Tempus Projects - Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Building capacity for University-Enterprise partnerships towards competency based training in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine

Short name of the project: "Cap4Com"
A multinational joint project
The priority is higher education and society
Duration of the project: October 15, 2011 – October 14, 2014
EU funding programme: Interregional European Neighbourhood and Partnership Programme
Tempus programme grant amount: € 776,453.15

Target group: scientists, academics and administrative staff of universities, students and graduates, enterprises (large, medium and small), employers' organizations, chambers of commerce and industry, government bodies responsible for creating conditions (technical support, access to financing, legislative base), in which, thanks to cooperation between universities and enterprises, new business projects can arise

Grant recipient: Catholic University of Sint Leuven, Belgium

Coordinator: Geert De Lepelier

Contacts:
Phone: 0032 92658645
Fax: 0032 92658646
E-mail: [email protected]

Chief project manager: prof. Volodymyr Shatoha, Vice-rector, National Metallurgical Academy

Contacts:
Phone/fax: 0038 05624744333
E-mail: [email protected]

Partnership:

Grenoble Academy, Vocational Training Department, France
Steinbeis Technology Transfer Center, Germany
University of Aalen, Germany
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of East Flanders, Belgium
Coventry University, UK
Yerevan State University, Armenia
Goris State University, Armenia
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Yerevan, Armenia
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Georgia
Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia
Technical University of Georgia
National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
Odesa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine

The purpose and tasks of the project:

Strengthening the capacity of universities in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine to meet the needs of a knowledge-based society and market economy, which is achieved through:

increasing the compliance of higher education with the current requirements of the market economy;
reforming the management of universities to promote established partnerships with a wide range of enterprises;
increasing the level of awareness in society about the advantages of university-industry partnership.

Areas of activity under the project:

Development of human resources and methodology that will ensure the development of partnerships between universities and enterprises in accordance with European experience.
Implementation of a new model of partnership between the university and the enterprise, based on mutual responsibility and joint overcoming of risks for mutually beneficial results.
Creation of Partnership Centres with enterprises at partner universities.
Creation of a network and web platform of partnership between universities and enterprises.
Quality assurance and monitoring.
Dissemination of experience through trainings, seminars and conferences, as well as other events.
Pilot implementation of services for teachers, scientists, students and industry representatives.

Expected results:

The structure, management and role of Business Partnership Centres will be offered as an example of an established partnership based on the analysis of the best European experience.
Partner universities of Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine will establish Partnership Centers with enterprises with qualified specialists, necessary resources, business plan, development strategies and well-equipped Business Development Laboratories.
The competency-based learning methodology will be implemented in seven universities in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, which will be accompanied by intensive dissemination of project results aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of university-industry partnership.

Project coordinator from Ukraine: National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
www.nmetau.edu.ua

Responsible person: Prof. Volodymyr Shatokha, Vice-rector

Contacts:
Phone/fax: 0038 0562474433
E-mail: [email protected]

Contact information of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (one of the 2 partners from Ukraine):
www.chnu.edu.ua

Responsible person: Yuriy Lopatynskyi, Vice-rector

Contacts:
Phone/fax: 0038 0372 584856
E-mail: [email protected]

Project website: http://cap4com.eu, http://www.cap4com.chnu.edu.ua

Towards Trust in Quality Assurance Systems

Short name of the project: "TRUST"
National project of Structural Measures Priority – Governance reform
Duration of the project: October 15, 2011 – October 14, 2014
EU funding programme: Interregional European Neighbourhood and Partnership Programme
Tempus programme grant amount: € 791,141.73

Target group: legislators in the field of higher education and science, university administration, students, graduates, employers, investors, society as a whole

Grant recipient: University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Coordinator: Prof. Timo Tikhonen

Contacts:
Phone: 00358 50 3732125
Fax: 00358 14 2602731
E-mail: [email protected]

Partnership:

Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
University of Coimbra, Portugal
European Association of Education Quality Assurance Centers, Belgium
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine
National Academy of Managers of Culture and Arts, Ukraine
Ukrainian Association of Student Self-Government
Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine
State Accreditation Commission, Ukraine
National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine
Institute of Innovative Technologies and Content of Education, Ukraine

The purpose and tasks of the project:

Support for the reform of higher education institutions of Ukraine through the introduction of a general, innovative, politically neutral network of quality assurance and support of the Ecosystem for this network, which guarantees mutual understanding and trust between various participants in national and international processes of quality assurance, as well as making impartial decisions in the process of ensuring the quality of education.
Provision of organisational, information and technical support for the education quality assurance system, which is based on the "triangle of knowledge": education-innovation-research.
Provision of a formal, unified education quality assurance system (comprehensive, transparent, unbiased and open to society) covering all universities, quality assurance organisations and other stakeholders.
Development of a portal that will host the Ecosystem to support various existing and new quality assurance processes/systems; training of personnel of universities and other quality assurance organizations.
Implementation of measures aimed at the development of a culture that recognizes the need for transparency of quality assurance for the general public, the use of the results of new quality assurance procedures in the practical activities of innovation-oriented universities.
Training of key participants in the quality assurance process.

Areas of activity under the project:

Study of European quality assurance practices.
Development of a national concept of quality assurance.
Development of an ontology for the national quality assurance system.
Development of documentation for the national quality assurance system.
Study of European experience in IT support for quality assurance.
Development of a new technology for the creation of a Quality Assurance Portal.
Preparation of external data for the Portal.
Pilot implementation of the new Portal.
Development of documentation for the Portal.
Training of Ukrainian experts on the application of best European practices in quality assurance.
Support of new practices.
New workflows for quality assurance.
Development of a new regulatory framework for quality assurance.
Development of personnel retraining.
Training of key personnel of universities, state and other structures.
Conducting activities to disseminate project results (seminars/conferences/round tables).
Creation of a management model for the quality assurance system.
Achieving political consensus and decision-making regarding the support and implementation of the developed Quality Assurance Ecosystem.
Development of training materials on new approaches to quality assurance.
Collection of feedback from interested parties regarding the quality assurance system and its corresponding improvement.
Carrying out measures to control the quality of project implementation.

Expected results:

Unified, formal and flexible quality assurance system for Ukrainian universities.
The National Quality Assurance Portal is based on a distributed, formalised structure.
Development, approval and adoption of new practices for quality assurance and introduction of training schemes for key personnel of universities, state and other structures.
Dissemination of project results.
Development of measures to ensure the sustainability of the project in the future.

Project coordinator from Ukraine: Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
http://www.kture.kharkov.ua

Phone: 0038 0577021807
Fax: 0038 0577021013
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Prof. Lesna Natalya, Vice-rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work

Contacts:
Phone: 0038 0577021492
Fax: 0038 0577021013
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Contact information of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (one of 8 partners from Ukraine):

Responsible person: Oleksandr Ushenko, Vice-rector for Scientific Work

Contacts:
Phone: 0038 0372526235
Fax: 0038 0372552914
E-mail: [email protected]
University website: www.chnu.edu.ua

Project website: http://www.dovira.eu/

Entrepreneur Alumni NETwork (EANET)

Short name of the project: "EANET"
Multinational project of Structural measures
The priority is higher education and society
Project duration: December 1, 2013 – December 1, 2016
EU funding programme: Interregional European Neighbourhood and Partnership Programme
The amount of the EU grant of the Tempus programme: € 1,374,313.35

Target group: graduates-entrepreneurs and other graduates, administrative staff and management of VN3, scientists, students, general public interested in business topics.

Grant recipient: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Coordinator: Martin Haring, Manager of the Centre for Entrepreneurship

Contacts:
Phone: +31-628242690
E-mail: [email protected]

Chief project manager: Michael Tuguntke, Senior Project Manager

Contacts:
Phone: +316 211 588 97
E-mail: [email protected]

Partnership:

Free University of Berlin, Germany
CHE Consult GmbH, Germany
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Iasi University named after Alexandru Ioana Cuza, Romania
Academy of Economic Sciences of Moldova, Republic of Moldova
Alec Russo State University in Balti, Republic of Moldova
State University named after Hazhdeu in Cagul, Republic of Moldova
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Moldova
Ilia State University, Georgia
Georgian Technical University, Georgia
University of Kutaisi, Georgia
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine
Kharkiv National Automobile and Road University, Ukraine
Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazina, Ukraine
KROC University, Ukraine
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

The purpose and tasks of the project:

creation of unions in VN3 related to entrepreneurial activity;
creation of an international business network of universities, experts, external partners, companies and entrepreneurs;
reducing the unemployment rate of graduates by supporting young entrepreneurs and creating jobs and internship opportunities in start-ups;
promoting the active work of alumni and acting as role models for other alumni associations;
creation of fundraising structures (every VN3 participant must become financially independent at the end of EANET project funding).

Areas of activity under the project:

creating a database of potential members;
drawing up a catalog of key service offers;
creating a network of graduates;
connection of university networks;
organisation of events and offers for services;
institutionalisation of the network (for example, association/union);
fundraising (membership fees, sponsorships, donations) to ensure sustainability of project results.

Expected results:

The partner universities will take over the positive experience of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the effective model will be used by the universities of the EU member states as well as the partner universities of other countries.
Creation of a "brain center" for joint further development of the concept.
Creating a mutually beneficial situation for both young founders and graduate entrepreneurs.
Interuniversity transgressive network.
The project aims to create a long-lasting effect, because EAN members are the target group that will provide both free and paid services.

