Student Business Plan Competition Regional Forum on Employment and Entrepreneurship in the framework of the TEMPUS 2013 UNIWORK project

From March 10 to 11, 2016, Bukhara State University (Bukhara, Uzbekistan) hosted a "Regional Forum" on employment and entrepreneurship within the framework of the TEMPUS 2013 UNIWORK project: Strengthening Career Centers in Central Asian Universities to expand graduates ' employment opportunities and create high-quality employment. Where 9 students from 5 countries took part: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. From Kokshetau State University named after Sh. Ualikhanov Manapov Darkhan, a 4th-year student of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, who won the contest of business plans "Innovative UNI-startup" on the topic: "Automated systems-an Ecological town" at the university, participated in work.

The main goal of the business plan competition is to form and stimulate students ' skills in entrepreneurship and businessmodeling. The competition was held in two stages, where students must develop a business plan and present their idea profitably.

At the first stage, participants presented their project orally and without a presentation in 5 minutes.

In the second stage, posters about the business plan were protected.

As a result of the competition, all participants were awarded international certificates.