Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania - Ukraine

Date of latest update: 2025-12-10

Description

Description (EN):

Education is of cornerstone importance to any society as it generates the workforce that keeps the economy thriving and the support services necessary for a robust society. The common challenges that will be jointly tackled in the project are: a decreasing trend of enrollment in technological or vocational education, a high percentage of youth neither in employment, low quality of educational infrastructure, and an insufficient level of digitization of education for online classes. The overall objective of the project is to improve the quality and availability of professional technical education in the field of automated production and lifelong learning by strengthening the practical component through the involvement of modern equipment and advanced digital technologies. The project implementation is expected to generate positive results related to infrastructure for vocational and technical education, support for the development of digital skills, and support for developing joint strategies for lifelong learning. The main outputs of the projects are as follows: 1.Modernized and rehabilitated educational infrastructure based on technical universities of cross-border regions, including: 1. 1. Training laboratory on technologies with CNC machines: educational turning and milling CNC machines, simulators, software for CNC machines technologies. 1. 2. Professional center with CNC machines and robots: multifunctional processing machine, industrial robot, turning CNC machine. 1. 3. Computer class with CAD/CAM systems: workstations, server, software. The proposed learning environment will improve the quality of education in the field of mechanical engineering. Specialized software will provide an opportunity to acquire new digital skills for teachers and students and will be accessible to people with disabilities. Students and teachers of various educational institutions in the region will be able to use modern laboratories. Employment centers will also be able to refer temporarily unemployed people for retraining. 2.Educational and lifelong learning, training, and mentorship programs, including: 2. 1. Educational programs for distance learning courses: Guide CAD for high school students, Guide for work in CAM systems, Handbook for CNC operator, Applications of part manufacturing technology using the CNC Machine, Applicative Guide in Virtual Reality. 2. 2. Training courses: CNC machines operators, milling and turning on CNC machines, programming of industrial robots, five-coordinate processing, Training for high school students on CAD systems. 2. 3. Certified specialists using established laboratories according to proposed training courses. Educational and training programs are aimed at the acquisition of professional competences by students, teachers, engineering and technical workers, and also contribute to the strengthening of their digital competences. Some of the training courses are designed for a distance learning. Manuals prepared by technical experts from all project partners will be used during the shared trainings. 3.Joint initiatives for the popularization of technical education, including: 3. 1. Educational web platform for the development of tools to ensure stable long-term cooperation. 3. 2. Agreements between institutions. 3. 3. Joint strategy that supports adult education and training. Strategic and technological solutions adapted to the local needs and conditions of cross-border regions support joint learning and good practice exchange between teachers/education professionals from both sides of the border. The cross-border approach involves the exchange of knowledge and experience between scientists from Romania and Ukraine to use different points of view and better understand the problem of technology education. This includes a comprehensive situational analysis, extended corrective actions, and interdisciplinary cooperation. Through collaboration between scientists, research institutions, and policymakers, more effective strategies and solutions for distance and online education and training will be developed. Cross-border cooperation promotes mutual support and exchange of knowledge, accelerating progress to provide the necessary material preconditions for quality education. The novelty of this project is the proposed educational laboratories, which can be used by participants of different levels of training and age, from high school students to professional engineers and workers. During training, a project-oriented approach will be used, providing an opportunity to create prototypes and educational models. The full launch of laboratory capacities and educational programs will contribute to the reduction of unemployment in the region.

Expected Achievements (EN): Enhancing the quality and accessibility of professional technical education in the field of mechanical engineering lifelong learning by reinforcing the practical component through the utilization of modern equipment and advanced digital technologies.

