Digest of 2014
January 2014
On January 22, 2014, a meeting was held at the Institute of International Relations between the Director of the Institute, Professor Valery Kopiyka, and the Vice-President of the University of Nicosia, Professor Pavlos Pavlou.
February 2014
A group of students from the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, participating in the Euroschool "Lithuania: History of a Successful Choice", organized by the public organization "European Choice", paid a working visit to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
On February 4, a group of students from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Congratulating the students, the chief diplomat of Lithuania, Mr Linas Linkevičius, emphasized that the European Union is open to Ukraine and its future together with the EU.
On February 5-7, 2014, the Institute of International Relations held the International Winter School for the first time, the participants of which had the opportunity to listen to interesting lectures on four thematic modules: "Ukraine in World Politics" (specializing in "International Relations"), "Information Wars in International Relations: Methods, tools, technologies" (in the speciality "International information"), "World economy at the beginning of the 21st century" (in the specialities "International economic relations" and "International Business") and "International law as a special field of legal activity" (in the speciality "International law").
February 9-16, 2014, Assoc. Department of International Relations of the Institute of International Relations Bordilovska O.A. was a participant in the first seminar for Indologists - representatives of the countries of the post-Soviet space, which was organized by the School of International Relations of the University named after J. Nehru (New Delhi, India).
On February 14, 2014, the first graduation of master`s degree of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, who studied in English-language master's programs, took place.
On February 28, 2014, the Institute of International Relations received a delegation from Çukurovo University (Çukurovo, Republic of Turkey) consisting of the first vice-rector Ms Seyhan Tükel, professor Huseyn Erten and coordinator of the "Mevlian" program Olga Evenko-Kunt.
March 2014
On Tuesday, March 4, employment training was held within the walls of the Institute for Employment by Taras Gulenko and Natalya Shibalkina, representatives of the international FMCG company, the leader in the field of brewing - SUN InBev Ukraine.
On March 14, 2014, the 5th Interuniversity Competition of Young Translators took place based on the Humanitarian Institute of the National Aviation University, in which representatives of leading universities of Ukraine took part.
On March 13 and 14, 2014, two first rounds of the second season of the educational and practical game "PR practice" already known to IIR students took place within the walls of the Institute. The project, initiated by the Department of International Media Communications and Communication Technologies, immediately gained considerable popularity even outside the borders of our Institute.
On March 18-19, 2014, first aid courses were held within the walls of the Institute of Medical Sciences, on the initiative of the Student Professional Bureau of the Institute of Medical Sciences!
On March 20, 2014, the third art exhibition of modern artistic creativity "Winter Holidays" took place within the walls of our Institute. All those interested had a great opportunity to communicate with well-known representatives of the artistic elite and get to know their works directly.
On March 25, 2014, the Institute of International Relations held a lecture by Riccardo Croce and Hanna Stakheeva, lawyers of the law firm King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (Brussels), on the topic "EU competition law: the main pillars." During the lecture, a lively discussion took place regarding the practical implementation of competition law norms in the European Union and Ukraine.
On March 26, the Institute of International Relations held a lecture by Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor V.V. Pennies on the topic: "Political aspects of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union."
On March 27, 2014, the Institute of International Relations held a meeting with the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili! More than a thousand students gathered in the Great Assembly Hall of the Institute of International Relations to hear Mr Saakashvili's thoughts on the situation in Ukraine and also had the opportunity to ask questions and share their vision of Ukraine's role in the international arena.
On March 28, 2014, an open lecture by SPN Communications Ukraine Business Development Director Serhiy Sokolov was held at the Institute of International Relations. It should be noted that meetings in the format of master classes with this well-known specialist with international students have already become part of the educational process.
April 2014
On April 1 and 2, 2014, the Semifinals and Finals of the International Competition on Commercial Arbitration took place, which is held for the third year in a row among students of law faculties of universities in Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries. The organizer of the competition is the European Arbitration Chamber, whose main task is to ensure the unification and development of international arbitration in relations between Western and Eastern Europe.
The 48th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) was held in Harrogate, Great Britain, from 2 to 5 April 2014. One of the most important events for English language teachers, it brought together more than 500 talks, symposia and workshops, providing an opportunity for specialists in various aspects of English language teaching from more than 100 different countries to meet leading theorists and practitioners, as well as to learn about the latest methods, methodologies and publications related to teaching English.
On April 3, 2014, at the Institute of International Relations, students of the 2nd and 4th years of the "International Information" speciality, who are studying the discipline "Theory of Mass Communications in International Relations", held a traditional ecological and patriotic educational campaign "Take care of your garden!".
