Olena FILIMONOVA

International Projects

January 2025 – present – Manager of the pilot project “Strategic Partnership on Refugee Employment: East and West Learning from Each Other” as part of the “Towards Europe” network development program, No. EUR.NETW.01.003. The project is coordinated by Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle (the Netherlands)

January 2023 – December 2025 – Project Coordinator of the project 101083143 – DEFEP – Distance Education for Future :  best EU practices in response to the  requests of modern higher education seekers and labour market. [ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE] — [Capacity building in the field of Higher Education] – [ERASMUS -EDU-2022-CBHE-STRAND-2].

March 2023 – February 2026 – Project Manager of the project 101082696 – PROMENT – Promoting professional education and students engagement through comprehensive mentoring and tutoring system at HEIs. [ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE] — [Capacity building in the field of Higher Education] – [ERASMUS -EDU-2022-CBHE-STRAND-2].

July 2022, September, 2021 – Expert and mentor of Business Academy of GCIP regional accelerator center for innovation, technology, and start-ups in Mykolayiv region of Ukraine the UNIDO/GEF Project “Global CleanTech Innovation Program for Small and Medium Enterprises in Ukraine”

May – September, 2021 – co-author and co-manager of the project "Eco-Fest "Kinburn Fortress", financed as the of Active Citizens from the British Council. 

International Mobility

May 2025 – International staff mobility for professional development (Erasmus+ program, KA1), participation in a staff professional development week as part of the “Erasmus+” program on the topic “European Orientation and Global Impact: Practices of Cross-Border Teaching and Cooperation at Saarland University,” Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.

April, 2024 – International Staff Mobility (Erasmus+ Program, KA2, CBHE), Spring School “University Centers of Mentoring and Tutoring” by the EU project Erasmus+ CBHE 101082696 – PROMENT – Promoting professional education and students engagement through comprehensive mentoring and tutoring system at HEIs, Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University, Batumi, Georgia.

October, 2023 – International Staff Mobility (Erasmus+ Program, KA2, CBHE),  Study Visit and Training “Approaches of Pedagogy and Didactics of the Methodology of Distance Education” by the EU project Erasmus+ CBHE 101083143 – DEFEP –  Distance Education for Future :  best EU practices in response to the  requests of modern higher education seekers and labour market,  University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. 1,5 credit (45 hours); Certificate № 1010183143-DEF/427.

October, 2023 – International Staff Mobility (Erasmus+ Program, KA2, CBHE),  Study Visit and Training “Film and Video Art in the Methodology of Distance Education” by the EU project Erasmus+ CBHE 101083143 – DEFEP –  Distance Education for Future :  best EU practices in response to the  requests of modern higher education seekers and labour market,  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. 1,5 credit (45 hours); Certificate № 1010183143-DEF/407.

July, 2023 – International Staff Mobility (Erasmus+ Program, KA2, CBHE), Training and Meeting “Management of Distance Education Project” by the EU project Erasmus+ CBHE 101083143 – DEFEP –  Distance Education for Future :  best EU practices in response to the  requests of modern higher education seekers and labour market,  Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany. 1,5 credit (45 hours); Certificate  № 1010183143-DEF/369

July, 2023 – International Staff Mobility (Erasmus+ Program, KA2, CBHE), Study Visit to the University of Perugia by the EU project Erasmus+ CBHE 101082696 – PROMENT – Promoting professional education and students engagement through comprehensive mentoring and tutoring system at HEIs, University of Perugia, Italy. 1,5 credit (45 hours); Certificate w/n 07.07.2023 р.

May, 2023 – Staff Mobility for Training (Erasmus+ Program, KA1), Participation in the Erasmus+ Staff Training Week “Inclusion in International HIGHER Education”, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.

January, 2023 – Staff Mobility for Training (Erasmus+ Program, KA1), Participation in the 1 st AMU Staff Week “A step towards strategic collaboration”, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.

International Training Sessions

August 2024 – International Training for Academic Staff: “Distance Education. A Course for University Faculty” under the EU Erasmus+ Project 101083143 – DEFEP – Distance Education for the Future: Best EU Practices in Response to the Needs of Modern Higher Education Seekers and the Labor Market; Moldovan State University, Chisinau, Moldova; 3 credits (90 hours); Certificate No. 101083143-DEF/898.

August 2024 – International training for academic staff: “Distance Education. A Course for University Management” under the EU Erasmus+ project 101083143 – DEFEP – Distance Education for the Future: Best EU Practices in Response to the Needs of Modern Higher Education Seekers and the Labor Market; Moldovan State University, Chisinau, Moldova; 3 credits (90 hours); Certificate No. 101083143-DEF/899.

August 2024 – International training for academic staff: “Distance Education: A Course for University Tutors” under the EU Erasmus+ project 101083143 – DEFEP – Distance Education for the Future: Best EU Practices in Response to the Needs of Modern Higher Education Seekers and the Labor Market; Moldovan State University, Chisinau, Moldova; 3 credits (90 hours); Certificate No. 101083143-DEF/900.

From December, 2016 – Facilitator of Active Citizens Program by British Council in Ukraine.

International Internships

November, 2018 – March 2019 – Internship at the Academy of Tourism in Antalya, during which taught the discipline “Essentials of Business Finance” by the programs of Vern University of Applied Science, Croatia, Zagreb.

September 15 – October 1, 2018 – Academic Internship “Balanced Economic and Legal Processes in Society and Business Environment in the Context of Globalization”, University of Ecomomics, Varna, Bulgaria.

March, 2010 – Europaicums Internship by DAAD, Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany.