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Europroc team initiated the internal small grant contest

In order to develop project competencies of ZNU staff, both academic and administrative, and to encourage them to take part in project activities, the members of EUROPROC team Yurii Kaganov, Victoriia Meniaylo and Olena Tupakhina generated an idea of intra-university small grants contest aimed at improving the faculties’ image and PR strategies. The project groups to be created by all the faculties till the end of October would attend a cycle of grant-writing trainings held by Victoriia Meniailo and Olena Tupakhina. The topics of the trainings would closely correspond to the Jean Monnet application form structure. The idea gained an overall support from the rectorate and received around 100 thousand hryvnyas from the university budget to be awarded to the contest winners. The official presentation of the contest was held by the EUROPROC team member, Vice-Rector Yurii Kaganov, within the frames of European Projects Day at ZNU.

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Europroc funds spent on multimedia equipment for European studies hall

Europroc funds spent on multimedia equipment for European studies hall The participants of the project “European project culture” have initiated the establishment of ZNU European Studies Hall as a platform for various European project activities – tutorials, seminars, trainings, meeting, on-line conferences with our foreign partners etc. The project’s funds were directed at purchasing multimedia equipment (a PC, a projector, a telcon system) for this premise, while the rectorate contributed to the facility repairment and furnishing.

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Within the frames of Jean Monnet module “European project culture”, its participants studied international project activities implemented at European University Viadrina

On October 22, 2018, the presentation of “U-LEAD WITH UKRAINE” European program was held at Zaporizhzhya National University. The delegation from European University Viadrina (Germany) would spend a week at ZNU introducing our students to some elements of the program. During the presentation, our students and academic staff, including those engaged into EUROPROC study program, had an opportunity to study the project management system at European University Viadrina. The “U-LEAD WITH UKRAINE” program, as well as another joint project implemented by ZNU and EU Viadrina, were presented by the manager of the Centre of Key Competences and Research Education of European University Viadrina, Dr. Katrin Girgenson.

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European projects day at ZNU

On October 22, 2018 Zaporizhzhya National University hosted European Projects Day initiated by the coordinators of three Erasmus+ projects currently implemented at ZNU – Victoriia Meniaylo, Olena Tupakhina and Kateryna Siriniok-Dolgaryova. The event’s agenda included the ceremonial opening of European Studies Hall, the presentations of all the Erasmus+ projects implemented at the university and a set of trainings in project writing. The event started by EUROPROC project coordinator, Victoriia Meniaylo, presenting the last year results of the project’s implementation and announcing the events to be held in academic year 2018-2019. Later that day, the project member Olena Tupakhina gave a training in Jean Monnets Module project writing.
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Europroc team established new tradition at Zaporizhzhia National University

EUROPROC scientific coordinator, Dr. Oleksandr Gura, has initiated the gallery of European projects implemented at ZNU to be hosted by the newly opened European Studies Hall. Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module EUROPROC stand has become the first object of the exhibition. The stand contains information about the project’s team, results and events. The project team hopes to increase the number of the projects and the stands year by year.

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Next phase of Jean Monnet module “Basics of European project activities” for PhD students successfully launched

On October 8, following the plan of EUROPROC activities for the second year of the project’s life, a new iteration of the “Basics of European Project Activities” study course has begun, this time – for PhD students. The first section of the course taught by the Module leader and project coordinator Victoriia Meniaylo would introduce the students to basic aspects of project management and the key components of the project’s logical and structural framework matrix. The course is highly interactive, with the PhD students competing in teams called “Scientists”, “Dreamers”, “4+2”, “Creative Youth of Zaporizhzhya”, “Green Leaves”, “Three musketeers and me” for the best project idea aimed at the university and municipal development. The projects would be defended in the end of the course. Starting from October 22, the classes take place in the European Studies Hall equipped with the help of EUROPROC funding.

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Europroc team members obtained an intellectual property copyright

Within the frames of the international project “EUROPROC”, its team members, academic coordinator Oleksandr Gura and coordinator Victoriia Meniaylo, have obtained a copyright certificate for software designed in cooperation with PhD students Vladyslav Ternovoy and Vadym Ternovoy. The software was designed for an e-platform “INCUBE” (“Information. Investments. Innovations”) created to boost cooperation between industry and science. The platform would help to establish effective communication between the developers, executives and ordering customers of innovative ideas and project in Zaporizhzhya region.

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Eurodigest (September 2018)

September issue of the Eurodigest of the Ukrainian association of Professors and Researchers of European Integration is available here
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“Basics of European Project Activity” syllabus published within the frames of EUROPROC

The syllabus was designed by the academic staff of EUROPROC project implemented at Zaporizhzhya National University for the second year in a row. Published under Oleksander Gura and Victoria Menyailo’s supervision and containing the contribution of the whole EUROPROC team (Yurii Kahanov, Olena Tupakhina, Volodymyr Sarabeev, Natalia Voronova, Lesia Zhurakovska), the syllabus that comprises over 800 pages has summed up the “Basics of European Project Activity” course approbation results. Last academic year, the course was taught to the Masters of the Faculty of Biology.

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Second phase of Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module EUROPROC implementation has started at ZNU

On September 11, 2018, the EUROPROC project team headed by the Vice-Rector Oleksandr Gura has gathered for the first time in the new academic year to discuss further activities under the second phase of the project implementation. The group consist of the Vice-Rector Jurii Kaganov, Head of Research Department Victoria Menyailo, Deputy Head of Research Department Olga Deriugina, associate professors Olena Tupakhina, Volodymyr Sarabeev, Natalia Voronova. The team members have approved the 1st year technical report results exceeding those initially planned in terms of events and target groups involved. Among the additional initiatives implemented by EUROPROC team there are Regional round table on European project culture’s perspectives in Ukraine, ZNU staff trainings in project management, Young Researchers Career Development Summer School, 3 research papers and additional session of the course “Basics of Project Activities” taught to Bachelors of 7 faculties as an optional subject.

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