Working meetings on the TURBO project launch are ongoing

On February 13-14, working activities are held to launch the project “The Universities’ Reaction to Big Obstructions: Building resilient higher education to respond and manage societal crises” (TURBO). The project is financed by Erasmus+. The workshop takes place in a hybrid format: physically in the city of Bode (Norway) at Nord University plus online participants. The participants are Nord University (Norway), which is the main coordinator of the project, Kozminski University (Poland), International Foundation for Social Adaptation, Ukrainian universities: Lviv Polytechnic National University, West Ukrainian National University, Chernivtsi National Fedkovych University, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Vinnytsia National Technical University, South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky.

In the first half of the day, a working meeting of the Project Steering Committee took place, all the main project documents and reporting technology were approved. Further, on February 13 and 14, working meetings of project executors from all participating organizations take place with the aim of detailed preparation of the project for launch. Currently, all participants have already signed the Grant Agreement on the website of the European Commission. Negotiations for the signing of the Consortium Agreement by all parties are ongoing. Further, agreements will be developed and signed between Nord University and IFSA, as well as between IFSA and each Ukrainian university participating in the project.

This project has received funding from the European Union (ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE) under grant agreement No 101129315.