On January 17, 2024, Olha Karpova, Executive Director of KROK Business School, took part in the Summit on «The Challenges of Educating Responsible Leaders for a Better World», organized by the Positive Impact Rating Association for Business Schools at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Such meetings and events are a platform for meeting colleagues from different educational institutions and representatives of business and international organizations, exchanging views, identifying trends and key areas of activity. The Summit was attended by more than 50 people from over 20 countries, including Deans, Directors of Business Schools, Presidents and Vice Presidents, representatives of international organizations and businesses, and student ambassadors. Ukraine was represented at the Summit by Olha Karpova, Head of Business School, and Alina Badina, student ambassador, who were the only representatives of business schools from Ukraine.

During the event, the results of a survey of 12800 Business School students from around the world on the topic «Can business schools become organizations that truly develop responsible leaders and become a positive force for society?» were presented. The key topics identified by students in the PIR 2023 survey that should be addressed by the administration and faculty of educational institutions include the integration of sustainable development topics into curricula and making these topics mandatory for study in all programs, involvement of various stakeholders in projects and learning spaces involving and led by students, diversity and inclusiveness among students.

The second part of the event included roundtables with Deans, Directors, Business Representatives, and students discussing the topic «How a business school can become a school that truly develops responsible leaders and becomes a positive force in society» in a brainstorming session. The discussions were moderated by student ambassadors, who summarized and presented the results of the discussion.

Thus, it can be summarized that KROK Business School is in line with the trend of modern development directions outlined by international experts and professional communities.

On February 22, 2024, Institute of International Education of KROK University held an informational event onlinein the frameworks of the ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS program in Ukraine.

Webinar was organized with the support of the Microfinanza Srl, Italy, for the members of Coordination center of Ukrainian associations in Italy. The event gathered about 50 participants.

"KROK" University was represented by the team of the Institute of International Education

• Andrii LOTARIEV - Director of the Institute of International Education;

• Halyna BOHACHENKO - Director of International Project Office;

• Svitlana OLESHCHUK – Project manager of International Project Office.

The event program included the following activities:

• Presentation by KROK University on how to participate in the program and what is required for it;
• Online speech by Elisa Ferrari, project manager of the program at the Microfinanza Srl. Elisa shared details about participation for Ukrainians and important advice to make the exchange successful;
• Q&A session with organizers;
• Networking.

Many thanks to all the participants for interesting networking and to our partners for sharing invaluable insights, which will greatly contribute to the successful implementation of the project at KROK University!

On July 14, 2022, Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, was invited by Kozminski University (Warsaw, Poland), a long-time partner of “KROK” University, to give a speech at a meeting with Professor Asuka Tzusuki (Japan). Apart from "KROK" University, colleagues from Lviv Polytechnic National University were present at the event.

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the difficulties faced by the Ukrainian HEIs during the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the assistance needed, etc. Speakers presented their higher educational institutions, outlined possible ways of cooperation between Ukrainian and Japanese HEIs.

We are grateful to Kozminski University (Poland) and Professor Asuka Tzusuki (Japan) for their interest in our country and willingness to help Ukrainian education!