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.

«KROK» University team expresses its sincere gratitude to our partner IMC Krems (Austria) for the warm Christmas parcels with sweets and cute things that will keep us warm in winter!  Postcards with words of support are especially valuable in difficult times for our country.

Thank you, dear partners, for standing with Ukraine!

Dear KROK family!

We want to thank you endlessly for the good things we do together for our defenders!

For those who just yesterday sat at the student bench, listened to lectures, and today defend our land and need our attention and support. We are deeply grateful for your material and moral support of charity projects!

December at the University was full of charity events. On December 11, Charity Day was celebrated. We aimed to collect packages with warm things, letters of gratitude and sweets for the military subdivision of our graduate Ihor Razumiey for St. Nicholas Day, and the name of this charity project is «Give warmth to the defenders».

We express our gratitude for the help at various stages of the implementation of the project to the administration of the University and Professional College, Accounting Office, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Admission Office, Legal Department, the Department of Preparatory Training, Institute of International Education, Alumni Association, Career Development Center, Printing Department, Student Council of the University, Dance Theater of the University, Department of Security and Protection. We are infinitely grateful to all colleagues, divisions and students of the University and College who donated to cards, bought New Year's products, wrote letters, brought warm things and sweets! You are incredible! We are impressed by your kindness, concern and sensitivity!

We managed to collect:

• donations and financing of the event by the University - 15,827.00 UAH;
• funds for purchased New Year's decor - 7,900.00 UAH;

The funds were donated by Professional College and project «Indomitable» for participation in the charity concert «The dawn shines on the world» - 2,000 UAH. A total of 25,727 hryvnias, brought warm things and sweets were formed by the Student Council of the University into 100 packages, which were sent to Donetsk region!

We are proud that we managed to implement this charity project, and you can see who received help! Our hearts are warmed by words of gratitude, photos and videos of Ihor and the fighters of his subdivision!

We do not stop thanking all KROK benefactors and congratulate you on the coming holidays!

Let's take care and continue to do good things!

Everything will be Ukraine!

Ukraine Global Faculty project has been launched: foreign professors from leading universities, top experts and entrepreneurs will give lectures online for the Ukrainian audience:

• 100% online format;
• access to the lecture archive 24/7;
• content in English with simultaneous translation into Ukrainian;
• a wide range of topics: from IT and engineering to economics and entrepreneurship;
• world-class speakers who support Ukraine and Ukrainians;
• the opportunity to ask the lecturer questions and find colleagues based on interests;
• certificates of participation (can be counted when professional development);
• free access for all participants.

Ukraine Global Faculty is implemented by K. FUND charitable foundation with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Already more than 20 universities have become partners of UGF. How can students/graduates/lectures participate in UGF? Register at ugf.academy by clicking For Participants: SIGN IN

Choose the lectures that interest you in your own office. You can even subscribe to lectures for which dates have not yet been set. As the student groups are formed, the lectures will choose the dates and the UGF will notify you.

Enter your office and participate in online lectures. No special programs are needed for this. Choose a convenient language (English or Ukrainian). Ask questions to the lecturer in the chat, he/she will answer the most interesting ones.

Look for lectures that are useful for you not only among the planned ones, but also in the archive of lectures (video recordings in English and Ukrainian). Follow our news on the ugf.academy website and the Telegram channel t.me/UkraineGlobalFaculty. We'll keep you posted on new lectures and contributors.

Expand your professional network and develop together with Ukraine Global Faculty.

On December 5, 2022, College of «KROK» University hosted an introductory meeting of students participating in the Education USA Ukraine - improving soft skills Teens' Skills-up Club program.

This year the Representatives of Education USA Ukraine has again chosen our College to participate in the Teens' Skills-up Club soft skills improvement program.

The first meeting of the Club was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere, despite the fact that the participants had to gather in a shelter, because of the air alarm and blackout. However, the classrooms on the ground floor are lit by a generator, so the students did not feel any discomfort.

After getting to know each other, the participants creatively and with inspiration worked on creating the name and emblem of the Club, as well as developed general rules of conduct. The project is coordinated by Novak O., Deputy Director of College for Educational Work.

On November 17, 2022, the traditional Meeting of teaching staff of «KROK» University took place. This year, they were held in a special format: for a sense of greater cohesion, lecturers-participants were gathered offline in a new interactive audience, which made it possible to connect online participants as well.

Due to martial law in the country, the educational process at «KROK» University is increasingly taking place in a mixed format (i.e., a combination of online and offline formats), because the use of such an approach to teaching helps to ensure the safety of students, and also gives a feeling of barrier-freeness - namely students , regardless of their location, can feel their inclusion in the educational process as if they were in the audience.

It is to be noted that there are already several such interactive classrooms at «KROK» University, and they appeared precisely at the demand of time. Powerful equipment (projector, web cameras, interactive whiteboard and a powerful computer) was purchased at the expense of a grant from one of the international projects in which our University is participating. With the help of a projector, you can demonstrate all the necessary information to the audience, a powerful PC processor helps to simultaneously reproduce visuals on the board offline and online.

During the meeting, A. Kuchko, Rector of «KROK» University, N.Litvin, First Vice-Rector, V.Holovan , Director of Information Technologies Department. presented an interactive classroom, demonstrated the full range of functionality of its work and key technological capabilities, and talked about the techniques of recording classes for online.

To conclude, interactivity, modernity, online and offline visibility at the same time. All this is the guarantee of flexible decisions that are made for the successful education of our students!

On November 10-15, 2022, Oksana Siedashova, Associate Professor at KROK Business School, International Ambassador for Creativity in Ukraine, who represents the global initiative of the UN World Day and Week of Creativity and Innovation, took part in the working meeting of the European Council for Creativity and Innovation in Brussels, Belgium.

The Ambassadors for Creativity of Belgium, France, Northern Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Germany and Ukraine gathered together to present their achievements in the development of creativity in different countries, to form strategic plans for the coming year, to initiate new types of activities and international partnerships.

Oksana Siedashova gave presentations on «Inspiration in Ukrainian», in which she emphasized that creativity should be a superpower for solving the world's most complex problems, as well as a presentation on building an all-Ukrainian community of experts in creative thinking, Creative U-People.

During the meeting, the European Ambassadors for Creativity involved each other in various creative activities, during which common values as a European community were formed, priority actions for the near future were determined, responsibility was assumed, a plan was outlined for the dissemination of knowledge about creativity and innovation in order to achieve the global plan for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Development until 2030.

During the meeting, Oksana Siedashova agreed on a partnership with international creative organizations on joint holding of certificate programs on creative thinking, development of didactic materials, provision of literature on creativity to the library of KROK Business School and other types of inspiring cooperation.

Follow the news of the KROK Business School - expect the start of recruitment for new creative certificate programs in the new year. We move forward despite the troubles, because innovation is our way, the way of Ukraine.