Press Conference “EU support for higher education development in Ukraine via Erasmus+: Digital University – Open Ukrainian Initiative project”
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv together with the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, the Presidential Foundation for Support of Education, Science and Sports, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and the National Erasmus+ Office – Ukraine will organize a press conference on launching the Open Ukrainian Initiative project of the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme as one of the EU main instruments to support the higher education development in Ukraine under martial law and post-war recovery. The event will take place at the Main (Red) Building of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in a hybrid format.
Moderator: Кseniia SMYRNOVA, Vice-Rector for Education (International Cooperation) of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Media representatives are warmly invited to attend
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Press Conference “EU support for higher education development in Ukraine via Erasmus+: Digital University – Open Ukrainian Initiative project” |
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11 October 2023, 12:00 – 13:30 |
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Main (Red) Building of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in a hybrid format and Zoom platform https://knuua.zoom.us/j/87060515083?pwd=QVJzZWFvSXhNbFRFc2ZLRjNFSisrQT09 |
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Working languages are Ukrainian and English. Consecutive interpretation will be provided.
Media accreditation is required: Liudmyla ZAGORUIKO (liudmyla_zagoruiko@knu.ua, +380934238587), Inna SERBINA (inna.serbina@knu.ua), International Cooperation, the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Background information:
European Commission provided a Specific Window for Ukraine under the Erasmus+ Programme in response to the challenges faced by Ukrainian higher education due to the brutal invasion of the russian federation to Ukraine and its consequences. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine with the partnerships of Ukrainian Universities was working under project proposal.
As a result, under the special call 2023, the DigiUni project was selected for funding by the European Union Erasmus+ Programme.
The project team led by the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv consists of a strong international partnership of Universities & Association from France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, and Poland, 10 Ukrainian Universities together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Ukrainian Association of IT Professionals.
Based on EU best practices, the team will create a unified digital educational ecosystem in Ukraine that will provide continuous, high-quality, inclusive, and transparent education, regardless of the location of students and academic staff, using digital innovations in education. The project also aims to support students who continued education in Ukraine during martial law and facilitate stronger ties between Ukrainian universities, their students, and staff who were forced to leave Ukraine. Promotion of Ukrainian studies and engagement of foreign students and Ukrainians living abroad in Ukrainian education in general are in project focus too. The project will ensure synergies and close cooperation between Ukrainian partner universities to address the challenges faced by Ukrainian education during the martial law with the multiplication of the project outcomes widely to other Universities, as well as to contribute to a systematic approach to future recovery of Ukraine’s higher education.
For more details on the Erasmus+ Programme, please contact the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine