ProjectsLast redaction: 15.04.19 Jean Monnet European Module "European Integration Advocacy Training"
Grant of the European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme Sub-programme - Jean Monnet Programme, Key Activity 1 Action type - European Module Project title - "European Integration Advocacy Training" Project number №199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO Grant agreement № 2011-3366 / 001 – 001 Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies «European Integration Advocacy Training» In the conditions of aggravation of competition among the leading universities of the world it is extremely important for them to obtain international grants, because, as it is known, almost everyone of them, according to the developers of many educational rankings, vividly illustrates the competitiveness of a higher educational establishment and quite informatively reflects the value and relevance of educational and scientific product that is created within it. No exception in this case can be numerous grants of the European Union, which strongly supports those universities and research teams who are able to suggest new and original ideas associated with its activities. Considering the abovementioned, the proposal for cooperation between the EU institutions and universities is not limited to the affiliates of the recent Member-States. That is the policy held by Jean Monnet Programme managed by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. July 8, 2011, it informed the Rector of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, that our university’s application for the EU grant to support the project «European Integration Advocacy Training» was successful. It was also reported, that there were 160 projects supported from 39 countries among 617 applicants who submitted the request for the EU funding. Most of the non-EU beneficiaries were the universities of Canada, Croatia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey, South Africa, USA and Ukraine mainly in the field of law and political science. In the sphere of economics there was only one project supported, and it was suggested by our university. Department of European Integration of the Faculty of International Economics and Management serves as the core unit for the project implementation, involving young and promising experts, who work at the Departments of International Management and International Finance. The Jean Monnet Module leader is prof. Viktor Chuzhykov, who is in charge for the management of the project. The project “Advocacy for European Integration” aims to overcome the stereotypes and correct the false information about the EU among the general public, especially in the peripheral regions of our country. Basing on the personal beliefs of the project team trainers and according to the Jean Monnet Programme priorities, in the process of implementation of the planned measures we plan to overcome the old deficiencies of educational system in Ukraine, including: - the use of outdated Soviet-type methods of teaching (according to modern standards, lecture shouldn’t last longer, than 35 - 40 minutes, and it should be followed by the interactive teaching methods, including business-games); - the concentration of educational activities only in the capital-city (the project is being implemented in the three cities - Kiev, Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk); - lack of access to the up-to-date information by some specific population groups (the project is designed primarily for the non-experts in the economic realm, people with disabilities, national minorities (e.g. Crimean Tatars)). The correctness and necessity of this project was proved by its successful implementation during October 10-15, 2011 in the framework of five-day training in Simferopol at the premises of the Crimean Subdivision Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman among the teachers and students of the non-economic specialties. It is especially necessary to emphasize the fact, that the working language of the training was Ukrainian, which had not caused any comprehension difficulties or resistance on the part of the audience. The positive reaction of the local population was confirmed by the rave comments and numerous questions addressed to the project manager and trainers at the Crimean TV, which has devoted a series of programs to our EU module activities.
Participants of the Jean Monnet European Module “European Integration Advocacy Training”
Training sub-module “EU Fiscal System”
Summing up. “Green ribbon” exercise.
Certification procedure 24-25 November 2011, DG Education and Culture of the European Commission held a Global Jean Monnet Conference titled “European Economic Governance in an International Context”.
It is widely known, that the aim of the Jean Monnet Programme is to increase knowledge about the European Union by promoting excellence in teaching, scientific research and discussion of the European integration process at the higher education institutions worldwide. With a long tradition of exchange of views at a high level on the EU political priorities, the Global Jean Monnet Conference of 2011 was a forum to promote constructive dialogue between scientists and top-level politicians on the study of economic and institutional aspects of the nature of the present financial crisis. There were about 400 scientists invited to take part in the conference, 350 of which participated, representing over sixty countries. Unfortunately only the author of these lines was invited to represent Ukraine. The similar quota was left for Russia and Kazakhstan. Instead, European, American, Chinese and Japanese schools of integration researchers were presented fairly well. For the first time, the main speaker at the Jean Monnet Conference was Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize laureate in Economics, the author of the theory of optimum currency areas, “the father” of the euro zone. In addition, the list of participants included former presidents, as well as several European Parliament MPs, diplomats, Jean Monnet Chairs and a number of officials of European Commission, European Parliament, the Committee of Regions and other EU institutions. The conference demonstrated a high degree of concern of the scientific community regarding the future development of Europe. In his speech, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso stressed that the Jean Monnet Programme is extremely close to him. He noted that at this crucial moment of European integration there is the need for calibrated solutions and development of systemic models of the situation management. “The world around us is changing rapidly”, — he said, and therefore also on the old continent there must be some changes. In a globalized Europe, the aim of such shifts would be saving lives, protecting values and promoting the prosperity of its citizens. The European Commission President stressed the importance of shared responsibility, as necessary for the existence, which is based on the principle of solidarity: “We need banks that are able to lend money, and governments, that are able to borrow, companies that are willing to invest, and consumers that are willing to spend; bold reforms at the national level and enhancement of cooperation and governance at the European level”, – said Barroso. And further: “We can not lose time if we want to save Europe from losses of the last decade and emerge from the crisis stronger and more united.”
A. Vasiliu, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth said that the European Union is going through one of the most serious crises since its foundation: “Euro is one of the pillars of the Union. When it is threatened, our Union and its ability to move forward are endangered as well”, –she said. “There is no more competent and influential group than Jean Monnet network, which could shed the necessary light on the existing problems” – A. Vasiliu added. The Jean Monnet Programme was the most successful in the implementation of life-long learning actions, which according to independent experts’ assessment had very high level of quality. She stressed, that the Programme was a key element of the new initiative “Erasmus for All”, which was presented by the Commission before the conference. As for the future, the Commissioner wished to guarantee the participation of a new generation of professors and researchers in contribution to expanding the horizons of learning for the society, creating a “Jean Monnet trend” to pool the scientific knowledge and experience. The Commissioner stressed the importance of intellectual power of professors participating in this scientific network. The Vice-President of the European Parliament, A. Podimata, said that the current crisis is systemic and significant, and influences decision-making process and trust of all the EU institutions. Although improvements have been made in terms of policy coordination (meetings in October and July), however, it’s important to do more and faster, in order to prevent the judgment that institutions do too little and too late. Similarly, we need not only “a medicine”, but also the analysis of the main causes of the crisis. Together with the budget deficit, Europe is facing a certain lack of democracy, based on the belief that too many decisions were made by small groups of people and they have not always been transparent in nature. She said that in order to get a response from Europe its necessary to make the transition from the intergovernmental to the public level. The decision will not bring a “big bang”, but step by step will make it possible to solve the problem. Prof. Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize laureate in Economics (Columbia University, USA), called for fundamental reforms in Europe. The scientist conducted an exhaustive comparison of the historical lessons of monetary regulation in the United States, and proposed to create the Ministry of Finance of the EU with the right to control the budgets of the Member States. He presented it as part of a more profound institutional reform of the European Union in a federal direction. According to R. Mundell, Europe has a terrific choice, since it can get back to work on the cover and restoration of fiscal and debt independence of Member States, or go ahead with a strong centralized supranational Ministry of Finance. According to the professor, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to go back through the currency crisis, but also difficult to go forward, because for such a system it’s necessary to significantly transform the nations’ sovereignty. In return for the transfer of its sovereignty to the “European Central Government”, Member States will benefit from solvency and financial system of the euro area, which would be just as advanced as in the United States. Another important advantage for the euro would be a Eurobond market. However, according to the researcher, it is dangerous to issue Eurobonds unless the control over budgets and policies is established. As for the future of the international monetary system, professor R. Mundell suggested the creation of a global currency (“INTOR”). This global currency could be based on the Eurodollar and each member of the newly established fund will have its share.
