The winners of the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs, (HP LIFE) 2011 grant 2011 are announced

It is with pleasure that HP and its partners, MEA-I, EDC, ORT and UNIDO, announce the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs, (HP LIFE) 2011 grant recipients. These new recipients, 40 training centers worldwide, will become part of the existing 300 HP LIFE centers network in 47 countries, helping equip entrepreneurs with the IT and business skills they need to turn their visions into reality.

Selected applications from 12 countries, these organizations will each receive a grant of state-of-the art HP technology, financial contribution and professional support valued at approximately $60,000 (HP list price).  It includes a professional train-the-trainer course and access to the HP LIFE network as well as all innovative online and offline training tools.  

Moscow ORT Technology School (Gymnasium № 1540) becomes the only Russian participant to receive a HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs grant this year.  

"We are very pleased that Moscow ORT Technology School (Gymnasia # 1540) becomes a participant of the HP LIFE program this year ", - says Dr. Sergey Gorinskiy, ORT Russia  Director - " In ORT schools special attention is paid to technology training. The combination of modern technology and business education - this is exactly what of great demand for innovation economy. On the basis of Moscow ORT Technology School we'll develop a model of such integrated and innovative education".

On the photo (from left to right): Sergey Gorinskiy, ORT Russia Director; Marina Moiseeva, Moscow ORT Technology School Principal; Alexander Mikoyan, Managing Director, Enterprise Business Lead, HP Russia, at the open ICT lesson on the day of HP-ORT Center opening at the Moscow ORT Technology School.