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Research Infrastructures for the Future of Ukraine successfully launched in Brno
The first consortium meeting on September 16, 2025, marked the official launch of a three-year collaborative initiative between the EU and Ukrainian partners that will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Ukraine’s higher education and research landscape, with a particular focus on research infrastructures. Through this event, we started the development of the Roadmap for the Recovery and Enhancement of Research Infrastructures in Ukraine.
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How should Ukrainian research and universities move forward after the war? Dozens of experts from across Europe and Ukraine gathered in Brno on September 17, 2025, to discuss this question. The event brought together academics, researchers, politicians and representatives of funding institutions, and set out concrete steps for mapping and developing Ukraine’s research infrastructure through lectures and panel discussions.
The first part of the conference provided a broad overview of the state of research and higher education in Ukraine. This was followed by the Voice of Ukraine session, where representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and the research community described the situation from their perspective and outlined their most pressing needs.
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Last week of October, three EU partners from the RIFF consortium - MUNI, INESC, and EFIS - visited their Ukrainian counterparts. One of the key activities during the visit was participation in the first Information Day held in Lviv.
Next stop was the Ivano-Frankivsk region, where they, among other activities, visited the research infrastructures at institutions such as Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University and Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.
The final stop was Kyiv, where they met with RIFF partners. They also took the opporunity to further discuss the future of the Ukrainian RI landscape with the Ministry of Education and Science and State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine.
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Interesting mentions
Our visits were highlighted by several institutions on their LinkedIn profiles, including:
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In October, we presented the RIFF project at the RTI Summit 2025 in Copenhagen. We shared the project’s main goals and invited various representatives from ESFRI and other European research infrastructures to take part in RIFF activities.
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RIFF members were present at the kick-off of International Coalition for Science, Research and Innovation in Ukraine.
Article by ScienceBussiness: Ukraine and the European Commission are working on a “working mechanism” for an international coalition of countries and international organisations willing to help the war-torn country to rebuild its science sector, says Denys Kurbatov, Ukraine’s deputy minister for education and science.
The European Commission's press release on the initiative can be found here.
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RIFF is now connecting Ukrainian research infrastructures with Europe on LinkedIn. Follow us for the most recent news, activities and stories!
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Join us!
RIFF is designed to offer a practical and meaningful ways for stakeholders across the EU & Ukraine to get involved. These opportunities include hosting/participating in fellowships, workshops, participating in dedicated events, joining several training activities, and contributing to discussions that will shape the RI Roadmap.
If you want to get involved in any of the RIFF activities, please register.
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