Official Kick-off Meeting of the NANSEN-EDU Project Held at TNMU

The official kick-off meeting of the NANSEN-EDU project was held online on 10 September 2026. The project, entitled “Establishing an Internationally Standard-Compliant Paramedic Training System in Ukraine and Community-Level Emergency Support Structures within the Partnership with Norway”, was jointly developed by Nord University (Bodø, Norway), I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU), and Sumy State University.

All members of the TNMU project team took part in the meeting, including Mariia Marushchak, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of International Students (Project Coordinator); Liudmyla Mazur, Associate Professor of the Department of Higher Nursing Education, Patient Care and Clinical Immunology; Arsen Hudyma, Professor and Head of the Department of Emergency and Simulation Medicine; Kateryna Kozak, Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics No. 2; and Antonina Chervatiuk and Mariana-Ivanna Varvaruk, Assistants at the Department of Emergency and Simulation Medicine.

The meeting focused on the project’s objectives and expected outcomes, the management and meeting structure, priority activities for autumn 2026, potential risks and challenges, as well as planning in-person meetings and the final project conference. The work package leaders outlined the objectives, tasks, timelines, and key activities for each project work package.

The project activities will be implemented throughout 2026–2029. The results of the project are planned to be disseminated through an international publication and presented at a final conference on paramedicine.