During the 3-month intensive studies at the School, the students received the online training from the European and regional experts on the basics of the project cycle, market analysis, budgeting, target audience, soft business skills and specifics of doing green business in the region. The experts also provided consultations on water quality and water savings, renewable energy and energy efficiency, environmental management, and eco-innovation in sustainable consumption and production.
The training and expert advice provided to the participants helped them develop their green business ideas into project proposals.
The Evaluation Committee comprising of the School’s experts and sponsors identified 4 winners who received the grants in the total amount of USD 6,000 awarded by SDC. Among them are:
1) Mr. Vladislav Golyarko with the project “Eco Cashback”;
2) Ms. Alua Zholgazy with the project “Refill me”;
3) Ms. Aliya Kydyrbekova with the project “Waternovation”;
4) Ms. Ekaterina Oborina with the project “Waste – the territory of creativity”.
The winners will be able to use these grants to develop their own business.
Overall, 37 young entrepreneurs took part in the Green Business School this year and presented 16 business projects.
For additional information, please contact:
Mariya Genina, Project Manager, DKU - genina@dku.kz.
Dana Zhunissova, Project Assistant, DKU - zhunissova@dku.kz.
More information about the School is available at http://www.academic-waters.org/ and https://wecoop.eu and on the Instagram page of the project @ecotalk_incubator.