On February 03, 2023, a virtual graduation ceremony was conducted for graduates (foreign citizens) of Bachelors of Program Subject Area: "Management" (English-taught program) and Masters of Program Subject Area: "International Economic Relations", Educational Program: "Export-Oriented Management".

Bachelor's Diplomas with honours and Merit Certificates in Recognition for Dedication, Hard Work and Support were awarded to Ezebuiro Zita Uju and Magongo Mlungisi Ntokozo, graduates of Program Subject Area: "Management" (English-taught program).

Master's Diplomas with honours and Merit Certificates in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievements were awarded to Olayinka Olawale Kazeem and Odewade Aderoju Odafen, graduates of Program Subject Area: "International Economic Relations", Educational Program: "Export-Oriented Management".

Congratulating words were given by: Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education and Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office. There was also a video greeting from the dance studio of the University "K-Dance" with the performance "In the shadows of Ukraine". The Vocal Band of "KROK" University congratulated the graduates with the song translated into English as "How not to love, my dear Kyiv".

Dear graduates, we are proud of you! We are glad that despite the difficult times, you managed to successfully complete your studies! We wish you to achieve your goals and have an easy way toward your new life! The video from Graduation ceremony can be watched by following the link

On February 21, 2023, the National Seminar «Dual Education in Ukraine: Project Experience and Implementation Prospects» was held within the International Project «Integration of Dual Higher Education in Moldova and Ukraine / COOPERA». About 300 participants took part in the seminar: project coordinators from the Erasmus+ Office, coordinators from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, project partners from Technical University of Moldova, partner HEIs of Ukraine - Odessa National Economic University, Uzhgorod National University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. This seminar was held at the initiative of Department of International Relations and Journalism of «KROK» University, which is piloting the project in the educational program «Journalism». During the seminar, the participants exchanged experiences regarding the implementation of a dual form of education, discussed the experience of the partner countries of the project «Integration of dual higher education in Moldova and Ukraine / COOPERA».

In addition, there was a meeting of two sections with the participation of employers and students. Stakeholders, together with Career Development Center of «KROK» University, gave practical advice on how to bring the labor market closer to the student. «KROK & COOPERA" section brought together students of Department of International Relations and Journalism, who are participants in the project, and lecturers of the Department, who are part of COOPERA project group. They presented the results of dual education and their own achievements and invited other students to participate in dual education and its popularization.

On January 31 - February 1, 2023, «KROK» University, Professional College of «KROK» University, Ecological Club «LOTOS» presented an international scientific and practical online networking International Highlight Event «Greening of modern educational space: main vectors of innovative transformation and ways of their implementation». It was held within the framework of the implementation of Erasmus+ project «Synergy of educational, scientific, management and industrial components for climate management and climate change prevention / CLIMAN» 619119-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, where the listeners received an interesting, informative and useful information from well-known scientists and experts about modern large-scale environmental challenges for our country and the whole world, as well as about important trends in the field of environmentalization of the educational process.

The welcome speech was given by the respected partners of the project and invited guests, in particular: Andrii KUCHKO, Svitlana SHYTIKOVA, prof. Jan van ZWIETEN, Oleksandr PYZHOV, Andrii LOTAREV, Nataliya VNUKOVA, Myroslav MALYOVANY, prof. Florian KOCH, Kristine NEIMANE, Oliver SCHMIDT, Tsitsino TURKADZE, Anastasisa BONDAR, Viktoria BUNDZYAK, Roman KURYLENKO, Tetiana PRYBORA, Viktoria TARANIUK, Serhii KHARA, Viktoria KHRUTBA, Kateryna SHEVCHENKO.

Interesting and informative lectures were held by Victoria KHRUTBA («GREEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE. INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE»), Natalia VNUKOVA («MODERN TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION. ENVIRONMENTAL TREND»), Olena PARENIUK («NUCLEAR DANGER: HOW TO SURVIVE AND SURVIVE»)

HEIs implementing the CLIMAN project actively participated, including: the Netherlands Business Academy, the Netherlands; HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Turiba University, Latvia; Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University, Ukraine; Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine; Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia; Haltgren Consulting Company, Germany.

We are very grateful to all the speakers and participants for their active participation!

