This Thursday, on 10th of October, Associate Professor of the department of management Mishenina Galina and the students f “Public Management and Administrating” had a meeting with an adviser of regional development Hryhorii Starykov. The discussion that took place in the Center for Local Self-Government Development (U-Lead). During the meeting the students asked questions and got the answers about the actions on the improvements of local government, got the impression about state policy of regional development. What is the decentralization and what are the perspectives exist for the local communities, and of course modern education, civic engagement – these and many more questions were in a focus of the discussion. The representatives of Oleg Balatskiy ARIFEM got valuable experience on regional development due o the efforts of the expert.
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In early September, the 21st Economic Forum - the largest in Central and Eastern Europe - was held in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland). As part of the collaboration between Sumy State University and the Institute for Eastern European Studies (Warsaw), which co-organized the Economic Forum, ten students from Sumy State University participated in the Forum as volunteers. Among them are three students of the Department of Management - Pavlenko Daria, Fedenko Tatiana and Wonders of Elizabeth. This year's Economic Forum has traditionally brought together over 4,500 participants - academics, NGOs, government and business from Europe, Asia, the United States and the Middle East.
Within three working days, the forum participants participated in more than 200 thematic meetings, attended panel discussions, lectures, workshops; strengthened their English skills and learned to work as a team. In particular, the forum discussed business and economy, energy, innovation development, European integration, international and social policy, security, investment, society and education, etc. In addition, students of SSU joined the organization of the Running Festival of the Economic Forum - an international sport event. Its purpose is to promote people who, through their dedication and work, become role models for others.
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