Objectives: – to foster and promote knowledge on the EU energy studies; – to stimulate successful cooperation projects of youth leaders on energy efficiency, innovative sustainable energy planning, home renovation; – developing energy-saving behaviors among higher education students of European Union Studies and those students who do not automatically come into contact with EU studies; – consolidating efforts to improve energy efficiency reforms and recovery for European resilience through a variety of teaching methodologies (lectures, seminars, online and blended learning courses) at Sumy State University. Activities: – Teaching: 3 new courses on ‘European integration and cooperation in energetics,’ ‘EU Smart Energy: Information technologies dimension’, ‘EU project management,’ which would be progressively taught during min three academic years. Type and number of persons benefiting from the project: – minimum 30 higher education students per course; – minimum 5 representatives from local authorities; – minimum 200 stakeholders informed of the project’s results. Expected results: – increased capacity to teach and research on EU matters; – improved curricula; increased capacity to attract excellent students; – increased interest in understanding and participating in the European Union, leading to a more active citizenship; – enhanced employability for young graduates, by including a European dimension in their studies; – increased opportunities for academic staff in terms of professional and career development. Type and number of outputs to be produced: – Deliverables: 3 new student’s books, 1 e-learning course, 1 project website page; – Research: 1 peer-reviewed article per year, 1 monograph.