Briefing of the private sector on the summit process. Enhanced awareness and understanding of international relations in Latin America.

The private sector was informed about the Summit process. Follow-up to the Latin America business meeting in Monterrey Mexico in Jan 2004

UF CIBER is sponsoring an effort by the Academy of Entrepreneurship at a local high school to bring an international component to his courses. The Academy describes itself as follows: "Our goals aim at relevancy - to provide you the opportunity to develop marketable skills for successful employment while pursuing higher educational goals. Expand your entrepreneurial spirit as you experience opportunities such as the stock market simulation via the Internet, an international economic simulation, operate a Junior Achievement Company, develop and market your own products, and manage the School Spirit store. Explore the global marketplace evolving for the successful entrepreneurs in the year 2000 and beyond."

The University of Florida and Tshwane University of Technology received a grant titled "Partnership to Strengthen Teaching, Research, Service and Faculty Development in Tourism Management (2009-2012)." In Year 1, the teaching and curriculum needs will be accommodated at the Bachelor degree level. In Year 2, based on a strategic visioning meeting with faculty and industry stakeholders, a Center for Sustainable Tourism will be established with active industry engagement (Advisory Board) and partnership. The mission of the Center will be largely to serve tourism destinations and industries through research, training and outreach within the community, province and other regions in southern Africa. In Year 3, faculty development will be emphasized with regards to enhancing capacity as well as collaborative initiatives in tourism research with the project team and select UF faculty. The facilitation of collaborative initiatives in research partnerships will be sustained during and post-completion of the project. Also, professional development opportunities will be offered to current TUT faculty through a short exchange program with UF.

The Study Tour for faculty aims to compare the dynamic growth of China's two leading economic regions "“ the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta "“ and explore China's transformation from a planned economy to a globally competitive market oriented economy. Professor Zhi-Long Chen participated in this event.

This program provides participants with an opportunity to experience first-hand the business challenges of sub-Saharan Africa as they travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa; Livingstone and Victoria Falls, Zambia; and Chobe, Botswana, as well as participate in numerous business visits, culture tours, and academic seminars. Professor Sandy Boyson participated in this event.

Sponsored by the Department of Accounting and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the Fox School of Business at Temple University in collaboration with the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association. A full day of training sessions geared towards accounting educators and focused on incorporating IFRS into introductory financial accounting, intermediate accounting I, and intermediate accounting II courses. Experts from academia, public accounting and industry will conduct these sessions. Professor Collin Dinsley attended the conference

The Wharton School's Lauder Institute, together with the Spanish savings bank Caja Navarra (CAN), pioneer in civic banking, hosted a conference July 29-31, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania titled, "Recovering from the Crisis: Financial Services, The Real Economy, and Civic Banking." Professor Cliff Rossi from the Smith School of Business participated in the conference.

A team of researchers have received a $569,235 grant that will focus on travel and tourism education and research partnerships between Turkey and Armenia. "Research has shown that movement of citizens between the two countries as well as mutual financial investment in tourism infrastructure (e.g., hotels, attractions, etc.) can accelerate the process of peace and reduce conflict and crisis by increasing socio-cultural communications and exchange," said Lori Pennington-Gray, Associate Professor of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management and Director of the Tourism Crisis Management Institute. This project proposes collaboration between academic institutions and the private sector that will train, educate and bring together resources which relate to sustainable regional tourism development. The partnership will be led by the University of Florida along with Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, and Armenian State University of Economics, Armenia.

The main goal of this project is to build capacity to improve tourism curriculum, research, and industry outreach through collaboration between academic institutions and the private sector. In addition, the partners will engage in collaborative research initiatives and participate in industry outreach via the proposed Center for Tourism Management at the State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN), Russian Federation, which is likely to be the first university-associated tourism research center.

The  FY2011 BIE Closing Date Notice (CDN) WILL BE PUBLISHED in the Federal Register ON THURSDAY JAN 13.  THE APPLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GRANTS.GOV ON JAN. 13.  THE DEADLINE WILL BE MARCH 2.  Funding priorities and application instructions are in the CDN.  ED WILL USE GRANTS.GOV  for the electronic application process, so please check with your grants office to familiarize yourself with those procedures, with the time it might take for the application to be approved at your institution, and the time needed to upload.  ED always recommends uploading the applications early as per the instructions in the CDN.

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The Business in Brazil four-week summer program takes place in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, combining coursework on Brazilian business practices, site visits to companies, training in Brazilian Portuguese and immersion in Brazilian culture. Given the specialized and intensive nature of Business in Brazil, it draws participation from a national pool of students. Students studied business-oriented Portuguese language at the Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, attended academic lectures and lively discussions in English at the School of Business at the Catholic University (PUC-Rio), combined with visits to prominent local companies, stayed with local families, and experienced excursions to Paraty and Corcovado. They also visited several companies, including national oil company Petrobas, media giant Globo, the National Development Bank, and Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.

Marcelo Cherto, a well-known retail specialist and author of various books on the subject of retail and franchising, visited the University of Florida for a series of events beginning September 6. Mr. Cherto met with Warrington College of Business Faculty and visited international marketing and international business classes. Working with Mary Risner, Associate Director for Outreach and Latin American Business Environment at UF’s Center for Latin American Studies, Mr. Cherto developed the International Retail Education–Brazil (IRETBrazil) course. The course, a joint project sponsored by CIBER and UF’s Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research, addresses the need for enhanced international retail training by linking UF industry expertise with UF Latin American expertise. The program will produce five multimedia modules on retailing in Brazil, a Brazilian retail short-term study abroad, and the development of linkages with Brazilian firms and Brazilian subsidiaries of MNCs offering the opportunity for US retailing students to have internships in the country.

Mr. Cherto has taught in retail graduate programs of some of Brazil’s best business schools, such as USP and FGV. He is also a longtime member of the Brazilian Academy of Marketing, a select group of marketing and management experts. Mr. Cherto is currently the president of Cherto Consulting, a company that he founded in
1986, and is president of Franchising Store, an innovative retail business concept that represents and negotiates franchise licenses for 72 different brands. He also sits on the Global Advisory Board of the Endeavor Institute. Over the years, Mr. Cherto has worked with a wide variety of clients helping them develop sales channels
solutions. Companies such as Unilever, Coca Cola, Havianas, Timberland, Dunkin’ Donuts, Avon, Johnson & Johnson, Natura, Colcci, Levi’s, Lacoste, and Victor Hugo are just a few world-known brands that have benefited from Mr. Cherto’s knowledge and expertise.

Dr. Brijesh Thapa received the University International Educator of the Year Award at the senior faculty level for his many contributions of staff to the University of Florida’s internationalization priorities. Dr. Thapa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management at the University of Florida. He is also the Director for the Center for Tourism Research and Development, and the Co-Director for the Tourism Crisis Management Institute. In addition, he is an Affiliate Faculty at four academic units at UF: School of Natural Resources & Environment, Warrington
College of Business, Center for African Studies, and the Center for Latin American Studies.

The CIBER RTA program provides opportunity for students to conduct primary research in Africa. It targets students who have such research interests, but who are not yet sufficiently comfortable with the African environment to devise and implement their own individual study plans. The RTA program invites faculty members to propose specific African research projects that include plans for involving two to three students in data collection abroad for a period of approximately two to four weeks. The faculty involvement, both at the planning and implementation phases, provides the structure and oversight student researchers new to the continent require. Student researchers may be undergraduate and/or graduate students.