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VOLODYMYR LADYKA,

Rector, Professor, Academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Agrarian Sciences,

Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine

Sumy National Agrarian University

THE ROLE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

Doctor of Economics, professor of the Department marketing and logistics. Vice-Rector for Scientific-Pedagogical and Educational Work SNAU Marharyta Lyshenko

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Business school

Our mission Restoration and development of the Ukrainian educational and business environment through the formation of a professional multidisciplinary school - a platform for synergy between business, communities, education and science

Our dream To contribute to the development and restoration of the country, the agricultural sector and communities to strengthen their resilience

Our core values:

Customer is the source of our inspiration

Leadership - we are always one step ahead of the market

Competence - everything we do, we do well

Partnership - it is always mutually beneficial to work with us

BUSINESS SCHOOL:

a center of synergy between specialized institutions and international partners

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Visualization

BUSINESS SCHOOL:

a center of synergy between specialized institutions and international partners

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Business-HUB�(space for business consultations, �business meetings)

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Sumy

BUSINESS SCHOOL

a center of synergy between specialized institutions and international partners

Short-term training courses - modules

Conducting master classes, trainings, seminars, webinars, workshops, round tables, intensives

Development of joint projects for the development of agro-formations and territorial communities, starting and developing own business in agribusiness, consulting and advisory activities

Professional development in the following areas:

  • Improving the human resource management system at the local level;
  • Topical issues of personnel policy;
  • Budget process and application of the program-targeted method in it;
  • Strategic management and formation of a socio-economic strategy for the development of the region;
  • Financial support for development;
  • E-governance, basics of business analytics, working with documents using Google services, IT technologies for data visualization and presentation;
  • Use of quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods;
  • Legal regulation of land relations;
  • Project management;
  • Fundraising;
  • Interactive teaching methods in the educational process

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Focus group: WHO?

Business leaders

Owners of small and medium-sized agribusinesses

Future entrepreneurs

Women in business

Representatives of local communities

Representatives of public authorities

Employment centers

Research and teaching staff

Involvement of agribusiness representatives

Involvement of foreign lecturers

Benchmarking, studying best practices

Cooperation with the Association of Ukrainian Cities

Synergy of international projects DAAD, TOPAS, UFMD,UNICOM

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Structure: WHERE?

BUSINESS SCHOOL:

a center of synergy between specialized institutions and international partners

Center for the collective use of scientificequipment “Laboratory of ecologicalAgriculture and Nature Management Laboratory”

Scientific and practical laboratoryfor in-vitro biotechnological research

TOPAS educational and scientific laboratory

Center for precision agriculture

Green CenterSMART landfill

Center UNICOM

Educational and research plots of SNAU

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Pilot project

organization of training for combatants, persons with disabilities as a result of war and their families, and family members of fallen servicemen

Synergy of specialized institutions of government agencies and international partners, with the support of Sumy RMA

Sumy Business School:

organizing training (online and offline formats) in short-term educational programs, financing the education of family members of combatants, persons with disabilities as a result of war, and fallen servicemen (in particular, through grant support from international partners), PROJECT UNICOM

State Educational Institution “Sumy Center for Vocational Education of the State Employment Service”

inclusion of Sumy Business School's short-term educational programs in the list of educational programs for organizing training for combatants and persons with disabilities as a result of war, remuneration of course teachers, provision of places for training in the context of regional structural units

Department of Social Policy, Veterans and Reintegration, information component

State Employment Service Financing of training for combatants and persons with disabilities as a result of war (Pilot project Resolution No. 984 of 15.09.2023)

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SUMY BUSINESS SCHOOL: PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Course ‘Entrepreneurship and Business Planning’

The course ‘INTERNET MARKETING’

The course ‘BASICS OF WRITING SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS’

The сourse ‘FINANCIAL LITERACY OF CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS’

Short-term educational programs Sumy Business School, included in the list of educational programs for professional adaptation of persons discharged or released from military service, war veterans, persons with special services to the Motherland, family members of such persons, family members of deceased war veterans, family members of deceased Defenders of Ukraine

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The course ‘Entrepreneurship and Business Planning’

Course coordinator: Tetiana Kharchenko,

Doctor of Public Administration, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Management and Administration

The purpose of the general short-term programme is to provide theoretical and practical skills in doing business in modern conditions and challenges.

Form of study - mixed (distance and on-site)

Duration of study - 3 months.

Programme structure (list of topics):

Topic 1: Who is an entrepreneur? What distinguishes an entrepreneur?

Topic 2. Psychology of business in Ukraine.

Topic 3: Organisation of business processes. Electronic document management. Topic 4. Fundamentals of small business taxation in Ukraine.

Topic 5. Legal aspects of doing business.

Topic 6. Financial model of small business functioning.

Topic 7. Internet marketing

Topic 8: Management aspects and risks of own business.

Topic 9: Practical business cases of doing business.

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The course ‘INTERNET MARKETING’

Course coordinator:

Victoria Makarova

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Professor of the Department of Marketing and Logistics

The purpose of the general short-term programme is to provide theoretical and practical skills in implementing the components of a marketing strategy to promote online store products.

Form of study - mixed (distance and on-site)

The duration of the programme is 3 months.

Programme structure (list of topics):

Topic 1: A person as a brand. Self-PR. Components of a professional CV and promotion of yourself as a brand.

Topic 2. Modern presentation tools using different platforms.

Topic 3: Online communication tools: blogs, websites, online media, social networks.

Topic 4. Social networks and the specifics of their use. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

Topic 5. Creating an online store from scratch.

Topic 6. Structure of the communication strategy and PR plan.

Topic 7. Tools for successful cooperation with the media.

Topic 8: Freelancing basics.

