Forum of the Association 2016
On October 16-18, 2016 a celebration that was held in Kyiv marked the 175th anniversary of birth of outstanding scientist, teacher, politician, Mykhailo Dragomanov. Official events included the fourth Forum of the Association of Rectors of Pedagogical Universities in Europe, which was attended by vice-rectors and rectors of 36 pedagogical universities from 10 European countries.
The Association also invited some new members, among them are: Iuri Liannoi. - Rector of Sumy State A.S. Makarenko Pedagogical University; Levan Jangulashvili - Rector of Tbilisi Teaching University (Georgia). The speakers were: Viktor Andrushchenko - rector of NPDU (Ukraine) Volodymyr Saveliev - Dean of Postgraduate Faculty (Ukraine); Oleksandr Udod - Head of Department of Ukrainian historiography, Institute of History of NASU. The discussion was joined by Stefka Kaleva - Vice-Rector of The Constantine of Preslav University of Shumen (Bulgaria); Alexandr Zhuk - Rector of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University (Belarus); Jan Laszczyk - rector of the Maria Grzegorzewska University (Poland); Chebykin Oleksii - Rector of the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D.Ushynsky and other participants. Being aware of the importance of the master's degree level qualification in training teachers in accordance with modern requirements, the Forum participants decided to focus forming joint training programs on history, philosophy, human rights and main principles of democracy, aimed at forming students mental unity, which will all be important features for a new teacher in the united Europe. As a result of previous agreements, Association members have begun working on creation of expert groups that will deal with preliminary organizational issues. In this context, in order to develop appropriate discourse, a series of scientific and educational conferences and seminars is already in the plans.