On January 23, 2023, the semester of «KROK» University students under the Erasmus+ KA107 exchange program at the Netherlands Business Academy (NLBA) has started. The 4th-year students of the Program Subject Area "Management (English)" will study abroad for a semester, and the 3rd-year students will have the educational and industrial internship at NLBA. During the orientation week, students underwent trainings on personality analysis, management control, communication trainings and a workshop on writing research proposals.

The group of students was accompanied by Anna Drobyna, Head, and Maryna Yevchenko, Project Manager of International Office of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education. The representatives of Higher Educational Institutions discussed the implementation of the Double Degree program, did the monitoring of the Erasmus+ KA107 project results and worked on the future application for the Erasmus+ KA171 project.

Many thanks to the Netherlands Business Academy for a productive week! Dear students, have a wonderful semester!

Haliç University invites you to experience studying at Istanbul in Fall Semester of the Academic Year 2023-2024 through Erasmus Grants within Erasmus+ KA171 Project!

Amount of grant: 800 €/month+275€ travel costs.

Application Requirements

• Being a full-time student enrolled in a program of a HEI, in any education degree (primary, secondary or tertiary)
• For Bachelor students; having minimum 2.20 Grade Point Average out of 4.00
• For graduate students; having minimum 2.50 Grade Point Average out of 4.00
• The minimum foreign language proficiency level is B2 (Intermediate).*
• Having at least 30 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) or equivalent study load per semester (Students who have not fulfilled the requirements for graduation yet).
• The total period of joining the Erasmus+ program is one semester.

*Students can count the results of the English exam they have taken before, or the results of the foreign language exam (CPE, CAE, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic). If the student does not have any English Language exam result, the English exam has to be organized by the sending University. Minimum 60 points out of 100 grade system is required.

How to Apply?

• Erasmus+ KA171 Incoming Student Application Form
• Transcript or Records
• Certification of the English Level
• Motivation Letter*
• CV*

*Motivation Letter and CV is not included within the scoring criteria. If there are applications with equal scores, motivation letter and CV can be taken into consideration.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:

16/03/2023.

Send your applications to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For more details, please, turn to International Office or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact person: Anna Drobyna,
Head of International Office.

Dear guests!

We kindly ask you to take an active part in all the activities of the Platform of Open Lectures, which will be held as part of the International Conference on the dissemination of the results of the CLIMAN project.

At all activities that will take place at the event, it will be possible to receive interesting, informative and useful information from famous scientists and experts about modern large-scale environmental challenges for our country and for the whole world, as well as about important trends in the field of environmentalization of the educational process.

10.00-10.45 Lecture 1.

GREEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE. INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE

Victoria Khrutba, head of the department of ecology and environmental protection technologies of the National Transport University, doctor of technical sciences, professor; member of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; Corresponding member of the Transport Academy of Ukraine.

11.00-11.45 Lecture 2.

MODERN TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION. ECOLOGICAL TREND

Natalia VNUKOVA, Head of the Ecology Department of the Kharkiv National Automobile and Road University, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the UNESCO Department "Ecologically Clean Technologies" (409).

12.00-12.45 Lecture 3.

NUCLEAR DANGER: HOW TO SURVIVE AND SURVIVE

Olena PARENYUK, candidate of biological sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

We sincerely invite everyone to take an active part!

January 31, 2023 - February 1, 2023 "KROK" University, Professional College of "KROK" University, Ecological Club of Like-minded People "LOTOS" present international scientific and practical online networking International Highlight Event "Greening of modern educational space: main vectors of innovative transformation and ways of their implementation" is carried out as part of the implementation of the Erasmus+ project "Synergy of educational, scientific, management and industrial components for climate management and climate change prevention"/ CLIMAN 619119-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Among the participants are institutions of higher education that implement the CLIMAN project, including: Netherlands Business Academy, the Netherlands; HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Turiba University, Latvia; Kharkiv National Automobile and Road University, Ukraine; Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine; Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia; Haltgren Consulting Company, Germany.

The Highlight Event is taking place under the patronage of the Ukrainian National Commission for UNESCO and supported by: the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; International project "Associated Schools of UNESCO" (National coordinator of the network of Associated Schools of UNESCO in Ukraine).

