«Education for sustainable development: synergy of competences for the recovery of Ukraine»
The priority of SUSTED is defined as contribution to strengthening the capacity of higher education institutions to advocate for sustainability in the post-war recovery of Ukraine through development of competencies for sustainable management and leadership.
Project coordinator: Polissia National University (Zhytomyr, Ukraine).
Partners (beneficiaries):
• The Hague University of Applied Science (THUAS), the Netherlands;
• WSEI University, Poland;
• Danubius University (DU), Slovakia;
• IDEA Academy, Malta;
• Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine;
• Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Ukraine;
• West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine;
• HEI "Podillia State University", Ukraine.
SUSTED project aims to promote new elements of the education quality system, adapted to the Sustainable Development Goals, and based on innovative technologies and teaching methods, improved curricula, the academic reputation of the best European educational practices and standards that allow achieving synergistic effect in obtaining the competences of students in the field of sustainable development.
Specific objectives:
1. To define the role and to assess the potential of universities in shaping the competencies of students in the field of sustainable development management.
2. To develop and to implement course on sustainable development management for successful employment of graduates accordingly to the needs of Ukraine’s recovery.
3. To develop transfer of knowledge mechanisms between HEIs through creation of a Virtual SD-Lab of sustainable actions.
4. To support the coopetition between HEIs in the “business-university-community” triad and their capacity building to ensure sustainable growth.
Immediate results:
• 3 developed questionnaires for teachers, students and business / government representatives on the proposed and expected competencies of graduates in the field of sustainable development management;
• 5 reports with results of survey for identification the priority for design the selective part of new course;
• successful completion of the training for trainers by 3 representatives of each Ukrainian partner university, 15 in total.
This project has received funding from the European Union (ERASMUS-EDU-2024-CBHE-STRAND-1) under grant agreement No 101178414.