Project outputs: Training laboratory on technologies with CNC machines(EN)
Professional center with CNC machines and robots (EN)
Computer class with CAD/CAM systems
(EN)
Organisation cooperating across border (EN)
Certified specialists (EN)

Thematic information

ICT and digital society Labour market and employment Education and training

Priority: (VI-A_Ro-Ua_2) Social Development Across Borders

Priority specific objective: RSO4.2. Improving equal access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and lifelong learning through developing accessible infrastructure, including by fostering resilience for distance and on-line education and training

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO4 A more social and inclusive Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights

Type of intervention: 124 Infrastructure for vocational education and training and adult learning

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Івано-Франківський національний технічний університет нафти і газу

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 983358259

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 020708509155 | 02070855 | Fiscal Code Number (EN)

Department: Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Robotics

Address: Karpatska , 76019 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Department address: Karpatska , 76019 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://nung.edu.ua/

Total budget: EUR 812 768.28

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 731 491.45

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 90.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 81 276.83

Contractors:

Name: Entre-neur Yashchenko Oleksiy
VAT registration or tax identification number: 2997220838
Name: Entre-neur Golinei Oleksandra
VAT registration or tax identification number: 2798015565
Name: LLC "CODE GROUP"
VAT registration or tax identification number: 40018008
Name: PrJSC "Ivano-Frankivsk PMK-75"
VAT registration or tax identification number: 01037548
Name: Entrepreneur Polishchuk Olena
VAT registration or tax identification number: 3078617325
Name: Entrepreneur Terentiak Stepan
VAT registration or tax identification number: 3125108417
Name: Entre-neur Harytonchuk Andrij
VAT registration or tax identification number: 2960302656
Name: Entrepreneur Bujval Maryna
VAT registration or tax identification number: 3389817062

Universitatea Tehnica Cluj-Napoca - Centrul Universitar Nord Baia Mare

Name: Universitatea Tehnica Cluj-Napoca - Centrul Universitar Nord Baia Mare

Department: Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronic and Computers/North University Center of Baia Mare

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 937366894

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 4288306 | 14634 | Registration Code Number (EN)

Address: Memorandumului, 400114 Cluj Napoca, Romania

Department address: Victor Babes, 430083 Baia Mare, Romania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website (not verified): http://utcluj.ro

Total budget: EUR 367 898.34

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 331 108.50

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 90.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 789.84

Asociatia Organizatie Academica de Cercetare, Inovare si Dezvoltare Profesionala

Name: Asociatia Organizatie Academica de Cercetare, Inovare si Dezvoltare Profesionala

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 907819509

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 37058885 | 19/13.02.2017 | Registration Code Number (EN)

Address: 71, 437345 Tautii Magheraus, Romania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://academyacid.ro

Total budget: EUR 74 162.23

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 66 746.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 90.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 7 416.23

Partners map

Partners and Projects info

Technical University of Cluj Napoca - North University Center of Baia Mare

Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Partners and Projects info

ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Partners and Projects info

Івано-Франківський Національний Технічний Університет Нафти і Газу

Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Lead partner

Project partner

Summary

Project name (EN): Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Project acronym: ATEd

Project ID: ROUA00183

Project start date: 2025-06-17

Project end date: 2027-06-16

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

2SOFT/1.2/86
“Ro-Ua Trans-border Academic Development for Research and Innovation” - Ro-Ua TADRI
Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine 2014-2020
(EN) | Increasing the potential for development, research, and innovation in the fields of mechanics and electric-electronics aims to promote economic development in the trans-border region, particularly in the Ivano-Frankivsk region and Maramureș Counties.
A number of researchers from these two regions have joined the "Ro-Ua Society of Innovators and Researchers" (Ro-UaSIR). The establishment of Ro-UaSIR ensures institutional international cooperation in the field of research and innovation in common interest domains. It provides opportunities for the development of innovative ideas, exchange of information and good practices, collaborative project development, and participation in scientific papers and events.
The creation of the "Center of Innovation and Development" (CID) at IFNTUOG and TUCN-CUNBM ensures the professional development of students, sharing experiences, exchanging information and best practices, student exchanges, and collaborative student project development.
The information system of the CIDs, integrated with the database, will highlight the challenges faced by regional companies. Researchers will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with real production tasks and undertake relevant innovative projects for the region. (EN), HUSKROUA/1702/6.1/0075 “Cross-border Network of Energy Sustainable Universities” - NET4SENERGY
Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme
(EN) | To enhance the capacity of key Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to serve as resource centers for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the HU-SK-RO-UA cross-border region, the project will implement various initiatives.
As part of the project implementation, a sustainable energy development action plan has been developed for partner universities. The installed pilot system for energy monitoring will enable the assessment of actual energy resource consumption. Additionally, the mounted demonstration solar power plant will serve as a practical means to conserve energy resources. (EN), Program "EU4Business: Competitiveness and Internationalization of SMEs". The project IFNTUOG "Sustainable development of SMEs of the Ivano-Frankivsk community on the basis of the "green", innovative, creative economy"
co-financed by the European Union and the German government and implemented by a German federal company Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
(EN) | The Center for Entrepreneurship Development "Business Incubator" at IFNTUOG consolidates the efforts of educational institutions, research institutions, businesses, and authorities to implement innovative forms of entrepreneurship support in the Ivano-Frankivsk Region.
Some of the main tasks for emergency support of the program and synergy with the project include:
- Preserving jobs and strengthening the economy of Ukraine.
- Integrating internally displaced persons and women into local value chains and business networks. (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 254 828.85

