The EU-LANDLINK — EU Policy LAND Governance LINKed to Agroforestry Restoration project of Sumy National Agrarian University received 87 points out of 100 following evaluation under the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet call.
The minimum threshold for funding was 70 points. Thus, the proposal exceeded the required threshold by 17 points.
The project was assessed according to four main criteria:
The quality of the project design and implementation received a particularly high score of 24 out of 25 points.
In their overall assessment, the experts highlighted that EU-LANDLINK is strongly connected to the field of European Studies and focuses on European environmental governance policies and their practical implementation in the context of agroforestry restoration. The Ukrainian context was recognised as particularly relevant from the perspective of public diplomacy and European integration.
The experts also positively assessed the detail and coherence of the work programme, the teaching methodology, the resources available at Sumy National Agrarian University, and the monitoring framework based on measurable indicators.
Among the project’s strengths, the evaluators identified the international dimension of the team and its previous experience in implementing a Jean Monnet Chair focused on EU climate and environmental policies. The expected impact of the project was assessed as credible and oriented towards the development of practical competences, while the mechanisms designed to ensure sustainability after the end of EU funding were considered to be clearly planned.
Overall, the experts described the EU-LANDLINK proposal as solid and well structured across all evaluation criteria.
The score of 87 out of 100 confirms the relevance and quality of the EU-LANDLINK concept and provides a strong foundation for the implementation of the three-year Jean Monnet Module at Sumy National Agrarian University.
