Swedish Initiative

Swedish Initiative for Belarus and Moldova

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a member of the Economics Education and Research Consortium, has set aside funds specifically to support students from Belarus and Moldova.

Citizens of Belarus and Moldova accepted into the KSE master’s program will receive full scholarships from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs to cover their tuition and living expenses at the program. Furthermore, these students receive the same benefits as Ukrainians and, in addition, may have the opportunity to visit the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and East European Economies (SITE) during their second year of study. This is an excellent opportunity for the students to investigate the PhD program at the Stockholm School of Economics, to meet with the economic faculty, and to participate in the school’s activities.

Belarusian and Moldovan applicants to the KSE program are exempted from the Ukrainian language admission exam in July. However, if accepted to the program, students are required to take a separate course in “Ukrainian for International Students” during the first two miniterms of the first academic year.

The KSE/EERC Belarusian and Moldovan alumni placement is the following:

Class of 2009

Olga Croitorov (Moldova) - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Aliaksei Malashonak
Irina Mislitcaia (Moldova) - International Strategy Solutions (ISTRATS), Kyiv, Ukraine
Yury Yatsynovich - University of California, Berkeley, USA

Class of 2008

Maryia Akulava - Mironivskyy Hliboprodukt, Kyiv, Ukraine
Evghenia Iarina (Moldova) – Phoenix Capital, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2007

Dzianis Rozhin - CORE, Catholic U Louvain, Belgium
Natalia Piskouniva – Astrum Investment Management, Kyiv, Ukraine
Dzmitry Sidarau - Citi Ukraine
Sergiu Frunze (Moldova) - Deloitte, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2006

Hanna Abilava - LBR Intertrade, Minsk, Belarus
Anna Belancius (Moldova)
Cristina Craciun (Moldova) - Free Media Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Alena Dubouskaya Spektor, Sachs and Co, Kyiv, Ukraine
Alena Piskurouskaya - Mironivskyy Hliboprodukt, Kyiv, Ukraine
Mikalai Trafimovich - SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine
Iryna Tsahelnik - IMEPOWER Consulting, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2005

Aliaksandr Abrashkevich - International Finance Corporation (IFC), Minsk, Belarus
Volha Dashkevich - Institute for Privatization and Management, Research Center, Minsk, Belarus
Andrei Miadvedzeu - University of Guelph, Canada
Dzianis Shauruk - Alfa, Kyiv, Ukraine
Irina Orlova (Moldova) – Center for Social and Economic Research, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ion Cimbru (Moldova) – Private Equity Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2004

Viktoriya Menkova - International Finance Corporation, Minsk, Belarus
Katsiaryna Shum - BritMark Financial Advisors, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2003

Uladzimir Hryniuk - XEROX Company, Minsk, Belarus
Nikolai Kastioukevitch – ScienceSoft Inc., Minsk, Belarus
Kirill Piskounov - ILIM Group, Russia
Andrei Shynkevich - State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

Class of 2002

Aliaksandr Amialchuk - University of Toledo, USA
Katsiaryna Lisiankova - Univeristy of Strathclyde, UK
Siarhei Tsesliuk - Princeton Partners Group, Moscow, Russia
Dimitry Sologoub – Raiffeissen Bank Aval, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2001

Sergey Alekseychick - FedEx Corporation, USA
Artsem Boichanka - IDS Group, Kyiv, Ukraine

Class of 2000

Dzmitry Asinski - Lexecon, Chicago, USA
Olga Borovikova - The Clorox Company, USA
Aliaksei Razanau - General Electric Corporate Audit Staff, USA