Svitlana SHYTIKOVA (PhD), Project Coordinator, National Erasmus+ Office and Higher Education Reform Experts Team – Ukraine, ILID Head of the Board, Institute for Leadership, Innovations and Development Kyiv, Ukraine. Mrs Shytikova has over 20 years of teaching, research and international cooperation experience. Her PhD thesis is devoted to the Implementation of the EU-funded Programs of International Cooperation as a Mechanism for Higher Education Internationalisation in Ukraine. Dr. Shytikova’s track record includes national and international, public, private and civil society organizations as well as European Union, Swedish Institute, Marta KAP, World Bank, Canadian International Development Agency and other International Cooperation Programs. She worked as a Training Manager of the Distance Learning Center of the Global Development Learning Network of the World Bank and is a member of its EURASIA Regional Board. Since 2009 she has been coordinating the Ukrainian National Tempus/Erasmus+ Office team with the mandate to promote and support the international dimension of the EU-funded Programs in education, training, youth and sports in Ukraine. The office team provides support for the implementation of Mobility and Cooperation of Organisations and Institutions Actions projects; search for partnerships, consultations from ideas to projects; challenges on the national specifics for implementation, joint events for projects results promotions, analytics and publications on reforms in education of Ukraine etc. Contacts: @email, www.erasmusplus.org.ua