Granted networks 2009 - Nordplus

time gather knowledge about Nordic and Baltic market areas and region while staying in other
universities of the network or in business companies in the mentioned countries. The aim of the
network is to promote Nordic and Baltic cultural understanding and understanding of business
environment, businesses and business cultures of this region and to strengthen Nordic-Baltic
relations. The aim is also to make students aware of their own linguistic background and to
increase understanding for local languages as the basis of thinking and at the same time to
remove obstacles to business by using common language in communication. The intensive course
Business in the Nordic and Baltic Countries and virtual studies are examples of curriculum
development. Business innovation sessions are organised to design new products/services.
The aim is to increase university-company cooperation and to enlarge the cooperation from
business company cooperation to cover also cooperation with organisations like the Hub, which are
involved in promoting social entrepreneurship. The cooperation started with the assignment to
develop a business concept for the social enterprise Hub Tampere that was given by Hermia Ltd. to
the intensive course held in September 2009 in Tampere. Earlier assignments given to
multidisciplinary and multicultural groups have been given by business companies and they
included tasks to develop business ideas and concepts for new products and services. Hub
Tampere is opening officially on March 1st 2010. Through the network and Hub cooperation it is
possible to find out new working tools and innovative business models for new type of enterprises
and for supporting these businesses. Later on it is possible that in the network there will be
enterprises set up by the students and these enterprises cooperate through the hubs of other
network countries, when the Hubs will be established in these countries. Climate and other
environmental issues are the focus of some of Hub Tampere enterprises, as is saving energy in
packaging and marketing materials through new innovations for some.
Through these kind of activities students and staff members are able to work with real-life
assignments with strict deadlines and to combine forces of the special expertise of all partners.
The network disseminates the results of activities by using the web pages http://nabbinetwork.ning.com/,
via the web pages of the institutions of the network, via the magazines and
other publications of the institutions, by using other media of communication and in seminars,
conferences and other events.
Granted activities
MOBILITY, INTENSIVE COURSE
Partners
SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ
VYTAUTO DIDŽIOJO UNIVERSITETAS
TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL
18
Country
DK
NO
LT
EE
ID: 22601
Network: Express Mobility for Tourism Students
Coordinating institution: VIDZEMES AUGSTSKOLA Country: LV
Coordinator: Liga Tuca (liga.tuca@va.lv)
Network description: The aim of the project is to provide a possibility for tourism students and
tourism guide students that are otherwise not involved in long-term mobility to gain experience in
international study environment, learn about a tourism product of another country and supplement
their theoretic and practical knowledge of tourism organization and management. In order to reach
these aims, the following goals are set: 1) include express mobility into the existing curriculum of
study programmes; 2) realize express mobility visits of student groups to host institutions in
Iceland and Finland; 3) evaluate student reports and the benefits of the international perspectives
of a study course.
Granted activities