Prof. N. Baltas (Jean Monnet Chair at the Athens University of Economics and Business) said that monetary and fiscal policy of the European Monetary Union still remained unfulfilled. Eurozone needs a mechanism to combat the crisis of sovereign debt in the most effective and predictable way. European politicians should focus on: developing fiscal adjustments favouring growth; solving structural reforms to raise potential growth; coordinating and improving the reform of the European economic governance. Professor O. Butorina (Jean Monnet Chair, Head of the European Integration Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Federation), said that Russia had de facto two baskets of international currencies (55 % $ and 45 % €). The Central Bank of Russia decided to intervene in this process, because private companies are increasingly using euro. In addition, 50 % of imports coming from Europe are paid in this currency. Thus euro became a recognized international currency.Politically and socially, the main issue to be solved is the following: are European citizens ready to fight for their being a part of the EU, and whether the social model of the European Union is strong enough to maintain its authenticity in the age of globalization. Prof. Butorina finished her speech in quite an optimistic way, telling that instead of the protests in the streets of the European cities she would like to hear the words, “United Europe will never be defeated”. Prof. Dai Bin Grall (Jean Monnet Professor and honoured Director of the Centre for European Studies of University of Fukang and the Secretary General of Chinese Society for European Studies) said that the current global financial crisis began because of abuse of dollar advantage and the budget deficit was connected with indulging the United States. Thus a huge amount of speculative capital around the world was created. China believes that through the consolidation of the EU Member States fiscal policy and budgetary positions an effective mechanism for monitoring financial markets and institutions should be established. Europe, based on its resources, can also overcome the critical situation. Professor said that it is vital to strengthen the role and functions of the European Monetary System and the Central Bank of the eurozone. However, he noted that China needs more guarantees provided when buying Eurobonds. The scientist agrees that the current crisis provides the necessary impetus for implementing reforms and adjusting policies in the European Union, but until then China will remain sceptical about the purchase of Eurobonds. Of course, the list of original performances could be continued by defining the critical statements of British scientists on the proposals of Robert Mundell on the establishment of the Ministry of Finance, and relevant criticism of this idea by the researchers from other countries of the euro area. And continued by the “soft” discussion of the devaluation of the euro by Italian scientists and their inherent soft and not “not quite” humour concerning the consequences of “combining efforts” and technocratic trends analysis (Greece, Italy), appointments of the scientists who do not belong to any political party to the government positions, and therefore do not seek compromises in the areas of monetary regulation, where they are as impossible as in the multiplication table. It seems that another lesson that emerges from this Conference is the need for the participation of Ukrainian scientists in the “global network of researchers”, joining which is an important task for our university. I am sure that Jean Monnet Programme will also largely contribute to this.
Conference participant: Head of the European Integration Department, Ph.D., D.S., Professor Viktor Chuzhykov As the part of the grant received by our University from the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency to implement the action “European Integration Advocacy Training” (registration number 199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO), Director of the Crimean Economic Institute of KNEU, Victor Reutov and Head of the European Integration Department of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman Viktor Chuzhykov acted as experts in the TV program “European integration. Crimean aspects”. In the interview, they covered the broad range of issues related to the European integration, including the introduction of the European standards of higher education in Ukraine. In 9 - 13 April 2012 the second five-day training was held at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. Among the listeners of the training, in accordance with the terms of the grant, there were mostly teachers and students from the non-core specialities, representing engineering, medical, law and political sciences, journalism, etc.). This facilitated the interdisciplinary diffusion of knowledge about the European integration. A positive outcome of the second phase of the training was 80% increase in the listeners knowledge, assessed by means of comparing the results of the initial and final testing. This proved the effectiveness of the selected didactic methods. The atmosphere of the training was characterized, above all, by genuine interest of the participants to the issues discussed during the sessions, awareness of national interests of Ukraine in the process of convergence with the EU, critical thinking concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the European integration policy. One of the important achievements of this phase was the deepening of the partnerships between trainers and trainees of the project, which resulted in a positive synergy effect of joint (cooperative) learning in the implementation of the goals and objectives of the training.
Institualisation of the EU delivered by professor Chuzhykov
Role business-game “Allocation of the CAP quotas in the EU”
Who and how spends money in the EU (Associate professor, Ph.D., Oleksandr Fedirko)
Crisis / post-crisis EU budget (Version of the associate professor, Ph.D., Volodymyr Tokar)
Team work
Participants and organizers of the training with the certificates of participation During the 2012-2013 academic year under the Jean Monnet Foundation grant and a treaty signed between the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency and KNEU two trainings were conducted (in Dnepropetrovsk and Simferopol), which revealed a strong interest in the issues, proposed by the project, as well as poor familiarity of non-economists with the EU institutional setup, and mechanisms of the EU policies implementation. Most notably it was identified in Dnepropetrovsk, where the training was attended by a number of environmentalists, engineers and professionals of non-economic occupations. The photo-report of the European Integration Advocacy Training implementation (the third stage) at Dnepropetrovsk The trainees liked participating in the business games, micro-presentations, and team-work. The levels of the training audience’s expertise in the European integration issues, which were assessed at the beginning and in the end of the training, differed by 2-2.5 times.
Starting the European Integration Advocacy Training at Simferopol
Sub-module healthcare services market in the EU
Team-work
Post-assessment of the EU studies knowledge level
Module leader and the participants of the training at Simferopol
The fifth and the sixth stages of the project "European Integration Advocacy Training" have been implemented according to the schedule during the period September 30 – October 4, 2013 and April 14 – 18, 2014 on the premises of SHEE "Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman". The training was attended by 35 and 19 persons respectively. It is worth noting that even in difficult conditions of military conflict in the country the public interest in European integration issues is not fading away!
FINAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JEAN MONNET EUROPEAN MODULE “EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ADVOCACY TRAINING” (№ 199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO) European Integration Department of the Faculty of International Economics and Management SHEE “Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman” successfully completed the training activities for the three-year grant project Jean Monnet European Module “European Integration Advocacy Training” (№ 199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO, implementation period: 01/09/2011 – 31/08/2014). Grant agreement envisioned six phases of the project implementation –two 40-hour training sessions each year. The key success factors which secured high quality and adaptability of the training were the following: active use of an interdisciplinary approach; establishment of an interdepartmental team of professional trainers (training was developed by the representatives of the departments of European integration, international finance, international management, and the Centre for International Relations); professional specialization of training developers (trainers) on a narrow range of selective educational topics for which they have high personal achievements in research and applied studies; geographical diversification of trainees’ groups and departure from the traditional over-centralization of such projects in the capital-city; combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to assess the educational product value added, created in the flow of the project. One of the core guiding principles of the European Module “European IntegrationAdvocacyTraining”was the geographical and professional diversification of the training audience which provided for the regional targeting of the project (see Figure 1), wherein the overwhelming majority (57.6 %) of the total (184) participants was related to the regions situated outside the capital – Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk. The implementation of the first phase of the project - a five-day training on 10th –14th October, 2011 – held in Simferopol at the CrimeanEconomic Institute of SHEE “Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman” for teachers and students of non-economic specialties has proved the correctness and feasibility of the project. It is essential to emphasize the fact that the training was conducted only in Ukrainian, not causing any resistance on the part of the students. The positive reaction of the local population was confirmed by the rave reviews and plenty of questions addressed to the project manager and team members on Crimean TV, which devoted a cycle of telecasts to the European Integration Advocacy Training during 2011-2012.
