Current International Projects

Name of project: “ Universities – Communities: strengthening cooperation (UNICOM)”
Coordinator: Genoa University

National Coordinator: Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
Project duration: 2023-2027
Reference number: CBHE 101083077
Project Description: The overall goal of the project is to enhance the social role of universities by strengthening the interaction between universities and communities, leading to the development of national policies to support the third mission of universities in promoting social cohesion, adaptability, resilience, and prosperity in Ukraine.

Name of project:  «Best practices EU in STREAM education for pre-service teachers»
Coordinator: Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
Project duration: 2022-2025

Reference number: 101098885 - ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH-UA-IBA
Project Description: The project aims to increase awareness among Ukrainian educators about the EU, its leading research, and best practices in STREAM education; motivate educators to incorporate EU best practices in STREAM education into their professional activities; enhance the role of girls and women in STREAM education; update and develop Ukrainian school and university curricula in line with EU best practices in STREAM education. The project includes seminars, summer schools, creation of a YouTube channel, establishment of a portfolio database of STREAM projects, as well as the development of a new educational module "EU Best Practices in STREAM Education" for students, future teachers, and a distance learning course "EU Research in STREAM" for students and practicing teachers.

Name of project: «European Studies of Social Innovation in Education»
Coordinator: Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
Project duration: 2022-2025

Reference number: 101085552 — ESSIE — ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH-UA-COE
Project Description: The establishment of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence "European Studies of Social Innovations in Education" at the Dragomanov Ukrainian State University aims to integrate the best research findings with pedagogical practices, introduce new teaching methods and educational programs with a special focus on social innovations and community engagement, and enhance the reputation of the EU as a responsible global leader assisting in overcoming the consequences of war and the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The project includes conducting trainings, seminars, workshops, webinars, conferences, four seasonal schools, and the All-Ukrainian Student Competition "From Idea to Success." Additionally, it involves creating an e-learning course on the Moodle platform titled "EU Green Deal and Climate Neutrality" and writing a monograph titled "European Studies of Social Innovations in Education."

Completed Projects:

Name of project: JM Chair "Social and Cultural Aspects of EU Studies" (SCAES).

Coordinator: National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Project duration: 30.10.2020 р.  – 29.10.2023
Project description: Today there is a growing understanding of the need to promote the European integration and EU Studies more enthusiastically and broadly; as well as build networks with colleagues in Ukraine and abroad. That is why it goes without saying that the main aim of the project is extremely actual for Ukraine.

To deep teaching in European Union studies embodied in an official curriculum of a higher education institution in the EU and constitutes the basis for future poles of European knowledge, particularly in Partner Countries we will: 

-           teach the EU issue students who do not study specifically on European issues (management, inclusive pedagogy, agricultural management etc.), engage the young generation of researchers.

-           hold a joint web conferences and\or round-table for educators from Ukraine and EU (Italy,  Belgium etc.) that will enable Ukrainian educators  and educational managers to get a professional experience in the field of social innovation in education (solidarity, inclusion, community based and value based education to enrich the higher pedagogical system in Ukraine and civil society accordingly.  Also, internal experts from EU (Italy) will hold a webinar on the topic of European education policy in the field of social innovations and inclusion. It will help to share the experience of Italy about functioning in the implementation of European principles and standards of inclusion and common values in the system of higher education.

Name of project:Changes in Teachers' and Universities in the 21st Century

Coordinator: Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)

Project duration: 2019-2021

Project Description: The project aims to strengthen the capacity of middle management staff and teachers of Ukrainian universities to train future teachers. During the project, 5 intensive week-long training courses will be held in Brno, focusing on higher education topics: teacher training in the 21st century, internal evaluation of higher education institutions, internationalization of universities, and preparation and participation in international projects, as well as topics relevant to current interests of participants.

Name of project: “Development of the Culture of Democracy in Pedagogical Education in Ukraine, Norway and Palestine”
Coordinator: The University College of Southeast Norway (USN)
Project duration: 2018-2021
Reference number: CPEA-LT-2017/10037
Project description: The aim is to improve the quality of pedagogical education in Ukraine, Norway, and Palestine through the development of a democratic culture in teaching. The project provides the best practice analysis of implementing a democratic culture in education and development of curricula, study programs and courses for the upgrading teachers of the high and primary school.

Name of project: “Support of Study Programmes Development, Quality Management and International Mobility on Selected Universities in Ukraine”
Coordinator: Palacký University Olomouc (UP)
Project duration: 2018
Project description: The aim is to assist Ukrainian Universities with transformation with study programmes and creation of study plans according to Bologna declaration, supporting the development of University quality management, and furthermore improvement of Ukrainian students’ international exchange.

Name of project: “Eastern Partnership in Pedagogical Innovations in Inclusive Education”

Coordinator: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Reference number: TEMPUS N530417-Tempus-1-2-12-1DE

Project description: The aim is to create educational and methodological framework for the development and introduction of new courses 9 of pedagogical innovations in inclusive education, and further improve and support their functioning in universities.

Name of project: “Structure and evolution of complex systems with applications in physics and life sciences”

Coordinator: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland);

Reference number: FP7-People-2013-IRSES

Project description: The aim of the project is to make a major step-change in developing novel effective tools for studying complex systems based on stochastic geometry and stochastic evolution methods, on appropriate methods of analysis and combinatorics, as well as on numerical methods and computer simulations. The network we are going to create will unite efforts of leading specialists in this area towards scientific excellence, will establish new and strengthen existing long-term collaboration links between them, and will train a new generation of young researchers in this multidisciplinary area.

Name of project: Initial and Further Education and Training for Educationalists and Managers in Education in the field of Diversity

Coordinator: Stiftung Universität Hildesheim

Reference number: 543873-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR

Project description: The aim of this project is the qualification of pedagogues and education managers in a consecutive higher and further education system, for the constructive handling of diversity in educational institutions and organizations. Target Groups in education are BA and MA students in such subjects as teaching, pedagogy and social pedagogy as well as PhD students. In further education they are teachers, education managers, agency representatives (commune, town, social security, migration services etc.). Beneficiaries of these measures are children and adolescents with special needs, their parents, University, heterogeneous organisations/ corporations, social agencies and migrant services, communal agencies.

Name of project: “Social Cohesion in Education and Governance: European Studies”
Coordinator: National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Project duration:1/09/2017-31/08/2020
Project description: Elaboration of new courses in the field of the European social cohesion studies, including the development of methodology and research techniques and teaching of a theoretical and practical material; conducting of inter-university training; elaboration of improvement of professional skill program for leaders of civil society and heads of public administrations.

Name of project: JM Project "European Values of Diversity and Inclusion for Sustainable Development (EVDISD)"

Coordinator: National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Project duration: 30/10/2020 - 29/10/2021
Project description: The project is aimed on the research the core issues of EU studies concerning EU values and how to implement them in to the Ukrainian educational system (first of all in a sphere of higher education) for sustainable civil society development. 

The one of the main focus and long term impacts of the project is to increase the practical dissemination of EU values in HEIs by the way of discussing and enhancing the values awareness, value-based human potential development, enhancing the diversity and inclusion inside HEI’s communities and transferring this practice as well as corporate social responsibility and social engagement of HEIs in the community, region, state for the joint sustainable development and supporting policy reform. 

The given project belongs to “spread content” type as its key activities will be comprised of information and dissemination activities focusing on the EU, its values, the role of education in promotion and enforcement of EU values and related issues.

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