Corporate Foundation
AURORA - ALA
Корпоративный Фонд AURORA - ALA
The Aurora-Ala Corporate Foundation was established in Almaty by the European University in St. Petersburg in April 2023
Almaty city, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Aurora-Ala Foundation unites the community of teachers and researchers at the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSP), maintaining the traditions of a research university and striving to prepare a new generation of scientists and experts capable of working with complex social processes and global challenges.
Academic and scientific cooperation
The academic community of the European University includes hundreds of researchers, scientists and teachers working around the world in universities and private companies.
EXPERTISE
Main areas of research and educational programs:
introduction of new computer technologies in social sciences;
applied data analysis;
interdisciplinary medical research;
energy and climate policy, ESG;
digital transformation;
empirical studies of law;
sociology, education and art;
social studies of science and technology.
The Aurora-Ala Foundation's endowment was created for the sustainable strategic development of the Foundation's Kazakh and international projects and emphasizes the long-term work plans of the European University in St. Petersburg community in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
Replenishment of the endowment is ensured by fundraising among international and Kazakh donors in compliance with all requirements of current legislation.
Investment of the endowment is carried out through trust management (an investment portfolio management agreement) by a Kazakh investment company.
How does an endowment work
What it is?
Among the Kazakhstan endowments:
4th place
“The target capital (endowment) is formed by the Fund by forming assets in the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan or in foreign currency on the basis of an agreement (agreements) for the management and (or) lease of objects of charitable donation, donation, will in accordance with the norms of civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan”
- From the Foundation Charter
- From the Foundation Charter
Our team
Who are we?
Mokhovikov Evgeniy AndreevichExecutive Director
Shklyaruk Maria SergeevnaDeputy Director for Academic Affairs
Serebrennikov Dmitrii EvgenievichAdvisor to the Executive Director
Deputy Director for Academic Affairs
Shklyaruk Maria Sergeevna
She has worked in leadership positions in a number of analytical centers (Center for Strategic Research, Center for Training Leaders of Digital Transformation, Center for Advanced Management Solutions) and has extensive experience in creating and developing applied research and educational programs. Academic career is connected with empirical research in law at the European University in St. Petersburg.
- Since 2012 – research fellow at the Institute of Law Enforcement Problems at the European University in St. Petersburg.
- From 2018 to 2023 – General Director of the Center for Advanced Management Solutions. The center conducted research on public administration issues, advised organizations on development strategy, and assessing digital maturity.
- From 2019 to 2022 - Academic Director of the Center for Training Leaders of Digital Transformation at the Higher School of State University of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. More than 50,000 government employees have been trained in unique digital transformation programs, and more than 500 thousand students have attended the Center’s open programs.
Chief Investment Advisor, Prosperity Capital Management
Branis Alexander Markovich
Lurie Mikhail Lazarevich
Associate Professor, Faculty of Anthropology, EUSP
Skugarevsky Dmitry Anatolyevich
Researcher, Research Center Institute for Law Enforcement Problems EUSP
Kharkhordin Oleg Valerievich
Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, EUSP
Svetlana Nikolayevna Lavrova
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Composition of the Board of Trustees
Our team
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Svetlana Nikolayevna Lavrova
Advisor to the Rector of EUSP
Executive Director of the EUSP Foundation
Chairman of the Board of the National Endowment Association
Director of the University Management program
Biography:
He has unique experience in the field of management in universities and the non-profit sector for more than 20 years.
In May 2007, it registered the first endowment fund in St. Petersburg and the second in Russia (EUSP Fund). He is the executive director of the Foundation, providing strategic and day-to-day management of its activities.
In the position of Advisor to the Rector of EUSP, he is responsible for strategic and special projects. Actively involved in various aspects of the development and life of the university.
One of the country's well-known specialists and experts in the field of management of the non-profit sector. He has an impressive wealth of connections and working contacts with university management specialists around the world and in Russia. Provides consultations and training to administrative staff of universities and NGOs, and has a number of publications on the topic.
In 2019, she created a unique further education program “University Management” for existing university managers.
