Ukrainian and EU GREEN Rectors’ session at Plenary Hall

On 30th of January 2023 a meeting between EU GREEN Rectors and Ukrainian delegation took place at the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall of Cáceres in the presence of the deputy mayor of the city, Mr. Jorge Villar Guijarro. The session was led by prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta, vice-rector for Internationalization of the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UPWr). During the session Krzysztof Kafarski, Director of the International Relations Office at UPWr, presented the assumptions of the INTERACT project. Then Prof. Ksenia Smyrnova, vice-rector for internationalization – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, gave a joint presentation of the Ukrainian side on the current situation of the higher education sector in conditions of a war-torn country.

A discussion took place, as a result of which an outline of the plan of cooperation and joint activities was established within the INTERACT project. All nine universities of the Alliance have declared their participation in the project. The Ukrainian side is to present the scope of its needs and expectations in the coming month relation to the INTERACT project. In this way, EU GREEN consortium members will be able to meet their expectations and create tailor-made trainings, study visits, etc., which will involve the Ukrainian partners in the activities of the EU GREEN Alliance in the long-term perspective.