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Online24 Mar 202613:00

INTERNATIONAL SPRING ACADEMY “SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND TRADE” – DAY 2

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Tue, 24 Mar 2026, 13:00Tue, 24 Mar 2026, 16:30

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Tue, 23 March – 13:00 CET / 14:00 Kyiv, Chisinau / 16:00 Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan

The International Spring Academy “Sustainable Transport and Trade” aims to create a high-level platform for academic exchange, professional dialogue, and cross-border cooperation among the countries of the Eastern Partnership — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.

The 3rd edition of the International Academy “Sustainable Transport and Trade” aims to establish the ground for enhanced cooperation between the academic environment and practitioners in the field of freight transport, logistics, international trade, customs procedures and digitalization, and to promote implementation of sustainable solutions for various challenges. This edition will:

  • Strengthen long-term scientific cooperation between universities, academies, and research institutes in the Eastern Partnership region and European partners.

  • Promote dialogue between academia and practitioners, involving experts from transport authorities, central public authorities, municipalities, logistics companies, and industry.

  • Support capacity building in sustainable transport, logistics, trade facilitation, and customs modernization.

  • Encourage joint research initiatives, mobility programs, and long-term academic partnerships.

  • Create a networking forum for young researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

13:00 – 13:25 CET – Sustainable mobility concepts and decarbonization strategies. Speaker: Prof. Olga Kunytska, NTU, Kyiv, Ukraine

13:25 – 13:50 CET – The Role of Retail Trade in the System of Population Livelihood Provision Speaker: Associate Prof. Olha Haponenko, National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute», Ukraine

13:50 – 14:15 CET – Assessing the Impact of Road Transport Projects. Speaker: Associate Prof. Stanislav Svichynskyi, KhNAHU, Kharkiv

14:15 – 14:40 CET – Transport Optimization Models in Supply Chains: An International Comparative Analysis and Development Directions for the Republic of Moldova. Speaker: Veronica Bulat, Ph.D, Head of Department, Faculty of Economic Sciences of MSU, Moldova

14:40 – 15:00 CET – Digital Logistics in Armenia: Opportunities for Regional Integration and Growth. Speaker: Tatevik Vardanyan, Ph.D, Armenia

15:00 – 15:30 CET – Discussion: Priorities for Sustainable Transport in Teaching. Moderated by: Nataliia Kozachuk, Ph.D, Associate Professor of the Department of International and European Law of NaUKMA, Ukraine

Isa Bulat 2403.pdf

ISA_Kunytska_2403.pdf

ISA Podolchak 2403.pdf

ISA Svichynskyi 2403.pf

ISA Vardanyan 2403.pdf

The Role of Retail.pptx