During April 9 – 13, 2012 the second five-day training event was hosted by Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman in the city of Kyiv. Training audience in accordance with the terms of the grant again was dominated by the teachers and students of non-core professions (engineering, medicine, law, political science, journalism etc.), facilitating the interdisciplinary knowledge diffusion effect of the European studies. During the 2012 / 2013 school year, two 40-hour trainings in Dnepropetrovsk and Simferopol were held, which revealed a strong interest in the study issues stated, but at the same time – a weak understanding of the essence, structure and mechanisms for implementing EU policies by the participants of non-economic occupations. Most notably it was unveiled at the training in Dnepropetrovsk, which was attended by a great many of environmentalists, engineers and experts in other non-economic areas. The fifth and the sixth stages of the project had come under schedule on September 30 – October 4, 2013 and April 14 – 18, 2014 at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (Kyiv, Ukraine). The trainings were attended by 35 and 19 people respectively. It should be noted that even under severe conditions of military conflict inside the country, the public interest in European studies did not die away, and as it turned out later (in March with the signing by Ukraine of thepolitical part, and in June 2014 – the economic part of the Association Agreement with the EU) - not in vain! The fundamental principle of the implementation of the training was the focus of its content on the non-economic specialties (geography, regional studies, law, political science, economics, journalism, information technology, computer science and other technical occupations), which resulted in the careful selection of educational material, elaboration of the most clear and favourable for the unprofessional listener educational technology. However, training has gained high popularity among economists experiencing urgent objective need to increase their professional competence in the field of European integration. This fact suggests, that the project was really important and the implementation period selected – timely and adequately meeting the cognitive request of the audience! Also we can argue that the interdisciplinary project “European Integration Advocacy Training” formed synergistic relations with other our Jean Monnet projects – economic European Module “EU Innovation and Investment Development” and the Jean Monnet Chair (Professor Chuzhykov) “European Regional Development Model” focused mainly on regional studies. This allowed positioning the Module at the initial level of the European Union cognitive identification. The main tool for the quantitative assessment of the training activities was a methodology of determining the rates of competence of students developed by National Council on Economic Education (USA) adapted by professor Chuzhykov, which is based on the preliminary (pre-assessment) and final (post-assessment) knowledge control. The advantage of this evaluation technique is that it allows capturing the increase of trainees’ competence through the use of the identical set of tests, focused on some theoretical and applied aspects of the European integration both at the beginning and at the end of each of the six stages of the training project. Thus, we determined the differentiation of competence not only within the same training group, but also managed to perform the cross-group comparative analysis. As it derives from Figure 2, although the six training groups had almost the same (quite low) initial level of the European studies competence, the final rate of success was characterized by a certain variation for the benefit of the capital region, which might be explained by the qualitatively diverse (in terms of education, skills and age) structure of the training groups.
The efficiency of the training technology is also confirmed by the use of innovative teaching methods, which allowed to increase the level of competence of the project participants by an average of 62.9% (see Table 1). At the same time, the idea of regional geographic diversification of the training audience proved its feasibility, as the initial level of its European studies competence was on average 16% higher in Kyiv compared to the other regions of the country.
In order to summarize and disseminate the effects of the project completed the module leader Professor V. Chuzhykov and the module team member Associate Professor O. Fedirko took part in the Jean Monnet conference “EU Eastern Partnership – from Capacities to Excellence”, which was held at the Latvian University (Riga, Latvia) June 11-13, 2014. In their speeches the members of the training team summarized the main problems of the methodology of European and regional studies in Ukraine, focusing in particular on the nature of information requests from the Ukrainian society in the field of European studies, the comparative analysis of regional innovation development, as well as the prospective ways of harmonization of socio-economic development of Ukraine with the EU imperatives. In general, the overall effect of the training may be evaluated through the benefits of multiplication effect, as many teachers who were involved in this and received all presentation materials received the opportunity to actively use it in their daily activities. Jean Monnet European Module "European Union Innovation and Investment Development"
Grant of the European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme Sub-programme - Jean Monnet Programme, Key Activity 1 Action type - European Module Project title - "European Union Innovation and Investment Development" Project number № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001
The first stage of the training "European Union Innovation and Investment Development" (40 academic hours) was held on 19 - 23 November 2012 in Simferopol at the Crimean Economic Institute of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. The project was attended by almost 40 persons. The second phase of the training was held in Kyiv at the premises of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman in the period from 11 to 15 March 2013. The number of participants was also close to 40. Traditionally comfortable and creative atmosphere of the training contributed to the effective teamwork. Work in small groups facilitated mutual understanding between the experts of different professions in such spheres, as law, political science, geography, economics, as well as between teachers and students at different years of studies. In general, according to the participants' anonymous questionnaire, the training expectations of the audience were met. The action held contributed to a clearer understanding of the nature and patterns of innovation and investment development of the EU at both supranational and national levels, illustrated via some successful regional and entrepreneurial examples. An interesting feature of the project was the fact, that it was attended by some participants of the previous project – "European Integration Advocacy Training", who came not alone, but encouraged their colleagues, friends and even relatives to join the new project, which is characterized by a high level of complexity. Thus, the developers of the training received a significant multiplier effect on the vertical and horizontal levels of identification.
In the 2012-2013 academic year, the project attracted public attention due to its complexity, evidenced by the fact, that the number of postgraduate students and Ph.Ds, willing to take part in it, exceeded the roominess of conference hall hosting the event. The training in Kiev was attended by academics, practitioners, and, most interestingly, the inventors, who were interested in commercialization of innovations in the EU Member States. Some of them were consulted by the organizers of the training even after its completion. The level of knowledge acquired during the training differed by 1.7-1.9 times compared to the initial one. In 2013-2014 two five-day training events (total duration of 80 academic hours) were implemented under the terms of the grant agreement at the SHEE "Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman". The total number of audience involved amounted to 53 persons. The third phase of the project was conducted on November 4 – 8, 2013. The fourth phase of the European Module took place on March 31 – April 4, 2014. The next stage of the grant training “European Union Innovation and Investment Development” (529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO) was held in the training center of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman from 16 to 20 March 2015. It was attended by 32 participants from different universities from various regions of Ukraine.
Selection of the trainees had been carried out on a competitive basis. Applicant’s written grounding of his / her motivation to receive competence and use it in the future professional activity was the crucial eligibility criterion in the process of selection of the training audience. Initial testing revealed a quite significant divergence of participants in terms of their understanding the essential trends of the innovation and investment activities in the EU (5 to 15 points out of 24). The average score amounted to 11, 66. A five-day hard work of the trainers and participants, however, changed the initial situation. The average score increased to 17,22, clearly demonstrating the effectiveness of training.
Not less important was the assessment of the training by the participants, many of whom declared their wish to participate in such projects and expressed their gratitude to the European Commission for its financial and organizational support for the project, implemented in KNEU.
