The first session of the Global Virtual Class took place on 4h of February, which is one of many planned within a new course «International Relations and Global Leadership». This course is designed and provided jointly with the Washington State University. From Sumy State University, the following faculty will participate this semester: Dr. Hanna Shvindina, 

On February 01, 2021 Tetyana Pimonenko organized a lecture-discussion on retrospective for students and graduate students within the framework of Jean Monnet Module “Carbon-neutral economy of the EU: best practices for Ukraine” (620232-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE) review of scientific publications in the field of carbon-free economy. During the seminar, students and graduate students had the opportunity to learn about the high-quality work of scientists from around the world and to establish the relationship between the development of a carbon-free economy, climate change and EU initiatives.

Thanks to the active work of the Centers in the period from 2017 to 2020, an information infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses in the regions has been created. High standards of work have been introduced, which have improved the overall quality of information services for business. The network is an effective platform for SMEs to acquire and share knowledge and contacts.

Hanna Shvindina, the member of editorial board of “SocioEconomic Challenges (SEC)” journal  took part in the International Conference 4IR 2020 “4.0 Industrial Revolution: Transforming Businesses”  on the 24th of September, 2020, organized by Higher College of Technology, the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution (Dubai). This conference was held online. Hanna Shvindina published several papers devoted to the Coopetition & Strategies Development in Aviation. The sessions took place during the whole day and were extremely interesting, involved the best experts in the field and top-ranked researchers. The conference took place on the highest level, the discussions were insightful and inspiring.  

Shvindina Hanna became a guest Speaker at the Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law. The lecture-discussion took place on the 3rd of December and was devoted to the Coopetition Strategy, which is in the focus of the research interests of our colleague. The phenomenon of the coopetition is relatively new and gained its prominence since 1996 after the publication of “Co-opetition” by A. Brandenburger and B. Nalebuff (cooperation with competitors).

The webinar was on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the participants of the webinar not only realized the need for real transformation of business models and technological processes, but also are ready to implement these changes.

On November 27, 2020, Tetyana Pimonenko and Oleksiy Lyulyov started a course of lectures “European policy for small and medium enterprises” for students of Sumy State University within the project “EU policy for SMEs: perspectives and challenges for Ukraine: perspectives and challenges for Ukraine”. The specifics of the EU policy in creating a favorable business environment and supporting small and medium enterprises were discussed during the classes. A lively discussion arose during the discussion of the role of small and medium enterprises in the economic growth of the country.

On November 25, 2020, Tetyana Pimonenko took part in the UKRAINIAN DIGITAL FORUM 2020, which brought together more than 1,500 listeners. Many speakers, practical cases, discussion questions, own achievements and much more allowed to learn a lot of insights of the digital world.

On November 13, 2020, Victoria Bozhenko, Executive Secretary of the scientific journal SocioEconomic Challenges, took part in a webinar on “Not all that gold that shines”, which took place on the BrightTALK platform. The webinar focused on combating unethical practices in scientific communication, as well as how not to fall victim to predatory publications, conferences and other scientific events.

Our colleagues, Denys Smolennikov and Hanna Shvindina took part in Annual Conference of EENCE devoted to the networking between members, summing up and presentation of the results of the events in 2020, experience sharing and discussion of the outcomes of the activities of the EENCE, events planning for 2021. The conference took place online via ZOOM for several days, from 31.10 till 14.11.2020. EENCE is a network of organizations and experts aiming at promoting exchange and development of knowledge, skills and values on citizenship education in the region of Eastern Europe.