Lyon Digest

In late February – early March 2014 Head of the Department of Economics and Business-administration of Sumy State University, director of Institute of Development Economics at Sumy State University, Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, National Academy of Science of Ukraine Dr. Prof. Leonid Melnyk and Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Business-administration of Sumy State University Yuriy Derev’yanko took part in the program of training within the framework of project TEMPUS «SUCSID», which were organized by University of Montpellier 2 on the base of Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France).

The program of training (internships) passed in four stages.

The first stage included presentation of job of international scientific team under the guidance of Dr. Prof. Leonid Melnyk and Associate Professor of Development Economics at Sumy State University Oleksandr Kubatko about the development of «Entrepreneurship» course (within the framework of Start Up projects development). In these team the representatives of 3 countries are included: Ukraine, Republic of Moldova and Republic of Belarus.

Basics of team job of universities were performed by Dr. Prof. Leonid Melnyk and Ass. Prof. Yuriy Derev’yanko. In addition the representatives of all universities-participants came forward with lectures about the prosecution of the project.

Dr. Prof. Leonid Melnyk and Ass. Prof. Yuriy Derev’yanko during presentaion

The second stage: the teacher of Université Lumière Lyon 2 Saїd Yahiaoui acquainted with the features of studying and teaching of course « Entrepreneurship» in the French universities. In addition he told about general features doing business in France.

Saїd Yahiaoui during a lecture about «Entrepreneurship»

On the third stage before the participants the representatives of French business came forward from the most different spheres. Among coming forward were:

1. Sandrine Collot, presenting the National information center on rights for women and family (CIDFF), being unprofitable organization, in which about 40 persons (on all France of 144 similar centers) work and an aim of which is to help women to open the business, equality of rights of men and women in all spheres and advancement of idea of «mother-businessman» (in schools, as motivation for girls in the future to create not only the family but also business).

Professor Jean – Hugues Chauchat from Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Sandrine Collot before her lecture

2. Jean Luc Beau graduated one of leading business-schools of Europe and the best business-school of France; he had a large experience in a company Peugeot. However after some time decided to go away from a company and found the private business, even in spite of obvious loss in a profit.
3. Anne Bonnier, heading the unprofitable cooperative store of businessmen «ELYCOOP». In such cooperative stores about 2 million persons work in France. In this company every hired worker has a right to one vote regardless of his contribution to the enterprise.
4. Semen Shkhovtsov, graduated Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics and now he is an IT- businessman in Paris.

Ukrainian businessman, working in France Semen Shkhovtsov.
In the background – Prof. Iryna Zolotaryova, head of the French-Ukrainian master’s degree program

The fourth stage consisted in realization of business-game of «Kalypso», which is the game of middle level in many business-schools of France. Essence of game consists in a management a production of ships company of different type within the framework of her competitive activity with the producers of similar boats. All participants were divided into 6 commands. Team from one Sumy and two charming ladies from Kharkiv under «sensitive guidance» of Dr. Prof. Leonid Melnyk (that-and that’s he is able manage women) took the second place from six possible, going round many international teams.

Fifth stage, which, to tell the truth, appeared successfully combined with all previous stages was sanctified to the «field researches» on territory of remarkable Lyon city.

A fate presented unique possibility to support FC «Chornomorets» in a game against «Olympic Lyon». And only due to mad support of the Ukrainian fans, with the support of Moldavians and Belaruss, all first period of staying on territory of conditional «opponent» (being directly in the fan-sector of “Olympic Lyon”), FC «Chornomorets» lost with the minimum account of 0:1! French hammered in only one goal – and that is casual.

On a match FC «Chornomorets» against «Olympic Lyon» of UEFA Europa League

Further pedestrian researches of city educed unique and so necessary practical skills and knowledge which necessarily will be used in further scientific researches of employees of Development Economics at Sumy State University.

On the highest point of Lyon at Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière

A hotel where participants lived, carries the historical name «Verdun» is this place which the largest battle of First World War took place

The Lyon statue of freedom so remarkably harmonizes with so near to the heart of Prof. Leonid Melnyk by a basket-ball shield and so beckoning to Ass. Prof. Yuriy Derev’yanko by a football gate

Spring court football in Lyon

Sport ground on an embankment in «two steps» from Université Lumière Lyon 2. Here in a quiet and comfortable place, it is not nearly felt that a noisy municipal highway passes in a few meters above. All noise leaves three meters higher – «above a head». It is also ecological and economic decision.

It is difficult to believe that quite recently in place of this embankment, where today comfortably to both the students and pensioners playing petank, there was the dirty and noisy car parking. These are the real steps of Lyon municipalities to sustainable development.

An embankment of the river of Rhone is a place of the former parking

Bicycles on rent in the street of Verdun is another detail of Lyon sustainable development

The real spring already came in Lyon

In this Roman amphitheater which is more than thousand years, it is good to rehearse lecture on entrepreneurship Start Up

Filled with the got knowledge and skills, not in forces to «take oneself in hand» after the business game Prof. Leonid Melnyk «personally in place» manages painting of liner

Fixing of administrative skills on the example of organization of motion process of equestrian crew on an aquatic barrier

Use of the treated knowledge and skills by Ass. Prof. Yuriy Derev’yanko on the example of management water outpouring from a Lyion fountain