The 5th stage of the 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on March 16-20, 2015. There were 32 participants. The last 6th stage of the 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on November 02-06, 2015. There were 34 participants. Follow-up events: - On November 19, 2015 Jean Monnet Module Leader Professor V. Chuzhykov organized public discussion of the main results of the Jean Monnet European Module (Project № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001) implementation at the Scientific and Expert Council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - On December 10, 2015 Viktor Chuzhykov reported the main results of the project implementation at the Academic council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - The conference “Follow-up for the Jean Monnet Module project (2012-2016) was held on the premises of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman on the 25th of December, 2015 (Conference Hall of KNEU, Peremohy Avenue, 54/1). The aim of the conference: summing up major scientific, didactic, and organizational outcomes of the project. Other conferences, events, round-tables, initiatives with participation of the Module team members (2014-2015): - Chuzhykov Viktor “Simulating tools for regional development in Central and Eastern Europe”: report delivered at the IVth International Scientific Conference “Restructuring the global space: historical imperatives and challenges” (Kyiv, Diplomatic Academy, April 23, 2015); - Chuzhykov Viktor “Modern development of Ukraine in the European Economy”: report delivered at the International Conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of cooperation between Kyiv National Economic University and the University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany, 19-20 October, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “Jean Monnet projects as a factor of European Studies at the Faculty of International Economics and Management” : report delivered at the 82nd Scientific Student Conference "Socio-economic prospects of Ukraine in the XXI century"(Kyiv, Kyiv National Economic University, 21 - 24 April, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “Trends of the EU Regional Innovation” : report delivered at the VIII International Business Forum “Problems and perspectives of innovation in Ukraine” (Kyiv, KNTEU, March 19, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “Modern Methodology of International Studies of Localized innovation” : report delivered at the VI International Conference “Formation of innovative economies: financial security, commercialization of intellectual property, science and business cooperation” (Dnipropetrovsk, National Mining University, April 15 – 17, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “Assessment of local innovation development in the context of a new model of EU regional policy” : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference “Meeting the challenges of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU: Experience of Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence in Kiev and Donetsk” (Mariupol, Donetsk State University of Management, March 26, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “Theoretical models of localization of innovation development in the context of globalization” : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference "Chinese Civilization: tradition and modernity. The prospects of socio-economic and political development of China in the XXI century" (Kyiv, Kyiv National Economic University, September 22, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr “The impact of technological cycles on localizing of innovative transnational production” : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference "Actual problems of socio-economic development, regional differences and global trends" (Odessa, Odessa National University named after Mechnikov, November 27-28, 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr "Platform as a policy tool to stimulate innovative development of EU regions" : report delivered at the 3d International Scientific and Practical Internet Conference "Crisis management of the economy of Ukraine: new challenges" (Kyiv, Kyiv National Economic University, 15-17 December 2015); - Fedirko Oleksandr "Scenarios of Ukrainian-European relations" : report delivered at the Conference «Social and economic prospects of Ukraine in the XXI Century" (Kyiv, Kyiv National Economic University, May 13 – 16, 2014); - Tkalenko Svetlana "Multi-structural the EU regional development Regulation: experience for Ukraine": report delivered at the International Scientific Conference "Investment and innovative principles of the national economy in market conditions" (Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, 24-25 April 2015); - Tkalenko Svetlana "Current approaches to the development of the EU banking sector" : report delivered at the Ukrainian National Conference "European choice - new opportunities for progress and growth of the financial system” (April 24, 2015); - Tkalenko Svetlana "Supporting domestic small businesses by the European Union in the context of European integration of Ukraine" : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference "Mechanisms, strategies, models and technologies of management of economic systems in the conditions of integration processes: theory, methodology, practice" (Khmelnitsky - Yaremcha, October 8-10, 2015); - Tkalenko Svetlana "Social investment in the context of corporate social responsibility: Ukrainian accent" : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference "The current state of socio-economic development of Ukraine: Problems, Priorities and Perspectives" (Kamenetz - Podilsky National University named after Ivan Ohienko, May 15-16, 2014); - Vinska Oksana "Transformation of Economic Model of Ireland" : report delivered at the International Scientific-Practical Conference "Social and Economic Reform in the Context of Globalization and European Integration" (Lviv, NGO "Lviv economic foundation", January 31, 2014); - Vinska Oksana “Restoration of Ukrainian Agricultural Potential: Contribution to Global Food Security” : report delivered at the 21st International Conference of Europeanists “Resurrections” (Washington D.C., Council for European Studies,March 14-16, 2014). Other activities. Teaching materials of the training have been passed to participants of the trainings either in the form of deliverables (DVDs) or sent to their e-mails at their request. In order to promote the results of the training to the general public we continued our blog concerning Jean Monnet European Module “European Union Innovation and Investment Development” on the university official web-site: http://meim.kneu.edu.ua/en/depts6/evrointegracii/Grant_EUIID/ The results of the training have been highlighted in the Module leader’s blog post at Jean Monnet Community Network web-site - http://jeanmonnet.ning.com/ Publications (2014-2015). - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies. Training «European Union Innovation and Investment Development» / [V. Chuzhykov, V. Тоkar, О. Fedirko et al.] ; Under edition of Prof. Viktor Chuzhykov. — Кyiv: Kyiv National Economic University, 2015. — 232 p. (Project number № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001) - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies («European Integration Advocacy Training»), under edition of Viktor Chuzhykov. – Kyiv: Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman,2014. —224 p. (Project № 199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2011-3366 / 001 — 001) - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies («Immersion into the EU: Training for School Teachers »), under edition of Natalya Chepurna and Viktor Chuzhykov. – Cherkassy: Publisher Y. Chabanenko, 2015 (Project № 542844-LLP-1-2013-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2013-3141 / 001 — 001). - Chuzhykov V, Obolenska T, Leshchenko K “Environmental components of horizontal EU policies” // Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk University. Series "Economics." - 2014 - Volume 22 Issue. 8 (4). - P. 3-13. - Chuzhykov V. “Strategy "Europe 2020": prospects and risks” / Proceedings of the International Conference "Restructuring the global space: historical imperatives and challenges (24 April 2014, Kyiv, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine). - P. 63-64. - Chuzhykov V. “Localism vs. regionalism: how should economic geography change in the modern conditions // Geopolitics and Eco-dynamics. - 2014 - Volume 10, Issue. 2. - P. 14-17. Accessed at: http://geopolitika.crimea.edu/arhiv/2014/tom10-v-2/003chuzj.pdf - Chuzhykov V., Obolenska T., Tsygankova T. Polystructural model of the EU environmental policy: an economic approach //Actual Problems of Economics,. - 2015. - № 3. - P. 203 – 209. - Chuzhykov V., Obolenska T., Leschenko K. Mechanism and Instruments for Realizing the Environmental-Economic Policies of the Post-Socialist countries of the Eastern Europe // European Researcher. – 2014. – № 12-1. – Vol. 88. – P. 2069-2080. - Chuzhykov Viktor, Tkachova I. Structural model of cooperation development in the Black Sea region / Viktor Chuzhykov, Iryna Tkachova // Nierówności spoleczne a wzrost gospodarczy. – 2014. – Zeszyt 39 (№ 3). – P.452-462. - Chuzhykov V., Fedirko O., Chuzhykov A. Metodological Background of Post-Soviet Regionalism: The Case of Ukraine // Baltic Journal of European studies.