On 16-17 December 2025, the kick-off meeting of the international Erasmus+ CBHE project “Alumni Management Excellence: Building University Capacity For Sustainable Graduate Engagement” (No. 101236357 – ALMEX – ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CBHE) took place in Wrocław, Poland, hosted by the Foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
The international grant project ALMEX aims to transform alumni relations into a strategic development tool for higher education institutions. The core objective of the initiative is the implementation of the Circular Alumni Engagement Model, which is based on a mutually beneficial and dynamic partnership between universities and their graduates.
The meeting brought together representatives of all partner organisations and marked the official launch of the project, which focuses on strengthening universities’ institutional capacity in alumni community management and ensuring their sustainable engagement in university life.
Representatives of Sumy State University who participated in the kick-off meeting included:
- Alona Yevdokymova – Head of the Academic Internship and Employer Engagement Office, Associate Professor at the Oleg Balatskyi Department of Management;
Participation in the ALMEX project will enable Sumy State University to reach a new level of institutional resilience and to position its alumni as active partners in the development of the academic community. The agreements reached and decisions taken provide a clear roadmap for the successful implementation of the project and the achievement of its objectives by 2028.