In early March, within the cooperation in the educational oil and gas sector and on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Drohobych Petroleum Gas College foundation, the delegation of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, consisting of the First Vice-Rector, Prof. O. Mandryk, the Director of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering O.Vytiaz, the Director of the Institute of Mechnical Engineering (by the way, college graduate in 1971, major in “Oil and Gas Field Equipment”) L.Romanyshyn, the Director of the Institute of Tourism and Geosciences V.Omelchenko, the Head of the Academic Office Ya.Shtanko and the Executive Secretary of Admission Board Ya.Koval visited the institution.

The institutions, which have been partners for a long time, were united by cooperation agreement in providing the oil and gas industry of Ukraine with specialists. Therefore, many college graduates obtain higher education in chosen specialty at IFNTUOG. The university delegation participated in teacher’s meeting of the college, where they discussed in details the issues of cooperation within the provision of education continuity: high schooler – college student – IFNTUOG student – qualified professional for petroleum industry in Ukraine and the university’s opportunities for college graduates in the implementation of their professional intentions using the mechanism of dual education. During the meeting, the parties discussed further prospects for cooperation within the work of oil and gas sector and further training of qualified professionals for petroleum industry.

The guests also congratulated the college staff on the anniversary. The First Vice-Rector of IFNTUOG Oleh Mandryk, in his welcome speech, noted that “close cooperation of educational institutions, organized over the years, gives significant results which are achieved through joint efforts”. The representatives of the administration, college staff and IFNTUOG Training and Consulting Center staff, which operates within Drohobych Petroleum Gas College were awarded with certificates of appreciation, letters of acknowledgement and pleasant gifts. In particular, the Head of the College M.Babiak was given a medal “For Merit to the IFNTUOG”, Assistant Director for the Teaching Department V.Bolonnyi and Director of Training and Consulting Center R.Hrabovskyi were given merit certificates according to the Order №38/4 as of 26.02. 2021 for long-term cooperation with the university.

We congratulate our partners on the anniversary and wish them success!

A poetic video marathon “I have that in my heart which cannot die” started in IFNTUOG, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birthday of the great Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, folklorist, public figure Lesia Ukrainka.

The initiators of the marathon are the Students’ Culture and Leisure Center and Myroslava Venhryniuk, associate professor of the Department of Philology and Translation of the Institute of Humanities and Public Administration of  IFNTUOG, invite all university community to participate in the video marathon to honor the memory of great Ukrainian woman, popularize works of the outstanding writer and  150th  Lesia Ukrainka's birthday anniversary which is celebrated this year at the national level in Ukraine.

During the last week, everyone joined the marathon and sent their videos, in which they read the poetry of an incredible Lesya Ukrainka. Among the participants of the marathon are teachers, students, university staff, who were very creative: they recited not only poems, but also sang, involved their children, created total mise-en-scenes. But they all were united by an inspiration in reading the poetry of the Great Lesia. It could not have been otherwise, as her works inspire, add strength and confidence.

Speeches of all participants were published on the official university's Facebook page, tagged: #Леся_Українка #поетичний_відеомарафон #ІФНТУНГ   

All the videos touched someone’s feelings. Moreover, videos encouraged the university community to join. Unfortunately, the website format does not allow to publish all videos, so we made mini collection of video poems (hopefully the participants understand us). But all the videos you can find on the official university's Facebook page, tagged: #Леся_Українка #поетичний_відеомарафон #ІФНТУНГ

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The official opening of the spring term of the project “Norway-Ukraine” was held at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, considering quarantine conditions – in online environment. The training course will give ATO participants, servicemen and the members of their families the opportunity to undergo retraining within the program “Business and Leadership”. As part of the project, the participants will acquire knowledge in business and leadership, attend a number of activities oriented to psychological and legal adaptation.

In total, this year the project will be implemented in 25 Ukrainian cities. In IFNTUOG, vice-rector for international affairs, Maksym Karpash and project coordinator, Olha Popovych greeted the participants and told about their study plan. The president of the International Foundation for Social Adaptation, Volodymyr Rubtsov wished them every success.

The representative of the Ministry of Veterans of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Volodymyr Verkalets told the military students about the possibility of receiving financial assistance from the regional state administration for their own business development. And the project coordinator of “The International Foundation for Social Adaptation” Olha Filina introduced them a questionnaire system for social audit.