-2014.-June.-Vol. 1 (16).- P.20-33 (Естонія) - Fedirko, O. (2014). Key Trends and Problems of Regional Innovation Systems' Development in Poland and Ukraine. Central European Business Review, 3(3), 38-45. Retrieved from http://cebr.vse.cz/cebr/article/view/145. - Fedirko, O. Formation of a New Paradigm of Local Innovation Studies / Regional Economics: Scientific journal. - 2015. - №3 (77). - P. 24-33. - Fedirko, O. Modern research methodology for localization of innovation in the context of globalization // Scientific Bulletin of Odessa National Economic University. – 2015. – № 12 (232). – P. 214-227 - Fedirko, O. Endogenous factors of local innovation development in conditions of globalization // Scientific Bulletin of Kherson State University. Series "Economics." - 2015. - Issue 14/2015, Part 3. – P. 27-30 - Fedirko, O. European technology platforms as a mechanism for EU sectoral innovation development // Scientific Journal of International Humanitarian University. Series: "Economics and Management".– 2015. – №14. – P. 34-38 - Fedirko, O. Trends in EU regional innovation development // Problems and perspectives of innovation in Ukraine: VIII International Business Forum (Kyiv, March 19, 2015); Ed. Mazaraki.– Кyiv: Kyiv National Trade and Economic University, 2015. – P. 241-244. - Fedirko, O. The modern methodology of International Studies of local innovation development // report on the VI International Conference “Formation of innovative economies: financial security, commercialization of intellectual property, science and business cooperation” 15 – 17 April, 2015, Dnipropetrovsk / Eds: V. Shvets [et al.], National Mining University, 2015. – P. 83-86. - Fedirko, O. Evaluation of local innovation development in the context of the new model of the EU regional policy // "Meeting the challenges of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU : Experience of the Jean Monnet Centers of Excellence in Kiev and Donetsk", Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference (Mariupol, 2015). - Mariupol, 2015. – P. 111-119. - Fedirko, O. The impact of technological cycles on localizing innovative transnational production // "Actual problems of socio-economic development, regional differences and global trends", proceedings of the International scientific-practical conference (Odessa, 27-28 November, 2015) / ed. Prof. S.Jakubowski. - Odessa: Odessa National University named after Mechnikov, 2015. – P. 32-35. - Fedirko, O. Policy platforms as means to stimulate innovative development of the EU regions // "Crisis management of the economy of Ukraine: new challenges": Proceedings of the 3d International scientific and practical Internet-conference (Kyiv, December 15-17, 2015), Kyiv National Economic University, 2015. - Vinska O. (2014) EU Strategy ‘Europe-2020”: agricultural aspect, Economic Area. Collection of scientific works. Dnipropetrovsk: PDABA, Vol. 82, P. 24-32 (in ukr) - Vinska O. (2014) Modernization of the Ukrainian agricultural sector: facing global food crisis challenges. Odesa National University Bulletin. Series: Economics. Scientific magazine, Vol. 19, Part 2/1, P.69-73 (in eng) - Vinska O. (2014) The role of innovations in the multifunctional agricultural model of the EU, Strategy of Ukraine development (economics, sociology, law): scientific journal, Vol. 2, P.35-39. (in ukr.) - Vinska O (2014) Peculiarities of Mediterranean social-economic model: Italian case, Scientific bulletin of Kherson state university, Series: economic sciences, Vol. 7, Part1, P. 71-74 (in ukr.) - Vinska O. (2015) Peculiarities of greening mechanism of the EU Common Agricultural Policy , Global and national economic problems, Vol. 7, P.25-28. (in ukr.) - Vinska O., Yarkov O. (2015) Transformation of social-economic model of Greece during debt crisis, Scientific bulletin of Kherson State University , Series: Economic Sciences, Vol. 15, Part 5, P. 13-17 (in ukr) - Tokar, V. (2015) Comparative Analysis of Innovation and Investment Activity of the European Union TNCs and Ukrainian Industrial Enterprises. Proceedings of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Structural Transformations of National Economies in the Global Dimension”, Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 6th-7th of November, P. 64-66 (In English). - Tokar, V. &Frolova, T. (2014) The European Union TNCs’ Investment Strategies of Innovation Development. Economic Annals-XXI, No. 5-6, P. 13-16 (In English). - Tokar, V. (2014) Innovation and Investment Activity of TNCs of the European Union Aerospace and Defense Sector. Naukovyy Visnyk Khersons’koho Derzhavnoho Universytetu (Scientific Herald of Kherson State University), 9,P. 43-47 (In Ukr.). - Tokar, V. (2014) R&D Activity of the EU TNCs and Ukrainian Industrial Enterprises in Context of Ensuring of Economic Security of State. Investytsiyi: Praktyka ta Dosvid (Investments: Practice and Experience), No. 13 July,P. 6-9 (In Ukr.). - Tokar, V. (2014) Financial and Economic Features of R&D Activity of TNCs of the European Union. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Search of Effective Mechanisms of Economic Management in Context of the Modern Economic Theory”, Odessa, Ukraine, 30th-31st of May, Part 2, P. 22-23(In Ukr.). - Tkalenko S. (2015) European Regional Policy: the basic principles regulation, Scientific Bulletin of the National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, The National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, No. 2 (45), P. 32-39; - Tkalenko S. (2015) Euro-regional Cooperation Ukraine – EU, The development strategy of Ukraine (economics, sociology, law): scientific journal, National Aviation University, Institute of International Relations, No.1, P.148-152; - Tkalenko S. (2015) The influence of the EU integration processes on the strategic development of Ukraine in the context of globalization, Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University, Series “Economics”, Mukachevo State University, Volume 2 (4) Part 1, P. 193-199; - Tkalenko S., Petrashko L, (2014) European project management: Textbook, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, 412 p.; - Tkalenko S. I., Liubachivska R. Z. (2014) Characteristic Aspects of Formation of EU Biotechnology Clusters: Experience for Ukraine, Journal The Problems of Economy, Research Center for Industrial Development Problems of NAS, No.1, P. 37-42; - Lukianenko O.D., Lukianenko D.G., Doroshenko O.S. (2014) Knowledge Economy in the Global Development Paradigm, in Evolution of globalism world-system (Strategic imperatives of co-development): [Monograph] / Ed. Academician О.G. Bilorus, Kyiv, KNEU, P.340-353; - Lukianenko O.D. (2014) Innovative factors of global competitiveness [monograph] Kyiv, KNEU, 429 p. - Lukianenko O.D. (2014) The Format of the Innovation Policy of Ukraine in the Global Development Paradigm // Strategy of Ukraine (economics, sociology, law): Scientific journal. - 2014. - № 3. - P. 91-96 - Lukianenko O.D. (2014) The Intellectual Property in Global Economic Development Paradigm // Securities Market of Ukraine. - 2014. - № 11-12. - P.45-53 - Lukianenko O.D., Lukianenko L.I., Dvornik I.V. (2015) Innovative Development in the XXI Century: Ukrainian projection // International Relations. Series "Economics". - 2015. - №6. [Electronic publication]. Access mode: http://journals.iir.kiev.ua/index.php/ec_n/article/view/2648/2354 - Lukianenko O.D., Babych T.O. (2015) Intelligent Imperative of Effective Economic Development Strategy of Ukraine // (Economics, Sociology, Law): Scientific Journal. – 2015. – №2. – P. 177-182. - Lukianenko O.D., Lukianenko L.I. (2015) University Science and Education in the Intellectual Paradigm of Global Development // Global and national economic problems. - 2015. - №8. - P. 861-864 [Electronic publication]. Access mode: http://www.global-national.in.ua/archive/8-2015/181.pdf - Lukianenko O. D. (2014) Global individualization subjective disposition transformation // Business management. – 2014. – Book 1. – P. 82-102. - Lukianenko O. D. (2015) Systemic Identification of Innovations in Modern Format of their Classification // Technologic Audit and Production Reserves. - 2015. - № 1/5 (21). - P. 60-64; - Lukianenko O.D., Lukianenko L.I., Dvornik I.V. (2015) Discourse and Dimensions of National Competitiveness // Economic Space, Dnepropetrovsk: PSABA, 2015. - № 102. - P. 17-24. FINAL ACTIVITY REPORT Evaluation of the results of the project against the initial aims. The general aim of the three-year project to provide high quality teaching of the Jean Monnet European Module "European Union Innovation and Investment Development", as well as disseminating of the advantages of the EU in the development of high technologies has been successfully accomplished. As it was expected, the audience had a stable interest to the module, and the opportunities of implementation of the EU experience in Ukraine. At the same time, comparing to the initial objectives there was an organisational dysfunction: we planned to hold two training events in the city of Simferopol (Crimean Autonomous Republic). However, military occupation of this territory made it impossible. So, the training event was held in Kyiv. We expected, that academic value added growth rate (measured as the difference (in %) between the number of right answers of post-assessment and pre-assessment questionnaires) would arrive at 50 % in comparison with the initial level of the audience’s competence. However, we achieved even higher result, amounting to 60 % growth rate. We expected (based on our previous experience), that the rate of audience’s satisfaction with the training, evaluated on the basis of anonymous questionnaire, would reach the range between 4,0 and 4,2 points (based on 0-5 points scale, with 5 being the maximum positive assessment of the training results). We received even higher gratitude from our audience on the level of 4,67 points. As it was planned, the project audience included not only economists, but also a number of experts and students, who do not come in touch with Euro-integration issues directly. Our participants represented such spheres of competence and occupations as geography, environmental protection, law, technical and engineering specialties. Also we managed to involve in our training activities some ethnic minorities, namely — Crimean Tatars, who, after the military occupation, continued their studies in Kyiv. Main results of the project Teaching courses: 1st stage: 40-hour training was held in Simferopol on November 19 – 23, 2012. There were 40 participants. 