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 129 345.95

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 90.00%

Co-financing sources:

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

(bullets are inserted automatically and may be incorrectly placed)

Deliverables:

CNC simulators classroom (UA)
Visual materials for premises
Learning space CID (RO)
Workshop «Practical skills of working with CNC machines» (in Baia Mare)
Open doors day for LP1 laboratory
Multifunctional metalworking complexes (UA)
CNC machines
Industrial robot (UA)
Specialized furniture for tools and blanks
Digital Totem for CID and Project
Video about laboratories
Open doors day for PP2 laboratory
Hardware (workstations, laptop, smartboard, printer)
Server
Software for CAD/CAM program
Equipment for shooting and editing videos
Joint online meeting of technical experts
Guide CAD for high school students
Guide for work in CAM systems
Handbook for CNC operator
Applications of part manufacturing technology using the CNC Machine (UA)
Applicative Guide in Virtual Reality (RO)
Educational video materials
International seminar "Tools of distance learning"
Online meetings of teachers from two countries
International competition of high school children in fields of CAD systems
Training for high school students on the use of CAD systems
Milling and Turning on CNC machines
Programming of industrial robots
Five-coordinate processing on CNC machines
Article about the training program
International Workshop «CAD/CAM and production»
Certification training for Lecturers
Вest practices visit to Baia Mare
T-shirt and Smock with print
Training on CAD system
CNC machines operators
Programming of industrial robots
Five-coordinate processing
Implemented projects
Educational Web platform
Online project management meetings
Partnerships between training and education institutions
Joint working meetings with representatives of government and education
Project web-site
Articles about project
"University Open Day" in universities
International conference "Adult education and training"
Posts in social networks
Project closing conference
Joint strategy that support adult education and training
CNC milling machine
CNC turning centre
Smartboard
Sistem Desktop Training
Multifunction printer
Server Storage Cloud
Laptop
Laser Cutter A0

