2 ERASMUS+ Projects Under the Coordination of Our University Were Eligible For Funding

In the context of “ERASMUS+ Programme” formed because of the conditions of Covid-19 pandemic, two ERASMUS+ projects, which our University will coordinate as part of partnerships for the Preparation of Digital Education in the Field of Higher Education (KA226), were eligible for funding. In this context, two of the 8 projects eligible for funding under the coordination of our country belong to our University.

The work and operations of these projects will be done as follows. Our University’s Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Oral Öncül will work as the Chairman of the Executive Board and İU Faculty of Economics Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Bekir Kayacan will work as the Coordinator. The projects that will be carried out from the European Union and International Projects Office, have digitalization priorities in higher education.

DIGIVIP Project Was Prepared in the Context of “Digital Education” Needs and “Green Growth Concepts”

ERASMUS + KA226 our first project, which is eligible for funding through the Partnerships Grant Programme for Digital Education, was prepared by Dr. Lecturer İlhan Doğan from the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations of the Faculty of Economics of our University. The name of this project is: “Building Virtual Learning Platform for Environmentally-Friendly Digital Transformation Management”. Bielefield University (Germany), Bedfordshire University (UK), Manchester Chamber of Industry (UK) and Istanbul Mineral Metal Exporters’ Association-Immib (Turkey) are partners in the project, while Bizpark Teknoloji A.P. (Turkey) will take place as a technology contractor.

The project aims to develop a graduate-level training module in the field of digital transformation management and to establish a virtual learning platform supported by augmented reality technology. The project, which will last 24 months and will be developed in the focus of university-industry cooperation, plans to carry out many activities in partner countries, such as field research, study visits and experience sharing, as well as technology development. The project was prepared on the axis of “green growth” concepts with “digital education” needs, whose importance is increasing in the COVID-19 period. The project is also expected to have a positive impact on the digitization capacity of the Faculty of Economics. In this project, Ezgi Unal, a doctoral student from the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations of İU, is the main researcher. On the other hand, Assoc. Dr. Gökhan Övenç and Dr. Lecturer Önder Yerlikaya from the Department of English Economics of the Faculty of Economics of İU, will take part as researchers.

"The PASSIFRS Project Aims to Create a Digital Platform to Teach International Financial Reporting Standards to Generation Z”

Prof. Dr. Yakup Selvi is the Coordinator, and Prof. Dr. Asli Türel, Assoc. Dr. Turgay Sakin, Dr. Lecturer Emre Selçuk Sarı, and Dr. Lecturer Erman Türkmen are researchers in this project. The project entitled “a Digital Learning Platform for Generation Z: Passport to IFRS (PASSIFRS)”, was chosen to be supported within the scope of ERASMUS+ main action 2 Higher Education Partnerships for Digital Education Preparation (KA226-HE). In the project entitled” PASSIFRS", Bursa Uludağ University from Turkey, Univerzitet Majka Tereza Vo Skopje from Macedonia, Bucharest University of Economic Studies Romania (ASE) from Romania, D.A.Tsenov Academy of Economics and Vytauto Didjiojo Universitetas from Lithuania are joint partners. The PASSIFRS project aims to create a digital platform to teach Generation Z of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which are mandatory for public interest enterprises in 166 countries around the world. As part of the Project, educational materials and educational videos will be prepared in English, the universities involved in the project will translate them into their own languages and be presented on a digital platform.

IFRS has been published since 1975 by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in order to eliminate existing differences in practice between countries in the field of accounting and to ensure comparability of financial statements. Our country's first introduction to these standards was again made possible with the contributions of the Accounting Institute, which operates within the Faculty of Business Administration at Istanbul University. “Translation of International Accounting Standards”, which began with the May 1977 issue of the “Journal of the Accounting Institute” published by the Accounting Institute, is a very important milestone in terms of the history of Accounting in our country and in the world. Although these translations are the first in our country, it is important that one of the languages in which the International Accounting Standards, published in 1975, were first translated in the world, is Turkish. The PASSIFRS project will also provide the Faculty of Management and the Accounting Institute with the opportunity to own and contribute to its historical heritage.

News: Elif Taşçı

Translated by: Yasemin Uğurlu

İU Department of Corporate Communication

14:24 | 04.11.2021