AlmaU leads the newly established UN PRME Chapter for the Eurasian Region
For the past few months, AlmaU has been engaged in discussions with the UN PRME* Secretariat team on the possibility of running a regional chapter for the Eurasian region, the launch of the Chapter was supported by partner universities - Narxoz (Kazakhstan), IBS RANEPA (Russia), AUCA (Kyrgyzstan), Tashkent chemical-technological Institute (Uzbekistan), Academy of State Customs Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan).
On September 29, 2021 AlmaU** Vice-Rector for Global Partnerships Dr. Aigerim Kaumenova has been nominated as the Chair of the Provisional Committee of the UN PRME Chapter Eurasia.
Dr. Kaumenova has extensive background in international development in higher education. She has been awarded the CEEMAN Champions Award in the Responsible Management category in 2017 for her continuous commitment to responsible management education.
On October 5 the new Chapter Eurasia has been presented to the public during the UN PRME Global Chapter Forum.
The mission of the Chapter Eurasia is to engage new members from the region to the PRME network, to ensure that the principles of responsible management education are integrated into academic and research activities in universities of the region, and to open international opportunities for the Chapter Signatories for meaningful knowledge sharing and networking.
AlmaU thanks its partners and colleagues for continuous support.
* - The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007. Working through Six Principles, PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aligning academic institutions with the work of the UN Global Compact. As a voluntary initiative with over 800 signatories worldwide, PRME has become the largest organised relationship between the United Nations and management-related higher education institutions.
AlmaU as a socially responsible university has been a committed PRME signatory since 2009. Its progress reports are available here. AlmaU President and Founder Dr. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov is the PRME Board member since 2020.
