On June 13-17, 2022, the teaching and administrative staff of both the Partner (Moldova, Armenia, Georgia) and Program Countries (Finland, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia) took part in a study visit to LUT University from Finland within the framework of the Project „Connecting universities-industry through smart entrepreneurial cooperation and competitive intelligence of students in Moldova, Georgia and Armenia (CONNECT)”, co-funded by the EU under the Erasmus+ program. Associate Professor of Ilia State University, Irine Guruli, participated in the visit.

During the entire study-visit, the participants got acquainted with:

• Presentation on “Entrepreneurship ecosystem in Lappeenranta”
• Presentation on “Business Mills”
• Presentation of Business Finland
• Presentation of LUT Junior University and a visit to Science Class

Workshop “Creative Problem Solving”

• Workshop “Creating a website and mailing campaign with Mailchimp”
• Presentation of LUT Storming
• Finnish culture and language – Kieli Center
• Meeting with local start-ups
• Meeting with MEVEA & visit to lab with Horse Model