University of Economics – Varna

The PROMINENCE team at the University of Economics – Varna is pleased to announce that this international project has been successfully concluded. 

PROMINENCE (Promoting Mindful Encounters through Intercultural Competence and Experience, 2017-2020), an international project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education, offers deliverables that help develop intercultural competences, business skills and leadership skills of SMEs employees, business students and faculty members.

The PROMINENCE teams from seven EU universities: Aschaffenburg (Germany), University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia), Debrecen (Hungary), Katowice (Poland), Mont Blanc Savoie (France), Seinäjoki (Finland) and the University of Economics - Varna (Bulgaria), completed the project which is an excellent example of higher business education internationalization.

Key project deliverables (Sep 2017 – Feb 2021):

PROMINENCE Interactive Learning Environment

Three Intensive Training Programmes for over 120 project partner university students from Europe, Africa, Northern and Southern America:

• Different Worlds, Different Languages: Getting to Grips with Cultural Diversity
• Managing and Leading in Different Cultures
• Practising Cultural and Business Intelligence across Cultures

Three Surveys Analyses:

• Students’ Survey – Intercultural Competences: Importance, Self-assessment and Instruments of Development, written by Stéphane Ganassali, IAE University Mont Blanc Savoie
• Survey on European Companies, written by Stéphane Ganassali, IAE University Mont Blanc Savoie
• Intercultural Competence, An Academic Perspective, written by Diana Miteva, Kristana Ivanova, Petar Petrov, University of Economics - Varna

• Academic conference in Seinäjoki
• International and national academic publications
• More internationalization and collaboration: Dukenet Membership for University of Economics - Varna

Dr. Troy Wiwczaroski, the PROMINENCE Coordinator, has commented on the UE – Varna PROMINENCE team:

I would like to extend to all colleagues in Varna my sincerest and heartfelt gratitude for the way all of the UE - Varna colleagues have worked together with me these past few years. The cooperation that I have enjoyed with each of you has been one of the genuinely most rewarding aspects of my time is coordinator.

I would enjoy very much participating in a project with my UE - Varna colleagues in the future, one that my UE – Varna colleagues coordinated, this time. And that may be something we should explore in the coming months, towards an application to be handed in March 2022. It would also be interesting to work together with other partners UE – Varna already has, or has wanted to cooperate with.

UE – Varna interdisciplinary team: Dr. Petar Petrov - team leader; Diana Miteva, senior lecturer – team member; Kristana Ivanova, senior lecturer – team member; Miroslava Ivanova – coordinator, Gergana Naneva – accountant.

Former co-workers: Boris Abrashev, senior lecturer – team leader; Assoc. prof. Petya Dankova – team leader.

PROMINENCE Interactive: www. prominenceproject.eu

05 Mar 2021