У межах робочого візиту на Львівщину 6 жовтня Національний лісотехнічний університет України відвідала делегація Союзу українців Румунії.

Ректор Університету, член-кореспондент НАН України, професор Володимир Загорський разом з колегами-науковцями (перший проректор з науково-педагогічної роботи, професор Олександр Сушинський, проректор з науково-педагогічної виховної роботи та міжнародних зв’язків, доцент Микола Борис, проректор з наукової роботи, професор Василь Лавний, завідувач кафедри екологічної економіки та бізнесу, професор Іон Дубовіч та керівник відділу міжнародних відносин Христина Василишин) мали за честь поспілкуватися з гостями та висловити слова вдячності Президенту Союзу українців Румунії, депутату Парламенту Румунії, заступнику голови Комітету Парламенту Румунії з питань культури, мистецтва та засобів масової інформації Миколі-Мирославу Петрецькому за розпочату співпрацю, надання гуманітарної та іншої допомоги громадянам України, зокрема й Львівської області.

The employees of the Scientific and Technical Library of the University prepared and during the day broadcasted the video "In memory of Yuriy Ruf (Yuriy Dadak). He devoted himself entirely to Ukraine. Yuriy Ruf is forever among us", compiled a bibliographic index "Scientific work of Dadak Yuriy Romanovych", and also exhibited in the library's reading rooms the book exhibitions "Scientific work of Dadak Yuriy Romanovych" and the artistic and literary exhibition "Yuriy Ruf. POETRY. PUBLICITY".

At the request of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, materials, supplemented with photo and video materials, were prepared and sent for the formation of the annals "Education in Fire" (previous name):

Article: The flower of the nation. "We are only firewood in the fire of a great Idea" / Yuriy Ruf (Dadak) (access mode as of 09/26/2022)

The head of the design department Volodymyr Prusak and the teacher of the department Mazur Oksana (author's portraits of Yuriy Ruf), the trade union committee of the University (financial support) also joined the organization of this event, for which we are sincerely grateful.

In the framework of the national project "Place of Honor and Gratitude", initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Scientific and Technical Library of the Ukrainian National Forestry University of Ukraine will present on September 26, 2022. in the reading hall of socio-economic library (the main building of the university, room 412) an ART exhibition in memory of Yuriy Dadak "RUF IS PRESENT".

During the day, the video clip "In memory of Yuriy Ruf (Yuriy Dadak). He devoted himself to Ukraine. Yuriy Ruf is among us forever” will be broadcasted in the reading room of socio-economic library.

On September 20, 2022, the Rector of the Ukrainian National Forestry University, corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine, Professor Volodymyr Zahorsky took part in an international online meeting, initiated and organized by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Oleg Nemchynov, Minister of the CMU), the Investment Attraction Office/UkraineInvest (Andrii Kakusha, Chief Advisor to the Executive Director, Advisor to the Minister of the CMU), Swedish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia (Ludmila Lemrini, General Director and Jamal Lemrini, Project Manager).

Among the honored participants were representatives of the Karlstad Innovation Park (head of the PAPER PROVINCE project – Elin Appel), the Swedish Federation of Woodworking and Furniture Industry (head – Suzanne Rudenstam), the research project “Smart City of Sweden”/IVL Research Smart City Sweden (head – Osten Ekengren), the architectural company ARCH + H.R. (head - Jorge Lobos), the State Fund for the Promotion of Youth Housing Construction (Chairman of the Board - Serhiy Komnatny), the Borodyanka United Territorial Community (acting head of the village - Georgy Yerko), the competition "Borodyanka is looking for architects" (co-founder - Maksym Kaminskyi), the company "Servus Trading House" (co-founder - Andriy Maly).

The main goal of the meeting was to establish cooperation between scientists, authorities, investors, and businesses for the construction of modular wooden houses in the cities of Ukraine for people who suffered as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation.