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EUStrategyDanubeRegion The project aligns with the following Strategy priority areas:
Priority Area 7 – KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY:
Focuses on promoting investment in research and innovation infrastructure, capacities, and skills. Aims to establish new excellence centers by 2030, acting as lighthouse projects for Research and Innovation (R&I) system modernization. Specifically encourages applications under Horizon's "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation" to research institutions in less-performing countries.
Priority Area 8 – COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES:
Dedicated to developing at least one practical solution to enhance female entrepreneurial skills in the digital age. Includes organizing a tailored event and at least one networking event, fostering exchanges between business and academia.
Priority Area 9 – PEOPLE AND SKILLS:
Commits to at least one annual activity or new project/initiative to enhance regional exchange, peer learning, and cooperation in projects and networks. Aims to provide a monitoring tool for the Danube Region, offering insights into current education and training system developments. Plans regular stakeholder meetings to sustain cross-border dialogue and initiate project development.
Priority Area 10 – INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND COOPERATION:
Envisions establishing structures for cross-border capacity building and cooperation, including platforms, knowledge transfer mechanisms, and project development for cross-border public services. Aims to develop at least one innovative funding instrument, focusing on local actors and civil society needs. Also supports empowering young people for Danube Region development through strategic guidance and macro-regional networks.
Other EU Youth Strategy
https://youth.europa.eu/strategy_en
Our project can contribute to three key areas of action:
ENGAGE:
Fostering youth participation in democratic life by supporting 'learning to participate' and generating interest in participatory actions across Europe.
CONNECT:
Bringing young people together across the EU and beyond to promote voluntary engagement, learning mobility, solidarity, and intercultural understanding. This includes increasing participation in cross-border learning mobility.
EMPOWER:
Supporting youth empowerment through quality, innovation, and recognition of youth work. This involves developing quality tools and systems for training youth workers that align with the changing circumstances of young people's lives and are embedded in a broader quality approach to empower organizations. Additionally, adapting to digital opportunities by aligning the structure, methods, and communication channels of youth work with the digital world. Utilizing technology and pedagogical practices to enhance access and assist young people in navigating digital means is crucial. Incorporating digital youth work into youth workers' training and, where applicable, aligning with youth work occupational and competence standards.
Other EU Digital Strategy
https://eufordigital.eu/discover-eu/eu-digital-strategy/
Promote digital development to foster social inclusion. Digital transformation holds the potential to diminish inequalities across Europe. However, achieving this requires empowering everyone, regardless of income, education, age, or gender, and demands coordinated action and increased collaboration among all stakeholders.
Create educational programs designed to inspire young girls to pursue studies in ICT and STEM subjects. Ensure a more substantial presence of the digital sector in tertiary and adult education to expedite the provision of skills needed by digital employers in the digital labor sector.
Modernize national education curricula by incorporating digital education. Share exemplary practices, endorse initiatives, establish broader partnerships with the digital sector, and facilitate dialogues with stakeholders to enhance education systems.
Other Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) is a renewed European Union (EU) policy initiative
https://education.ec.europa.eu/focus-topics/digital-education/action-plan
Topics connecting the project and tasks to the priorities of the initiative:
Priority 1: Advancing the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem.
Leveraging digital technologies to enhance the quality and inclusiveness of education and training necessitates ongoing planning and monitoring.
Priority 2: Strengthening digital skills and competences for digital transformation.
Given the rapidly evolving media and information landscape, along with the proliferation of online platforms and information sources, individuals must not only be confident but also informed and discerning in the digital realm. To ensure the effective promotion of digital literacy and the counteraction of disinformation through education and training, teachers and educators require additional support, including guidance and practical examples.
Other European industrial strategy
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-industrial-strategy_en
European industry will undergo a rapid transformation with increased automation and digitization of manufacturing, products, and data-driven services. Industrial value chains will be reorganized towards a circular economy, facilitated by breakthrough policies addressing the competitiveness of European industry, spanning companies of all sizes, their value chains, and industrial innovation ecosystems.
The anticipated outcomes of the project will play a key role in fostering the development of robust regional ecosystems. These ecosystems will embrace their unique smart specialization areas, bridging regional differences. Various stakeholders will collaborate, combining their knowledge to co-create content, context, and learning experiences.
Other State strategy of regional development for 2021-2027
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/695-2020-%D0%BF#Text
Operational Objectives (OO) and main tasks ensuring the achievement of I and II strategic goals of the Strategy through the project results:
OO "Stimulation of economic development centers":
1. Provide opportunities for professional retraining and skills upgrading for internally displaced persons, considering the economic specifics of their region and current labor market needs.
