An educational workshop brought together students from Germany and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

For three days they will discuss issues of student self-government.

The German delegation includes students from two higher education institutions: Dresden Technical University and Freiberg Mining Academy. The event is held under the general title “Tandem Partnership Germany-Belarus – Academic Self-Government”.

While welcoming the guests, Yuri Belykh, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Yanka Kupala State University, expressed confidence that the event will be very useful and interesting for representatives of both parties.

– Both our country and Germany, of course, have their own experience in how the system of student self-government is established, – said Yuri Belykh. – But this is a completely different experience. And this event provides a unique opportunity to exchange experiences, learn new approaches, learn about new ideas that can be implemented in the future at their own educational institutions. I think that for the participants of the educational workshop for these three days will open access to very interesting information, which will be useful for students, including in terms of forming their life position.

Foreign guests also paid attention to the importance of such joint events. By the way, an agreement on holding an educational workshop at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno was reached during the previous visit of German universities representatives in Grodno, which took place this summer.

– I would like to thank Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno for the invitation, as well as for the great organizational work, thanks to which this event took place, – said the project coordinator, researcher of Dresden Technical University Tatiana Piliptsevich. – We are convinced that if young people meet more often with their foreign colleagues, in the future it will be easier for them to establish contacts and work together on any relevant issues, and thus, to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries. In addition, by working together, students acquire soft skills that will be useful for them in the future.

After the official opening of the event, Matthias Dornfeldt, Professor of International and Comparative Policy at Postdam University, held an interactive lecture entitled “Prospects for student cooperation and exchange – student expectations”. This was followed by two workshops on the topic of open communication and cooperation by Marianna Novosolova, a researcher at Dresden Technical University. For the next two days, the participants are scheduled to work actively in small groups. There are also plans to organize study tours around the city specially for the guests from Germany. The three-day educational workshop will end with a presentation of ideas and joint projects developed by the students of both countries.