Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection
Name of Erasmus+ programme direction: KA2: Cooperation Among Organisations and Institutions
Project type: Capacity Building in Higher Education
Project number: 586281-EPP-1-2017-1-EE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Project name: Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection
Short name of the project: BBSR
Main project coordinator: University of Tartu (Estonia)
Project coordinator from KNU: Mykola Doroshko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of International Regional Studies
Structural unit of KNU, on the basis of which the project is implemented: Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations
Project implementation period: 2017-2021
Consortium members:
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine)
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)
Lund University (Sweden)
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Mariupol State University (Ukraine)
Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine)
Brief description of the project:
The goal of the project is to introduce a new master’s programme for the formation of students’ relevant competencies necessary for conducting scientific research activities and establishing relations with international or regional, state or private organisations and enterprises. The programme is based on a diversified approach to learning and teaching, major trends and demand in the labour market, national potential and future capital. Students who complete the programme will have a higher education with a fluency on English, which will give them access to a wide range of jobs.
The second goal is to modernise teaching and learning in Ukrainian higher education institutions by introducing a new methodology and training appropriate teaching staff. Modernisation includes the introduction of norms, standards and basic principles of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which will support integration into the Bologna process.