OO "Development of human capital":
2. Promote professional orientation, employment, and self-employment of young people, enhancing their competitiveness and professional development to acquire relevant competencies.
3. Modernize higher education by incorporating the latest technologies and innovations.
4. Increase the level of digital literacy among pedagogical workers through the introduction of specialized educational programs.
5. Create a communication platform for all stakeholders in professional (vocational and technical) education regions, focusing on improving management, enhancing the quality of educational services, and identifying regional labor market needs for skilled workers.
6. Disseminate effective career guidance measures in general secondary education institutions and engage in social advertising to popularize working professions, elevating the prestige of professional (vocational and technical) education.
OO "Promoting the introduction of innovations and the growth of the technological level of the regional economy, supporting innovative enterprises and startups":
7. Promote the development of regional innovative infrastructure systems, including science and technology parks, technopolises, etc.
OO "Sustainable Industry Development":
8. Stimulate intensified cooperation between higher education institutions, scientific institutions, and entrepreneurship. Introduce tools to support innovative activities.
Other About the Strategy of Economic Security of Ukraine for the period until 2025
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/n0048525-21#Text
The specified tasks in the field of industrial safety are directly correlated with the project's results:
- Ensure financial and institutional conditions for the creation of industrial ecosystems, accelerated development of Industry 4.0, and its integration into production chains.
- Develop industrial engineering and the production of complex industrial equipment.
- Implement structural changes in the economy and industry by stimulating the development of the circular economy and digitalization.
- Create new jobs with the maximum level of intellectual involvement.
Other Development strategy of the Ivano-Frankivsk region for 2021-2027
https://www.if.gov.ua/strategiya-rozvitku-ivano-frankivskoyi-oblasti
The project activities will achieve the following operational objectives through the solution of tasks:
1.1. Stimulation of the development of innovative types of economic activity and attraction of investments:
- Enhancing investment attractiveness and internationally promoting the region.
- Developing small and medium-sized enterprises, including initiatives of people with disabilities and youth (clusters, science and technology parks, networks, hubs, etc.).
3.1. Ensuring equal access, improving the quality of medical and educational services, and developing sports in communities:
- Improving the quality and availability of educational services through the construction, reconstruction, and enhancement of the material and technical base of educational institutions.
- Creating conditions for the integration of the higher education system into the European educational space and supporting international exchanges of students, postgraduates, and teachers.
Possible areas for project implementation in the Ivano-Frankivsk region:
- Deepening cooperation with higher educational institutions, scientific organizations, and research institutes on the implementation of promising scientific and technical developments in production.
- Forming a platform for close cooperation with European organizations and funds financing regional development projects.
- Creating innovative infrastructure and strengthening connections between small and medium-sized business entities and scientific institutions for the introduction of innovations.
Other NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ADULT TRAINING 2023-2027
https://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/images/Documente/MMSS/Transparenta_decizionala/20230907_hg-snfa-23_27-anexa1-strategie.pdf
National strategy for adult training at the Romania level implements a couple of EU programs from which we summarise:
The National Strategy for Green Jobs 2018-2025 The National Strategy for Green Jobs 2018-2025 and the Action Plan were approved by Government Decision no. 594/2018.
The Education and Employment Program (PEO) 2021-2027 was approved by the European Commission on December 9, 2022 and provides for a funding value of approximately 3.4 billion euros. The following programs are provided by PEO 2021-2027: - programs for acquiring digital skills, structured by levels (initiation, intermediate, advanced), preceded by an assessment of the level of digital skills in accordance with the European Framework for Digital Skills, - personalized programs of acquiring Romanian language skills, mathematics, basic IT skills, level 1 or/and 2 qualifications for people without/with a low level of training (employees or people looking for a job).
The National Implementation Plan for Initial and Continuing Vocational Education and Training (PNI – VET) defines the national measures to achieve the objectives set at the European level, through the Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social equity and resilience (VET Recommendation).

Deliverable (other than infrastructural investment) areas:

Ukraine (UA), Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpatska , 15, 76000
Ukraine (UA), Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpatska str, 15, 76019
Ukraine (UA), Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpatska, 15, 76000
România (RO), Baia Mare, Victor Babes, 62A, 430083

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
RCO 067 - Classroom capacity of new or modernised education facilities, Measurement unit:

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 071 - Annual users of new or modernised education facilities, Measurement unit:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania - Ukraine

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-12-10

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

49 / 49 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

126 / 126 (100%)

Notes on the data

Languages

Contact Form

Academic Technology Education Across Borders

Description

Thematic information

Partners (3)

Partners map

Summary

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Disclaimer