Project plans, Deliverables and Outputs
The following page is divided into three parts. The first section contains the planning and organizational documents of the project. The second section presents the materials developed within the project, which we hope will be useful for those involved in Community engagement. And the last section includes project reports and shares project results.
- Research methodology on studying third missions of HEIs and community-university cooperation
- Research Paper publication on third missions of Ukrainian Universities Lay-out of a research paper on the third missions of Ukrainian Universities, Ukrainian and English language
- Guidelines on Third Mission of Universities
- Training kits on implementing the third mission by higher education institutions
- Report on the Unicom centers' activities in 2025
- Schedule oo the Unicom centers' activities in 2026
International Dissemination Conference “Universities’ green mission and community sustainable development” (30 January 202, online)
- Program
- Ecological Network as a Spatial Instrument for Green Territorial Transformation (Ukrainian)
- The EU Green Deal and Food Security: Implementing the Farm to Fork Approach and Ensuring the Right to Adequate Food (Ukrainian)
- Green Recovery of Ukraine: Community Obligations for Climate Adaptation. Types of Climate Adaptation Planning Documents (Ukrainian)
- War-Damaged Soils: Assessment and Remediation. Cooperation of SNAU with Rural Communities (Ukrainian)
- The Role of Shelterbelts in Achieving the Objectives of the European Green Deal: Climate Adaptation, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes (Ukrainian)
- Social Dimensions of the Green Transition: European Practice (Ukrainian)
- Green University The Case of UniGe
6th International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers “Science and Innovation: Advancing the Path to a Sustainable Future” (UNICOM Dissemination Conference, 9-10 October 2025, online)
Online workshop “Regulatory approaches to volunteering: European standards and Ukrainian practices”
(16 June 2025, online)
Workshop «University-Community Collaboration Models: Comparative Insights from Germany and Ukraine»
(9 January 2025, online)
Workshop „European Practices for Implementing the Third Mission of Universities”
(10 December 2024, online)
- Program
- University and Communities: Strengthening Cooperation. The Experience of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague (Yaryna Tanchak, Iryna Snovydovych)
- Implementation of the Third Mission in Germany: The Experience of Private Universities (Marianna Hladysh)
- Infrastructure and Innovation Support System: The Case of Lund University (Natalia Shofolova)
- Experience of Third Mission implementation at the University of Latvia (Maryna Lytvyn)
- Implementation of the Third Mission at the University of Genoa: Experience for Ukraine (Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva, Svitlana Sas, Iryna Ivanochko)
- Conceptual Approaches to the Third Mission of Universities (Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva)
Study visit to Bielefeld
(28-31 October 2024, Bielefeld, Germany)
Traning “Third mission of universities & University – Community cooperation” (1-4 October 2024, Prague, Czech Republic)
Workshop “Resilient Universities – Resilient Communities”(2 July 2024, online)
- Program
- The third mission of Vinnytsia Pirogov National Medical University - best practices and perspectives (Olga Bratkova)
- The Council of Employers, as a modern model of interaction and cooperation between universities and employers (Iryna Snovydovych)
- Cooperation between displaced universities and displaced communities as a way to ensure their stability and indomitability (Tetyana Konovalenk
- The best European experience of social innovations in education - prospects for Ukraine (Marja Nesterova)
- DonSUIA. Community-oriented security projects and the implementation of the third mission (Yehor Nazimko)
Training and Coordination meeting at the University of Genoa (26-31 May 2024)
- Program
- Lifelong Learning and the Third Mission (Alessia Popia)
- Technology Transfer at University of Genova (Sara Cepolina)
- Third mission and social impact - from strategy to practice (Federica Imperiale)
- Research presentation (Oksana Holovko-Gavrysheva)
- Quality Assurance Group Report (Nataliia Shofolova)
- Universities-Communities: strengthening cooperation. Tasks for the second year of the project (Diana Spulber)
Study Round Table Discussion “The Latest Results and the Next Steps” (3 May 2024)
Study visit to Latvian University (25-29 March 2024)
- Program
- Experience of the University of Latvia in local municipalities (Kristīne Bērziņa - Cunska)
- Latvian Productivity Board Think Tank LV PEAK (Inna Šteinbuka)
