The Forum was held in accordance with the Order of the President of Ukraine № 210/2020 “On the improvement of higher education in Ukraine”. The event is included in the Plan to promote opportunities for higher education in Ukraine for foreign students.
The organizers of the Third Ukrainian International Education Forum are the state enterprise “Ukrainian State Center for International Education” and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The event was held in cooperation with EducationUSA and the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine (European Union Project).
During the second day of the Forum, registered participants attended a master class “International Education: Diplomatic Protocol, Communication and Search for Partners”. The participants learned about following the rules of diplomatic protocol, etiquette and features of intercultural communication during international meetings, received effective cases and practical tools for building effective cooperation with foreign partners.
Yevgeniya Gaber, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Deputy Director of Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), stressed the value of the Forum for all stakeholders involved in the process of international education. She spoke about the specifics of educational diplomacy and the promotion of Ukrainian universities abroad, stressed the importance of developing a strategy in the field of international education.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Tajikistan Vasyl Servatiuk spoke about the details of the visit of the Ukrainian delegation of educators to the Republic of Tajikistan, the importance of the meeting with Tajik graduates of Ukrainian HEIs and the extraordinary benefits of the visit for both countries.
Director of the Ukrainian State Center for International Education Dr. Olena Shapovalova presented to the participants the Development Strategy of “Study in Ukraine” and paid special attention to the aspects of the Center’s cooperation with higher education institutions.
Advisor of the Presidium of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Serhiy Kurbatov presented a report “Internationalization strategy as a catalyst for the development of international activity”. In it, the speaker revealed the essence of the internationalization process, its features and directions, on the example of the internationalization strategy of NAES demonstrated the importance of such a document for the university or academic institution and its indicators.
The second part of the program for the Forum’s final day was dedicated to a panel “International education – a key vector of Ukraine’s expansion in the world”, moderated by Violeta Moskalu – Founder of the Global Ukraine Foundation. The speakers of the panel presented community building practices at the Center of University Development Strategies in Israel, shared modern practices of learning foreign languages that are successful methods for integrating foreign students, on the example of the University of Paris-Est Creteil. Listeners learned about the development of a global platform of Ukrainian ambassadors to the world based on a network of graduates of Ukrainian HEIs, as well as received recommendations from the Global Ukrainians network.
At the end of the Forum, Director of “Study in Ukraine” Dr. Olena Shapovalova thanked all the speakers, participants and partners for their interest in the Third Ukrainian International Education Forum and called to join in on the creation of the Forum resolution.
“This document will be of extraordinary value. After all, in the resolution we will unite all of the most important proposals that are necessary for the development of international education in Ukraine, and we will make every effort to implement them and make Study in Ukraine better!” – noted Dr. Olena Shapovalova.