On April 4, 2014, the awarding ceremony of the winners of the 1st All-Ukrainian writing competition on international commercial arbitration, which is jointly organized by the League of Students of the NGO "Lawyers Association of Ukraine" and the NGO "Ukrainian Arbitration Association", took place in the premises of the Asters law firm.
The IIR team of KNU named after Tarasa Shevchenko successfully performed at the international round of the 2014 Philip Jessup Competition in International Law, which was held on April 6-12 in Washington (USA).
On April 7-8, 2014, the Institute of International Relations, with the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine, hosted a seminar on World Trade Organization law and a workshop on the WTO model for students with the participation of experts from Ukraine and the USA.
On April 9, 2014, at 3 p.m. in the Small Hall of the Institute of International Relations, a lecture by Oleksandr Ivanovich Shnyrkov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, was held on the topic: "Economic aspects of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union."
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine Mr Piatras Vaitekunas presented certificates to international students who participated in the Euroschool "Lithuania: the story of a successful choice".
On April 9-11, 2014, the final stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the speciality "International Relations" was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations of Dnipropetrovsk National University named after Oles Honchar.
On Thursday, April 10, 2014, a meeting of musician and public figure Svyatoslav Vakarchuk with Kyiv students took place in the Great Assembly Hall of the Institute of International Relations.
On April 10, 2014, at the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, based on the research unit, with the assistance of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, the Department of International Finance, the Department of Jean Monet, and the All-Ukrainian Public Organization "Ukrainian Association of International Economists" scientific and practical conference "Ukraine-EU: a new stage of economic integration".
On April 11, 2014, the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University hosted a round table "Information wars as an element of force confrontation in the modern world and the task of national consolidation."
On April 14, 2014, the "International Information" speciality of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University with the assistance of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the State University "Institute of World History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine" held an interdepartmental scientific conference "The United States in the Transformations of the Modern World: geopolitical dimension" (scientific readings in memory of Professor E.E. Kaminsky).
On April 18, 2014, a master class by Serhiy Sokolov, director of business development of SPN Communications Ukraine, was held at the Institute of International Relations as part of the course "Public Relations in International Relations" for students in the 4th year of the speciality "International Information".
On April 18, 2014, at the Institute of International Relations, within the framework of the course "Public Relations in International Relations" for students in the 4th year of the "International Information" speciality, a master class was held by Maryna Dadinova, director of work with clients of the Brandcom PR agency.
On April 24, 2014, the brilliant Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk opened his new exhibition of paintings in the hall of the Institute of International Relations as part of the IIR Hall Art Gallery project. The artist personally presented the latest works to the guests and told them about the history of their creation.
In the period from April 16 to May 15, 2014, students of the Institute of International Relations were on an internship at the University named after Hassan II of Mohammedia (Morocco), where they attended lectures on the course: "Diplomatic relations", "The role of African countries in international relations and world politics", "Foreign policy of Morocco", "Morocco in international organizations", "International law", as well as practical classes. In addition, they worked on their research and collected materials for scientific articles in the university library.
Inna Arsentiivna, Department of International Relations of the Institute of International Relations and Komaruk, organized and implemented a successful competitive scientific and practical project of the Second educational trip of students of the Institute of International Relations to Germany, which received funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and took place from 21.04 to 03.05 .2014.
May 2014
On May 13 at the Mohammedan University named after Hassan II, the Day of Ukraine was held, and a presentation was held, during which the attendees had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the main aspects of modern Ukraine and the recent events of Euromaidan. The achievements of our students were highly appreciated by the representatives of the University and the Embassy of Ukraine in Morocco, which was confirmed by a letter from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Morocco Yaroslav Hryhorovych Koval.
On May 21, IIR students took a charity trip to the orphanage "Prolisok" in the village of Vovchkiv and the home for the elderly in the village of Prybirsk.
On May 22-24, 2014, Professor Angus Hawkins, Director of Public and International Programs of the Department of Further Education of the University of Oxford, was a guest of the Institute of International Relations.
On May 25, 2014, extraordinary elections for the President of Ukraine were held. According to official data, after processing 100% of the protocols, the first place was won by the People's Deputy of Ukraine, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (2012) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2009-2010) Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko, a graduate of the Institute of International Relations with a red diploma 1989.
June 2014
On June 16, 2014, at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, students, teachers and employees of the institute witnessed a historic event - the ratification of the Association Agreement of Ukraine with the European Union.
On June 26, 2014, the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv hosted the awarding of diplomas to masters and specialists of the 2014 class.
Professors of the Institute of International Relations Natalya Yakovenko and Oleksandr Biryukov visited the University of Wroclaw in early June 2014, where they gave lectures as part of the program of bilateral cooperation between our universities.
