EU PARTNERS

The Scuola di Amministrazione Aziendale, (SAA), the School of Management of the University of Turin (Italy), is the contracting and co-ordinating institution of the project. It has matured a great experience in MBA Curriculum development, especially in the person of Prof. Giuseppe Dutto, the Project Co-ordinator, who has played such role in several similar projects.

Details about SAA can be found at www.saa.unito.it. In particular, it is worth mentioning that SAA was one of the first Italian institutions to launch in 1978, a Master in Business Administration (MBA) through a program that integrates university methodologies with practical subject matter and skills pertinent to the business world of today.

SAA acts in the international dimension, through the International Relations Department (IRD) that was created in order to manage the SAA participation in international projects. The IRD has been involved in several EU funded programmes, such as TACIS, TEMPUS, Alfa, EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme and by the European Social Fund. All projects mentioned below concern the development of curricula and/or the training of trainers in the beneficiary institutions. In all these projects, SAA played or is playing the role of the consortium leader.

- TACIS Civil Society Development Programme (CSDP) – Institutional Twinning Component – BELARUS: the Curriculum Development for MBA in Management.
- TEMPUS TACIS Multilevel Management Capacity Improvement” – Grodno (BELARUS),
- TACIS EDUK9603 - “Support to the Lviv Institute of Management (LIM)” – Lviv (Ukraine), to support sustainable economic development through the strengthening of business and manage-ment training and consultancy capacity.
- TEMPUS TACIS - Russian Federation “Restructuring the VSUES International Curriculum” – VLADIVOSTOK
- TEMPUS TACIS - Russian Federation “Establishing the ISU (Independent Siberian University) Business Department” – NOVOSIBIRSK
- TEMPUS Phare – Slovenia “Establishment of an International Division at GEA College of Entre-preneurship (GCE).
- TEMPUS CARDS – Bosnia-Herzegovina “Upgrading the University of Sarajevo MBA to Interna-tional standards” SARAJEVO
- TEMPUS Meda - "Microfinance at the University)" - Arab countries

The University of Seville Law School (UdS) is the other European partner. We are happy and privileged to have UdS as a partner since the two institutions have had an excellent and fruitful experience of cooperation in Vladivostok (RF), Sarajevo and also in Ulan Bator (Mongolia) where UdS acted as project coordinator. UdS has a well rooted record of international co-operation, with staff ready to participate in cross-cultural programmes, and it is particularly strong in quality management, complementing SAA in the transfer of know how to the beneficiary partners.

Founded in 1502, it is today recognised as one of the best in the country. It has, among its faculty former Presidents of Government, Presidents of Parliament, Ministers, domestic Supreme and Constitutional Courts, alongside with internationally recognised experts in many fields, like civil law, administrative law and agricultural law, real estate and commercial law. The University has a vast experience in international co-operation. It is currently managing several European Projects, and its European Centre has been recognised by the European Commission as a Centre of Excellence.