A scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff of the DonSUIA took part in the event. The round table was opened by first vice-rector of the University Yehor Nazymko. He spoke about the purpose of the project, the results obtained during the first year of mobility and emphasized that the main mission of the DonSUIA is implementation of the key needs of communities. It consists in ensuring the security component – protection of human rights and national security.
The speakers shared with the attendees the knowledge gained during their foreign business trips. Head of the DonSUIA research laboratory for the prevention of criminal offenses Tetiana Ponomariova focused on the peculiarities of ensuring the third mission by the representatives of the University of Latvia. She noted that the key aspect of the foreign visit was getting acquainted with the experience of the Educational Centre of Management and Entrepreneurship of the University of Latvia. Its main area of activity is to provide continuous education of adults by conducting seminars and organizing full-time and distance training upgrading courses in various fields (about 27 programs of professional development which provide 11 digital competencies) in accordance with the needs of the labour market. Also the Educational Centre of Management and Entrepreneurship of the University of Latvia closely cooperates with the State Agency for the Development of Education through the implementation of the educational project “Upgrading the professional competence of employed persons”. In the process of training, representatives of the Center also use interactive business simulation games in order to ensure the development of educational competencies.
Head of the international cooperation unit, Viktoria Moskalenko, shared her impressions of participating in the summarizing dissemination event of the project – an international conference “University and Inclusion”, organized by the Fondazione Sicurezza e Liberta in Rome (the Italian Republic). The conference participants presented the results of their own research regarding the role of Universities and associations in European cooperation, the specifics of their interaction with communities and stakeholders, as well as implementation of foreign experience in the work of Universities with communities.
Head of the DonSUIA research laboratory of the communities’public security, Andrii Zakharchenko, spoke about his participation in the study visit to Lund University. In particular, the speaker focused on the professional creation and distribution of podcasts.
Head of the department, Hanna Buha, shared the knowledge gained during her foreign trip to the University of Genoa, which is the leading higher education institution in Italy regarding the implementation of the Universities’ third mission.
Summarizing the speakers’ reports, Yehor Nazymko emphasized the priorities of the DonSUIA in implementing the project mission such as, purposeful use and transfer of academic knowledge to solve various social problems, the transfer of technologies and innovations in the form of cooperation with the state structures.
