Conference on Education and Research Cooperation between Norway and Ukraine

27 February 2013, from 11.30 until 17.30, National Library in Oslo

On February 27, 2013 the Embassy of Ukraine in Oslo in cooperation with Norwegian partners arranges a Conference on Education and Research cooperation between Norway and Ukraine.

The main topics to be discussed at the conference are the following:

- Trends and Priorities in Bilateral Higher Education and Research Cooperation between Norway and Ukraine

- Current Projects in Education Cooperation and Opportunities for the Future

- Enhancement of Quality Assurance and Improvement of Curricula in Higher Music Training

- Business, Education and Research – Investments for the Future

In the work of the Conference will participate representatives of the Ministry of Education and Research of Norway, Norwegian Universities and Research Centers:

Ms. Ragnhild Setsaas, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Research of Norway; Birgit Jacobsen, Norwegian Research Council; Prof. Anatoli Bourmistrov, University of Norland; Prof. Harsha Ratnaweera, University of Life Sciences – UMB, Ana Perona Fjelstad, The European Wergeland Centre; Prof. Frode Mellemvik, Director of High North Centre for Business; Ann Kristin H Calisch, Norwegian Business School; Stig Arne Skjerven, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT); Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

The Ukrainian delegation, represented at the Conference, is headed by Eugene Sulima, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and includes Volodymyr Onyschenko, Rector of Poltava National Technical University, Gennadiy Oborsky, Rector of Odessa National Polytechnic University, Anataloy Vasylyev, Rector of Sumy State University, Serhiy Ryzhkov, Rector of the Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University, Yestahiy Kryzhanivsky, Rector of the National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Leonid Tovazhnyansky, Rector of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Volodymyr Zaslavsky, Head of International Department of Kyiv T. Shevchenko National University. The National Mining University is represented by rector Gennadiy Pivnyak.

During workshop rector of the National Mining University presented the proposals concerning development of Ukrainian-Norwegian bilateral cooperation:

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The Conference program can be downloaded from the official web-site of the Embassy of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Norway:

http://norway.mfa.gov.ua/mediafiles/sites/norway/files/ConferenceProgramEng.pdf