23-24 November 2023, the 3rd COOPERA Expert Workshop, combined with Steering Committee Meeting was organized in the frameworks of the EU Erasmus+ project «Integration of Dual Higher Education in Moldova and Ukraine / COOPERA» at Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM), Chișinău (Moldova).
"KROK" University was represented by the team of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education: Andrii Lotariev, Director; Anna Drobyna, Head of the Department of International Educational Programs of ESIIE; Galina Bogachenko, Director of International Project Office of ESIIE and Svitlana Oleshchuk, Head of Projects and Programs at the Center of International Projects of ESIIE.
The extensive program included the list of issues:
- Welcoming by representetives of administration of ASEM: Nadejda VELIȘCO - General Secretary, Ministry of Education and Research, Republic Moldova; Alexandru STRATAN – Rector, ASEM; Olesea SIRBU – COOPERA`s grant coordinator, Vice-rector for International Relations and European Projects, ASEM;
- Presentation of Normative regulations regarding dual higher education in Republic of Moldova by Ala LUCA - Main consultant, Directorate of policies in the field of higher education, Ministry of Education and Research, Republic of Moldova;
- Presentation of Involvement of companies in promoting and attracting candidates to dual education by Liudmila STIHI - expert in dual VET, GIZ Moldova;
- Presentation of the main achievements and obstacles in the piloting of dual higher education programs within ULIM by Natalia SPINU - Director, European Institute for Political Studies of Moldova (IESP) and Luminița MIRON - student;
- Presentation of the main achievements and obstacles in the piloting of dual higher education programs within TUM by Viorica SUDACEVSCHI - Head of Informatics and Systems Engineering Department, TUM;
- Presentations of the main achievements and obstacles in the piloting of dual higher education programs within Ukrainian Universities: UzhNU (Tetyana BUTURLAKINA), KROK (Andrii Lotariev), KKNU (Yuliia KVITKA), ONEU (Diana ZAVADSKA);
- Project Management Session for the Project Managers of the Consortium.
Many thanks to Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM) team for organization of such an interesting and efficient event and to all partners of #COOPERA team for active participation!