Since February, the 3rd year students of the Faculty of Foreign Trade Management of the RFTA, together with the 3rd year students of the Istanbul Commercial University, have been participating in the COIL international project “Entrepreneurship and Future Skills in the context of Global challenges and Sustainable Development”, which is to be over in May.

A new joint project is being implemented by the Academy in cooperation with the Istanbul Commercial University.

About the COIL project

COIL is an international project for collaborative online learning and online interaction (synchronous or asynchronous). In international teams, students interact to find answers to the topical issues of modern society and develop intercultural communication skills. Online collaboration is organized between teachers and students from different countries and regions, and is integrated into the learning process.

This year the project has been launched by the RFTA in cooperation with the Istanbul Commercial University.

In addition to student teams, the Russian Foreign Trade Academy is represented by the professors of the Academy, taking part in the project:

• E.Sinelnikova (Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Trade Management, RFTA)
• N.Vittenbeck (Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, RFTA)

The main topics of the course:

• study of the UN sustainable development goals (global challenges and sustainable development goals, business participation in solving global problems);
• planningone’s own career with a view to participating in solving global problems (preparation for finding a good job in business, purpose and motivation).

What benefits students get from the project:

• Opportunity to get a new angle on the problem, including the position of representatives of a completely different cultural environment;
• Ability to think flexibly and interact both with each other and with foreign colleagues, to work in an international team;
• Embracement and understandingof the diversity of cultures, feel comfortable in it.
• Understanding ofhowtoplanacareerstartandfindinterestingwork.
• Learn about the main trends and social challenges in business and the social sphere.
• Learn how to make successful career moves in multinational companies or being self-employed.
• Develop the knack of working with information: analyze, collect, present publicly.
  

Participant’s reference:

“In general, I would like to note that we initially considered this project as the immediate opportunity to work in an international environment. At this stage, this goal is being realized, so we are very pleased with it. Among the advantages, we can also highlight the maximum liberty of action and the opportunity to consider global problems from the perspective that is of interest to us.”

Irina Gladysheva, 3rd year of Foreign Trade Management Department (FTMD)