UMES is the central organ of executive power in the field of education and science in Ukraine. Today Ukraine possesses function 17,2 thousand pre-school institutions with 1,055 thousand children, or about 39% of the total number of preschool children. The children with mental and those having chronic diseases of internal organs are being taught at the institutions of a compensatory type - 1,3 thousand special institutions, 507 sanatorium type institutions. The higher educational network of III-IV accreditation levels numbers 315 establishments including 223 state-owned ones. For the first time pursuance of the Decrees of the President of Ukraine and Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine the system of crediting students' tuition was introduced.

Role in the project.

UMES will take part in such activities as:

- Validation of the version of the curriculum and syllabi (WP7).

- Official recognizing the information system (WP3).

- Assistance in organization of public presentation of the developed curriculum (WP5).

- Participation in coordination meetings (WP9).

- Participation in the Conference dedicated to discussion and approval of the concept of university information

management (WP1).