U S Russia Foundation For Ecnomic Advancement And The Rule Of Law

Programs: The enhancing university research and entrepreneurial capacity ("eureca") program focuses on scientific and technical cooperation between russian and american universities and is being implemented in partnership with the russian ministry of education and science. The goals are to: (1) develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the fields of science and technology among faculty, students, and researchers; (2) create infrastructure to support the transfer of technologies into production; (3) attract interest from businesses and universities in sponsoring research; (4) integrate russian universities into the international scientific and educational space and support their entry into the community of world-class institutions; (5) strengthen innovation ecosystems and (continued on schedule o) (continued) the role of universities in regional development and innovation clusters; (6) develop strong relationships with venture capital firms to raise start-up capital; and (7) form mutually beneficial partnerships between research and business communities in the u. S. And russia. Targeted grants to support the above purposes.

economic development and entrepreneurship initiatives: targeted grants to organizations to support economic development and entrepreneurship. Mission criteria include: (1) multiplier effect; (2) replicability on a regional or national scale; (3) resulting systemic or policy change; and (4) sustainability.

rule of law initiatives: efforts to support the modernization of the russian legal education system so that it can prepare lawyers to work effectively in a global market economy. Legal exchange ("lex") program: to develop and strengthen human capacity at russian legal institutions and law faculties through new curricula in the area of business and commercial law, innovative teaching methodology based on competencies-building approach, and increased collaboration between russian and u. S. Universities. The goals are: (1) to increase the capacity of russian law faculties teaching commercial and business law to fulfill the new state educational standards introducing competencies-building approach; (2) adoption by russian law faculties of experiential learning methodology in teaching commercial and business law; (3) to advance collaborative efforts by russian universities to improve teaching qualifications of russian law faculty; (4) the dissemination of best practices through four universities serving as hubs; and (5) to strengthen ties between russian and u. S. Law schools. Targeted grants to support the above purposes.

public policy initiatives: the yegor gaidar fellowship program in economics, named in honor of the first minister of finance of the russian federation, supports the long-term development of russia's market economy by providing opportunities for leading russian economists to conduct collaborative research with u. S. Economic experts. The program's goal is "to strengthen human capacity at russian institutions in developing entrepreneurship, economic diversification, technological innovation, and globalization. " the yegor gaidar summer leadership program, jointly administered with the yegor gaidar foundation, was designed and is being implemented by purdue university. The program enables young russian leaders (third and fourth year university students) from various regions of russia to acquire the knowledge, skills, and practical experience necessary for building a dynamic market economy. The focus is on economics and entrepreneurship. World trade organization ("wto") program has provided the higher management school of the russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration with high-level u. S. Expertise in wto issues for their training sessions. Entrepreneurial museum project (joint program with the potanin foundation) to continue with our joint program in museum entrepreneurship. Our role is to help identify u. S. Experts who can participate in a major conference and museum exhibition in moscow. This small program represents an important strategic direction: to work jointly with a major russian foundation in the area of social entrepreneurship. Targeted grants to support the above purposes.