2007-12-30

International Institute of Business and XXI Century to establish development centre

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    XXI Century and the International Institute of Business are set to found the first Ukrainian Real Estate Development Centre. The Centre will provide high-quality education and research facilities for the real estate development and management sector.

    As well as this, two courses at the Centre are being sponsored by XXI Century, one in Development and Real Estate Management and an internationally accredited MBA course in Real Estate Development. These courses have been created due to the great demand for professionals to work on developing the Ukrainian real estate and construction markets. Until now there was no university that could provide international standard training for specialists in this sphere.

 

    Close cooperation between the International Institute of Business and XXI Century will help to improve development in Ukraine by allowing internationally experienced staff the chance to feed their expertise back into the educational system.

    XXI century will be taking an active role in the Centre’s program, with key staff sharing their experiences and acting as case studies for students. There will also be an opportunity for students to obtain work experience with the company.

    On 17th December, the Chairman of the XXI Century Board of Directors, Lev Partskhaladze, and Alexander Mertens, the President of the International Institute of Business signed a partnership agreement to consolidate their intentions.

    Under this agreement Lev Partskhaladze joined the Business Advisory Board of this institute, thus being able to give advice concerning the future direction of business education in the institute. Within the framework of this partnership XXI Century professionals will improve skills on the IIB’s key programs.

    Notes to Editors:

    International Institute of Business:
The most prestigious business school in Ukraine offering the integrated portfolio of business education programs: MBA, Corporate Governance programs and international professional qualifications. IIB is the first and only business school in Ukraine with an MBA program accredited by one of the most prestigious organizations for accreditation, the MBA Association.

    XXI Century:
Established in 1999, XXI Century develops and manages real estate projects such as shopping centres (chain of Kvadrat shopping centres), offices, hotels, logistics centres and residential property in Ukraine.
Since December 2005 it has been listed on the London Stock Exchange, on AIM.