The Forum of Rectors of Technical Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine and Poland has opened at National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” on April 6.
Over the course of two days nearly 90 heads of technical HEIs of Ukraine and about 80 their Polish counterparts have been considering the state, possibilities and prospects for expansion of cooperation, as well as tackling joint problems of Ukrainian and Polish technical higher education and the ways of resolving them.
Prior to its formal opening the Forum began with laying of flowers at a monument to Wojciech Swietoslawski, prominent Polish scientist and statesman who graduated from KPI in 1906. Afterwards the special joint meeting of the Conference of Rectors of Technical HEIs of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine, and the Association of Rectors of Technical HEIs of Ukraine, entitled “Breakthrough Projects of International Cooperation of Technical Universities of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland in Science, Technologies and Innovations: Ukrainian Satellite, Airspace Technologies, Cyber Security and Physical Nuclear Security, Clear Water, Renewable Energy”, took place. Mykhailo Zgurovsky, Head of the Council of the Association of Rectors of Technical HEIs of Ukraine and Rector of Igor Sikorsky KPI, and Tadeusz Slomka, Head of the Conference of Rectors of Technical HEIs of the Republic of Poland and Rector of the Krakow-based Stanislaw Staszic University of Mining and Metallurgy, presided at the meeting. Heads of technical HEIs of the two countries were introduced to presentations of the most interesting and worthwhile projects designed for expansion or establishment of cooperation, which are being implemented at Igor Sikorsky KPI, such as “Space Program of Igor Sikorsky KPI”, “Modern Aircraft and Automobile Industries. Tucana Engineering Warsaw – Cooperation of Ukraine and Poland”, “Cyber Security”, “National Educational Platform in the Sphere of Nuclear Security”, “Cooperation of Ukraine and Poland in Clear Water Problems” and “Renewable Energy and a Project within the Program of Polish Assistance”, among others.
Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Liliia Hrynevych, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; Jan Pieklo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine; Oleksandr Spivakovskii, Head of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Science and Education; MP Oksana Yurinets, Head of the Sub-Committee on Regional and Trans-Border Cooperation between Ukraine and EU Countries under the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration and Member of the Ukrainian Party of the Parliamentary Assembly of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland; Jerzy Woznicki, Head of the National Council for Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland; Jan Schmidt, President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools of the Republic of Poland and Rector of the Warsaw Polytechnic University; and others participated in the opening ceremony of the Forum.
Addressing Forum participants and guests, Liliia Hrynevych stated: “You are forming the elite of our countries: those who will become the driver of their innovative economy. And the fact that we are currently joining in this Forum is one of the striking illustrations showing how much Poland needs Ukraine and vice versa. Today we are very much aware who is Ukraine’s partner, even not a partner, but a true friend. Therefore, it is very important to us to develop the close cooperation among various professional communities, which would be fruitful and meaningful with respect to both parties. I think cooperation of technical HEIs in all spheres will be another durable bridge that joins us.”
The official part of the Forum was followed by a plenary meeting at which participants discussed general issues related to the state, experience and development prospects of cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian HEIs.
Other meetings of the Forum will be held on April 7 in the form of theme roundtables devoted to the directions of activities that have significance for universities of the two countries: “International and Foreign Economic Activities as the Factor of Internationalization of Modern European Technical University in Making It a Leading HEI”, “Accreditation of Engineering Education. EUR-ACE Certification. Ranking of Curricula”, “EU ERASMUS+ Opportunities for Universities of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland – a Good Start to Develop Long-Term Cooperation”, “Double Diplomas – Cooperation of HEIs of Ukraine and Poland in the Sphere of Education”, “European Networking of Startup Schools and the Formation of Joint Innovation Environments” and “Jurisprudence at Interdisciplinary Intersections with Technical Higher Education”.
Photo: Liliia Hrynevych, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, addresses Forum participants
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