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Prof. dr hab. Irena E. Kotowska, Head of Demography Department in the Institute of Statistics and Demography at the Collegium of Economic Analysis at the Warsaw School of Economics, has been selected to be one of 12 experts for cooperation with Europe 2020: Social Policies department at Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The thinktank was appointed by EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor.

Jarosław Niewierowicz, CEO of LitPol Link and a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), has been appointed the Minister of Energy in the government of the Republic of Lithuania. The appointment took place on December 13, 2012. He is the first Polish minister in the Lithaunian government - his candidacy was proposed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (AWPL).

EU Business School Geneva and Montreux students recently had the opportunity to hear from Dr. R. Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank at the Four Seasons, Hotel des Bergues in Geneva. His two-hour presentation on investment management brought together over 25 MBA students from the two campuses to learn what it means to be an investment manager and the basic principles guiding the practice.

Professor Marzenna Weresa, head of the World Economy Research Institute at the Warsaw School of Economics was appointed a member of a group of independent experts at the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation of the European Commission.

Strategic issues for the EU10 countries. Main positions and implications for EU policy-making, ed. by K. Vida, Institute of World Economics, Budapest October 2012 (Poland’s situation and position prepared by E. Kawecka-Wyrzykowska from the Warsaw School of Economics).

On Wednesday, October 24th, 2012, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands visited the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) to meet the students and talk to them about climate protection issues. She gave a lecture on climate as a new priority for CSR strategies giving also examples how Dutch companies have implemented these strategies.

From 12-14 October 2012 the Semi-Annual meeting of IAUP (the International Association of University Presidents) was hosted by Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

A team of faculty members and students of Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) School of Management led by CEEMAN IMTA alumnus Dietmar Sternad is the winner of this year´s annual International Online Teaching Resource Library Video Competition of the Academy of Management, the world´s largest and most important professional association of management school.

EU Business School Launches Design Management Seminar with Professor Pierre Keller.

On October 8, 2012 classes began at EU Business School with a record high enrollment rate.