On February 23, 2024, a round table “Digitalization of the financial sector: new technologies and necessary competencies” was held at the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University. The remote format of the event made it possible to attract more than 55 stakeholders from the state, business and public sectors of society to participate in it.

The participants of the round table were welcomed by:

• Head of the Department of Professional, Higher Education and Science of the Department of Education and Science of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Tetyana Mykolaivna DAVIDOVA,
• Viktoriya Hennadiivna MARGASOVA, vice-rector for scientific work of Chernihiv Polytechnic University, doctor of economic sciences, professor.

The round table meeting was attended by graduates of higher education majors in “Finance, Banking and Insurance” and “Personnel Management and Labor Economics”, scientific and pedagogical staff of higher education institutions of Ukraine and Poland, members of public organizations and local authorities of Chernihiv Oblast, including Department of Control in the Industry, Energy, Transport and Financial Services Department of the Northern Office of the State Audit Service in Chernihiv Region. Representatives of the business sector actively participated in the discussion at the event, in particular Enertim LLC, Chernihiv Transport Company LLC, JETWOODHOUSE LLC, Nebeus, KOLTRANS SOLUTIONS LLC, FOPs providing services in the IT sphere, programming, providing services with engineering and 3D modeling, production of animal products, production of leather accessories, consulting on informatization, etc.

The work of the participants of the round table was aimed at researching the impact of modern technologies on the transformation of the financial sector, as well as at discussing the current requirements of the labor market for the competencies of graduates of higher education institutions.

Implementers of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project N.I. Kholyavko, M.V. Dubina, S.A. Ivanets, O.V. Popelo, A.V. Zavoronok presented the course “Artificial Intelligence in EU Financial Institutions” to the stakeholders, familiarized them with its structure and content. Based on the results of the round table discussion, a list of course competencies was formed, which will allow to improve its syllabus and educational materials.

We thank all the participants of the round table for their activity and lively discussions and invite you to the course “Artificial Intelligence in EU Financial Institutions”!

The round table was held within the framework of the implementation of the project 101127170 — AIFEU — ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH “Artificial Intelligence in the EU Financial Institutions” (“Artificial Intelligence in the EU Financial Institutions”), financed under the EU ERASMUS+ program directly Jean Monnet Module.

The project is co-financed by the European Union, but the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors of this project alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the grantor can be held responsible for them.