Рroject “Modernization of legal education for the support of european and euro-atlantic integration of Ukraine” [EU4UA]

MODERNIZATION OF LEGAL EDUCATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN AND EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE

[EU4UA]

Objective, tasks and outcomes of the project

General objective is increasing the capacity of Ukrainian law schools in providing students with the knowledge and competencies necessary for the legal support of the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine by highly professional teachers and according to modernized syllabi of core legal disciplines, as well as dissemination of impact onto the wider civil and political environment.

The project is focused on four core tasks:

1) Improvement of the content of the core legal disciplines (constitutional, administrative, civil, and criminal law) in law schools of participating Ukrainian HEIs by making their syllabi EU/EA values-based and including into them the EU/EA component.

2) Professional development of the academic staff of the participating Ukrainian HEIs for achieving teaching excellence in teaching the core legal disciplines according to the EU/EA values-oriented approach and renewed syllabi.

3) Dissemination of common European values, as well as knowledge on the foundations of the EU and NATO onto the wider civil environment by introducing a Certificate Program for secondary school teachers.

4) Equipment of public servants (representatives of the staff of the Ukrainian parliament, government, judiciary, prosecutors, and local authorities) with appropriate knowledge by the introduction of a Training Program for public servants on the foundations of the EU and NATO.

The outcomes of the projects will be:

  1. The syllabi of the core legal disciplines will be modernized and introduced in the educational process.
  2. A Professional Development Program for achieving teaching excellence by the academic staff of the Law faculties of Ukrainian HEIs will be
  3. A Certificate Program for secondary school teachers on the foundations of the EU and NATO will be introduced.
  4. A Training Program for public servants on the foundations of the EU and NATO will be introduced.

Consortium members

    1. Vytautas Magnus University (VMU, Beneficiary)
    2. Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK, Beneficiary)
    3. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (IFNUL, Coordinator)
    4. Yuriy Fedkovych National University Chernivtsi (CYFNU, Beneficiary)
    5. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK, Beneficiary)
    6. Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (YMNLU, Beneficiary)
    7. State Higher Educational Establishment Zaporizhzhya National University of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine (ZNU, Beneficiary)
    8. Ukrainian European Studies Association (UESA, Beneficiary)