Currently, there are enterprises in Ukraine for the production of wooden houses of various types and structures, but an important task is to develop rational solutions for choosing such types and structures of wooden houses that will be economically profitable, effective, and practical. To make the right decisions and implement such initiatives, the project organizers invited the Ukrainian National Forestry University to participate as a center of education and science, because, in August of this year, the University together with the Association of Woodworkers and Harvesters of Lviv Oblast held a round table on the topic "Wooden house construction and providing housing for internally displaced people" and developed specific proposals and recommendations for solving the problem. Such an idea attracted the interest and support of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Lviv Regional Council, People's Deputies of Ukraine, heads of regional administrations, directors of forestry enterprises, heads of united territorial communities and business representatives.

Representing the University, Rector Volodymyr Zagorsky told the participants of the meeting about the available opportunities to participate in the development of the program for the development of wooden house construction, and also shared plans for the creation of a scientific and technical hub with the following priority areas of activity: analysis of the production capacities of Ukrainian enterprises in wooden house construction, development of rational solutions for the selection of effective types of structures of wooden houses, expert evaluation of architectural and planning solutions, technological expertise of elements of building structures and forecasting of their operational properties, etc. It is important for the organizers of the project that the graduates of the Ukrainian National Forestry University are highly qualified specialists in such important specialties as architecture and urban planning, construction and civil engineering, design, woodworking and furniture technologies, forestry and horticulture, environmental protection technologies.

During the meeting, the participants paid special attention to discussing the situation with the restoration of the territories destroyed by the occupiers. Yes, only according to preliminary data, the need for modular houses is 1,000 houses for 4,000 inhabitants of Borodyanka, and, unfortunately, there are a lot of such settlements. After listening to all the urgent problems, it was decided to hold a competition for an architectural solution for the restoration of Borodyanka and to develop specific proposals by all project participants.

On this occasion, Swedish companies submitted their proposals for the project of modular residential construction and proposed existing Smart City innovative solutions in the process of restoration of Borodyanka (urban planning, waste processing, and water treatment system, environmental friendliness of the transport system, etc.). The company "Servus Trading House", which has many years of experience in building modular wooden houses not only in Ukraine but also in European countries, also presented opportunities for partnership and cooperation.

At the end of the meeting, the participants agreed on the development of specific proposals by each side and the creation of small working groups for cooperation between Swedish and Ukrainian organizations for the construction of social housing, and the creation of industrial and scientific, and technical parks.

Based on the materials of the joint final seminar "Sustainable Development Switzerland-Eastern Europe: Case Study and Real World Lab in Western Ukraine" for students of the University of Bern, Switzerland, and the Ukrainian National Forestry University of Ukraine (UNFU), Lviv.

On September 12, 2022, a joint final training seminar was held for students of UNFU and the University of Bern, Switzerland. The purpose of the seminar was to present the results of research conducted within the framework of the Real World Labor (RWL) project and was dedicated to the issues of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at different hierarchical levels, taking into account the experience of Ukraine and Switzerland. The final workshop was preceded by thorough preparation that began in late 2021 and included a series of joint working meetings held regularly in the format of Zoom conferences (a total of 8 such meetings took place). Representatives of UNFU, the University of Bern, and the Boryslav City Council were involved in the implementation of the project. The work was carried out with the support of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow, Forest, and Landscape Research (WSL). In particular, teachers, graduate students, and students of master's programs of various specialties from three scientific and educational institutes (forestry and horticulture; woodworking and computer technologies and design; environmental economics and management) participated in the project from UNFU.

Taras Chelepis, a Ph.D. student from the university, participated in the work of the final seminar together with Oksana Pelyukh, Assoc. Prof. Lyudmyla Zagvoyska, Assoc. Prof. Lyudmyla Maksymiv (project manager from Ukraine), Prof. Ihor Soloviy. Organizational assistance to the project was provided by Prof. Vasyl Lavny. Prof. Orest Kiyko also contributed to the successful course of work, he took an active part in work meetings, provided constructive suggestions regarding research directions, and supported students in the process of projects development. At one of these seminars, Prof. O. Kiyko made a report for the Ukrainian and Swiss participants on the topic "Ukrainian context: problems and perspectives of the forest sector development", which helped the Swiss students to better understand the peculiarities of the functioning of the forest sector of the Ukrainian economy in pre-war times, as well as the problems and risks that arose in this segment during the war. The report of Prof. O. Kiyka was supplemented by a presentation of the student Solomiia Salabai on the topic "Mobile homes as an innovation in future housing", prepared within the framework of the "Special week" project, which has been implemented with great success at the Ukrainian National Forestry University for several years in a row for students of European universities under the leadership of Prof. O. Kiyko.

