Interadis

🔶️28 October – 01 December 2024 Final Project Meeting was organized in frameworks of INTERADIS project at Netherlands Business Academy in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

🔶️Throughout the meeting, partners reviewed highlights, key results, and activities from the past four years, sharing memories and reflecting on the project’s most impactful moments. They summarized project outcomes, discussed implementation strategies beyond the funding phase, and laid the groundwork for sustaining results and launching new initiatives.

🔶️A primary focus of the event was a comprehensive presentation on final reporting requirements, covering responsibilities, timelines, documentation, and financial statements. Partners also engaged in group sessions to assess the most significant project outcomes.

🔶️Another highlight was the presentation of the publication *"Collection of Best Practices of INTERADIS Project Partners in Adaptation and Integration of International Students,"* which offered an in-depth summary of the project’s objectives, milestones, and transformative outcomes over the four-year period.

🔶️The official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding among consortium members was another notable activity, indicating their commitment to future collaboration. In light of the success of INTERADIS project, the partners expressed their mutual interest in continuing and expanding their collaboration in the areas of training, research, and capacity building to further promote internationalization, enhance educational standards, and support innovation within HEIs.

🔶️Additionally, participants took part in team-building activities, leadership workshops, and discussions on well-being, fostering unity and growth within the team.

✳️The special guest, Oksana Oliinyk, director of the Ukrainian school in Dordrecht, member of MEDIATS project “Mediation: Training and Society Transformation,” and alumna of the Master’s program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at KROK University, shared insights on the development and growth of the international student community in Dordrecht and facilitated workshops throughout the event.

👏👏👏Many thanks to Jan van Zwieten and all team of Netherlands Business Academy; the Cooridnator of the project, KROK Unviersity, the Co-coordinator, for the wonderful organization of the event and to all partners for the active and fruiful participation.

On 26-30 August 2024, Foggia University (Italy) hosted the Sustainability Training as part of the INTERADIS/International Students Integration and Adaptation project (619451-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).

Event was attended by the following partners: KROK University, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Odesa National Polytechnical University, Mariupol State University, Sumy National Agrarian University, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ivan Franko National University , National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Netherlands Business Academy, the Netherlands; Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany; Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania; Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung UG, Germany.

Sustainability training in international projects is essential for ensuring compliance with regulations, enhancing resource efficiency, managing risks, and fostering positive stakeholder relationships.

The main goal of the training is to develop and discuss a joint sustainable development strategy and an individual strategy for each Ukrainian project partner.

During the week workshops were also organized on the preparation of a sustainability strategy, work in teams to share experience, recommendations of partners on the implementation of the project and new opportunities for cooperation were discussed.

University representatives focused on four topics:
🔹mental health
🔹online studying
🔹linguistic and cultural barrier
🔹marketing strategy for recruiting foreign students

The participants also worked with the IOOI model in the context of higher education internationalization.
In particular, they worked through the key points for evaluating success and progress of the project for their university:
🔸Impact
🔸Outcome
🔸Output
🔸Input

Based on the results, the participants, together with speakers, formed recommendations for universities regarding their work with foreign students.

Many thanks to Università di Foggia for the excellent organisation and highly productive week! Thanks also to the sustainability coach Hultgren - Nachhaltiges Management Oliver Schmidt for the quality training and support in developing sustainability strategies

🔶6 June 2024 the team of KROK University presented Erasmus+ project International Students Adaptation and Integration/INTERADIS at Czech-German International Week, organized by Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden.

🔶Representatives of INTERADIS Co-coordinator -
KROK University Andrii Lotariev, director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, and Galina Bogachenko, Director of International Projects Office, presented project brief description, joint activities and events, dissemination and management approaches, as well as best practices and results on the example of KROK University to the representatives of European Universities.

🔶Many thanks to OTH Amberg Weiden for invitation and for the wonderful opportunity to share project results internationally.