GREEN Industry MBA. Joint Degree Program Green Industry MBA and Ecotechnology

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1 GREEN Industry MBA Joint Degree Program Green Industry MBA and Ecotechnology Green Industry MBA The one-year program is conducted by the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), Ljubljana, Slovenia, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (IPS) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia. The program is currently in the process of accreditation at NAKVIS (Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education). Under New Management The program, widely considered groundbreaking in applying innovative management to climate change problems, addresses the growing need for a new generation of managers that combine social responsibility and entrepreneurial success. Green Industry MBA graduates possess a firm grounding in cleaner technologies and their industrial applications with the requisite management skills to oversee complex climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in local communities, governments, businesses, NGOs or other organizations round the world. Moreover, exploring innovative financing possibilities is an important focus in the program.

2 Cutting Edge Curriculum The Green Industry MBA curriculum is characterized by a highly intensive curriculum, covering, in effect a two-year program (120 credit points) in 12 months. The program will start in October 2011 and conclude in September The program introduces a dynamic, project-based approach bringing together an international group of highly qualified students with a variety of work experience. The program at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School covers ecotechnology, Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor offers the MBA, while ICPE is responsible for the specialized training, where students are offered study visits to relevant Slovenian institutions and enterprises, as well as study tours to neighbouring countries Austria (UN institutions in Vienna) and Italy. Lecturers are drawn from leading academic institutions and international organizations in Slovenia and abroad, addressing a wide range of critical areas such as environmental management, energy and resources, technology and innovation, strategic management, sustainable development and management accounting.

3 International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) ICPE, Ljubljana is an intergovernmental and international organization with its headquarters in Slovenia. It originates from the International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, set up on a UN initiative in 1974, which became a fully-fledged international Center in 1980 with more than 40 developing countries as its Member-States. After the independence, Republic of Slovenia became the host country of the ICPE. Later in 1997, the formal name of the Center was changed to International Center for Promotion of Enterprises. This gave the Center a more inclusive and broad-based mandate in keeping with the changed economic and political priorities of Slovenia and many of the leading Member-States. ICPE focuses on international cooperation in areas related to public sector enterprises, social responsibility, entrepreneurship development, SME and infrastructure sectors, corporate governance, technology transfer, strategies for privatization, promotion of knowledge-based societal change through research, training, consultancy and information services. ICPE has member states from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. ICPE has been conducting international MBA programs since Approximately 650 participants from 45 countries have graduated in this period. ICPE also organizes and conducts customized international short-term training programs for government officials and public sector managers. In 2010, approximately 250 individuals successfully participated in diverse training programs. ICPE has been publishing its International Journal of Public Enterprise for over 30 years and has produced over 50 other publications, several of them in cooperation with ILO, UNIDO and the World Bank, all of which are available in the international bookstores. The vision of ICPE is to become a hub of excellence for public enterprises in financial and social responsibility performance and an important development partner for effective and productive public sector enterprises, based on 35 years of ICPE s history and experience as well as on its network of existing and new members, affiliated members and international organizations. ICPE headquarters in Ljubljana, Slovenia The ICPE premises include conference halls, exposition spaces, classrooms and a hostel.

4 Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (IPS) was established in 2004 as an independent higher education institution. The initiative for establishment came from Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) and was strongly supported by industry and an international network of cooperating universities and research institutes from European Union, the USA, Japan and a number of other countries. The mission of IPS is to provide the highest quality postgraduate studies at the master s and doctoral levels through a joint research and educational process in an intensive research and development and innovative environment and to contribute to the strengthening of the role of science and high technologies in the developmental potential of society. Postgraduate studies for Master and Doctoral degrees are oriented towards solving research and development problems which require a multidisciplinary synthesis. The Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) was founded in 1949 in Ljubljana as an Institute for Physics within the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Its mission is the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge at the cutting-edge of natural science and technology to the benefit of society at large through the pursuit of education, learning, research, and development of technology at the highest international levels of excellence. Today it is involved in a wide variety of fields of both scientific and economic interest. It is one of the largest research institutes in Europe. The main research areas are physics, chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, information technology, reactor physics, energy and environment. JSI is the main research base of IPS with over 400 researchers with doctoral degrees. More than one third of them are elected university teachers. Researchers and university teachers are engaged by IPS for cooperation in research-innovation projects in the interest of IPS partners. The conditions for involving new partners are strong developmental orientation of the enterprise, readiness for direct cooperation in staff development planned inside innovation projects which are the basis for postgraduate studies and preparedness for joint efforts in direct involvement of basic research in innovation projects. Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School Its main research base, Jožef Stefan Institute, with over 400 PhD researchers.

5 Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor is one of the biggest and oldest faculties in Slovenia and was the first Faculty of the University of Maribor established in The Faculty is proud of this over fifty-year existence, which reflects the tradition in the Slovenian academic area and respected maturity in the international one. During these years, more than 26,000 students graduated from our Faculty, hence acquiring different professional and scientific titles. All this places the Faculty of Economics and Business among the most respectable Faculties in Slovenia. Regardless of its tradition, the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor has been continuously developing and is today a modern Faculty which has successfully transformed its study programmes by adapting them to the European Union academic requirements defined by the Bologna Declaration. The faculty conducts its study programmes according to the model. At the first study cycle (first three years) the Faculty offers university education programme Economic and business sciences and the professional higher education programme Business administration. At postgraduate level at the second-cycle (two years) the Faculty offers master s programme Economic and business sciences and at the third-cycle (three years) the Faculty offers doctoral programme Economic and business sciences. All programmes are modern and internationally comparable. In addition, the first and second-cycle programmes received European ECBE accreditation in 2008 and US ACBSP accreditation in The Faculty of Economics and Business acknowledges research excellence and interconnectedness of research and pedagogical work of the academic staff and associates. The Faculty has young and motivated teachers and professional personnel who guarantee internationally comparable quality. The Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor is aware of the present-day developments. The faculty follows the globalisation trends and participates in international research and educational networks despite being a strong regional Faculty from the global viewpoint. Our competitive advantage lies in the understanding and close linkage with our surroundings. We are well aware of our social responsibility and we support sustainable development. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor

6 Application Process All applications are to be submitted on the ICPE website until 15 June The candidates have to meet the following requirements: Fluency in English Undergraduate degree in any related field Letter of motivation (1 page), including a short research idea presentation Qualified candidates shall be invited for a compulsory admission interview. The interview can also be conducted via Skype. To access application form and for further information on the Green Industry MBA program, visit: or contact us at info@icpe.si. Visit also: (Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School) AND (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Maribor).