Senior lecturer of the Department of Germanic Philology Iryna Ushchapovska was invited to the First Regional Educational Forum "Vectors of European Quality and Success" as a speaker. This event took place on 16 March 2023 at the International European University.

The forum purpose was to meet education experts, to plan joint project activities and to identify new areas of cooperation between institutions.

Iryna Ushchapovska informed about the Jean Monnet Activities of the Erasmus+ program. She shared SumDU achievements during the previous year and her own experience of awarding a grant. The speaker also spoke about the project "Fostering EU practices of education for sustainable development through the brand language: interdisciplinary studies" (ESDbrandEU). It is funded by the European Commission and is currently being implemented at the Department of Germanic Philology.

The participants and organizers of the forum expressed interest and hope for further cooperation.