- Section Resilient universities and resilient communities
- Workshop Third mission and the collaboration with social partners – resilience aspects (Kristīne Bērziņa - Cunska)
University and Inclusion Scientific Conference, Rome, Italy (14-15 December 2023)
- Program
- Third mission through the eyes of internal and external stakeholders - Unicom project implementation results (Olena Orzhel)
- Financial Inclusion in Higher Education: Approaches and Steps to Implementation (Nataliia Shofolova)
- Communication with communities as a component of the university_s sustainable development strategy (Kseniia Bliumska-Danko)
- Experience of cooperation between the local self-government body and the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University to meet the needs of the population of the Vinnytsia territorial community in the field of health care (Nataliіa Korobchynska)
- Practicied of third mission at HEIs in conditions of war - experience of Ukraine (Olha Stoliaryk)
- Strengthening cooperation of a university and its stakeholders in critical conditions (Natalia Falko)
- The third mission of the medical University (Ruslana Kharkovenko)
- The third mission of the university- experience of implementation at the Faculty of Special and Inclusive Education of the Dragomanov Ukrainian State University (Afuzova Hanna)
- University-Community in partnership for Ukraine’s rebuilding (Iryna Sikorska)
Study visit to Lund University, Sweden (6-9 November 2023)
Round table “University and Inclusion”(30 October 2023, Melitopol and online)
- Program
- Video. Inclusion in University. Tetiana Lomakina (UKR)
- Video. Inclusion. Diana Spulber
- Video. Social inclusion in universities in wartime conditions. Tetiana Konovalenko (UKR)
- Video. Inclusive environment as a guarantee of high-quality and affordable higher education. Iryna Markus (UKR)
- Video. University practices of implementation of inclusion. Yulia Shevchenko (UKR)
- Social inclusion in universities in wartime conditions. Tetiana Konovalenko (UKR)
- Inclusion. Diana Spulber
- Inclusive environment as a guarantee of high-quality and affordable higher education. Iryna Markus (UKR)
- Factors affecting the quality of higher education in the special educational needs of students. Anna Afuzova (UKR)
- Forced migration of Ukrainians - challenges for Europe and Ukraine. Anna Afuzova (UKR)
Study visit to Fachhochschule des Mittelstands, Germany(16-19 October 2023)
Study visit to Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (2-6 October 2023)
Workshop/training seminar “National regulation and third mission implementation in HEI: experience and collaboration with social partners” (22-25 August 2023, University of Latvia, Riga)
International summer school “Cultural Dialogue in the Intercultural Environment for Community Engagement” (24-28 July 2023, University of Genoa)
- Program
- Towards an improved Third Mission Definition and Management UniGe Efforts and Contribution (Marco Invernizzi)
- Social Cohesion – Third mission (Diana Spulber)
- Culture and social cohesion (Diana Spulber)
- Ageing and Society (Guido Amoretti)
- Activating Peer Resources in Complex Situations (Mara Morelli)
- Third mission of displaced University (Andriy Stoyka)
- Культурні коди української нації (Наталія Кочубей)
- Culture of quality assurance and community engagement in international educational projects implementation (Nataliia Shofolova)
- Problems of socio-cultural inclusion increased by the war (Hanna Afuzova)
- Practicies of dialogue and cooperation in multicultural communities, the experience of Melitopol (Nadiia Akulova)
- Ethnic rumors, sociological dimension and measures to combat them (Natalia Hlebova)
- Refugees in Intaly (Diana Spulber)
- Educational strategies to support the inclusion of displaced pupils from Ukraine in Italian schools (Asia Ambrosini)
- EU Values, Diversity and Media Literacy in Community Development (Tetiana Konovalenko)
Workshop “Third Mission of Universities:
Challenges and European Perspectives” (10-12 July 2023)
- Program
- Video. Day 1 part 1
- Video. Day 1 part 2
- Video. Day 2 part 1
- Video. Day 2 part 2
- Financial sustainability of universities in times of war and postwar (Nataliia Shofolova)
- Quality Assurance Strategy of UNICOM project (Olena Orzhel)
- Reinventing Ukrainian universities sustainable higher education institutions for postwar Ukraine (Olena Orzhel)
- Resilient community of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University and its societal mission in the wartime (Tetiana Konovalenko)
- Social Innovations for Community Engagement and Universities (Marja Nesterova)
International conference “Intercultural education: daily life and crisis time (13-15 July 2023)
Kick-off meeting (11-13 April 2023)