2nd stage: 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on March 11-15, 2013. There were 40 participants. 3d stage: 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on November 4-8, 2013.There were 25 participants. 4th stage: 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on March 31 – April 4, 2014.There were28 participants. 5th stage: 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on March 16-20, 2015.There were32 participants. 6th stage: 40-hour training was held in Kyiv on November 02-06, 2015.There were34 participants Deliverables: - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies. Training «European Union Innovation and Investment Development» / [V. Chuzhykov, V. Тоkar, О. Fedirko et al.] ; Under edition of Prof. Viktor Chuzhykov. — Кyiv: Kyiv National Economic University, 2015. — 232 p. (Project number № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001); - Teaching materials of the training have been passed to participants of the trainings either in the form of deliverables (DVDs) or sent to their e-mails at their request Follow-up events and initiatives: - On November 19, 2015 Professor V. Chuzhykov organized public discussion of the main results of the Jean Monnet European Module (Project № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001) implementation at the Scientific and Expert Council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - On December 10, 2015 Jean Monnet Module Leader Viktor Chuzhykov reported the main results of the project implementation at the Academic council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. - The conference “Follow-up for the Jean Monnet Module project (2012-2016) was held on the premises of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman on the 25th of December, 2015 (Conference Hall of KNEU, Peremohy Avenue, 54/1). The aim of the conference: summing up major scientific, didactic, and organizational outcomes of the project. - Conference programme included the following speeches: - Viktor Chuzhykov (D.S., Professor, Module Leader) “Main results of implementation of the grant project Jean Monnet European Module “European Union Innovation and Investment Development”; - Oleksandr Fedirko (Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Member of Module teaching staff) “Exploitation of the experience of the grant project implementation in professional occupation”; - Denys Ilnytskyy (Ph.D., Docent, European Integration Promotion Foundation) “Project approach to financing R&D in the EU”; - Maria Tyshchenko (Ph.D., Docent, Head of NGO “Poruch”) “Civil society in the system of modern socio-economic relations”; - General discussion of the project outcomes with conference participants. - Module Leader Professor V. Chuzhykov delivered a speech “The economic impact of the introduction of visa-free regime between Ukraine and EU” in the Parliament of Ukraine in the course of Parliamentary debates on the subject of “Prospects of launching by the EU of the visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine” on April 15, 2015 (Hrushevskogo str. 5, Session Hall of the Parliament of Ukraine). Methodological network of experts in EU studies: - Some of the training participants (Anastasiya Goncharova) protected the thesis for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences (Ph.D.) on the topic, related to the European studies – “International cooperation between Ukraine and the EU in the field of the machinery and equipment” in 2014. - Former participant of the training Ph.D. Olena Nazarenko initiated Summer School “Economic Law of the EU”, which will be held for wide public free of charge by the Faculty of Law, Kyiv National Economic University in cooperation with the Institute of Business Education (Kyiv) on July 4-10, 2016. - Another participant of our Jean Monnet training events Ganna Duginets (Ph.D, Assoc. Professor of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics) successfully received grant support of the European Commission for the Jean Monnet Module “Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the EU: advantages and downsides for the Ukrainian society” (562453-EPP-1-2015-1-UA- EPPJMO-MODULE). Jean Monnet Chair "European Regional Development Model"
Grant of the European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme Sub-programme - Jean Monnet Programme, Key Activity 1 Action type - Jean Monnet Chair Project title - "European Regional Development Model" Project number № 528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH Grant agreement № 2012-2848 / 001 – 001 Textbook "Regional Policy of the European Union" In 2012, the Department of European Integration won Jean Monnet Chair grant to implement the Training for trainers "European Regional Development Model". The main purpose of the training is to create a new e-textbook on EU regional policy. Great response and a genuine interest in the project stems from the fact that it was attended by Ph.Ds, Doctors of sciences, Heads of the relevant departments of many universities of Ukraine. The main results of the action have been highlighted in the national Channel Five news: Implementation of the Training for Trainers revealed a high interdisciplinary interest in the studied issues, because it was attended by the experts of regional economics, macroeconomics, international economics, law, and geography. An important advantage was the fact, that the audience of the one of the two training groups included seven Doctors of Sciences, who subsequently became the leaders of the micro-groups, created for the purpose of elaboration of the experimental version of the text-book “EU Regional Policy”. Unexpectedly, it appeared quite challenging for a large number of experts in regional economy, due to their long-term experience in delivering the course “Disposition of production capacities”. Training for Trainers "Creating electronic text-book "EU regional policy"" (Summer Session, first group) The most difficult issue, when working in micro-groups, was the approach to the structuring of the future text-book, as this workshop actually presented a new model for the elaboration and writing of text-books. The increase of the level of competence in the two groups amounted to 1.8-2 times.
The starting point of the Training for Trainers at KNEU library conference-hall (Winter session, first group)
Hot discussion of the learnt issues (Winter session, first group)
Work over the case-study in micro-groups (Winter session, first group)
Let's create a new e-text-book (Summer session, second group)
Elaborating approaches to the quality assessment of the text-book (Summer session, second group)
Solving problem situations (Summer session, second group) In 2013-2014 four six-day trainings were held within the framework of Jean Monnet Chair "European Regional Development Model" (total duration – 200 academic hours) at SHEE "Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman". The third group of 27 students visited winter school "Theoretic and Applied Background of the European Regional Policy" in the period from 9 to 14 December 2013; summer school “Creating e-textbook ‘European Union Regional Policy’” took place during June 30 – July 5, 2014. The fourth group of 25 students visited the winter theoretical session during December 16 – 21, 2013; summer school on the development of the e-textbook was held on July 7 –12, 2014. As a result of hard work of the interdisciplinary teams the third and the fourth versions of the e-textbook "EU Regional Policy" have been elaborated. They were internally cross-reviewed and optimized. It is widely known, that regional relations in Ukraine have recently been highly aggravated. Direct armed conflict, confrontation in the Donbas region, annexation of Crimea, massive ideological propaganda and other problems of our country’s modern life put to the fore the need for the formation of balanced regional policy, the realization of which requires European-level experts capable of thinking in a new way. A significant contribution to the achievement of this aim is made by the EU grant programme – Jean Monnet Chair “Training for trainers ‘European regional development model’” (528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH), the next stage of which was implemented at the training centre of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman during June 22-27, 2015.
