«Sustainability and Internationalization capacities to promote modernisation of Newcomers Higher Education in Neighbourhood East Countries»
Number 101129029

Multi-Country Project

Topic: ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE-STRAND-1

Project duration:

01 January 2024 – 31 December 2026

EU funding instrument:

Erasmus+ Programme

Program grant amount:

399 921.00 €

Target groups:

Administrative staff, Teaching staff, Students of participant HEIs, Higher education in both countries and society as a whole.

Grant holder:

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TERAMO, Italy, https://www.unite.it/UniTE/

Coordinator and General Manager:

prof, Dr. Paola Pittia
e-mail: [email protected]

Partnership:

§  FH KAERNTEN – GEMEINNUETZIGE GmbH (CUAS), Austria,

§  EURASIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (EIU), Armenia,

§  ARMENIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT (ASIPCS), Armenia,

§  NORTHERN UNIVERSITY (NU), Armenia,

§  HAYBUSAK UNIVERSITY (YHU), Armenia,§  SUMO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (sumo), Austria,

§  KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (KhNUIA), Ukraine

§  KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RADIO ELECTRONICS (NURE), Ukraine,

§  INSTITUTE FOR DIGITALISATION OF EDUCATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE (IDE NAES), Ukraine,§  HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ALFRED NOBEL UNIVERSITY (ANU), Ukraine.

Project goals and objectives:

Internationalization and sustainability are growing missions of Higher Education institutions (HEIs) worldwide aimed to promote a high quality and interconnected academic system responding to the emerging global challenges and the training needs of the new students’generation.

The “Sustainability and Internationalization capacities to promote modernisation of Newcomers Higher Education in Neighbourhood East Countries” (SIN-NEC) project addresses the need to enhance sustainability and internationalization competences of less-experienced, newcomers Armenian (AM) and Ukrainian (UA) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with the support of 3 EU partners (2 HEIs, 1 private company) and 1 experienced AM HEI. To fulfill this goal, the project, after a comprehensive self-assessment, will build capacities of academics, managers and administrative staff on planning and development of strategies and action plans towards internationalization and sustainability.

The project will upskill teachers on teaching and training on innovative pedagogics and digital tools in virtual environments to enhance their internationalization potential. Training will be addressed to sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship that will be used to develop and pilot new modules.

Activities:

§  WP1 Project Management;

§  WP2 Self-Assessment on Internationalisation and sustainability missions of AM and UA HEIs;

§  WP3 Execution of trainings to enhance capacity building of AM and UA HEIs;

§  WP4 Developing Sustainable Internationalization at HEIs through language strategy, heterogeneous learner management and Virtual Exchange;

§  WP5 Capacity Building on Sustainability to promote internationalisation and Academia-industry interactions;

§  WP6 Quality control;

§  WP7 Dissemination and Exploitation.

Expected results:

1. Enhanced capabilities of the 7 newcomer and less-experienced HEIs that will be exploited in modern strategic plans and actions on internationalisation and sustainability
2. Upskilled teachers on new teaching methodologies, language strategy, heterogeneous learner management, Virtual Exchange, and sustainability
3. Modernization of equipment and software of AM and UA universities to support internationalization and virtual exchanges

The interconnected SIN-NEC activities by knowledge transfer and best practices exchange will promote the internationalisation the newcomers HEIs and enhance the awareness on sustainability aspects that could be used as a model to be further exploited in other environments  

 

Project coordinator in Ukraine

Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs;

https://duan.edu.ua/
tel.: +38067545838
associate professor, PhD in Law,

Oksana TSUKAN, gender advisor to the Rector KhNUIA
e-mail: [email protected]