From the city of Boryslav, Lviv region, the director of gymnasium No. 9 of the Boryslav City Council, Ms. Halyna Novytska, took part in the seminar. She closely cooperated with the project participants, providing them with comprehensive support, in particular, providing data for calculating the attractiveness of the investment project to increase the level of energy efficiency of the institution headed by her. It is worth mentioning that that the cooperation between UNFU and the Boryslav City Council is carried out under the agreement and has several directions: from the provision of scientific consultations in the field of energy saving, in particular the effective use of bioenergy, to the preparation and implementation of joint educational and investment projects in the field of energy efficiency and energy saving. The Boryslav City Council plays an important role in the practical training of future specialists among our students in the field of energy efficiency and rational use of forest resources. An important role in this process is played by the Center for Ecology, Tourism and Sustainable Development of the Boryslav City Council, headed by scientist Mr. Myron Zeitler, who advised members of the working group, in particular, on the management of the Boryslav municipal forest. The mayor of Boryslav Mr. Ihor Yavorsky also provided the support for this cooperation.

From the University of Bern, the cooperation within RWL was led by the representative of the Center for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, Switzerland, represented by Dr. Heino Meessen, who has many years of experience in cooperation with UNFU, in particular, he was an active participant in several ENARECO (Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) projects, which UNFU (then the Ukrainian State Forestry University) carried out during 1996 - 2002 as part of a consortium of several European universities. The result of this cooperation was the initiation of the first master's program in continental Europe "Economics of the environment and natural resources" (1998), imbued with ideas of sustainable development, at our university. The co-organizer of the final training seminar from the University of Bern was the co-head of the Department of New and Modern History of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Bern, Doctor of Science, a specialist in modern general and Eastern European history, Prof. Julia Richers, who initiated the teaching of the discipline "Sustainable Development" at the mentioned university. Students of the discipline are students of various courses and various specialties. Within the framework of this discipline, Swiss students together with UNFU students, and students of the discipline "Sustainable Bioenergy" under the leadership of representatives of both universities prepared joint projects. The technical support of the project was carried out by Jonas Chastonay, which was facilitated by the joint online platform he created based on the University of Bern for Ukrainian and Swiss participants.

It should be noted that the University of Bern strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and consistently expresses solidarity with Ukraine and its higher educational institutions, supporting Ukrainian students and researchers in every possible way (more details - https://www.unibe.ch/ukraine/index_ger.html). One of the manifestations of such support was a series of online meetings initiated and conducted by the Swiss side with university teachers and students.

Within the framework of the RWL, a joint weekly practice of Swiss and Ukrainian students was initially foreseen in the city of Boryslav. The war in Ukraine prevented the implementation of this idea in its original form, making it impossible for teachers and students to work in Boryslav, but the Swiss side decided to continue cooperation, which was reformatted taking into account new realities. Despite the online mode of work, the project participants managed to achieve the goal, processing a significant amount of material on the subject of research, and communicating with Ukrainian scientists and practitioners.

According to the program of the seminar, the work of four working groups, which included participants from Switzerland and Ukraine, was presented. Working group No. 1 presented a macro-level project called "No Sustainability without Security", analyzing the relationship between sustainable development and security issues. Students highlighted the risks to the world due to the war in Ukraine, including food security and energy instability. It was emphasized that environmental challenges pose risks to our collective security. Drought leads to crop loss and water shortages, floods force people to leave their homes, lead to deforestation; natural resources become scarce; vital ecosystems are degraded.

The next two working groups worked at the mesolevel.

