International projects – the response of humanitarians to the challenges of our time

 After discussing the specifics and opportunities of international activities under martial law at the Academic Council of the faculty of humanities and pedagogy, an initiative group headed by the deputy dean Alla Kravchenko decided to take a closer look at specific project ideas that can be funded by international programs and projects, as well as determine the next steps to implement these ideas.

Such a search for new opportunities interested a fairly wide number of colleagues in the humanities: the working meeting was attended by the Dean, deputy Deans, Heads of departments responsible for international activities, teachers and postgraduates of the faculty.

Dean Inna Savytska congratulated her colleagues and drew their attention to the need to activate and expand international activities at the faculty. The director of the Training and Research Center for international activities Oleksandr Labenko gave practical advice and useful information. He noted that now Ukrainian instructors and scientists have opened up many prospects for project activities, especially on such significant European platforms as Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, COST. Also, taking this opportunity, Oleksand Mykolayovych spoke about the requirements for passing international internships online at the SPP.

The main discussion unfolded around ideas that would be interesting to offer in the form of projects with the support of international programs and donor organizations – an interesting comprehensive proposal was made by the heads of the Departments of psychology and social work and rehabilitation Irina Martynyuk and Iryna Sopivnyk. They proposed to develop and submit a project on social and psychological rehabilitation of children affected by military operations. It is appropriate to note that almost all representatives of the departments of the faculty were able to find their place in this initiative during the discussion. So, in the future, we are working on an application for such a project and finding funding from donor organizations.

Postgraduates of the faculty – from a post-graduate student of the Department of international relations and Social Sciences-showed active participation in the meeting and great interest in trying to obtain international grants for scientific research Karyna Akeeva and post-graduate students of the Department of philosophy and international communication Victoria Shekhovtsova-Buryanova interesting ideas for international scientific grants were presented.

So, the team agreed to work out the ideas discussed and develop project proposals for their further promotion. We hope for success!

Alla Kravchenko,
deputy dean for international affairs