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ISM University of Management and Economics is to offer a course called Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Firms, Clusters, and Economic Development. This course was developed by Professor Michael Porter of the prestigious Harvard Business School. Mr Porter is one of the world’s top experts on strategic management. This is the first programme to be offered in Lithuania by the prestigious business school.

Executive Board Member of the Convergencia Democrática de Catalunya and EU Business School International Relations Professor Marc Guerrero gives an enticing political lecture on February 28, at EU Barcelona which will be cosponsored by the Admirals Business Club.

Prof. Danica Purg, President of CEEMAN, is the new PRME Steering Committee Chair for 2013. The Principles for Responsible Management Education initiative (PRME), started by United Nations Global Compact in 2007, now unites close to 500 business schools from 80 countries that strive for responsible management education.

ISM Executive School Master of Management Programme is recognised the best in Eastern European region. In Eduniversal business school and university ranking worldwide ISM Master of Management Programme received top scores in the group of Management programmes – the only high education programme in Lithuania to receive such recognition.

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.