to select best ideas and projects in three nominations: «Best Business Idea»: innovative ideas that can be used to build a new company or develop a new direction in exciting company; «Best Business Project»: structured business plan with expected outcomes; «Best Initiative for NVSU»: entrepreneurial projects that would help NVSU to reach its goals.

On October 24th, 2017 professors from Nizhnevartovsk State University in cooperation with Omsk State University held a roundtable discussion titled “Participation in European Union program “Jean Monnet”: application preparation, implementation of teaching and research activities”.

On 31st October, 2017, coordinator of Jean Monnet Module "Developing «green skills» for Entrepreneurship and Business based on the EU experience" Oksana Kozlova, Doctor of Economics, professor of the Department for Commerce and Management was invited to share her expertise in a discussion “Business volunteering: a fad or social responsibility of all businesses”.

On October 24-25 the Department for Commerce and Management held student conference based on the result of the first stage of research work done within Jean Monnet Module “Standardization in Product Quality Management: EU Experience and Cooperation Prospects”. 3rd year students of “HR Management” program conduct their research on the topic of the Jean Monnet Module.

On October 17-19, Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) (Berlin, Germany) hosted yet another Workshop on "The EU spin-off best practices" within the project Erasmus+ project "UNISON University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network". The workshop was designed to introduce project partners from Russia, China and Georgia to the EU perspectives on university spin-offs, promotion of technology transfer and R&D commercialization.

International training seminar on entrepreneurial skills development “Business Academy” is an intensive week-long seminar that aims to develop entrepreneurial potential in students and will give them an opportunity to acquire practical skills of development and implementation of new projects and develop strategic approach to decision making.

On September 6, 2017 NVSU held an information workshop on studying in Europe, this time devoted entirely to Latvia. The seminar was attended by the member of the Liepaja University (Liepaja, Latvia). The seminar was a part of the series of workshops devoted to European education.