Project coordinator from Ukraine: Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
www.chnu.edu.ua

Phone: +380372526235
Fax: +380372552914
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Prof. Oleksandr Ushenko, Vice-rector for Scientific Work

Contacts:
Phone: +38037584818
Fax: +380372584706
E-mail: [email protected]

Partners from Ukraine

Kharkiv National University named after V. H. Karazin
www.univer.kharkov.ua

Phone: +380577061544
Fax: +380577061544
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Stanislav Ihnatiev

Contacts:
Phone: +380577075386
Fax: +380577061544
E-mail: [email protected]

Kharkiv National Automobile and Road University
www.khadi.kharkov.ua

Phone: +380577003855
Fax: +380577003855
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Yulia Bondarenko

Contacts:
Phone: +380577003855
Fax: +380577003855
E-mail: [email protected]

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
www.kture.kharkov.ua

Phone: +380577021515
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Oleksandr Kuzyomin

Contacts:
Phone: +38-057-7021515
E-mail: [email protected]

"KROK" University
www.krok.edu.ua

Phone: +380 44 4568428
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Andriy Lotarev

Contacts:
Phone: +380 44 4556986, inner number 118
Fax: +380444556986
E-mail: [email protected]

Project website: http://tempuseanet.info/

Neighborhood Countries through cultural and Structural Adaptations (PICASA)

Short name of the project: "PICASA"
Multinational project Structural measures
Priority – University governance
Project duration: December 1, 2013 – November 30, 2016
EU funding programme: Interregional European Neighbourhood and Partnership Programme
The amount of the EU grant of the Tempus programme: € 743,382.50

Target group: students, graduates, teaching and administrative staff, heads of universities, officials of local self-government bodies/administrations.

Grant recipient: Yerevan State University, Armenia

Coordinator: Ginny Weitzman

Contacts:
Phone: +3741055464
E-mail: [email protected]

Chief project manager: Oleksandr Markarov

Contacts:
Phone: +37410550612
Fax: +37410554641
E-mail: [email protected]

Partnership:

Leuven Catholic Higher School, Belgium
European Center for Education and Initiatives, Italy
World University Service, Austria
University of Roehampton, UK
University of Genoa, Italy
Yerevan State University, Armenia
Yerevan State Academy of Arts, Armenia
Havar State University, Armenia
State Engineering University of Armenia
National Center for Quality Assurance of Vocational Education of Armenia
Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia
Ivani Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Zugdidi State Pedagogical University named after Shot Meskhia, Georgia
Tbilisi State University named after Ilya Chavardadze, Georgia
Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University, Georgia
Ministry of Education of Georgia
Belarusian State University, Belarus
Grodno State University named after Yanka Kupala, Belarus
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics, Belarus
Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus
Odesa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
National Metallurgical Academy, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

The purpose and tasks of the project:
Promoting the recognition of the higher education systems of the countries of the Eastern Partnership – Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine – through the development and integration of internationalization into the structural and cultural components of higher education management.

Areas of activity under the project:

Adoption of regulatory documents in higher education institutions regarding promotion of internationalisation in teaching, learning and research.
Modernised educational programmes are approved by the relevant academic councils.
Analysis/comments from experts from the EU regarding developed programmes, procedures, curricula.
Analysis/comments (feedback) from trainees and their supervisors regarding training effectiveness.
Adoption at the national and university level of quality criteria and measures for internationalisation.
Reporting on the external evaluation of the internationalisation of universities.

Expected results:

15 HEIs from Eastern Partnership countries have improved programmes and procedures for internationalisation in teaching, learning and research.
2 academic programmes in 15 universities have been revised to integrate internationalisation and academic exchanges.
The staff of departments and departments of international relations from 15 universities acquired new skills, attitudes and knowledge.
Through the implementation of quality criteria and internationalisation measures, the traditions and culture of universities will be strengthened.

Project coordinator from Ukraine: Odessa National Polytechnic University
www.opu.ua

Phone: +380487058312
Fax: +380487058312
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Mykhailo Lebid, Head of the Innovation Centre

Contacts:
Phone: +380674866006
E-mail: [email protected]

Partners from Ukraine

National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
www.dmeti.dp.ua

Phone: +38 (056) 745 31 56
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Andriy Petrenko, Head of the International Cooperation Department

Contacts:
Phone: +380562474433
E-mail: [email protected]

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
www.chnu.edu.ua

Phone: +380372584810
E-mail: [email protected]

Responsible person: Serhii Lukaniuk, Head of the International Office

Contacts:
Phone: +380372525195
E-mail: [email protected]

Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University
www.univ.kiev.ua

Phone: +380442393333

Responsible person: Tetyana Trubchaninova, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages

Contacts:
E-mail: [email protected]

Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine
www.mon.gov.ua

Phone: +380444813221

Responsible person: Olha Kotova, Department of International Cooperation

Contacts:
Phone: 00380444813277
E-mail: [email protected]

Project website: http://www.ysu.am/international/en/1392194889

"Cross-media and quality journalism"
The project is financed by the European Union.
Total project budget: € 1,251,046.00

The main coordinator of the project is the University of Passau (Germany), the Ukrainian co-coordinator is the Odesa I.I. Mechnykov National University. Also participating are partners from Austria and Romania and Ukrainian partners – Dnipropetrovsk Oles Honchar National University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University, Tavria V.I. Vernadskyi National University, Sumy State University, Ukrainian Press Group, Academy of the Ukrainian Press, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The purpose of this project:
Development of the curriculum for master's students, the international curriculum must meet the requirements of the information society with its inherent structural changes, contribute to the improvement of education in the sense of the Lisbon strategy of the European Union.