In May 2021, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor Bohdan Kovalov (Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, Sumy State University) has delivered a series of online lectures on the course “Basics of SME and start-ups in the EU in conditions of Industries 4.0 and 5.0” for students of 10th grades of Okhtyrka comprehensive school of I-III grades №2 of Okhtyrka City Council and Konotop specialized school of I-III grades № 3 of Konotop City Council of Sumy region.
Lectures were held within Jean Monnet Chair “EU legislative, economic and social transition to sustainable society” (619997-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-CHAIR, Supervisor – Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business administration Leonid Melnyk).
Bohdan Kovalov spoke about the EU’s experience in the creating of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. In addition, students took part in online training, during which they practiced writing business ideas, in particular: identified the target audience, the uniqueness of the offer, advertising channels and drew up an action plan for launching start-ups.
We thank the Directors of both school Ms. Svitlana Bondarenko, and Ms. Iryna Karpenko Panasiura, as well as teachers Yuliia Savochka and Anatolii Olekh for the organizational support and active participation in the event!
