September 25, 2020, Workshop “Facilitating building an open secure and sustainable society in the context of hybrid threats basing on the approaches of the Baltic region” brought together (by Zoom meeting) the WARN project team and other academicians of the universities consortium – members. The workshop addresses issues of the elaboration and approaches to building a sustainable and secure society which were taught in online security courses at the University of Tartu, Estonia (WARN project partner). The main report was made by Ph.D. Associate Professor Victoria Kontsur (Donbass State Pedagogical University is a partner of the WARN project).
Workshop also analyzed the results of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Education and Science in the Field of National Security: Problems and Priorities of Development”, which was held by the NUOA on September 18, 2020. (https://www.facebook.com/FakultetPIM/posts/3215965775196065).
Workshop video is uploaded to Repository Knowledge hubs and networks
In December 2020, SUIT, in partnership with NURE, founded and held the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference “Management and Administration Towards Countering Hybrid Threats to National Security”. This conference became an annual international platform for the WARN community to present and approve new research in various security domains. https://warn-erasmus.eu/news/project-experience-at-the-international-and-ukrainian-scientific-practical-educational-conferences/
https://warn-erasmus.eu/deliverables/international-scientific-project-platform/
Another annual All-Ukrainian Scientific Online Conference with international participation, “Regional Studies in the Civilizational Dimension: Directions and Prospects of Progress,” established a special section titled “Regional Studies in Conditions of Hybrid Threats” in 2020. Since 2022, this section has been renamed “Regional Studies in Conditions of Hybrid Threats and Wide-Scale War.” The conference papers are published in the journal “The Facets of History” which featured a special section, “History as a Means of Hybrid Threats,” in the issues of 2020 and 2021, as well as the section “Hybrid Threats in the Modern World” in the issue of 2023, focusing on research conducted within the framework of the project “Academic Response to Hybrid Threats” of the Erasmus+ programme. The 8th Conference will be conducted on October 24, 2024 (https://peers.international/rscd).
All these events are piece of contribution of the WARN consortium to the activities aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including promoting a peaceful and inclusive society and strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. Additionally, it became a core of the fruitful collaboration within Trans Sectoral Academic Environment.