In the summer of 2014, the cooperation of the Institute of International Relations with the Faculty of Communications of Vilnius University (Lithuania) intensified. At the beginning of June, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Faculty of Communications, within the framework of which the first personal contacts have already taken place.
August 2014
On August 23, 2014, the embassies of three states - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - organized a solidarity action: a symbolic live chain on the European Square in Kyiv near the Ukrainian House, on the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way and the Day of the Flag of Ukraine.
On August 26, 2014, a group of German students from the University of Munich visited the Institute. The meeting with foreign colleagues took place in three stages: an introduction to the IIR, an excursion to the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center and a walk through the city centre.
September 2014
On September 1, 2014, in the Great Assembly Hall of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, a solemn ceremony of handing over student tickets to first-year students took place.
On September 16, 2014, at the Institute of International Relations, as part of the courses "Theory of Decision-Making" (III MI, lecturer - Assoc. Dobrzhanska O.L.) and "Electronic Governance" (English-language master's degree of the Ministry of Education, lecturer - Prof. Andreeva O.M. ) a lecture was held by the representative of the public organization "Wikimedia Ukraine", one of the leading Ukrainian Wikipedians, Andrii Bondarenko.
On September 18, 2014, a meeting of first-year students with representatives of the Student Council took place in the Great Assembly Hall of the IIR. Everyone present had a great opportunity to get to know the successful, creative, active participants of the student self-government of our institute.
On September 25, 2014, all patrons and benefactors of IIR united in one team to hold the "Charity Fair". For five whole hours, the hall of the institute turned into an improvised market, where the talented IIR student could find the necessary product for every desire of the buyer. A wide range of books (from fairy tales to textbooks), paintings for every taste, jewellery, interior items, handmade toys, pies, cakes, and drinks - all this could be found on brightly decorated counters. The peculiarity of the fair was that not only students but also teachers of the institute played the role of sellers, who made a significant contribution to the collection of funds.
The Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University took part in the tenth international exhibition-forum "Education Abroad - UIEF 2014" - Ukrainian International Educational Fair 2014, which took place on September 27, 2014, in Kyiv.
On September 30, 2014, the anti-lecture of Andrii Zinkovsky was held at the Institute of International Relations! The "water-fist" method, VPVD, stage-joystick... For the participants of the interactive training, these words became a stepping stone for mastering the skills of a professional speaker. Andrii Zinkovsky impressed the listeners with his mastery of establishing contact with the audience, his self-confidence during his performance, and the basic rules of self-control and control.
October 2014
On October 3, 2014, the Institute hosted a meeting of students with Pawel Kowal - Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament, publicist, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Eva Figel - Counselor-Envoy of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ukraine, Director of the Polish Institute in Kyiv.
From October 5 to 11, 2014, students of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University participated in a program celebrating the 25th anniversary of the unification of Germany with the support of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Institute of International Visions and the "Europe-Contact" society.
On October 6, 2014, a new project was launched within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between Deloitte and the IIR administration. As part of the project, the company's representatives will read a series of lectures, united within the framework of the single concept of "Business management through the eyes of the owner. From a startup to an IRO".
On October 8, 2014, as part of the "Formula of Success" project from the IIR Development Fund, a lecture was held by the most famous psychologist, hypnotist, psychotherapist, coach, political technologist, NLP trainer, Doctor of Economics, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor Oleksiy Sitnikov in the post-Soviet space. This is a doctor and scientist, he was the first to bring NLP and Eriksonian hypnosis to the USSR and Eastern Europe after studying directly with the authors of these approaches. Oleksii implemented hundreds of successful projects in more than 50 countries of the world and advised presidents, heads of governments, ministers, owners and top managers of corporations, show business stars, and politicians.
On October 8-10, 2014, the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv hosted the International School of IIR: Autumn Academy "NATO's Contribution to European Security: Hard and Soft Power", with the assistance of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Charitable of the "Ukrainian Identity" foundation.
On October 14, 2014, Maksym Lavrynovych's open lecture was held. The well-known lawyer shared the secrets of success, talked about his way of climbing the career ladder, answered all the questions that interested those present, and even told about the details of his student life.
In October 2014, Daria Serhiyivna Mishchenko, PhD, teacher of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Moscow State University, at the invitation of the Harriman Institute of Politics (Columbia University), New York, gave a lecture on the topic "Political Dominants in Literary Interpretations of the Don Juan and Don Quixote Phenomena: the Case of Ukraine".
On October 14, 2014, an honoured guest - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Ukraine, His Eminence Wajahat Ali Mufti - visited the Institute.
On October 15, a meeting of students with representatives of the "Donbas" battalion took place at the Institute of International Relations.
