European Union policies and best practices in academic project management

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The European Union provides great opportunities for academic institutions over the world through the world leading academic programmes, such as Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe. And studying these programmes policies, terms and conditions gives a perfect understanding of effective European Union project management approaches. Also, the European Commission developed PM2 Methodology for effective management of EU funding projects. The Jean Monnet Module proposed aims to educate PhD students, young university teachers and researchers, and civil society representatives on effective European Union policies and best practices in management of academic projects. The main activity of the Module will be a teaching course for PhD students of different specialties at National University of Food Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine. The course will cover key aspects of effective project management relevant to EU academic programmes. Additional teaching activities of the Module will be annual Jean Monnet winter and summer schools on EU academic project management for 1) young university teachers and researchers, and 2) civil society and civil servants. Number of learners directly involved into the Module will be at least 390 persons. Indirect involvement into the Module, e.g. through the website of the project and sharing experience of learners will be at least five times more. The main expected results of the Module are increased awareness on EU effective approaches in academic project management and developing relevant practical skills of learners. The outputs of the Module will include sharing knowledge on world leading EU educational and research programmes, motivation of learners to actively participate in the EU funding projects.