On December 8, 2020, the regular ImProfEdu project online meeting of the Finnish and Russian partners took place. The project is implemented within the framework of the cross-border cooperation program “Russia-South-Eastern Finland 2014-2020”, funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland. This meeting was devoted to the discussion of issues related to the development of the educational program “Interior Design”. Russian and Finnish teachers took part in it, they presented their models of educational programs, exchanged experience in teaching academic disciplines in the direction of “Interior Design”.

The meeting was attended by:

Auli Haapajarvi, KSAO

Jelena Karhu, KSAO

Erja Pohju, Ekami

Pekka Lindholm, Ekami

Jaana Okulov, Ekami

Natalia Petrova, SPASK

Daria Shevchenko, SPASK

As a result of the meeting, the following decisions were made:

– until 25.12.2020, to develop and exchange a variant of educational programs in the direction of “Interior Design”, which will take into account the requests of Finnish and Russian employers;

– until 25.12.2020, develop a plan for holding a joint event – a virtual excursion in the direction of “Interior Design”, acquaintance of Finnish and Russian students who are studying in this direction.