Activity report for 1996(PDF) - Soros Foundation Moldova

AREA, created in 1995, is a non-governmental, notfor-profitorganisation aiming to implement theEnterprise Assistance Program which is a componentof the Private Sector Development Project. SorosFoundation has funded a two-week training course,conducted by AREA for top-level managers from 15enterprises under restructuring. The case studies,especially those drawn from local situations, havebeen widely used. Study tours to the most successfulenterprises have been organised for programparticipants.The Training Program of Restructuring contained thefollowing topics:- Strategic management- Financial analysis and control- Marketing- Human resources managementExpenditure: $ 4,021.00Institute of Management and Advanced Training inAgrobusiness (IMATA)IMATA provides a one year post-university program formanagers in agrobusiness. Ten managers had a twoweek internship in the Czech Republic by the end oftheir studies. The trip gave them the opportunity toexchange and compare agrarian reform information withfarmers and consultants working in the Czech Republic.Expenditure: $ 7,903.00International Conference “Economic Reforms inCountries in Transition”The conference was organised by the Soros FoundationMoldova and the European Union in collaborationwith the International Institute of Management, Centrefor Market Studies, Agency for Restructuring EnterprisesAssistance and Pierre Mendes - France Universityon June 13 - 14, 1996 in Chisinau. The main goal ofthis conference was to evaluate the realisations,particularities and perspectives of the transition tomarket economy in Central and Eastern EuropeanCountries and NIS. The Conference brought togetherspecialists from Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine,Hungary, Slovenija, France , Germany, France, Italy andthe USA. The accepted papers have been published.The Conference program has been divided into thefollowing sessions:- Economic reforms in countries in transition:macroeconomics tendencies and particularities- Empirical results of privatisation- Microeconomics policies of restructuring in transition- Reforms in AgricultureExpenditure: $ 14,591.00Summer School in ManagementThe Summer School of Management has offered 4specialised courses:- Management- Finance and Banking- Marketing- AccountingEach lasted two weeks, with 15 hours of intensivetutorials a week. The main goal of this program wasto acquaint students not only with the theoreticalknowledge of the topics concerned, but also withsome practical experience in the given fields. Thecourses have been held by William Corney, JagdishMehta, Robert Moore - guest lectures form theUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas and Ed Feldman,consultant at the Advisory Centre for Small and MediumEnterprises in Chisinau.Twenty six students from four Moldovan institutionshave benefited from this school:Carolina TORGAIJaneta SUPLEACOVSergiu LISNICIgor ENELucia LAVRICNicolae RAILEANAndrei PORUMBRICAVeaceslav ARIONAliona PETROVADragos MOLDOVEANUDiana BOTNARUVictor PARLICOVMaria MITAEVADiana DIGOLIgor LUCINSCHIRodica IOVUElvira LEAHUa c t i v i t y r e p o r t ‘ 9 6 49