European Union academic project management in sustainable development for Ukrainian students

Abstract

The European Union (EU) provides great opportunities for academic institutions to participate in the world leading academic programmes, such as Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe. These programmes policies, terms and conditions give a perfect understanding of effective European Union project management approaches. The European Commission also developed PM2 Methodology for effective management of EU funding projects. The Jean Monnet Module implemented at the National University of Food Technologies (NUFT), Kyiv under the support of Erasmus+ programme in 2022-2025, aims to educate Ukrainian students on effective EU management of academic projects in European sustainability. The main activity of the Module is the teaching course for PhD students at NUFT. The course covers key aspects of effective project management relevant to EU academic programmes, including general issues of effective project management, the EU academic programmes analysis, project proposal preparation, project team work, risk management, quality assurance and other relevant issues. Additional teaching activities of the Module include annual Jean Monnet winter and summer schools on EU academic project management for young university teachers and researchers. The main expected results of the Module are increased awareness of the learners on EU effective approaches in academic project management and developing relevant practical skills. The outputs of the Module will include sharing knowledge on world leading EU educational and research programmes, motivation of learners to participate actively in the EU funding projects. Positive feedback from the learners allows us to recommend this and similar teaching courses for other universities of Ukraine.