KURAS INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL AND ETHNIC STUDIES HAS BEGUN ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE EU ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME “GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICE: EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINE”

On 4 December 2025, in Kyiv, the presentation of the project (kick-off meeting) “Good Governance Practice: European Experience for Ukraine” (EU Erasmus+ Programme) took place. The project is designed for three years and is aimed at deepening the expertise of learners in the fields of jurisprudence and public administration in accordance with the principles of good governance, as well as at exchanging experience with representatives of the European academic community.

The Coordinator of the Consortium is Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, and the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a partner of the project. Also participating in the Consortium are Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Kryvorizkyj Nationalnyj Universytet, as well as three foreign higher education institutions: Baltijas Starptautiska Akademija (Latvia), Ekonomicka Univerzita v Bratislave (Slovakia), Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej (Poland).

The project was presented by the Project Coordinator, the Vice-Rector for International Relations of the Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, PhD in Political Science Vitalii Stashuk. In his introductory remarks, the Project Coordinator emphasized not only the timeliness and relevance of scientific research in the field of public service in Ukraine, but also the particular necessity of taking into account the experience of the EU countries that have been able to successfully adapt the principles of good governance to the norms and practices of public service.

The Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NAS of Ukraine is represented in the project by Candidate of Political Sciences, Leading Researcher of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes Rostyslav Balaban, and PhD in Political Science, Junior Researcher of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes Igor Symysenko. The staff members noted that the Institute will provide all necessary scientific and organizational support for the successful implementation of the project “Good Governance Practice: European Experience for Ukraine”.

The project is implemented with the financial support of the European Commission.