WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Today, the administration and the trade union committee of the Ternopil National Economic University, together with a member of the TNEU Supervisory Board, handed over two Draeger ventilators to the head of the Ternopil City Communal Emergency Hospital Yaroslav Tchaikivskyi. Medical equipment was purchased at the expense of the University staff for the needs of the residents of Ternopil. We must all stay conscious of the threat and work together to beat the virus!

 Due to the quarantine in Ukraine, the final stage of the competition for student projects is postponed to June 10-11, 2020. We would like to inform you that with the assistance and grant support of the Government of Bavaria and the Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, the winners and prize-holders of the competition will have the opportunity to attend the 10th International Conference on Advanced Computer Information Technologies (ACIT-2020) on 16 -18 September 2020 in Deggendorf, Germany.

  As per the order of the Rector of the University in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection, full-time and part-time TNEU students were transferred to distance training mode using MOODLE TNEU educational platform (link) and educational and training complexes in disciplines (link).

 On March 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Comittee on Technogenic and Environmental Safety and Emergency Situations of Ternopil Regional State Administration, and the Department of Education and Science of Ternopil RSA have adopted decisions on prevention of the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

In compliance with these orders, and in order to ensure the continuity of the educational process, TNEU has taken the following measures:

- transfer full-time and part-time TNEU students, as well as students of professional development courses and preparatory department, for the period from 12.03.2020 to 03.04.2020, to distance learning mode of study using the platform "Moodle" and other information and communication technologies;

- limited the organisation of public events on the territory of TNEU from 12.03.2020 to 03.04.2020.

 On March 5, the first module of the Jean Monnet programme, implemented under the 612067-EPP-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE project European Regional Policy: Balancing Local, National and Pan-European Interests was launched.

 From 24 to 29 February 2020, three lecturers from the TNEU Department of International Economic Relations visited at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences (Alkmaar, The Kingdom of the Netherlands). The visit was at the invitation of our partner university to participate in the Erasmus+ academic mobility programme.

 The competition of joint Ukrainian-Austrian research projects for 2021-2022 has started. It was announced on March 2, 2020 by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy of the Republic of Austria and the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research.

Projects are due until April 27, 2020. You can submit them in all scientific disciplines and thematic areas. The competition is open to any research groups of higher education institutions, scientific institutions and enterprises of both countries.

Further details on the application process and the implementation of the projacts can be found at: https://mon.gov.ua/ua/news/startuvav-konkurs-ukrayinsko-avstrijskih-naukovih-proyektiv-na-2021-2022-roki-zayavki-prijmayut-do-27-kvitnya

The EU Delegation and the Croatian Embassy in Ukraine are conducting an online quiz on the occasion of Croatia's presidency of the EU Council between February 24 and March 4.

 Internationalization of the educational process is a development strategy priority of Ternopil National Economic University. The Department of Management, Public Administration and Personnel (Faculty of Economics and Management), continuing the long-standing cooperation with the Wroclaw University of Economics, helped organize the II International Multidisciplinary Winter School "Poland-Ukraine 2020", held in the town of Jelenia Gora (Republic of Poland).