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Strengthening international cooperation through the implementation of youth exchange projects 29 October 2025, as part of the implementation of the Ukrainian-Polish youth exchange project “Ethnographic competence training of Ukrainian…
Strengthening international cooperation through youth exchange projects
On 29 October 2025, as part of the project to exchange Ukrainian-Polish youth "Training ethnographic competences of students of Ukraine and Poland through a national identity based on regional culture", an online meeting of partners of the International Academy of Applied Sciences in Łomża and Nizhyn State University took place. Santa Gogol. The meeting symbolized the continuation of contacts established under cooperation agreements (June 2024); the implementation of joint educational, research and project activities; it integrated scientific and professional opportunities of MANS, NDU, Centre for Polish Culture and Association of Citizens of Ukraine of Polish Origin in Ukraine "Aster".
The audience was greeted by Dr. Ing. Ireneusz Żuchowski, MANS professor, rector of MANS, who highly appreciated the activities carried out within the framework of the international exchange project and stressed the importance of similar projects for the personal, professional and cultural development of Ukrainian-Polish youth.
Dr. Aleksander Samoilenko, rector of the State University of Nizhny Novgorod, has been appointed as a member of the Council of Ministers. Mr. Nikolai Gogol thanked the university teachers and students for their warm welcome within the framework of the project and for creating the conditions for the implementation of all planned activities. In addition, Aleksander Samoilenko, as a historian, presented his books on the Poles in Nizhny Novgorod, written together with his father on the basis of historical research, which described the fates of outstanding Poles who lived and worked in Nizhny Novgorod.
The President of the Centre for Polish Culture and the Association of Citizens of Ukraine of Polish Origin "Aster" Veronica Mandryko spoke about the importance of the Centre for the development of Polish diaspora in the Chernihow region, the efforts to preserve Polish language, culture, national identity and belonging to the Polish people, as well as expressed her sincere words of gratitude to the Polish people for their support in such a difficult time for Ukraine.
Dr. Zoia Sharlovych, vice-chancellor for international cooperation at MANS in Łomża, said that prior to the writing and implementation of the project, an agreement was signed, joint scientific and practical conferences were organised, monographs were written, articles were published in the journal "Zeszyty naukowe", joint project activities were worked out, which confirms the fruitful international cooperation.
The meeting was also attended by vice-rectors, staff of the deanships, chairs, project participants, lecturers and students from partner educational institutions. All those present agreed on the continuation of the cooperation initiated under the project, which will concern the study of the cultural and historical heritage of the Ukrainian and Polish peoples, and expressed hope for an interesting and fruitful cooperation in education, science, design and culture in the future.