8 September, 2017, III International Scientific-Practical Conference "Open Educational E-Environment of the Modern University" took place at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. 136 educators from five countries took part in it, namely from Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain. The participants of the Conference, traditionally, were teachers, students, professors and scientists.

The Conference was held as the part of ‘International research network for study and development of new tool and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the field of ICT instruments, e-learning and intercultural competences (IRNet)’ project.

Nataliya Morse, Vice-Rector on Informational Technologies at Borys Grichenko Kyiv University, IRNet Project Coordinator at our University, invited Eugeniya Smirnova-Trybulska, IRNet Project Coordinator at the University of Silesia (Poland), Sexto Cuba Delgado, Professor of University of Extremadura (Spain), Paulo Pinto, Professor of University of Lusíada (Portugal), Martina Drlik, Associate Professor of the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra (Slovakia) and Volodymyr Kukharenko, Associate Professor of National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Ukraine) to take part in discussion panel ‘Open education – myth or reality? Trends in today’s education’.

The participants of the Conference listened to and discussed the presentations of 42 colleagues, who presented in the following sections.

• E-university: technologies and tools for development.
• Blended learning as a technology of access to quality education.
• Formation of an open educational e-environment of a higher educational institution.
• Formation of ICT competencies of students, teachers and professors.
• Usage of ICT in Economics and Management.

Congratulations to the staff of the Chair of Theory and History of Pedagogy Pedagogical Institute of the Grinchenko University on winning of the Visegrad grant for the implementation of the project “High school teacher competence in school’.

Due to the joint efforts of colleagues from our University and the universities of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, we will contribute to the reform of the educational sphere. We are glad, that the scientific and international development of the Boris Grinchenko Kyiv University goes to a new level!