Working group No. 2 presented a project dedicated to the management of sustainable forestry with an emphasis on the management of urban forests in the example of the municipal forest of Boryslav. The scientific advisor from UNFU - prof. Ihor Soloviy. Postgraduate student Taras Chelepis actively joined the work in the group (scientific supervisor - Doctor of Economics, Prof. I. Soloviy). It is also worth noting the work of Andriy Tkachuk, a master's student of the Institute of Forestry and Horticulture, who, while providing specific proposals for improving the management of forestry at the research object, demonstrated a high level of knowledge of professional disciplines and the ability to apply them correctly.

Working group No. 3 presented a project called "Oil and Gas History with Touristic Potential", carried out under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Julia Richers, who at the same time heads the Eastern European Studies at the University of Bern. Students analyzed the possibilities of sustainable development of industrial tourism, which will be accompanied by the study of the cultural heritage of the Carpathian region. The industrial and cultural heritage of Boryslav with its rich oil fields and long experience in their development form a reliable basis for the development of this type of tourism.

Working group No. 4 worked at the micro level. Veronika Mykyta, a master's student of "Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources" study program, reported on the financial part of the analysis of the profitability of the investment project to increase the level of energy efficiency of the Boryslav Gymnasium No. 9, and Waris Stocker, a student of the University of Bern, supplemented it with an analysis of the project's market and non-market effects on investors and society. This part of the work was carried out with the participation of students Anouk Köchli, Mila Andrea Jegerlehner, and Anna-Lisa Honegger. The obtained results proved the importance of taking into account environmental and social components in the economic analysis of investment projects, the importance of which sometimes significantly exceeds short-term financial interest. The work was carried out under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Lyudmyla Zagvoyska.

A significant role in the theoretical justification of the research of the second and fourth working groups was played by Dr. Oksana Pelyukh, who in the process of working on projects made two reports on the topic "Cost-benefit analysis of the project to increase the level of energy efficiency of educational institutions: a case study of school No. 9 in Boryslav, Lviv oblast" (prepared in co-authorship with Associate Professor L. Zagvoyska) and "Empirical sociological research: forests perceptions in Ukraine and Switzerland a focus".

After the presentation of the research results of all the working groups and the discussion, the directions for further cooperation were outlined, among them the organization and holding in the next academic year of joint practice for students based on the Carpathian Euroregion together with representatives of Slovakia and Poland, and in the medium-term perspective – a research into the prerequisites of sustainable development tourism for the preservation of the cultural and natural heritage of the Carpathian Euroregion in the historical context with the participation of Slovakia and Poland.

Ukrainian vyshyvanka is the genetic code of a Ukrainian, a talisman, and a symbol of the unity of the nation. The women have been embroidering since childhood and sincerely believe that every pattern on an embroidered cloth, towel, or napkin is a real, effective charm and a real genetic code of the nation. At a time when Ukrainians, as a nation, are fighting for their right to exist in a hellish struggle, the vyshyvanka has become a bright symbol of Ukraine, recognizable all over the world.

On August 17, 2022, at the Ukrainian National Forestry University, a master class on making pendants of patriotic colors for the Independence Day of Ukraine was held under the leadership of Iryna Syd. All pendants were then exchanged for funds for the needs of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo. We are grateful to everyone who joined our initiative! A separate thank you to Iryna Syd, who bought all the necessary materials for her own costs and made 20 pendants!

We are grateful to all for the donated funds and purchased pendants. A total amount of UAH 2,800 was collected. These funds have already been transferred to volunteer Olga Tesliak (on Facebook @Olga Tesliak) for the needs of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo, in which our colleague, associate professor of Ukrainian National Forestry University Yuriy Dadak, fought and died. Bright memory to all the heroes!

We will continue to raise funds. Those who wish to contribute with funds or purchase handmade pendants, please contact the organizer of the event Iryna Bogachuk (+380916122871). Together we will win!

The staff of Ukrainian National Forestry University is celebrating Forest Workers' Day with special awe and high spirits!

Over the 150 years of its existence, the University has produced more than one generation of successful forestry workers who take care of the natural wealth of our country, which has an important ecological and economic significance. Society has always respected people who linked their fate with the forest and its inexhaustible resources.

We wish everyone involved in this holiday insurmountable vital energy, the realization of all ideas and the projects, professional achievements, and daily positivity so that luck and success will be your constant companions! Peace to all of us and victory!