Jean Monnet Module “Youth & Business: EU Practices for cooperation” (101126538 – YouthBEU – ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH) (2023-2026)

The Jean Monnet module “Youth & Business: EU Practices for cooperation” (YouthBEU) is headed by Assoc. Professor Bohdan Kovalov at Sumy State University since September 2023.The responsible teachers from Sumy State University are Oleksandr Kubatko, Iryna Ushchapovska, Vladyslav Piven. There is also a foreign teacher – Jean-Marc Trouille, University of Bradford (UK).

The main objective of this Jean Monet project is to enhance cooperation and networking between Youth and Business

through education and training using the EU studies.

The target audience of the YouthBEU module are university students, pupils of higher schools and citizens of Ukraine in general.

Within the YouthBEU module is expected: a) to develop learning materials for three educational courses; b) creation of open online courses and a webpage; c) publication of textbook and monograph related to EU policy and business support; d) inclusion of the EU aspect in conferences at Sumy State University; e) promotion of networking activities within the framework of higher education institutions.

More detailed information about the progress of the Jean Monet module can be found at the following Internet links:

The first year of performing

1. Participation in a workshop for the winning project team within Jean Monnet project
2. A lecture was held for students at higher schools in the Sumy region on the EU economy and economic policies of business support
3. The Winter Business School “Youth & Business: EU and Ukrainian Experience” was held
4. Lectures to students of Odessa National Maritime University as a part of the Jean Monnet project
5. Lectures to students of Sumy Construction College as a part of the Jean Monnet project
6. Organizational and discussion meeting of the Jean Monet YouthBEU module team
7. Startup the first steps in business: EU and Ukrainian Experience for Master students
8. Startup the first steps in business: EU and Ukrainian Experience for bachelor students
9. Pitching of business projects within the Jean Monnet Module “Youth and Business: EU Practices for Cooperation”
10. Startup the first steps in business: EU and Ukrainian Experience
11. Victory at the International competition
12. “ECONOMICS FOR ECOLOGY” conference (EU practices in the field of education for sustainable development)
13. The participation of the lecturer of the Jean Monnet Module in the work of the regional business accelerator
14. A lecture was held for the participants of the second educational intensive of the “Young Generation of Sumy Oblast” program
15. Lectures to students at the Sumy Applied College of Construction and Architecture as a part of the Jean Monnet project
16. Lectures to high school students as a part of the Jean Monnet project

The second year of performing

1. EU trade policy and international business for foreign and Ukrainian students
2. Lectures to students of “Poltava Polytechnic” University within the framework of the Jean Monnet project