On August 8-12, 2022, Jan van Zwieten, Rector of the Netherlands Business Academy, together with Jan Thomas van Zwieten, Manager of NLBA, visited «KROK» University.

In order to disseminate the values of mediation into Ukrainian society, prof. van Zwieten conducted an open practical training for interested persons, where participants received theoretical information about mediation, learned about the experience of the Netherlands and were able to practice the skills of mediator.

During the visit, experts from Netherlands had meetings with the teams of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, KROK Business School and discussed implementation of Master degree program «Mediation and Conflict Management», maintenance of the mediators' register and students’ certification. Jan van Zwieten reviewed training materials of the program and provided useful recommendations. The participants discussed the sustainability of the project and further initiatives in the field of mediation.

On July 26, 2022, as part of MEDIATS project «Mediation: Training and Society Transformation / MEDIATS», an online training was held to ensure the sustainability of the project.

The organizer of the training was Oliver Schmidt, MEDIATS project quality manager, Director of German consulting company Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung UG.

The team of «KROK» University as a co-coordinator and partner of the project was represented by:

• Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education;
• Halyna Bohachenko, Director of International Projects Office.

During the training, the participants discussed in detail the state of project implementation at the moment, project results, strategies for ensuring sustainability after the end of the funding period. While working in groups, the partners reflected and presented what else can be done to obtain a long-term impact. As a result of the training, the strategy for ensuring the sustainability of the results of the MEDIATS project was updated.

On July 18-22, 2022, Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office, and Maryna Yevchenko, Project Manager of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, visited University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić (Croatia).

During the event, opportunities for cooperation within the framework of the new Erasmus+ KA 171 competition were discussed, monitoring of KA 107 competition was carried out, and the possibility of including University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić in new applications within the Erasmus+ KA2 higher education potential development competitions was considered.

Representatives of ESIIE also met with Dmytro Okunskyi, a student of «KROK» University, who is currently on a mobility program at University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić.

We thank our Croatian partners for their strong support of Ukraine and «KROK» University in particular, we hope for further fruitful cooperation in the field of internationalization of our higher educational institutions!

Attention students of "KROK" University majoring in "Management" and "Computer Sciences"!

We invite you to participate in the selection for mobility (exchange) programs with the possibility of receiving a scholarship from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia) for the period of the first semester of 2022-2023 academic year.

Terms of participation:

• Fill in the application form here
• Be a full-time student of "KROK" University majoring in "Management" or "Computer Sciences"
• Complete 18 years latest upon the start of the Erasmus+ mobility (September 19,2022)
• Knowledge of the English language at the B2 level or the Slovak language at the B2 level

Documents to be uploaded:

• CV
• Transcript of records
• Certificate from "KROK" University confirming student status - Certificate of language proficiency, if you do not have it, take the test here
• Scanned copy of the student card
• Scanned copy of ID card or international passport
• Photo (needed for student ID card)

Important dates:

The application form should be submitted in the period from July 25, 2022 to August 15, 2022

Selection results: August 19, 2022

Start of mobility: September 19, 2022

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