Cooperation with foreign partners
In 2024, scientific institutions of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine actively participated in the implementation of almost 60 international scientific and educational projects and programs of the American Councils for International Education, the British Council in Ukraine, the European Union, the European Training Foundation, the UN Office in Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the DVV International Office in Ukraine, the Council of Europe, the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF and other international organizations and funds. Scientific cooperation continued with 28 Foreign members of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, representing 10 countries of the world, scientific institutions and educational institutions of the republics of Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Korea, Moldova, Poland, Finland, the Austrian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Kyrgyz, People′s Republic of China, Portuguese, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian and French republics, the State of Israel, the Kingdoms of Spain and Sweden, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Romania, the United States of America, the Swiss Confederation, Japan and other foreign countries both within the framework of 35 cooperation agreements concluded by the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, and within the framework of hundreds of agreements concluded directly by its institutions with scientific institutions, educational institutions of foreign countries, international organizations and foundations.
Scientific institutions of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and individual scientists carry out expert activities and are members of more than 50 international organizations and scientific associations, editorial boards of foreign scientific publications, in particular the Eastern European Mission Charitable Foundation, the Aspern Foundation Charitable Organization, the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, the World Federation of Mental Health, the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, the European Association for Media and Information Education, the European Association for Adult Education, the European Network for Organizational Psychology and Work Psychology, the European Council on High Abilities, the European Academy of Natural Sciences, the European Community for the Study of Traumatic Stress, the European Association for Psychotherapy, the European Confederation of Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists, the European Association for Psychodrama, the European Federation of Psychologists, the European Federation of Academies of Natural Sciences and Humanities, the International Association for Economic Research, the International Academy of Culture of Security, Ecology and health "MACBEZ", the International Society of Political Psychology, the International Council of Psychologists, the International Association of Applied Psychology, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the East European Federation of Scientific Analytics, the International Academy of Sciences and Higher Education, "Ukraine and Ukrainians Abroad", etc.
During the year, a project of Memorandum on Cooperation between the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the Swiss non-governmental organization "International Projects" (Swiss Confederation)was prepared, agreed with partners and was signed.
Within the framework of the activities of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine under martial law in order to solve the tasks of the country′s post-war reconstruction and its European integration, realizing the need to expand cooperation with state enterprises and organizations, public organizations and higher education institutions of Ukraine in the development of international scientific cooperation, four projects on cooperation were developed, agreed and concluded: Memorandum on Cooperation between the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture; Memorandum on Cooperation between the Public Organization "Ukrainian Peace Council", the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, the National Center "Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine", UNESCO departments in Ukraine; Memorandum on Cooperation between the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy; Agreement on Cooperation between the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the Central Research Institute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In order to discuss issues of establishing and intensifying bilateral cooperation, signing relevant documents, meetings of Acad. V.H. Kremen with heads of diplomatic missions in Ukraine, international organizations and foreign partner scientific institutions were held during the year: Mr. Nguyen Hong Thach, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Ukraine and Moldova; Mr. Taan Hussein Abbas Hussein, Charge d′Affaires of the Republic of Iraq in Ukraine, Minister Plenipotentiary, and Adnan Jawad Al-Kadhimi, Head of the NGO "Iraq House" and representatives of the Swiss NGO "International Projects" (Swiss Confederation), etc.
Organizational measures have been taken to address the NAES of Ukraine to the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms. Audrey Azoulay (letter dated May 6, 2024 No. 2-6/239) regarding the term of the Agreement between UNESCO and the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine to continue the activities of the UNESCO Chair "Continuing Professional Education of the 21st Century" of the NAES of Ukraine at the Ivan Zyazyun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education. UNESCO, by the letter from Mr. Sobhi Tawil, Director of the Department of Innovation and Future Learning, dated November 7, 2024 ID 2016UA1214, reported a positive decision to extend the mandate of the UNESCO Chair "Continuing Professional Education of the 21st Century" of the NAES of Ukraine until December 31, 2028.
At the invitation of the World Peace Federation, Academician V.H. Kremen took part in the conference held on December 12-14, 2024 at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy (Austria) as an honored guest and speaker on the topic “Europe and Ukraine: Common Perspectives and Values”, organized by the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) and the Ukrainian Peace Council. This event was held as a continuation of the round table organized by the Ukrainian Peace Council and the World Peace Federation-Ukraine in Kyiv in November 2023 on the topic: “Finds, the Russian-Ukrainian War, Lessons for Europe and the World”. The conference brought together experts from the academic sector, politicians and representatives of public organizations, whose individual and collective experience and understanding will contribute to the creation of a peaceful and prosperous future in the region, who during the discussions outlined the prospects and values that can lead to a common future of Ukraine and Europe with a focus on the field of education.
Acad. V.G. Kremen took an active part in the work of international scientific events, delivered reports and welcomed their participants, in particular the 10th Ukrainian-Polish / Polish-Ukrainian Scientific Forum "Education for the Digital Transformation of Society", which was held on November 27-28, 2024 under the patronage of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO at the Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University; the 13thInternational Scientific and Practical Conference "European Integration of Higher Education of Ukraine in the Context of the Bologna Process. Digitalization and Quality Assurance of Higher Education to Ensure Equal Access to High-Quality Higher Education"; International scientific and practical online conference "Gifted Children are the Treasure of the Nation!" within the framework of the XVI International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education"; International scientific conference "Modern problems and challenges of Polish and Ukrainian teachers in peace and war"; Meeting of the International Association of Rectors of Pedagogical Universities of Europe, etc.