Training for civil servants and local self-government officials within the Jean Monnet REFRAG Module
On 21 October 2024, the third (final) cycle of trainings on ‘European Regionalism: Practical Implementation’ started at West Ukrainian National University, aimed at civil servants, local government officials and other stakeholders. The training was held within the framework of the Jean Monnet Programme project 101048216 - REFRAG - ERASMUS-JMO-2021-HEI-TCH-RSCH ‘Regional Integration: The European Benchmark Against the Challenges of Global Fragmentation (REFRAG)’.
Uliana KORUTS, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research of West Ukrainian National University, welcomed the participants of the event. She highlighted the importance of implementing international grant projects in wartime and stressed the need for more active integration of Ukrainian universities into the European educational system.
Acting Director of the Bohdan Havrylyshyn Institute of International Relations Liudmyla Havryliuk-Yensen outlined the main milestones in the development of international cooperation programmes at the Institute and wished the participants interesting and productive work.
REFRAG Project Coordinator, Professor of the Department of International Economics Mariia LYZUN acquainted the participants of the training with the conditions and features of the Jean Monnet Programme, the structure of the training course and the implementation period. The training course lecturers, professors of the Department of International Economics Ihor Lishchynskyi and Vitalina Kuryliak, spoke about the training topics and noted their particular relevance in the context of the current fragmentation of the global space and the aggravation of interregional confrontations.
The event's participants stressed that the processes of internationalisation and integration, which were initially confined to a limited number of countries, now cover all continents. In this context, the European Union remains a unique example of ‘deep’ regional integration, which is the result of more than seventy years of compromise and struggle between European states. Today, the war in Ukraine is a new serious challenge for Europe, testing its maturity, cohesion and ability to resist totalitarian regimes. The EU is demonstrating its readiness to resolutely defend its values and support democracy in the face of modern challenges.
