UNFU Sustainable Management in the Conditions of Post-Pandemic and War Times in Ukraine

Abstract

Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU) is the leader of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings in Ukraine during 2018-2021. The key success factor is sustainable education and research. The paper discusses UNFU projects and programs which are an important part of the related to sustainability activities at the regional and state level. As a result of leadership, UNFU became a participant in the V4 Green Universities project (2020-2021), financed by the Visegrad Fund. This paper presents the main aspects of cooperation between UNFU and European universities. In particular, with the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (Germany), the “Green Project Development and Management” training course was developed and introduced into educational programs, which allows students to search for relevant funding programs, remotely develop and manage green projects. Measures to preserve the traditions of sustainable education and research by our University in the conditions of military aggression of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine are highlighted, for the implementation of which the experience of distance and mixed education gained during the pandemic remains extremely relevant. In addition, taking into account the profile of our University, we present the results of scientific cooperation of UNFU with authorities and forestry and woodworking industry: provision of ecological wooden housing for internally displaced persons; study of the impact of military operations on the state and prospects of the development of forestry in Ukraine; determination of priorities for the development of the forest sector of Ukraine in the conditions of martial law.