On January 26-27, 2022, the fifth project Steering Committee meeting of Erasmus+ «Mediation: Training and Society Transformation/ MEDIATS» was hosted by «KROK» University.

Andriі Lotariev, Head of International Office of «KROK» University, Halyna Bohachenko, Project Manager of International Office, represented the team of «KROK» University, the co-coordinator of the project, moderated the event, provided general report on project activities, hold sessions on project management and documentation.

At the meeting the teams of Karazin Business School of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine), Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine), Khazar University (Azerbaijan), Ganja State University (Azerbaijan), Ilia State University (Georgia), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia) presented the results, achievements, work plans, reporting documents. The team of coordinators hold individual meetings with each partner to discuss the documentation in details.

MEDIATS project is co-financed by Erasmus + Program of the European Union.

On January 24-26, 2022, in the frameworks of the EU Erasmus+ capacity building of higher education project «Mediation: Training and Society Transformation/ MEDIATS», International Highlight Event on Dissemination of Project Results was hosted by «KROK» University.

During the first day of International Highlight Event the speakers as Anatolii Frantsuz, Hero of Ukraine, Ph.D. in Law, Professor,Dean of the Faculty of Law of «KROK» University, Svitlana Shytikova, Project Coordinator of the National ERASMUS + Office in Ukraine warmly greeted and welcomed the participants focusing on importance of dissemination of Erasmus+ Projects. Jan van Zwieten, Rector of the Netherlands Business Academy and Olha Karpova, Executive Director of KROK Business School together with partners of Karazin Business School of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine), Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine), Khazar University (Azerbaijan), Ganja State University (Azerbaijan), Ilia State University (Georgia), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia) presented the results of project implementation . The moderators of the first day were Andriі Lotariev, Head of International Office of KROK» University, Halyna Bohachenko, Project Manager of International Office.

The second day of International Highlight Event was opened by Petro Patsurkivskyi, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, member of the working group of MEDIATS grant project from Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, who also presented the topic «New value challenges of mediation in Ukraine». Natalia Mazaraki, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International, Civil and Commercial Law at Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, as well as representatives of League of Mediators of Ukraine, National Association of Mediators of Ukraine, Association of Family Mediators of Ukraine presented the activities in field of mediation and participated in panel discussions.

On the third day the participants hold consultations, exchanged best practices, ideas, continued discussion of development of mediation in different countries and implementation of the mediation program. HE was broadcasted online and is available on Youtube.

The videos are available following the links:

• Day 1
• Day 2

IHE involved about 625 participants online and offline on the first day and about 230 participants on the second day.

On January 25, 2022, the Educational and Scientific Firm «KROK», on the basis of which our University was founded, celebrates its 33rd anniversary!

In the period from 2021 to 2024, the integration of dual higher education between Moldova and Ukraine will be carried out, thanks to the cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of Moldova.

In October 2021, an international scientific and practical seminar «Internationalization of Higher Education in Ukraine: European Context and Domestic Practices» was organized by Ukrainian State Center for International Education with the participation and support of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, the National Erasmus + Office in Ukraine, the International Charity Foundation «International Foundation of Educational Policy Research» of Artes Liberales Faculty of University of Warsaw and public organization «Innovative University».

The first casting of students majoring in Journalism took place within the frameworks of Erasmus + Project on dual education «COOPERA».

According to the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine «On Certificate of Merit and Certificate of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine» for significant personal contribution to the development of national education and science, fruitful organizational and educational and scientific activities, training of highly qualified specialists, many years of hard work and high professionalism Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for special services to the Ukrainian people is awarded to Sergii Laptiev, Rector of «KROK» University, Ph.D. in Economics, Professor.

On December 16, 2021, a unique event took place at «KROK» University - the presentation of the research and educational project «Ukraine - World 30 (104): official and cultural diplomacy. The first representatives of independent Ukraine».

From November 15 to December 3, 2021, VI Scientific and Practical student round table «Strategies of intercultural communication in the modern world: culture, politics, economics, law» in the format of a series of Teams-conferences took place at the University. The discussion focused on political, economic, social, historical, environmental, tourism, etc. aspects of the development of Ukraine and other countries.

On November 22-26, 2021, the Training - Study Visit was organized at the Netherlands Business Academy, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, in the frameworks of EU Erasmus+ project INTERADIS «International Students Adaptation and Integration».