27 participants were selected. They were teachers from different universities of Ukraine, including 8 doctors, who ensured a high presentation level of the event.
Each time such an event resembles a workshop held by Pro-rector for scientific and pedagogical work and international relations, Head of the European Integration Department, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Viktor Chuzhykov (SHEE “Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman”). Using innovative teaching methods has made this training avant-garde in nature and absolutely necessary for teachers, some of whom are involved in the development of important public documents on regional policy, while the others are eager to radically change the structure and methodology of teaching “regional studies”.
Activities carried out during the year 2014-2015 Teaching events: Second phase of Stage 4: Kyiv, (7-12 July 2014) - 24 participants; Stage 5: Kyiv, (22-27 June 2015) - 27 participants; (21-26 September 2015) - 25 participants Stage 6: Kyiv, (14-19 September 2015) - 17 participants; (05-10 October 2015) -17 participants. Ongoing doctoral theses on European Integration: - Lukianenko Oleksandr Dmytrovych “Sectoral Modernization of the European Business” (2013-2018); - Dyndar Anton Sergiyovych «Development of Art Business in the Creative Economy of the EU»(2014-2018); - Fedirko Oleksandr Anatoliyovych «Paradigm of Local Innovation Development in the Economy of the EU» (2012-2017); - Galenko Sergiy Mukolaiovych «Network Paradigm of the European Megalopolises Development under Conditions of Innovation Diffusion in the EU» (2014-2017); - Rudukha Natalya Eugeniivna «Transformation of the Regulatory Policy in the Banking Sector of the European Union» (2015-2019) Ongoing research: - Interdepartmental fundamental research topic «Strategies of National Development in the Paradigm of Global Economic Policy» (State registration Number№ 0111U007630).Objective: to develop methodological apparatus, methods and research tools of integration models, horizontal and sectoral EU policies. - Interdepartmental fundamental research topic “Resources and Models of National Competitive Development under Conditions of Economic Globalization: Euro-integration Project of Ukraine” State registration Number№ 0115U002368). Professor Viktor Chuzhykov prepared the following four chapters of the report: "Forecast of the world economic development by 2020 with the identification of the strategic competitiveness of the EU", "Assessing the impact of political risks on the process of implementation of the EU common policies", "Regional-local stratification of the global economic map"; "Imbalances of the global economy". Also Professor prepared two other sub-chapters of the report: "Integration aspects of the global economy" and "Methodological guidelines for assessing the effectiveness of the integration blocks. Initiatives, seminars, conferences. Follow-up events and initiatives: - On November 19, 2015 Professor V. Chuzhykov organized public discussion of the main results of the Jean Monnet Chair (Project № 528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH; Grant Agreement № 2012-2848 / 001 – 001) implementation at the Scientific and Expert Council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - On December 10, 2015 Jean Monnet Chair Viktor Chuzhykov reported the main results of the project implementation at the Academic council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - Thefollow-up event included 3-day workshop to finalize the collective variant of the textbook “European Union Regional Policy” on February 16-18, 2016 (Its program included selection of the best chapters from among the six e-books to be included into the final printed variant of the text-book, didactic sessions on harmonizing the style of the text, implementing active methods, cross-reviewing of the text, peer-review of the text, group presentations of the improved chapters of the final text-book); - The follow-up roundtable debate for the Jean Monnet Chair “European Thinking — Local Action” was held on the premises of Kyiv National EconomicUniversity named after Vadym Hetman on the19th of February, 2016 (Conference Hall of KNEU, Peremohy Avenue, 54/1). The aim of the round-table debate: summing up major scientific, methodological, didactic, and organizational achievements of the project during 2012-2016.The event was open for the civil society (NGOs, volunteering organizations, academia etc.) Other conferences, round tables, initiatives: - Chuzhykov Victor (2015) Global localism of economic development and new regionalism : report delivered at the International Symposium "Islamic Cultural Capital" (Almaty, Kazakhstan, the University of Foreign Languages and Business Enterprise 12-14 June 2015); - Chuzhykov Victor (2015) Localization of Ukrainian territorial model : report delivered at the Roundtable "Regional diversity of Ukraine as the ideology of the new regional policy" (Kyiv, Institute of Strategic Studies, June 17, 2015). - Chuzhykov Victor (2015) Modeling the Instruments of regional development for the Central and Eastern Europe : report delivered at the 4th International Scientific Conference “Restructuring of Global Space: Imperatives and Challenges”, (Kyiv, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, April 23, 2015) - Chuzhykov Victor (2014) The strategy "Europe 2020": Prospects and Risks : report delivered at the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Restructuring the global space: Imperatives and Challenges" (Kyiv, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, April 24, 2014); - Chuzhykov Victor, Fedirko Oleksandr, Chuzhykov Andrii (2014) “Post-Soviet Regionalism: The Case of Ukraine” : report delivered at Jean Monnet International Conference «EU Eastern Partnership - from Capacities to Excellence: strengthening research, regional and innovation policies in the context of Horizon 2020 strategy», (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 11-13 June 2014); - Chuzhykov Victor (2014) “Regionalism vs. localism: common features of regional sciences convergence” : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference “Regional economy in Ukraine: Current State and Strategy of Reforming”, (Lviv Institute of Regional Studies of NAS of Ukraine, 27-28 November 2014); - Chuzhykov Victor (2014) “Modern Development of Ukraine in the European Economy” : report delivered at the International Scientific Conference devoted to 25th anniversary of cooperation between KNEU and University of Konstanz, (Konstanz, Germany, October 19-20, 2015). Other activities. Teaching materials of the training have been passed to participants of the trainings either in the form of deliverables (DVDs) or sent to their e-mails at their request. In order to promote the results of the training to the general public we continued our blog concerning Jean Monnet Chair “European Regional Development Model” on the university official web-site: http://meim.kneu.edu.ua/en/depts6/evrointegracii/EU_grant_chair_ERDM/ The results of the training have been highlighted in the Jean Monnet Chair’s blog post at the Jean Monnet Community Network web-site - http://jeanmonnet.ning.com/ Requests from the media The outcomes of the project, as well as the significance of the Jean Monnet Program were highlighted in the special issues of the “5th Channel” at Ukrainian television. Also it was highly appreciated by a number of NGOs (European Integration Promotion Foundation, volunteering organization “Poruch”) at the follow-up round-table debate. Participation in local,regional or national initiatives - Jean Monnet Chair V. Chuzhykov delivered a speech “The economic impact of the introduction of visa-free regime between Ukraine and EU” in the Parliament of Ukraine in the course of Parliamentary debates on the subject of “Prospects of launching by the EU of the visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine” on April 15, 2015 (Hrushevskogo str. 5, Session Hall of the Parliament of Ukraine). Publications in 2014-2015. - Regional Policy of the European Union: Text-book / Editor in Chief Professor Viktor Chuzhykov, Kyiv, KNEU, 2016 (ISBN 978-966-926-080-2) (Project number № 528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH; Grant agreement № 2012-2848 / 001 – 001); - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies. Training «European Union Innovation and Investment Development» / [V. Chuzhykov, V. Тоkar, О. Fedirko et al.] ; Under edition of Prof. Viktor Chuzhykov. — Кyiv: Kyiv National Economic University, 2015. — 232 p. (Project number № 529031-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2012-2907 / 001 – 001); - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies («European Integration Advocacy Training»), under edition of Viktor Chuzhykov. – Kyiv: Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman,2014. —224 p. (Project № 199755-LLP-1-2011-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2011-3366 / 001 — 001); - Practical guide on conducting trainings in European integration studies («Immersion into the EU: Training for School Teachers »), under edition of Natalya Chepurna and Viktor Chuzhykov. – Cherkassy: Publisher Y. Chabanenko, 2015 (Project № 542844-LLP-1-2013-1-UA-AJM-MO; Grant agreement № 2013-3141 / 001 — 001); - Chuzhykov V, Obolenska T, Leshchenko K “Environmental components of horizontal EU policies” // Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk University. Series "Economics." - 2014 - Volume 22 Issue. 