On October 16, 2014, the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko was visited by US Ambassador to Ukraine Jeffrey R. Payette. According to the diplomat, the purpose of the visit was to convey the message of the American people to Ukrainians. On the initiative of Jeffrey R. Payette, the meeting took place in the format of a dialogue: the students of the institute had the opportunity to personally ask questions to the representative of the American nation.
On October 17, 2014, the international scientific and practical conference "Flexible model of foreign language learning: problems, trends, prospects" was held based on the Department of Foreign Languages of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.
On October 21, an open lecture by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2009), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Austria (1999-2004) Volodymyr Stanislavovych Ogryzko took place in the IIR!
On October 21, 2014, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, the International Scientific Conference "Transformation of the World Economy and International Economic Relations at the Beginning of the XXI Century" was held at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.
On October 21, 2014, the plenary session of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Actual Problems of International Relations" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of World War II took place.
From October 30 to November 1, 2014, the Institute of International Relations hosted the scientific conference "Model UN in the Middle East", in which more than 100 students from various universities of Ukraine took part. During the three days of the Model, the work of the bodies of the UN System was presented and the most pressing global issues facing humanity were discussed.
November 2014
A delegation of our Institute consisting of teachers of the Department of International Media Communications and Communication Technologies S.I. Danylenko, O.V. Shevchenko and A.V. Yakovets visited Tbilisi from November 10 to 20, where they gave a course of lectures, in particular, on media analytics and GR - technologies.
On November 12, 2014, an open lecture by the deputy director of the department of normative of legal work and legal support of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service Issues Yurchenko D.O. on the topic: "Corrupt activity of a civil servant as a threat to the national security of the state".
On November 12, 2014, within the framework of the IMB Hall Art Gallery project, a creative meeting was held with Andrii Zelinsky - an artist, an independent political technologist, a member of the Eurostandard creative group, and the rector of the University cultural institution.
On November 18, 2014, as part of the cycle of master classes in the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, "Actual problems of the modern world economy and international economic relations" and the discipline "Competition on World Markets" (teacher L.O. Shvorak) senior adviser of LLC "VTS Consulting" Yaroslava Petrivna Ivasyuk held a lecture for students of the English-language master's program "International Trade Regulation" on the topic "Unfair competition in Ukraine".
On November 19, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 631, by which in the List of specialities for which specialists are trained in higher educational institutions at the specialist and master's educational and qualification levels, it was clarified that the specialities "international law" (7-8.03020201), "jurisprudence" (7-8.03040101) and "law enforcement activity" (7-8.03040201) are those "for which specialists obtained a higher legal education."
On November 21, in the Meeting Hall of the Academic Council of the Institute of Foreign Studies, Mrs Nataliya Adamenko - an expert in the field of etiquette and protocol, the Director of the School of the Real Lady, a recognized specialist in Ukraine and the CIS countries, gave a lecture for students on the topic "Etiquette - the rule of the game called "Life".
On November 24, 2014, the presentation of UNICEF's annual report "The state of children in the world - imagine the future in a new way: innovations for every child" took place in Kyiv.
On November 24, 2014, as part of the series of master classes of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations "Actual problems of the modern world economy and international economic relations", the senior adviser of the WTS Consulting company Gupalo Kateryna Petrivna held a lecture for masters of the speciality "International Law" (discipline "Accounting and expertise") on the topic: "Current trends in tax disputes".
December 2014
On December 3-5, 2014, representatives of the Institute of International Relations attended the 1st stage of the Ukrainian-Polish-Lithuanian scientific conference "The Ukrainian crisis in the modern information environment" with the theme "Information wars in modern international relations", which was held based on the Faculty of Communications of Vilnius University (Dean - Dr Andryus Vaishnius).
On December 5, 2014, at 2:10 p.m. in auditorium 352 of the Institute of International Relations within the framework of the IMB Hall Art Gallery project, a creative meeting "Conversations about modern art" was held on the occasion of the closing of the exposition of the works of Oleg Tistol!
On December 9, 2014, at the organizational meeting of the Higher Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, Serhii Yuriyovych Kozyakov, candidate of legal sciences, and associate professor of the Department of International Private Law of the Institute of International Relations, was elected as the Chairman of the Commission.
On December 10, 2014, the Institute hosted a meeting of students with Olena Chernova, President of the Alpbach Kyiv Initiative Group, and foreign guests - Alexander Markus, Head of the Delegation of German Industry and Trade in Ukraine, and Wilfred Serles, Managing Partner of IB Interbilanz Vienna, Grant Thornton Slovakia and IB Interbilanz Kyiv, on the topic "Doing business in Ukraine during the crisis from the perspective of foreign companies."