He is an active participant and, often, coordinator of various initiatives and working groups to improve the practice of legislation in the field of NGOs, endowment capital in the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, under the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and others. In 2022, he acts as coordinator of the interdepartmental working group on the development of endowment funds in educational institutions of higher education under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
In 2019, she co-founded the National Endowment Association (NAE), designed to give new impetus to the development of the endowment industry in the Russian Federation. He is the Chairman of the Board of the NAE.
In 2022, she initiated the creation of the Aurora-Ala Foundation, an endowment fund to support the development of science and education, including in Kazakhstan.
Executive Director of the EUSP Foundation
Chairman of the Board of the National Endowment Association
Director of the University Management program
Biography:
He has unique experience in the field of management in universities and the non-profit sector for more than 20 years.
In May 2007, it registered the first endowment fund in St. Petersburg and the second in Russia (EUSP Fund). He is the executive director of the Foundation, providing strategic and day-to-day management of its activities.
In the position of Advisor to the Rector of EUSP, he is responsible for strategic and special projects. Actively involved in various aspects of the development and life of the university.
One of the country's well-known specialists and experts in the field of management of the non-profit sector. He has an impressive wealth of connections and working contacts with university management specialists around the world and in Russia. Provides consultations and training to administrative staff of universities and NGOs, and has a number of publications on the topic.
In 2019, she created a unique further education program “University Management” for existing university managers.
He is an active participant and, often, coordinator of various initiatives and working groups to improve the practice of legislation in the field of NGOs, endowment capital in the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, under the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and others. In 2022, he acts as coordinator of the interdepartmental working group on the development of endowment funds in educational institutions of higher education under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
In 2019, she co-founded the National Endowment Association (NAE), designed to give new impetus to the development of the endowment industry in the Russian Federation. He is the Chairman of the Board of the NAE.
In 2022, she initiated the creation of the Aurora-Ala Foundation, an endowment fund to support the development of science and education, including in Kazakhstan.
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Kharkhordin Oleg Valerievich
Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, EUSP
Director, Research Center "Res Publica"
Chairman of the Board of the EUSP Foundation
Director, Research Center "Res Publica"
Chairman of the Board of the EUSP Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Skugarevsky Dmitry Anatolyevich
Researcher, Research Center Institute for Law Enforcement Problems EUSP
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Lurie Mikhail Lazarevich
Associate Professor, Faculty of Anthropology, EUSP
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation
Branis Alexander Markovich
Member of the EUSP Board of Trustees
Chief Investment Advisor, Prosperity Capital Management
Chief Investment Advisor, Prosperity Capital Management
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Aurora-Ala Foundation is implementing projects in the field of university management and the social sphere, primarily related to the topics of extra-budgetary financing, development of endowment funds (endowments) and fundraising.
One of the key components of this success is an effective management model, experience that is in demand not only among higher education organizations, but also in the social sphere. The European University is known for its endowment fund (endowment) - the largest among Russian universities in terms of one teacher/staff/student, as well as one of the leaders in the field of investment.
At the beginning of 2022 The European endowment amounted to:
> 3,000,000,000 rub.
The European University in St. Petersburg is not only world famous in the field of social sciences and humanities, but also a successful example of the construction and functioning of a modern university.
Management of universities and social organizations
Additionally
Mansion O.V. Serebryakova
The university was one of the first in Russia to launch the educational program “University Management” for managers from universities and social organizations (schools, museums, charitable foundations, hospitals, theaters, archives, etc.), where strategies and, especially, tactics for implementing strategies are considered and formed development of institutions. The focus of the program is aimed at increasing the managerial competencies of managers, leading to the implementation of strategic tasks in everyday work. The program's teachers are management experts from Russia and a number of Western countries, who have not only rich personal experience, but also a strategic understanding of the development of higher education and the social sphere.
Legal Aurora's address: RK, 050012, Almaty city, Almaly district, Tole bi street, building 109
Legal Aurora's address: RK, 050012, Almaty city, Almaly district, Tole bi street, building 109
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