Event partners: Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development), Germany; Non-governmental organization "Ekodiya Center for Environmental Initiatives"; European Wilderness Society; IT company "SoftServe"; Carpathian Biosphere Reserve; GlobalLogic Company; KPNZ "Kyiv Small Academy of Sciences of Pupil Youth"; "Holosiivskyi" National Nature Park; Hutsulshchyna National Nature Park; National Transport University; Partner network "Education in the interests of sustainable development"; Small grants program of the United Nations Development Program of the Global Environmental Fund; Center for career development of "KROK" University; Chernobyl radiation and ecological biosphere reserve.

21 schools participating in the International Project "Associated UNESCO Schools in Ukraine" participated in the event, namely:

1. Varas Lyceum No. 6 of the Varas City Council of the Rivne Region
2. Gymnasium No. 2 in Khmelnytskyi
3. Communal institution "Bohodukhiv Lyceum No. 1" of Bohodukhiv City Council, Bohodukhiv District, Kharkiv Region
4. Gymnasium "Dialog" in Kyiv
5. Communal Educational Institution "Scientific Medical Lyceum" Dnipro" Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council"
6. Communal institution "Educational and educational complex "Specialized school of the first degree with in-depth study of the Ukrainian language - gymnasium No. 39 named after the Hetman of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" Desnyan district, Kyiv"
7. Communal after-school educational institution "Kyiv Small Academy of Sciences of Pupil Youth"
8. "COLLEGE" Lyceum, Severodonetsk, Luhansk region
9. Lyceum No. 23 of the city of Zhytomyr named after M. Ocheret
10. Communal institution "Sviatohirsky institution of general secondary education of I-III degrees of Sviatohirsky city council of Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region"
11. Educational complex (specialized school of the first degree with in-depth study of the Spanish language - social and humanitarian gymnasium) No. 176 named after Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Kyiv
12. Educational complex No. 30 "EKONAD" (specialized school of the 1st degree with in-depth study of foreign languages-gymnasium) in Kyiv
13. Rozhniv Lyceum "Hutsulshchyna" named after Fyodor Pogrebennyk of Rozhniv Village Council, Kosiv District, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
14. Specialized school No. 16 with in-depth study of the English language in Kyiv
15. Specialized school No. 80 of Pechersk district of Kyiv
16. Specialized school of I-III degrees No. 82 named after T.G. Shevchenko with in-depth study of the English language in Kyiv
17. Specialized school of I-III degrees with in-depth study of the English language No. 165, Kyiv
18. Specialized school of I-III degrees with in-depth study of the English language No. 85
19. Chernihiv Lyceum No. 22
20. School of I-III degrees No. 119, Desnyan district, Kyiv
21. Educational complex "School of the first degree-gymnasium "Obolon" of the Obolon district of Kyiv

Dates: February 6-10, 2023

Form of conduct: online on the ZOOM platform Organizers: BSK International Mediation Center

The Winter School of Mediation is a series of 45-minute online meetings with practicing mediators from Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Kazakhstan and specialists of various professions who apply mediation in their fields. This educational event is designed to acquaint all those interested with the possibilities of using mediation to resolve conflicts that arise in various spheres of life - business, intercultural, interpersonal, as well as in different countries. You will learn how mediation is used by representatives of various professions, and you will form an idea about the prospects for the development of mediation in Ukraine and the world.

PROGRAMME

February 6
Monday

• 16:00 - 16:20
  Opening of the Winter School of Mediation-2023
  Olga Karpova, CEO of KROK Business School
  Victoria Polishchuk, head of the International Mediation Center of the KROK Business School
• 16:20 - 17:05
  Is there a future in the mediator profession?
  The working language is Russian
  Gulmaidan Urozbayeva, PhD, head of the Center for Mediation and Law "Parasat" (Kazakhstan)
• 17:05 - 17:50
  Development of mediation: wartime experience
  Kateryna Narovska, president of the National Association of Mediators of Ukraine

February 7
Tuesday

• 16:00 - 16:45
  The role of mediation in the conclusion of commercial contracts, foreign trade contracts
  Svitlana Hrytsenko, lawyer, Master of Law, Master of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
• 16:45 - 17:30
  Use of mediation to resolve corporate disputes
  Maryna Sayenko, lawyer, mediator

