On May 20, the Faculty of Law and Administration held a celebration of the 5th anniversary of the European Centre UMCS.
The event was attended by:
prof. Yves Petit, Director of the European University Centre in Nancy,
Czesław Bartela, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Nancy, one of the initiators of the creation of the European Centre UMCS,
Jean-Luc Schneider, Attaché for Science and University Cooperation of the French Embassy in Poland
Natalia Marchuk, Director of the European Union Information Centre, representing the Rector of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk
Krzysztof Stanowski, Director of the International Cooperation Centre, Lublin City Office, representing the Mayor of Lublin, Krzysztof Żuk
Joanna Szeląg, Director of the Protocol and Organisation of Official Visits Department, Lublin City Office
UMCS authorities:
His Magnificence Rector of the UMCS, prof. dr hab. Radosław Dobrowolski
dr. hab. Arkadiusz Bereza, UMCS Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for General Affairs
prof. dr hab. Wiesław Gruszecki, Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation
prof. dr hab. Marek Pietraś, Director of the Institute of Political Science and Administration
prof. dr hab. Anna Przyborowska- Klimczak, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration
prof. dr hab. Urszula Bobryk, Head of the Department of Choral and Vocal Education
dr hab. Jarosław Kostrubiec, prof. UMCS, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration
as well as
prof. dr hab. Stanisław Michałowski, signatory to the agreement founding the European Centre UMCS.
The meeting was hosted by dr hab. Sylwia Kucharuk, UMCS Associate Professor, acting director of the European Centre UMCS.
The Centre was established in 2018 on the 20th anniversary of the city partnership between Lublin and Nancy, as a result of a Polish-French-Ukrainian cooperation agreement between the City of Lublin, the City of Nancy, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, University of Lorraine and three Ukrainian universities: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University and Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk.
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Centre, a ceremony was held to award diplomas to the first graduates of the course in International and European Union Law carried out as part of the double degree programme of the UMCS and the University of Lorraine in Nancy, in cooperation with the European Centre UMCS and the European University Centre in Nancy. The diplomas were presented by Jean-Luc Schneider, representative of the French Embassy in Poland and attaché for science and international cooperation, prof. Yves Petit, Director of the European University Centre in Nancy, and His Magnificence Rector of the UMCS, prof. dr hab. Radosław Dobrowolski.
During the celebrations, the importance of the European Centre UMCS, as a kind of bridge between East and West was repeatedly emphasised. The current geopolitical situation shows how important and justified the establishment of this institution was. Educating young people from Ukraine on the functioning of European institutions and local government activities in the context of the European aspirations of our eastern neighbour takes on new relevance.
Media coverage of the event:
https://lublin.tvp.pl/69989867/piec-lat-dzialalnosci-centrum-europejskiego-umcs
https://radio.lublin.pl/2023/05/5-lat-centrum-europejskiego-umcs/
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