European Values and Identity Studies
Short description:
October 1, 2015 the Information Centre of EU was opened in the University and its activities dedicated to promoting EU idea and values in Rivne and Khmelnitsky regions.The strategic objectives of the Jean Monnet project implementation are:- raise awareness of the target audience in the field of European values and identity Studies, of the EU and the EU-Ukraine relations, based on new teaching technologies and visions;- initiate active public debate on European values and identity policy at local, regional and national levels;- involvement of the academic community, civil society, local authorities and the representatives of institutions, interested in the sustainable development of Ukraine, based on European values, that will ensure European standards of living and decent place of Ukraine in the world;- coordination of partner cooperation in informing the society on European integration of Ukraine between authorities at the regional level, NGOs and other interested institutions. There will be 4 types of project activities:- 3 teaching course for Political Studies «East European Studies», Cultural Studies «European Cultural Studies», International Relations «EU Studies» students, who came from different sides of Ukraine;- book with project results, web site of this project, MOOC “What do we need to know about Europe and its values?”; – 2 peer-reviewed articles, based on research made in this project; – 2 international conferences, dedicated to the problem of cultural identity, European values and education, workshop for teachers, roundtable for representatives of public administration, NGO’s activists, students, academic staff, researchers. Project will have impact at the macro level, because it will complement informational and educational activities of our country in order to form public support for European integration as a process of internal reforms aimed to bring to Ukraine European living standards, based on European Values.