“Norwegian-Ukrainian Education and Research Cooperation in the field of Sustainable Management” By Anatoli Bourmistrov Professor, PhD University of Nordland Business School/ High North Center and Volodymyr Zaslavskyi Professor, Dr. Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University

Partners ● Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University (main partner) ● Kyiv National T. Shevchenko University (KNU) ● Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

The goals of the project ●Sub goal #1: Harmonization of the curriculum and quality assurance systems ●Sub goal #2: Development of a Joint (Degree) Master of Science program in Sustainable Management and courses on the Master level ●Sub goal #3: Increasing mobility of students and faculty ●Sub goal #4: Development of Joint PhD Program and corresponding PhD courses ●Sub goal #5. Increase research cooperation in the field of sustainable management ●Sub goal #6. Network development (including enhancing the business cooperation between Norway and Ukraine) ●Sub goal #7. Establishment of Norwegian- Ukrainian University Alliance Achieved fully Achieved, partly

Joint Degree Master Program in Sustainable Management YEAR 1YEAR 2 FALLSPRING (BODØ) FALL (UKRAINE) SPRING Strategic Management Accounting 7,5 ECTS Research Method 7,5 ECTS Specialization at Ukrainian Universities 30 ECTS MASTER THESIS (ALSO WITH POSSIBILITY OF INTERNSHIP IN OTHER COUNTRIES) Strategic Management 7,5 ECTS Accountability and Responsibility 7,5 ECTS Economics 7,5 ECTS Ecological Economics 5 ECTS Sustainable Management 5 ECTS Philosophy, Ethics and the Environment 7,5 ECTS Norwegian/Russian Language and Culture 5 ECTS

Courses for the 3 rd semester in Ukraine approved for a joint degree ●Module 1. Sustainable growth and development of innovations (13 ECTS) ●Creative management (3 ECTS) ●Project Management (4 ECTS) ●Investment management (3 ECTS) ●Globalization and International Financial System (3 ECTS) ● Module 2. Sustainable management in marketing and communication (9 ECTS) ●Innovation Marketing (3 ECTS) ●Communication Management (3 ECTS) ●Brand Management (3 ECTS) ● Module 3. Use of information support tools for decision- making under uncertainty (8 ECTS) ●Risk analysis and optimizations (3 ECTS) ●Anti-crisis management (3 ECTS) ●Data Mining and Neural Network in Economic Tasks (2 ECTS)

Establishment of Norwegian-Ukrainian University Alliance December 9 th 2014 University partners: - Chernivtsi National Fedkovych University; -International Classic University "Ukraina-Pivden"; -Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas; -Kirovograd Flight Academy of the National Aviation University; -KROK University of Economics and Law; -L'viv Polytechnic National University; -Odesa I.I.Mechnikov State University; -Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University; -Ternopil' National Economic University; -South-Ukrainian K.D. Ushynski National Pedagogical University; -Vinnytsya National Technical University

Statistics on the program “Sustainable management” years: TNU and KNU Mobility SUM Number of master students (semester + short-term+2 years) Ukraineto Norway KNU TNU Total Bodøto Ukriane Total students excahnge both ways Number of PhD students Ukraineto Norway KNU13228 TNU12104 Total Bodøto Ukriane11305 Internationalto Ukriane00100 Total PhD stuents exchange Number of teachers/researchers Ukraineto Norway KNU TNU Bodøto Ukriane Total teachers excahnge Overall exchange of human resources

Synergies with other projects ●Retraining Ukrainian military officers and family members (since 2003) ●Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (since 2011) ●Faster integration into the European Community: mapping the Ukrainian public servants’ competence improvement needs ( )

New possibilities ●Reforms in the Ukrainian public sector: ●efficiency, ●transparency, ●budgetary robustness, ●accountability ●Need for Master of Public Administration programs, competence improvement programs