Meeting with CRDF Global
14 November, 2011,
The meeting was launched with the exchange of ideas and topics covering the prospective areas of mutual cooperation between the two institutions. Guests presented new project that is going to be held in the country. As a part of the Global Innovation Through Science and Technology Initiative (GIST) representatives expressed their interest of participation of national Higher Education Institutions in the in the first business competition which is supported by the CRDF Global. By the implementation of the project higher educational institutions in the country will connect business and science in order to stimulate entrepreneurship among students, researchers and enterprises. Natalia Pipia Senior Program Manager of CRDF global emphasized the importance of the building capacity through the training of students and researchers in terms of entrepreneurship which will encourage innovation and support future commercialization of potential innovations. Representatives from the CRDF Global offered to organize business competition and create platform for the development of knowledge triangle with the enterprises nationwide. Most successful team will be granted with the sufficient funding to the start up. Evgeniy Krasowski Associate Program Manager of CRDF Global expressed his interest in cooperation with higher educational institutions in the country.
Collaborative meeting was followed by the university tour, during which the guests were introduced the university facilities and newly established labs.