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The course ‘BASICS OF WRITING SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS’

Course coordinator:

Svitlana LUKASH,

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Dean of the Department of Economics and Management

The purpose of the general short-term programme is to provide theoretical and practical skills in the development of project proposals of various types.

Form of study - mixed (distance and on-site)

Duration of study - 3 months.

Programme structure (list of topics):

Topic 1: The concept of fundraising, types of resources, sources of their attraction, types of funds.

Topic 2. Creating a database of financial partners. Fundraising tools, communication and fundraising.

Topic 3. Stages of creating a successful project application.

Topic 4: Target groups, purpose, analysis and justification of the problems/needs addressed by the project.

Topic 5. Planning project implementation and planning the necessary resources.

Topic 6. Formation of the project implementation team.

Topic 7. Project budgeting. Project implementation and ongoing documentation.

Topic 8: Project reporting: preparation of financial and analytical reports.

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The course ‘FINANCIAL LITERACY OF CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS’

Course coordinator:

Mykhailo Geenko, PhD in Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance

The purpose of the general short-term programme is to provide theoretical and practical skills in financial management.

Form of study - mixed (distance and on-site)

Duration of study - 3 months.

Programme structure (list of topics):

Topic 1: Financial literacy and the formation of financial culture.

Topic 2. Financial discipline on the way to financial success: formation of surplus budgets.

Topic 3. Financial and banking systems of Ukraine. Features of work in wartime. Topic 4. Activities of non-bank financial institutions.

Topic 5. Insurance protection of households.

Topic 6. The tax system of Ukraine and legal tools for tax optimisation.

Topic 7. Investments and investment climate in Ukraine.

Topic 8: Fraud in the financial services sector. Protection of the rights of consumers of financial services.

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Study voucher

071 Accounting and taxation

073 Management (OP ‘Administrative Management’; OP ‘Management of Organisations’)

075 Marketing

076 Business, trading and exchange activities

State Employment Service:

A document entitling combatants, persons with disabilities as a result of war to undergo training in the approved list of professions and specialities.

The value of the voucher is not more than UAH 30280 thousand.

The voucher is granted for training: retraining, advanced training, training (except for primary training)

072 Finance, banking and insurance

051 Economics (EP ‘Enterprise Economics’; EP ‘Local Development Economics’)

281 Public management and administration

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SUMY BUSINESS SCHOOL. REINTEGRATION OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Launching the reintegration of veterans and their families

Presentation of the Business School and its main directions

Visit to the SNAU Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk

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Reintegration of veterans - effective solutions

Entrepreneurship and business planning course:

From 26 January 2024 to 12 April 2024 and from 18 October 2024 to 30 November 2024, Sumy Business School held events on reintegration of veterans through the short-term educational programme ‘Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership’, which was attended by 26 people and 12 people, including combatants, persons with disabilities as a result of war, their families and family members of fallen servicemen living in the Sumy region. During the programme, the students had the opportunity to learn about practical cases on business planning and development, key requirements for business planning, doing business in Ukraine, psychological tools that help businesses find effective solutions, and successful domestic and international business practices.

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SUMY BUSINESS SCHOOL. REINTEGRATION OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Short-term study programme ‘Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership’

Graduation April 2024 - 26 people

Graduation December 2024 - 12 people

Presentation of educational programmes ‘Basics of writing of successful projects’, Internet marketing’

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Reintegration of veterans - effective solutions

Veronika Kozhemiakina, an expert from the Ukrainian Veterans Fund and a lawyer, trained veterans, female veterans, their family members, and representatives of NGOs working with veterans in Sumy on the specifics of starting their own business. Sumy Business School was a partner of the event.

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SUMY BUSINESS SCHOOL. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

An educational initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine in partnership with Sumy Business School with financial support from the Government of the Netherlands

June - July 202417 teams from Sumy, Konotop, Krolevets, Lebedynska hromadas

Funding for 7 social entrepreneurship projects in the amount of EUR 3000-7000

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Школа соціального підприємництва освітня ініціатива, яку впроваджує Організації Об’єднаних Націй (UNDP) в Україні у партнерстві з Сумською Бізнес-школою за фінансової підтримки Уряду Королівства Нідерландів

Школа соціального підприємництва

Пілотний освітній проєкт, що реалізується з 4 червня 2024 року по 4 липня 2024 року в Сумській Бізнес-школі та орієнтований на перевтілення підприємницьких ідей в цілісні бізнес-проєкти з сильною соціальною складовою. Організації Об’єднаних Націй підтримує створення соціально орієнтованих бізнесів у постраждалих від війни громадах. Такі проєкти пришвидшують локальне відновлення та допомагають оперативніше реагувати на зростання соціальних потреб населення.

Кращі випускники та випускниці школи отримають фінансову підтримку на старт проєкту з розвитку власної соціальної бізнес-ідеї (в середньому від трьох до пʼяти тисяч доларів США).

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SUMY BUSINESS SCHOOL. GIZ international project, U-LEAD with Europe»

Comprehensive support programme ‘Development of a network of authorised representatives of local self-government bodies to support rural community development’

March - September 2024 Selection of 12 communities from different regions of Ukraine

Information sessions on rural development in the context of Ukraine's European integration for the U-Lead community network

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ROUND TABLE "UNIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES: CHALLENGES OF INTERACTION AND DEVELOPMENT" 12.03.2025

WORKSHOP: "COMMUNITY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREEN RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE" 18.04.2025

SUMMER SCHOOL "HUB OF SOCIAL IDEAS"

10.06.2025-12.06.2025

ROUND TABLE "SYNERGY OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THIRD MISSION AND ENSURING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: BEST PRACTICES OF UKRAINE" 14.11.2025

Community Empowerment Program

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