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Certified training centre of informational technologies for novice businessman "HP ORT GET-IT"

October, 14, 2008 Hewlett-Packard (HP) and ORT Russia opened НР-ORT GET-IT Centre for beginning entrepreneurs on the base of Vocational Training Centre “ORT-Career” in St. Petersburg. Instructional basis for its activity became the unique GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT) Program developed by HP.

GET-IT is one of HP’s flagship social investment initiatives and helps young unemployed people and graduates – aged 16 to 25 – acquire the business and IT skills to enter professional life or to create their own businesses. GET-IT helps young graduates to find or create a job thanks to a new kind of “know-how” — business IT skills that combine the basics of entrepreneurship with practical, hands-on experience in technology.  Centre’s capacity is up to 250 students per year. Lessons are conducted in computer labs of Resource Centre of ICT “ORT-SPb”. Mobile class provided by HP allows organising out-of-door trainings.      

There were Vice-president of HP and HP Russia Managing Director Mr. Owen Kemp, HP Business Development Director Mr. Karel Vavruska and ORT Russia National Director Mr. Viatcheslav Leshchiner welcomed the guests. Also there were Executive Director of St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development Mr. Maxim Balanev, Honorary Chief of the International Youth Diplomacy League Mr. Babek Asadov, representatives of Employment Centre, City Labour Registry Office, St. Petersburg  Institute of Social and Community Workers, teachers of economical and technological colleges of the city, presented.

From the ORT side there were: Deputy Director of ORT Russia Mr. Sergey Gorinskiy, Director of НР-ORT GET-IT Centre in Yekaterinburg Mrs. Galina Brusnitsyna, Director of Resource Centre of IT “ORT-SPb” Mrs. Marina Sorokina, Manager of ORT-Career Project in St. Petersburg Mrs. Anna Hodorovskaya, Teacher of ORT Technology Centre at the Secondary School “Beit-Sefer Menakhem” Mr. Anatoly Shperh.

After the tour of the Centre and presentation of the current educational programs guests participated at the open lesson and discussed the issues of development and using of modern educational technologies of business and IT training.