During the opening ceremony, the winner of the competition, which was announced for the participants of autumn term in 2020, was awarded  a motivational money prize in the amount of UAH 5000.

It will be recalled that tender participants presented their business projects in two stages. The final stage was a recording of a short 60-second video about his/her project. The winner became the participant of military operations, captain in reserve, Serhii Kopchyk, who presented his own business plan to create a network of family entertainment centers "Hugs" in Ukraine.

Well, ahead is a new start of the project "Norway-Ukraine" and interesting training for its participants.

Videorecording of the event is available at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zmfwnTlTm7q_Ii0EHYf6TRx24sEItsjb/view?usp=drivesdk

On March 9, we celebrate the 207th anniversary of the birth of the Great Kobzar, the genius of the Ukrainian people - Taras Shevchenko. On this occasion, at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University, the Students’ Culture and Leisure Center prepared a literary and musical composition «Ми чуємо тебе, Кобзарю, крізь століття…», which involves students from different institutes.

The Students’Culture and Leisure Center Staff aimed to show the significance of the figure of Taras Shevchenko, believing that it is the source where we draw faith, strength, hope and love. After all, the bright image of the Great Kobzar is immortal, like the people who gave birth to him. The eternally imperishable work of the genius son of Ukraine is alive with the breath of life, the beating of a hot human heart.

The beginning of spring for enthusiasts of the literary heritage of the Great Kobzar is an opportunity to comprehend his poetic, prose and artistic works in a new way, to gain greater insight into the past, to understand the present and yourself in it.

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The Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas implements the project "Partnership for Climate Change Mitigation (Part4CM)" (2SOFT / 1.3 / 63) since November 2020, which aims primarily for development and support of innovative cooperation, oriented to mitigate the effects of climate change within the RO-UA transboundary region, to provide the sustainable development of territories by organizing a new educational and research environment in the field of energy efficiency.

The implementation of the project involves a number of measures and actions aimed at drawing of attention to climate change issues and have specific practical significance, in particular: the foundation of the Energy Management Agency (EMA) to develop and implement the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP); an installation of electric battery-driven vehicle charging stations in Botosani and Ivano-Frankivsk cities; replication of the Science City “New Energy” in Botosani (InnoSciPromo) to promote innovative science among young people and teach people energy efficient thinking. This includes experience exchanges between project partners, seminars and working meetings.

Thus, according to the project implementation plan, the meeting was held between the partners and representatives of the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation (Romania). Ukrainian partners representatives took part in the discussion about further plans of the project realization, among them: prof. Maksym Karpash and Assoc. Prof. Artur Voronych (IFNTUOG), Iryna Darvai (NGO "Bureau of Development, Innovation and Technology" - the main beneficiary of the project), Ihor Popadiuk and Andrii Shpak (Investment Policy Department of Ivano-Frankivsk city council) and the representatives of the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation Bogdan Tanasa, Cosmin Ungureanu, Radu Hurjui.

The project is implemented within Romania-Ukraine Joint Operational Programme 2014-2020 and co financed by the European Union. Duration - 1.5 years (01.11.2020 - 30.04.2022).

Since October 2019, the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University has been participating in a pilot project on training qualified professionals in the dual form of education, which intends to intensify the cooperation between the university, student and economic entity, stimulate the competitiveness of a student at employment market (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as of 15.10.2019 № 1296 “On the implementation of a pilot project in the institutions of pre-higher and higher education on training qualified professionals in the dual form of education”).

A study, which was pursued in 2020 by the representative office of F.Ebert in Ukraine, the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education, which are partners of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the implementation of dual education allowed to collect data on its status, find problems faced by educational institutions, employers in implementing dual education, provided recommendations on further development of dual education.   

According to the project implementation plan, on March 11, 2021, staff of the Coordination Center for Dual Education of the University, prof. Iryna Perevozova, coordinators Olha Nazarenko and Halyna Melnyk participated in all-Ukrainian online meeting of an expert working group of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, held by the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Head of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Pre-Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – Alla Chaikovska) in partnership with the representative office of F.Ebert (project coordinator – Olena Davlikanova) on development a mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the dual form of education in the institutions of higher and pre-higher education in Ukraine (the 2nd year of the pilot project, 2020/2021).

