Erasmus+ KA2 ClimED
Multilevel Local, Nation- and Regionwide Education and Training in Climate Services, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation / ClimEd
KKNU structure involved: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Green Energy and Sustainable Development
Project manager: Nadiya Maksymenko, maksymenko@karazin.ua
Erasmus+ Action type: Capacity Building in Higher Education
Project reference: 619285-EPP-1-2020-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Duration: 15 November 2020 – 14 May 2026 рр.
Coordinator: University of Helsinki, Finland
Budget: 834 332,00 €
Summary
Wider objective of the project is development of competency-based curricula for continuous comprehensive training of specialists in the field of climate services (CS) in Ukraine, as well as the initiation and development of additional education in climate change (CC) for decision-makers, experts in climate-dependent economic sectors (CDES) and the general public. Key results of the project:
- Development of competency-based concepts on professional education in the field of climate services and additional education for experts in climate-dependent economic sectors.
- Development of teaching and methodological materials, elaboration of distance and blended learning courses in order to form methodological support for the continuous and comprehensive training of specialists in the field of climate services.
- Development of blended learning courses in the field of climate change and adaptation to it for decision-makers, as well as massive open online courses in the same area for experts in climate-dependent economic sectors.
- Development of massive open online courses in the field of climate change and adaptation to it for the broad masses of the population.
Partners:
- University of Helsinki, Finland — grant holder
- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
- Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine
- Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
- O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Ukraine
- Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Ukraine
- Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Associated Partners:
- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
- Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians NAS of Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Non Government Organization “Ukrainian Joint Meteorological and Hydrological Society”
- Uman National University of Horticulture
- Odesа Polytechnic National University
- Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University
- Mykolaiv National Agrarian University