8 (4). - P. 3-13; - Chuzhykov V. “Strategy "Europe 2020": prospects and risks” / Proceedings of the International Conference "Restructuring the global space: historical imperatives and challenges (24 April 2014, Kyiv, Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine). - P. 63-64. - Chuzhykov V. “Localism vs. regionalism: how should economic geography change in the modern conditions // Geopolitics and Eco-dynamics. - 2014 - Volume 10, Issue. 2. - P. 14-17. Accessed at: http://geopolitika.crimea.edu/arhiv/2014/tom10-v-2/003chuzj.pdfChuzhykov V., Obolenska T., Tsygankova T. Polystructural model of the EU environmental policy: an economic approach //Actual Problems of Economics,. - 2015. - № 3. - P. 203 – 209. - Chuzhykov V., Obolenska T., Leschenko K. Mechanism and Instruments for Realizing the Environmental-Economic Policies of the Post-Socialist countries of the Eastern Europe // European Researcher. – 2014. – № 12-1. – Vol. 88. – P. 2069-2080. - Chuzhykov Viktor, Tkachova I. Structural model of cooperation development in the Black Sea region / Viktor Chuzhykov, Iryna Tkachova // Nierówności spoleczne a wzrost gospodarczy. – 2014. – Zeszyt 39 (№ 3). – P.452-462. - Chuzhykov V., Fedirko O., Chuzhykov A. Metodological Background of Post-Soviet Regionalism: The Case of Ukraine // Baltic Journal of European studies.-2014.-June.-Vol. 1 (16).-P.20-33 (Estonia). FINAL ACTIVITY REPORT An evaluation of the results of the project compared to the initial objectives In the process of Jean Monnet Chair implementation the core objective of the project was achieved in the following context: to widen the experience and knowledge about the EU regional policy among the teachers and leading experts, responsible for practical realization of the state regional development model. Achievement of the project objectives was provided by means of careful selection of the audience of the training of trainers on the basis of the applicants’ letters of motivation. As a result, the range of the training participants included economists of different specialties, jurists, geographers, sociologists, experts in state administration, and engineering sciences. For the university students, however, the level of training sophistication appeared to be too high. Specific feature of the training was that among its participants there were 85 % academics with Ph.D. and/or D.S. levels (25 % of Doctors of Sciences). This provided for the high quality status of the project implementation. At the same time I faced some factors affecting the realization of the Jean Monnet Chair. They are noted below: - Military occupation of Crimea and outbreak of military operation in Donetsk and Lugansk regions hampered the participation of inhabitants of these regions in the later stages of our project. This was also the reason, why I did not manage to use the full potential of disseminating the outcomes of the project via mass media on the late stages of its implementation; - As it was expected, the most complicated group of project participants was represented by the Ukrainian experts of regional studies, who pursued the standards of teaching regional economic studies in the style of soviet 1980-ies. Their scientific views are based on the understanding of planned economy, and they had difficulties in comprehension of the regulatory role of the government, instead of the directive one. - The final stage of the text-book creation was coupled with frequent disputes among its co-authors concerning the structure and contents of the text-book. It was not possible to insist on any single approach, so, all conflicts had to be settled by way of common consensus. A summary of the main results Teaching courses: Stage 1: Kyiv, (10-15 December 2012) - 28 participants; (8-13 July 2013) – 27 participants; Stage 2: Kyiv, (4-9 February 2013) - 38 participants; (1-6 July 2013) - 38 participants; Stage 3: Kyiv, (9-14 December 2013) - 27 participants; (June 30 to July 5, 2014) - 23 participants; Stage 4: Kyiv, (16-21 December 2013) – 25 participants; (7-12 July 2014) - 24 participants; Stage 5: Kyiv, (22-27 June 2015) – 27 participants; (21-26 September 2015) - 25 participants; Stage 6: Kyiv, (14-19 September 2015) - 17 participants; (05-10 October 2015) - 17 participants. The impact of the training was enhanced by the invitation of the ex-vice-minister of Ukraine in Utilities and Regional Development Dr. Romaniuk S.A., who shared his practical experience with the audience. Professor Mikula N.A. – the developer of the Euroregion concept for Ukraine – added more practical competencies to the training. Active use of the innovative teaching methods and approaches allowed to substantially change the quality of teaching regional economics at national higher educational establishments. Deliverables: - Each group of the training participants created one e-textbook “Regional policy of the European Union” (sixth variants altogether); - Results of analysis and selection of the contents of the six textbooks allowed to make a competitive selection of the best chapters to form the most competitive final variant of the text-book; - The peer review of the final text-book was performed by the renown experts in international economic relations and regional studies, didactics, as well as representatives of the students’ academic council, who assessed the accessibility of the contents of the text-book; - Regional Policy of the European Union: Text-book / Editor in Chief Professor Viktor Chuzhykov, Kyiv, KNEU, 2016 (ISBN 978-966-926-080-2) (Project number № 528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH; Grant agreement № 2012-2848 / 001 – 001); - Teaching materials of the training have been passed to participants of the trainings either in the form of deliverables (DVDs) or sent to their e-mails at their request Follow-up events and initiatives: - On November 19, 2015 Professor V. Chuzhykov organized public discussion of the main results of the Jean Monnet Chair (Project № 528395-LLP-1-2012-1-UA-AJM-CH; Grant Agreement № 2012-2848 / 001 – 001) implementation at the Scientific and Expert Council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - On December 10, 2015 Jean Monnet Chair Viktor Chuzhykov reported the main results of the project implementation at the Academic council of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman; - The follow-up event included 3-day workshop to finalize the collective variant of the textbook “European Union Regional Policy” on February 16-18, 2016 (Its program included selection of the best chapters from among the six e-books to be included into the final printed variant of the text-book, didactic sessions on harmonizing the style of the text, implementing active methods, cross-reviewing of the text, peer-review of the text, group presentations of the improved chapters of the final text-book); - The follow-up round-table debate for the Jean Monnet Chair “European Thinking — Local Action” was held on the premises of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman on the 19th of February, 2016 (Conference Hall of KNEU, Peremohy Avenue, 54/1). The aim of the round-table debate: summing up majorscientific, methodological, didactic, and organizational achievements of the project during 2012-2016. The event was open for the civil society (NGOs, volunteering organizations, academia etc.); - Close cooperation between training participants resulted in the cohesion of academics and establishing strong network relations between the participants, indicating their readiness to collaborate in further projects; - Jean Monnet Chair V. Chuzhykov delivered a speech “The economic impact of the introduction of visa-free regime between Ukraine and EU” in the Parliament of Ukraine in the course of Parliamentary debates on the subject of “Prospects of launching by the EU of the visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine” on April 15, 2015 (Hrushevskogo str. 5, Session Hall of the Parliament of Ukraine). |
