Round Table: “Experience of introducing educational courses related to the EU”
On May 11, 2023, the Faculty of Finance and Business Management of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Department of Financial Management held a round table: “Experience of introducing educational courses related to the EU”. The event took place within implementation of the EU-funded Programme Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module “Urban Revitalization – the EU experience for Ukraine 620957-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE”.
The round table was organized by the project team together with the Department of Financial Management of the Faculty of Finance and Business of the Ivan Franko National University, with the participation of the Western Ukrainian Research Center for European Studies, and with the support of the public organizations “Green Economy of Ukraine”, “APREI”, “Ukrainian Association of European Studies”.
The event was attended by more than 50 teachers and administrative staff of higher education institutions, post-graduate students and masters, and members of public organizations representing 11 universities – Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv University of Trade and Economics, State Tax University, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, National Aviation University, Dnipro State Technical University, KhNUMG, Kamianets-Podilskyi National University, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas and Khmelnytskyi National University.
During the event, the Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Business Management, Associate Professor Andrii Stasyshyn, and the Head of the Department of Financial Management, Professor Nataliya Sytnyk, made an opening speech.
Institutional coordinator of the Erasmus+ program at the University, Associate Professor of the Department of European and Regional Studies, Oksana Kraevska presented the report “Implementation of Educational and Scientific Projects in European Studies at Ivan Franko Lviv National University”. The project coordinator, Associate Professor Olga Sych spoke on the topic “Networks and Tools for Studying EU Best Practices in Sustainable City Development.” A member of the project team, Associate Professor Vira Kruglyakova outlined the advantages and disadvantages of digitization and its use in teaching EU-related subjects. Associate Professor Vasyl Zelenko presented the interdisciplinary approach to teaching European Studies. “Innovation in the Teaching of Disciplines Related to the EU” was the topic of the report of the coordinator of the Jean Monet Module project “Creative industries: European experience” Professor Oksana Hnatkovych.
As a result of the event, the following outcomes were achieved: the participants got acquainted with the experience of implementing European studies at Ivan Franko National University, learned about successful cases and methods of teaching disciplines related to the EU, and got the opportunity to join future projects on European studies.