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Congratulations to the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology, the staff of which formed a project proposal, with the victory in the competition of ERASMUS + Jean Monnet Projects from Odessa National I. I. Mechnikov University!

The basic department of the project is the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations of the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology.

The mission of the project is to acquaint students, teachers, researchers and representatives of civil society with the basic European values and ways of their implementation during the realization of the European Union policy on social inclusion of refugees and migrants.

The main objectives of the project are:

• introduction of the new area of academic activity - social and economic inclusion of refugees and migrants, which is extremely important both for Odessa National University and for the whole system of higher education of Ukraine;
• creation of new open educational resources for studying and researching the European experience of socio-economic inclusion of refugees and migrants;
• preparation and teaching of new disciplines focused on the social and economic inclusion of refugees and migrants in the European Union and the use of EU experience in Ukraine;
• introduction at the regional and national levels of a discussion on the effectiveness of EU measures aimed at the socio-economic inclusion of refugees and migrants;
• preparation and discussion of recommendations on the use in Ukraine of the European experience of socio-economic inclusion of refugees and migrants;
• involvement in the study of European values of teachers and students of Odessa National University and other Universities of Ukraine;
• popularization and intensification of research of European Values in Ukraine by organizing open lectures, weekend schools for schoolchildren, round tables and scientific conferences at Odessa National University and other educational institutions of Ukraine;
• publication of results of research and teaching activities in textbooks, monographs, scientific publications in Ukraine and EU journals, collections of scientific conferences.

Project implementation period: 2019-2027.

Project coordinator: Head of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations of ONU Prof. Yakubovsky. The project group includes: Dr. Rodionova, Dr Kyfak, Dr. Tsevukh.

The main project results achieved in the 2019-2020 academic year:

• three new courses were prepared and taught: “Social and Economic Inclusion of Refugees and Migrants: European Practice and Lessons for Ukraine”, “Labour Market, Migration and Socio-economic Development of European Union and Ukraine”, “Socio-economic Consequences of International Migration and Refugees’ Flows in the European Union and Ukraine”;
• together with the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) a series of open lectures "European values and socio-economic inclusion in cross-border cooperation" was organized;
• weekend school "Implementation of European values in Ukraine" was organized for schoolchildren of Odessa region;
• three remote conferences were organized: “European Integration Perspective and Investment Potential of the Economy: Theory and Practice” (March 14, 2020); "Problems of International Migration: Assessment and Prospects for Solution" (May 16, 2020); "The Well-being of Nations in the Context of European Integration" (April 29, 2020).