Title of event: HERE Annual Conference for national higher education reform experts ‘From social Inclusion to skills: Pressing themes in higher education policy making’, conducted with the support of the EU
Dates: December 12-13, 2019
Venue: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Programme and materials: https://supporthere.org/prague2019
Participants: representatives of higher education institutions (HEIs), Ministries of Education, National teams of higher education reform experts (HERE) of the countries neighboring with the EU, National Erasmus+ Offices, EU experts and partner countries experts, representatives of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Total number of participants to the event: 30 persons.
Ukraine was represented by:
Kozievska Olena, Deputy Head of the Committee Secretariat, Parliament’s Committee on Education, Science and Innovations (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine);
Volodymyr Bakhrushyn, Professor of the Department of System Analysis and Computational Mathematics, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor;
Vadym Zakharchenko, Vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, National University "Odessa Maritime Academy", Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
Zhanna Talanova, Analytical Manager of National Erasmus+ Office – Ukraine, Doctor of Educational Sciences, Associate Professor.
Regional Seminar under the the theme “Promoting International Mobility of Staff at Universities” was held on 25-26 November 2019 at American University of Armenia (AUA) and Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE).
The event was organised in the frames of the Technical Assistance Missions (TAM) to the National Teams of Erasmus+ Higher Education Reform Experts (HEREs) in Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
The target audience were HEREs from the above-mentioned Partner Countries, staff members of National Erasmus+ Offices (NEOs), faculty and administrative staff of Armenian HEIs.
Participants from Ukraine: State Expert of the Higher Education and Adult Education Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Maryna MRUGA, Professor of the Department of System Analysis and Computational Mathematics, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor VOLODYMYR BAKHRUSHYN, NEO-Ukraine representative Ivanna ATAMANCHUK.
HERE Study Visit “Inclusion in Internationalisation and Mobility” (21-22.11.2019, Brussels, Belgium)
Title of event: Study visit for national higher education reform experts ‘Inclusive mobility: from good intensions to measurable outcomes’, conducted with the support of the EU
Dates: November 21-22, 2019
Venue: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Programme and materials: https://supporthere.org/brussels2019/page/background-information-24
Participants: representatives of higher education institutions (HEIs), Ministries of Education of the countries neighboring with the EU, National Erasmus+ Offices (HERE), EU experts and partner countries experts, representatives of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Total number of participants to the event: 30 persons.
Ukraine was represented by the delegate of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Committee Secretariat, Kozievska Olena; Director General of the Directorate of Higher and Adult Education, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Oleg Sharov.
On 7 November 2019, within the framework of the International Erasmus + Week in Ukraine, the VIII International Bologna Process Conference (TAM event) "European Integration of Ukraine’ Higher Education in the Context of Bologna Process: Student-Centered Learning and Teaching, Evaluation as a Part of QA in Higher Education" was held.
The Conference was organized jointly by National Erasmus+ office – Ukraine together with: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine; the EU Delegation to Ukraine; National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance; National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Higher Education; Ukraine Parliament’s Committee on Education, Sciences and Innovations; British Council in Ukraine; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Co-organizers: Erasmus+ Agencies from Programme Countries, National Erasmus+ Offices from Partner Countries, Programme and Partner Countries Universities.
September 18-19, 2019, TAM event – an international cross-regional seminar for National teams of higher education reform experts (HERE team) on “Enhancing QA impact” at the Batumi State University (Batumi, Georgia) ), organized by NEO – Georgia with the participation of British expert Andy Gibbs and the support of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA, Brussels).
Title: Competence-Based Learning
Dates: 9 - 10 September, 2019
Location: Vienna (Austria)
Program and Materials: https://supporthere.org/vienna2019/
Description and key information
Participants of the event: representatives of higher education institutions, European Ministries of Education, HERE team members from neighbouring EU partner countries, representatives of the National Erasmus+ Offices, experts of European countries and partner countries, representatives of the host organization (FH Campus University Wien University of Applied Sciences). In total, about 35 people from 20 countries took part in the event.
From Ukraine participated the associate professor of the Department of Economic Cybernetics, Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Andriy STAVYTSKYY, and State Expert of the Higher Education and Adult Education Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Maryna MRUGA.
Event title: Eastern Partnership Conference – Promoting Common Values through Education and Culture
Date: 25 - 26th of June 2019
Venue: Holiday Inn Tbilisi, Georgia
Programme and materials: https://ec.europa.eu/education/events/promoting-common-values-through-education-and-culture-eastern-partnership-conference_en
Event participants
Decision-makers, administrators, practitioners and academics from the six EaP countries, EU Member States and the EU administration. The conference’s opening session features the EU’s Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, the Georgian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Mikheil Batiashvili, and the EU’s Ambassador to Georgia, Carl Hartzell. In general, about 250 participants took part in the event.
Participants from Ukraine (National Erasmus + office, HERE Team) was represented by:
• Yuriy Rashkevych, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine,
• Mychailo Wynnyckyj, Head of the Secretariat, National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.
• Volodymyr Bakhrushyn, Professor of the Department of System Analysis and Computational Mathematics of Zaporizhzhya National Technical University.
• Petro Krainik, National Erasmus+ Office, Ukraine