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We are excited to share with you that our Fall 2019 Class of Master Program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership (PIEGL), offered on the international (Haining) campus of Zhejiang University, is now open for applications. Application deadline: 15 APRIL 2019.

Kozminski University is happy to share its most recent news with the CEEMAN network: In late January, Kozminski University hosted a special anniversary conference that addressed various subjects both Poland and the entire international community are facing; its sports team celebrated more victorires; and finally, the University enhanced its international cooperation by signing an agreement with SKEMA Business School, France.

Following collaboration between CEEMAN and AACSB for the Business School Questionnaire (BSQ) with the aim to enhance understanding of business education in the regions where CEEMAN members are concentrated, the reports with findings were shared with participating schools in February.

CEEMAN is glad to offer scholarships for high-potential participants from Africa, Latin America, China and India for its flagship faculty development program IMTA-International Management Teachers Academy. Eligibility: institutions participating in IMTA for the first time.

On January 8-12, 2019, Almaty Management University (AlmaU) organized its annual 23rd Winter School, themed “A Modern University: Opening New Avenues for Growth”. It brought together 145 higher education managers and faculty members from various Kazakhstani universities. Participants deepened their expertise or gained new knowledge and at the same time discussed the novelties, transformations as well as challenges of higher education in the country and beyond.

Major international events in 2015 have led to a new sustainable development (SD) agenda for the next 15 years. At all levels, from global to local, and in all sectors, from business to government, from NGOs to education, thousands of initiatives have been launched to support the different SD goals defined by basic UN documents, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda defined 17 goals of SD to achieve by 2030. The United Nations Global Compact transformed general objectives described by other UN documents into 10 principles, which is a United Nations initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies. Higher educational institutions (HEIs) realised that they have the specific role to empower faculty, administrators, staff and students to be effective change agents and drivers of a more sustainable global society.

Her Excellency, Mrs. Florence Ferrari, French Ambassador to Slovenia, awarded Prof. Danica Purg, Dean and Director of IEDC-Bled School of Management and President of CEEMAN with the highest French order of merit: National Order of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur). The ceremony took place at the French residence in Ljubljana on December 5, 2018.

The future of Greek and European agriculture in the digital era was dynamically debated at the AgriBusiness Forum 2018, taking place in Serres, Greece, on 1 - 3 November 2018.

We are delighted to announce that CEEMAN International Quality Accreditation (CEEMAN IQA) was awarded to the University of the Free State Business School in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

During the LvBS Leadership Day that took place at Lviv Business School (LvBS) of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) on 17 November, three school graduates were given LvBS alumni awards. These are awards in categories that indicate the level of impact in business life, education, and the social sector.