DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF KYIV INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

In 2004 KIU gained a grant from the Media Development Fund of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to execute the project “Information technologies in modern journalism”.

The main purpose of the project was to study and define urgent training needs of journalists-practicians as for usage of information technologies and to conduct trainings, aimed at improving their professional skills. The local situation was monitored to define the level of knowledge of journalists-practicians in the sphere of information technologies and necessity to use this knowledge in their practical activity. Based on the results of the polls and recommendations of the respondents the team of the teachers of the department of international information and informatics and the faculty of journalism and television prepared the educational programme, on the basis of which two training manuals were developed and published.

Starting from 2003–2004 Kyiv International University is an active participant of the European projects under the EU programme TEMPUS-TACIS.

Samotokin Borys Borysovych, Vice-rector for International Relations, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, is the Coordinator of the international projects and programs of KIU.

Every year KIU submits several projects to the European Commission.

In 2004 two projects received funding (“European Standards in Teaching International Tourism Economics” and “European Student Self-Governance in Ukrainian universities), in 2005 – one project (“Modernization of International Relations Offices”) and in 2006 – two projects (“Crisis Analysis and Decision Making in Ukraine” and “European-Ukrainian approach to the Inter-University Rating in Ukraine”).

Let’s present the brief information on the projects which received funding and their main results.

JEP-24244-2003 “EU Standards in Teaching International Tourism Economics” (Joint European project)

Main objectives of the project:

1) Development of the EU-based teaching standard for International Tourism Economics in Ukraine;

2) Elaboration and introduction of International Tourism Economics Master Programme at three Ukrainian Universities

EU university consortium members were:

· Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Greece (grant holder)

· Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

Within this project KIU developed and introduced the curriculum for Master level in “International Economic Relations”, speciality “International Tourism Economics”.

University resource centre was created on the basis of the equipment purchased within the project.

JEP-24244-2003 European Student Self-Governance in Ukrainian universities (Joint European project)

Main objectives of the project:

– To introduce the modern EU practice of student self-governance in Ukrainian state and private Universities;

– To establish the system of the students' leaders training;

– To strengthening of the system of student self-governance with the relevant information sources and services.

EU project members were:

– University of Dunkerque, France (grant holder)

– National Union of Students (Great Britain).

The EU practice of electing student parliament was introduced, on the basis of which the election to Student parliament was organised, the head of the Parliament and his/her deputies were chosen.

The information student centre is created; trainings of the student core group are conducted.

SCM TO60A05-UKR “Modernization of International Relations Offices”

Main objectives of the project:

- modernization of international relations offices in four Ukrainian universities of various types on the modern EU practice of international cooperation of universities.

EU project members were:

– Cordoba University, Spain (grant holder)

– Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

SCM TO74A06-2006 “European-Ukrainian approach to the Establishment of the Inter-University Rating in Ukraine”

Main objectives of the project are: study of the modern EU practice of inter-university rating and creation of European-Ukrainian inter-university rating system as well as rating of the specialty “Management” in four Ukrainian universities.

EU project members were:

– Cordoba University, Spain (grant holder, coordinator).

– Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.

May 2008 –the agreement of cooperation between Kyiv International University (Ukraine) and Aristoteles Institute of Foreign Languages in Bremen (Germany) was signed to develop and strengthen bilateral relations.

JEP_26193_2005 “Crisis Analysis and Decision Making in Ukraine” (Joint European project)

Main objectives of the project are:

– to create the EU-UA integrated Master Course in Crisis Analysis and Decision Making based on advanced information technologies and existing European experience;

– to introduce it in four Ukrainian Universities of various types (two classical, economic and humanitarian ones).

EU project members were:

– University of Stuttgart, Germany (grant holder)

– University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy.

Thanks to the projects computer classes and video conference class were equipped. The video conference class will be used to deliver virtual lectures of the European professors in Ukrainian Universities. Within this project KIU developed the curriculum for the specialty “Crisis Analysis and Decision Making” under the specialties “International Relations” and “Foreign Policy”.