For reference. The Coordination Center for Dual Education of the University was established in February 2020, according to the rector’s order №19 as of February 4, 2020. The Coordination Center for Dual Education carries out organizational and coordination functions to intensify relationship, cooperation between the university, student and employment market, initiates the student’s competitiveness on the employment market by implementing training at the university and enterprise.

It has been more then a year since the accreditation of educational programs under the new procedure started in Ukraine. The analysis of the practice of the first year of its implementation showed that it is the largest and the most effective resource for qualitative changes in the higher education system both by number of process participants and its effectiveness. Along with the achievements during this time, there is number of issues that should be solved.

This specific questions were discussed at the hearings of the Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Education, Science and Innovations concerning: “Year of accreditation of educational programs under the new procedure: results, problems, prospects”. The primary objective of the event is to discuss current issues of functioning and development of the quality assurance system of higher education in Ukraine, defined in the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” (2014).

The participants of the hearings became people’s deputies of Ukraine, such as: members of the Committee, the representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, Unions of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association of Student Self-Government, national experts on higher education reform and others.

The Vice-Rector, professor Maksym Karpash, by the way, is a certified training specialist of NAQA participated at the event and represented the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.

The participants of the hearings discussed a number of issues, including: implementation of the system of educational programs accreditation: defining strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for improvement; the role of external quality assurance processes in higher education to strengthen the competitiveness of higher education in Ukraine; legislative changes in the activity of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance in order to improve the implementation of its full powers; the regulation of economic components of the accreditation procedure.

The Vice-Rector, professor Maksym Karpash expressed his opinion in a constructive discussion. He supports the functioning of current system, considers it an activator of positive changes in higher education and the way for international recognition. According to him: “Education is a matter of trust, first of all, concerning activity results of accredited bodies. Our position is to support current system. If we continue to work according to this accreditation procedure, the diplomas issued by Ukrainian universities will be more widely recognized in developed countries, so the number of foreign students will increase in the nearest future. And this means additional funds and our recognition abroad”.

Based on the results of the hearings, the participants prepared recommendations for assistance in the implementation of the initiated processes.

Presentation materials of MES:

http://kno.rada.gov.ua/documents/doc_arch/75640.html

Presentation materials of NAQA:

http://kno.rada.gov.ua/documents/doc_arch/75641.html

On March 13, the citizen of Algeria, Hatem Ghandir, executive producer of one of the world's most famous TV channels - AlJazeera, who is gaining a degree (speciality 051 “Economics”, a graduate student of the Department of Applied Economics) at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas participated in the International Seminar “Geostrategic Shifts of Energy and the Energy Transition Strategy in Algeria and International Experiences”, representing IFNTUOG (Ukraine).

The participants of the seminar aimed to find ways to solve energy and economic problems in accordance with the current situation.The changes on the map of world energy regions, demand rate of energy source materials, new production areas and new technologies, the expansion of consumer markets, which intensified business competition were analyzed. Algerian scientists emphasized that such a situation has complicated the energy competitiveness of the Algerian economy and led to a partial loss of its investment opportunities at various levels.  

Among the main factors that caused the crisis, on the one part are the countries which because of their excess amount of energy resources and price wars tried to prevail at the energy market, on the other part – coronavirus pandemic, which created a stagnation in economic activity, and therefore significant reduction of demand for traditional and non-traditional energy, as a result this led to extreme down in energy consumption by industry, economic and energy companies, in particular. These negative effects also effected on the Algerian economy.  

A number of issues were discussed at the seminar:

1. Determination of geostrategic shifts in energy and its consequences for the energy competitiveness of the Algerian economy.

2. Assessment of national efforts to transform energy and current energy policy.

3. Experience in energy transformation, basics of energy transformation strategies at the regional and international levels and their study

4. Presentation of the basics of energy transformation and vectors of triple energy transition strategy (traditional, non-conventional and renewable energy).

The seminar included discussions with graduate students in the field of international economics, economic analysis and international trade, and with people who are interested in energy economics, which allows them to monitor the transformations associated with traditional, non-conventional and renewable energy sources, to analyze experiences, policies and strategies related to energy transmission. Hatem Ghandir is among such scientists. He analyzes geostrategic transformations associated with traditional and renewable energy sources in his researches in the field of energy geostrategic transformations. According to scientist’s opinion, changes in this area accelerated yet more and effected the competitiveness of countries, which caused new challenges for many countries and certain risks for economies.