International Activities

1. General Information

The Department of Management and Public Administration actively develops international partnerships in the field of education, science, and academic mobility. International activities are aimed at improving the quality of the educational process, integrating into the European educational space, participating in academic mobility programs, dual degree programs, and implementing joint scientific research.

2. Academic Mobility and International Activities

From June 9 to June 11, 2026, the V International Scientific Conference "Crisis Management - Civil Protection - Rescue" took place at the State Professional and Technical University (Suwalki, Republic of Poland). The Department of Management and Public Administration is among the co-organizers of the conference, represented in the organizing committee by the head of the department, ProfessorLesya Tikhonchuk(Certificates of participation), Conference program. More informationhere.

From February 23, 2026, to May 29, 2026, our students participated in the virtual academic mobility program "Disability Management and Social Work in Times of Crisis and Conflict: The Ukrainian Case" at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. Also, for the purpose of teaching (the "Visiting Professor" program), the following faculty members participated: Lesya Khotiyivna Tikhonchuk, head of the Department of Management and Public Administration, Anastasia Serhiyivna Shcherbakova, associate professor of the Department of Management and Public Administration, and Serhiy Vasylovych Babich, associate professor.Order No. 109 dated February 23, 2026.

From February 13, 2026, to April 24, 2026, within the framework of the joint online module of the COIL project "Global Climate Change and Decarbonization: Intercultural Exchange" as part of academic mobility, students and staff from NUVHP were sent for virtual learning to the Caribbean University, Mexico. The group's mentor was professor, head of the Department of Management and Public Administration Lesya Khotiyivna Tikhonchuk.Order No. 101 dated 18.02.2026.

Our educators also actively participate in other international scientific events:

Participation in the 1st International Research Conference on Solidarity titled 'Relational Solidarity and Interdisciplinary Perspectives' on 24.10.2025, organized by the 'School of Social Work FHNW in Olten (HSA FHNW)', Switzerland). Representatives of the departmentAssociate Professor Shcherbakova Anastasia, Head of the Department (Director of CVR) Tikhonchuk Lesia and Associate Professor Babich Serhiipresented the research 'State and Veterans' Solidarity in the Implementation of Integration and Rehabilitation Programs, Building a New Social Contract' to the conference participants.Conference program. Photos from the event.Certificates.

From June 3-5, 2025, the IV International Scientific Conference took place in Gdańsk (Republic of Poland)'Crisis Management - Population Protection - Rescue.'Conference organizers: Military Polytechnic University in Warsaw and WSB Merito University in Gdańsk. NUWGP is a co-organizer of this conference.Lesia Tykhonchuk,head of the Department of Management and Public Administration, presented a report titled "Public Regulation of the Integration of Ukrainian Veterans into Civil Life." More information about the conferencehere.

On June 3, 2025, an International Scientific Conference took place in Moravany nad Váhom (Slovak Republic)«Akcenty zdravotnej a sociálnej starostlivosti: imperatív spojených nádob».The organizers were the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava and the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.Ukraine was represented at the conference by Professor of the DepartmentPetro Skrypchuk,,Halyna Shpak, Ruslan Chata, and Mykola Vasilyuk-Polyushek, who presented a scientific report titled "Organic Production: Economic and Social Efficiency."

Associate Professor of the DepartmentAnton Shinkarukmanaged the Jean Monnet Module project on public relations, communications, and media in the European Union from 2023 to 2025, which was implemented at the Department of Management and Public Administration.
The basis of the module isthe projectnot problem-oriented learning, serious games, thematic research, and research on public relations and communications in the EU and Ukraine. The key methodology includes public relations and communications simulations, modeling and scenarios for communication campaigns, shaping public opinion, crisis campaigns, fact-checking and fake news, consultations, and joint workshops with local authorities.The projecthas created a network of EU-Ukraine experts in public relations and communications. The form of education is a school for practitioners and master's students, NGOs, administrations, remote learning (blended learning), serious gaming events.

On May 26-27, 2025, professors of the departmentLesiaTykhonchukandSvetlanaLevytskaparticipated in the21st International Scientific Conference“The Future of the Global Economy. Global Strategy in the Age of Disruptions”which took place in Siedlce (Republic of Poland).Conference Program.

In June 2025, in an international scientific publication«Regional Development between Theory and Practice» (Vol. 13) a joint article by the professor of the department has been publishedPetro Skrypchuksenior lecturer of the departmentMykhailo Skrypchuk(National University of Water and Environmental Engineering), František Wojtech (Bratislava University of Economics and Management) and Miriam Slobodnikova (LEGAL TENDERS s.r.o.) titled "Impact of Standardization and Certification of Management Systems on Principles of European Integration of Ukraine."

September 22-23, 2025, professorSvitlanaLevitskaparticipated in the XVIII International Scientific Conference "Management of Sustainable Development of Organizations" (Siedlce, Poland), organized by the Institute of Management and Quality Science, Faculty of Social Sciences.Conference program.

Useful links:

- International activities of the university:https://nuwm.edu.ua/activity/mizhnarodna/;

- International academic mobility:https://nuwm.edu.ua/activity/mizhnarodna/mizhnarodna-mobilnist/;

- Legal framework (Regulations on the implementation of the right to academic mobility, Order of credit transfer for academic mobility programs, etc.):https://nuwm.edu.ua/activity/mizhnarodna/pravovabaza/.

• Institutional Erasmus+ coordinator and academic mobility programs: Vlasuk Halyna Mykolaivna,h.m.vlasiuk@nuwm.edu.ua