Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic is participating in a large-scale European project on the digital transformation of management in universities!

The Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University has become one of the partners of the international consortium implementing the SEDWU project — Scalable Electronic Document Workflow for Universities: Enhancing Efficiency, Autonomy and European Integration.

The project received funding within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 program “Developing the Potential of Higher Education”, the results of which were announced on July 15, 2025 by the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA).

SEDWU is a joint initiative of Ukrainian and European universities aimed at creating a scalable, adaptive and secure electronic document workflow system for higher education institutions.

The main goal of the project is to digitize document management. Among other goals:
— optimize management processes in universities
— increase transparency and efficiency of administrative procedures
— strengthen cybersecurity and personal data protection
— ensure compatibility with European standards of document management and digital governance
— promote Ukraine’s integration into the European Higher Education Area

Digitalization of management in higher education institutions is a requirement of the time, especially in conditions of war and the need for remote administration. The SEDWU project will help universities:
— reduce dependence on paper-based document management (in accordance with the principles of the “Green Deal”)
— improve interaction between faculties and administrative units;
— ensure compliance with European law
— promote the fight against corruption through transparency of procedures

Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University’s participation in the SEDWU project is:
— the opportunity to pilot the SEDWU system on its own base
— implementation of modern digital management tools
— increasing the level of data protection and cybersecurity
— optimization of administrative processes and reducing the time for making management decisions
— development of employees’ competencies in the field of digital governance
— the university’s contribution to the formation of a national strategy for digital management in educational institutions
— increasing the university’s readiness to work in the context of European integration, in particular compliance principles of the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area

The project coordinator from Zaporizhia Polytechnic is Ruslan Kulikovsky, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work and Issues of Prospective Development.

The project brings together 11 partners from Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Germany. SEDWU Project Consortium: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (project coordinator), Vytautas the Great University (Lithuania), Ignaty Lukaszewicz Ryazan Polytechnic University (Poland), University of Bayreuth (Germany), National University of Water Management and Environmental Management, Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University, Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Kryvyi Rih National University, State Tax University, Association “Lviv IT and Business Services Cluster” – a partner that will ensure the involvement of IT expertise and assistance in the practical implementation of digital solutions.

Project duration – 3 years.

Project SEDWU will make a significant contribution to the processes of digital transformation of Ukrainian higher education, create new opportunities for cooperation and become an example of effective interaction between universities with the IT industry and European partners.

Working together – developing together!