On January 19–20, 2026, the kick-off meeting of the international consortium of the Erasmus+ INSPIRE project (No. 101237884, ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CBHE) “Institutional Accreditation for Sustainable Progress, Innovation and Excellence of the Ukrainian Higher Education System towards European Integration” was held at Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Wrocław, Republic of Poland).
The main goal of the INSPIRE project is to design, pilot, and implement a robust institutional accreditation framework for the Ukrainian higher education system, replacing fragmented program-based accreditation with a holistic, transparent, and sustainable quality assurance model aligned with European standards.
Together with Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, the consortium includes:
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
- University of Oslo, Norway
- University of Bayreuth, Germany
- National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, Ukraine
- Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Germany
- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
- National University “Odessa Maritime Academy”, Ukraine
- Bukovinian State Medical University, Ukraine
- Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine
- Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine
- Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
- KROK University, Ukraine
- Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- International Charitable Foundation “International Foundation for Educational Policy Research”, Ukraine
- Ukrainian Association of Students, Ukraine
- IT Ukraine Association, Ukraine
