Entrepreneurship Center to Strengthen Business Practices in Kazakhstan
In May, USAID’s Business and Economics Education Project (B&EE) helped open the Kazakhstan-American Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (KACEBI) at the Western-Kazakhstan Institute of Languages and Management “Evrazia”. The center provides strategic consulting services and training for entrepreneurs in the areas of financial management, marketing, and human resource management to improve market-oriented business practices in the West Kazaskhstan Oblast and the surrounding region. In addition, KACEBI is partnering with Western universities to bring undergraduate and graduate degree programs specializing in entrepreneurship to the region. To facilitate the start-up of the center, USAID’s project provided a grant, trained the center’s management, and guided the creation of a strategic development plan. KACEBI’s faculty has also benefited from a U.S. study tour and consultations on the design and delivery of effective training and education courses in entrepreneurship.
KACEBI is one of twelve B&EE’s university-based pilot programs across Central Asia focused on introducing key reforms and new student and business services. B&EE will continue to support the center through January 2007.
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Kazakhstan’s entrepreneurs acquire business knowledge and skills through USAID-supported entrepreneurship centers
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