Cooperation between Lviv Polytechnic National University and Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg continues. It began in 2015 as part of a joint initiative The Eastern Partnership of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. The working topic of the interdisciplinary partnership between Ukrainian and German universities is Inclusion of people with disabilities (Inklusion von Menschen mit Behinderung). The supporting department in the process of planning, coordination and implementation of this interaction is the Department of Sociology and Social Work, the Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences, while other Departments of Lviv Polytechnic also join this process.
- Since the beginning of full-scale hostilities as a result of Russia's military aggression, we have managed to strengthen the previously achieved results of Ukrainian-German cooperation. This is the progressive development of services, programs and projects of the International «Integration» Centre for Professional Partnerships, created in the context of this cooperation. In the structure of the Integration Centre special attention should be paid to the «No Limits» Services of Accessibility to Learning Opportunities, aimed at meeting the special educational needs of people with disabilities and other low mobility groups, consultation and coordination service «Community Health Clinic of Lviv Polytechnic», an integral part of which is the services of the Social Council, located on the University campus. Special mission and task in the context of Russia's military aggression are assigned to the Veterans Service Center, the first inclusive space in Ukraine opened on the basis of Lviv Polytechnic to meet the urgent needs of combatants and internally displaced persons, says Roman Korzh, Vice-Rector for Education and Social Development.