February 8
Wednesday

• 16:00 - 16:45
  Mediation in the activity of a notary: can a notary mediator help businesses in resolving disputes?
  Iryna Petrova, PhD, notary public, mediator
• 16:45 - 17:30
  Possibilities of mediation as a tool of corporate culture in the management of conflict resolution
  Тataliya Kalinina, PhD, business instructor, master's degree in mediation and conflictresolution

February 9
Thursday

• 16:00 - 16:45
  Is ethnocultural mediation necessary in companies?
  The working language is Russian
  Asel Saylaubai, mediator (Kazakhstan)
• 16:45 - 17:30
  Restorative justice through the lens of free secondary legal aid bodies
  Ruslana Gavrilyuk, doctor of legal sciences, professor, head of the department of public law at Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University
  Lidia Nesterenko, head of the educational and scientific laboratory of mediation, negotiations and arbitration of the Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University

February 10
Friday

• 16:00 - 16:45
  What is the first step to mediation?
  The working language is English without translation
  Jerzy Sliwa, mediator, moderator, facilitator of social dialogues, social activist, supervisor, journalist (Poland)
• 16:45 - 17:30
  The Mediator Profession Actively Developing in Georgia
  The working language is English without translation
  Irakli Kandashvili, head of the Association of Mediators of Georgia (Georgia)

Links to the ZOOM online platform for joining meetings will be sent to the email address you specified in the registration form after payment of the organizational fee.

Classes start at 4:00 p.m

Those who wish can receive a certificate of professional development upon request.

The form of professional development is institutional, the total amount is 1 ECTS credit.

• free for Scientific and pedagogical staff of KROK University and KROK Business School
• free for Graduates of the master's degree program "Mediation and conflict resolution" at the KROK Business School (2021, 2022)
• 250 UAH for Graduates of the master's program "Mediation and conflict resolution" at KROK Business School
• 450 UAH for All those wishing to improve their qualifications

30-31 October 2022 in frameworks of the EU Erasmus+ CBHE project "Mediation: Training and Society Transformation/ MEDIATS", 6th Project Steering Committee was hosted by Batumi State University, Georgia.

KROK team was represented by Galina Bogachenko, Director of the Center for International Projects of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education.

The event included discussion of management, documentation and reporting aspects. As the project is on the final stage of implementation, the project overview was done and achieved results comparing to indicators were considered.

Experienced team of Ilia State University - Manana Salukvadze, International Projects Financial Coordinator, and Salome Shedania, Deputy Head of Research Development, organized management sessions on preparation of the final report, considering each part of the report in details – e-form, annexes, financial statement, supporting documentation. They provided valuable recommendations and consultations to MEDIATS partners.

BSU organized University Tour for the participants and presented Mediation Centre.

We are sincerely grateful to Batumi State University for hosting of the event, to Ilia State University for - providing qualified recommendations and to all partners for active participation and pleasant atmosphere!

On October 26-28, Ilia State University School of Law, in cooperation with the Association of Mediators of Georgia, held the International Highlight Event 2 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

KROK team was presented by Andrii Lotariev – Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education at KROK University and Olga Karpova – SEO of KROK Business School.

They presented results of implementation of Erasmus+ project "Mediation: Training and Society Transformation " at International Highlight Event 2. Andrii Lotariev provided general overview of the project implementation together with NLBA team. Olga Karpova presented the results of development and implementation of the program "Mediation and Conflict Management".

The event was opened with a welcome speech by Irakli Porchkhidze, the Dean of the Law School of Ilia State University, Jan Van Zwieten, the Rector of the Netherlands Business Academy, and Irakli Kandashvili, the Chairman of the Association of Mediators of Georgia.

At the panel discussion, leading specialists in the field and representatives of the academic field discussed about the development trends of mediation in Georgia and in partner countries and emphasized the role of courts and educational institutions in this process.

At the event, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Association of Mediators of Georgia and the Business Academy of the Netherlands.

In the final part of the first day event, a workshop organized by the Netherlands Business Academy and Ilia State University was held for mediators and for other interested parties.

On the second day all partners presented the project results, developed by their HEIs.

Also, within the framework of the event, the Georgian mediator conducted a workshop for those interested in Mediation, as well as the presentation of publication #2 and presentations of partners about the implementation of the project were held to the general public.