Universities – Communities: strengthening cooperation

We strengthen cooperation between universities and communities for sustainable development

Erasmus+ project KA2
Capacity building in High Education

Specific objectives

Objectives play a key role in project planning, they provide perspective for the future, drive action, and focus attention.

1.

To develop and discuss national policy on enhancing the third mission of universities and community-university cooperation
General objective

To enhance universities’ social role through boosting university-community engagement leading to the elaboration of state policy on supporting the third mission of universities for ensuring social cohesion, resilience, sustainability and prosperity in Ukraine.

2.

To develop the model strategies for relations between universities and communities based on their needs and aimed to enhance civic activism and citizen engagement based on principles of equality, solidarity, non-discrimination and inclusion and to pilot them in the HEI’s and communities involved

3.

To foster the cooperation between the project target groups and stakeholders on university-community cooperation based on European experiences and practices in the field of inclusion and gender equality, cyber security and digitalization, ecology, and civic education, etc.

4.

To foster the cooperation between the project target groups and stakeholders on university-community cooperation based on European experiences and practices

5.

To increase the social responsibility and community engagement of universities through raising their capacities in the area of community development and local leadership

6.

To ensure the qualitative project implementation is in line with best European practices as to the academic content and project management;

7.

To ensure proper cooperation between PI, target groups, and stakeholders in order to implement the project dully and timely to report to European and national authorities.

EU funding program
Erasmus+: КА 2 CBHE
Project timeline, years
1
Financing
0

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