Tennessee State University/Lincoln University/L’viv Institute of Management

The partnership between Tennessee State University (TSU), Lincoln University (LU) and L’viv Institute of Management (LIM) aims to enhance institutional capacity in management training and to promote private sector ties among firms in Western Ukraine, Middle Tennessee, and Central Missouri. Activities primarily involve exchange visits of faculty and business representatives. In January 2002, two Ukrainian business persons traveled to Tennessee and Missouri for two weeks for management training and to make contact with local firms in their respective business sectors. Partners are planning for the visit of up to seven more Ukrainian business owners/man-agers by the end of July. Faculty visits and academic presentations between TSU, LU, and LIM continue. One result has been the design and presentation of an intensive e-commerce course at LIM. Other TSU and LU faculty members have taught intensive courses at LIM in operations management and marketing. In addition, the partners are planning to design a new curriculum in international accounting. One significant result of the partnership was a Ukrainian faculty member’s sabbatical with LU (December 2001), which was supported outside of the ALO grant.

Award Date: 2000
Award Amount: $99,686
Proposed Cost Share: $70,743
Other Funds Leveraged: $3,000
Other Partners: Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce

Washington State University/Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers

Washington State University (WSU) and Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME) are collaborating to strengthen TIIAME’s teaching and applied research capacity and to develop new—and enhance existing—environmental courses, degree programs, and continuing education. During the first phase of the partnership, the partners held two workshops, one on determining needs and priorities and the other on upgrading the technical skills of TIIAME faculty. Training sessions were organized for 24 faculty on economics and decision-making in water management. Resource Exchange International, a U.S.–based non-governmental organization, has been a key supporter of the partnership, organizing and partially funding English-language training for Uzbek faculty and a study tour for TIIAME administrators. WSU is currently assisting TIIAME in developing a new undergraduate training program in “Ecology and Nature Use” and a new faculty of Natural Resource Management. WSU also is collaborating with TIIAME to develop the research and thesis portion of a new Master’s degree training program. The partners are developing English-language training directed to the specific needs of professors in the fields of agriculture, water, and the environment; these courses will be offered in spring and summer 2002.